Behringer Motor49 / Azsslow DLLS (or controller) / overwritten by SONAR'S updates...

Hello guys.
 
I know, I am hopeless... but with every single SONAR update I install I need to re-configure my control surface because I am using AZSLOW's dlls (also tried his CTRL product... looked like there was a lot of config to do, so I dropped the project).
 
Basically, after re-injecting Azslow's DLLs in the C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces folder I am trying to reconfigure the connection with SONAR from PROPERTIES and then from the ACT MODULE on the top tool bar. Nothing reacts as expected.
 
- in the ACT MODULE, using either one of the 3 available MACKIE modes does not seem to reconnect the surface. The motor49 has 2 midi devices in the IN and two devices for the OUT in SONAR'S  preference pannel (and if I remember correctly, I should be using port 2 for controllers as port one is for notes events I think).The minute I am confirming the 2nd port selection in the create controller surface dialog, the line showing MACKIE is still there, but My IN and OUT ports config are back to being blank...
 
so, yet again I am stuck... drowing in a half-full glass of water... (as I could once have it working...) doh...
 
Help needed, if anybody has some time. Thanks.