Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

I have a BCR. Have been using it on and off for the past year (for 
simple tasks) but now that I am rebuilding my studio setup I really 
want to get it right. 

There are however a few flaws that have put me off using the desk. 
1. One is that I could not get it to work properly with my laptop. No 
matter what, I had to reconstruct the cc assignments (in Audiomulch) 
again and again, over and over. On my studio pc things work alright 
sending cc commands to Reaper and Audiomulch. 
2. Getting midi feedback (changing settings with my mouse and seeing 
changes also on the BCR) has never been successful. 
3. A third strange quirk is that the display always is 'nervous'. 
There's a constant switching of numbers.
4. I noticed that when I turn a knob on the bottom row the 5th in 
that row changes as well. The main light of the particular know 
remains at its position but there is a soft glowing of the other 
lights as well, completely in junction with the light of e.g. knob 
number one in the row.
Is this a physical problem? Do I have a malfunctioning BCR? And is 
that the reason I can't get midifeedback?

I understand that's a lot of questions in one post, but let's 
simplify it to two main questions:
1. has anyone rigged his BCR up with Reaper and what are the settings?
2. does the above indicate that I indeed have a faulty BCR?

Thanks for replying!