Just received Spectra, it's not working

DJTT Gear & Custom Mods Midi Fighters
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Just received Spectra, it’s not working

Hey there,

I just received my Midi Fighter Spectra this morning and I’m having problems with it. The MF Util just displays ‘No Midi Fighter Detected’. I’ve tried it in both USB ports as well as in OS X and Windows (on a 2012 MacBook Pro 15") and no luck.

When plugged in, the first button lights up white, and sequentially each button lights as the previous one is pressed. After all 16 have been pressed once, the top left and the one below stay lit blue.

I also don’t seem to be getting any MIDI input registering in Ableton.

I’ve reached out to DJTT but I was wondering if anyone here has any suggestions to resolve this.

Just to clarify, I don’t need to download anything other than MF Utility right? I just downloaded that and plugged it in.

Thanks

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i notice when i plug things into USB for the first time its best to let them sit a minute for the device to be detected and drivers to be installed before playing with it

also visit download link under spectra, make sure you have the latest utility installed, 2.3 i think is the latest

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I am having the same problem with mine.
I just tried following the manual set up instructions and all I get is the l.e.d’s flash colors no menu mode.

any help would be much appreciated.

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Just getting some assistance with it from Chris at DJTT. The support is great, but we haven’t got it sorted yet. I’ll post back with an update.

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I seemed to make some progress but now it is just stuck on bootloader mode and neither of my laptops will recognize it .

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What exactly did you do?

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At first it did the light thing like you said in your first post and then after I restarted it, it seemed to work fine so I tried to do the firmware update as mentioned in this post Spectra Owners: Please Read (Bug) and all the lights went off. Now my utility wont recognize that it is connected and it just show the blue bootloader pattern.

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Hmm yeah it’s a puzzling one.

Mine just doesn’t seem to be recognized at all. Chris at DJTT recommended flashing with a new hex file but I can’t even get that to work, it just won’t pick up that anything is attached.

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how do you do that so that I can give it a try?

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Not sure if I’m supposed to share this file but here’s the hex file:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/33057988/0004000120130128.hex

Reset your MIDI Fighter using the reset button on the bottom with a paperclip or something.

In the MF Utility, go to Tools>MidiFighter>Load Custom Firmware > For a Classic or > Load HEX file.

When I try that I just get an error saying it failed to find a MF.

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Thanks I have sent them a support ticket I just really dont want to have to call them cos I’m in England and it will cost a fortune.

The Hex thing just appears as a list of binary text is that what it looked like to you?

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Yeah I just saved it as a .hex file and then loaded it into the MF Util. If it doesn’t show as an option in MFU, and you’re using a Mac, it’s because OS X has converted it to a text file I think so I just used a free HEX editor app to re-save it as a hex file and it could be opened in MFU.

I’m in England too so just conversing via email. Really hoping I haven’t gotta send it back as that will a) take ages, and b) cost a fortune if I have to cover return costs.

I think if we can’t get it sorted I’ll just ask for a refund, seems a few people have been having probs and I don’t want to risk future issues with it if they’re sketchy.

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I gave it a go but it has just got stuck at 50% of flashing.

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When I check the log it says cannot find midi fighter in bootloader mode even though it displays on the device that it is.

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Yep, exactly the same issue as I’m having. Hopefully I’ll hear back from support shortly.

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Just asking but did you try this:

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I can’t do it, I can’t get into the Utility to actually update the firmware.

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Always remember to practice safe Hex…

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Please check this thread if you have not already Spectra Owners: Please Read (Bug)

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Doesn’t that method require the Utility to work though? I can’t even get the utility to detect that I have the Spectra connected.

I’ve tried it on two different computers each running two OS’s now and get the same issue. Frustrating as I haven’t heard back from Support yet either. Really hoping its a software/firmware problem.