Problem with M-Audio PROJECTMIX and Sonar X1

I use the projectmix with Sonar X3 producer. It works quite well.
You have to start the projectmix in sonar-mode (pressing AUX 4 on startup). In Sonar I chose "mackie control" and projectmix control surface for IN and OUT.
Do you have the manual? You can download it on the m-audio homepage.
Most functions described in the manual (it´s from 2005!) still work with sonar X3. I checked so far:
- volume, pan, rec, solo, mute, select
- bank select
- transport control
- zoom
- master fader can be used to control main output of audiointerface or master bus
- AUX 1: Page 1 and 2 seem to work as described
- AUX 2: EQ control doesn´t work, because now it´s the pro channel, couldn´t get it to work
- AUX 3: switch to busses works
- AUX 4: new audio track, OK!
- AUX 5: new midi track, OK!
- PAN: both pages OK!
- PLUGIN: controls the first plugin in the channel, depends on what you have first. standard is the compressor in my pro channel. Isn´t really useful, because I found no way to switch to other plugins.
- SEL IN: Undo, OK!
- SEL OUT: fits trackview to window, OK!
- FLIP: changes rotaries and faders, OK!
- CHAN INFO: Haven´t checked
 
More I can´t remember right now. When I´m back at my sonar I´ll check and perhaps post some more details.
 
To control other functions in sonar with the projectmix you can setup the "midi-part" as an act-controller in sonar.
There´s a button (MIDI) on the projectmix to switch the controller to a standard midi-controller. You can setup the 8 faders, 8 rotaries and 8 buttons in the act-setup. I don´t really like the act-procedure because it´s not very intuitive. Haven´t used the projectmix with act for a long time. Act as well gives no feedback, the motor-faders don´t work with act. When you switch back to mackie-mode the faders move back to there positions for sure.

Yes, you have several things displayed on the display. In regular mixing mode for example (PAN button selected) you see the trackname in the first row and "Pan" in the second row. Moving the rotaries shows the pan-value, moving the faders the volume-value (dB).
The display is not able to show longer tracknames. It shows just 6 letters, but it reduces tracknames. For example a trackname "Dimension Pro 1" is shown as something like "DmPr1", I don´t know exactly. With well chosen names it´s not a problem to me.

When I´m at home I´ll have a look at my settings.
 
Please check these points:
- Did you start the projectmix in sonar mode? Does it show "Projectmix is in sonar mode" ?
- Does the audiointerface of the projectmix work?
- What kind of firewire-card do you use? TI-chipset recommended.
- With windows 7 use the 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy) driver. Check in the windows device manager!
- Do you use the latest drivers from M-Audio?

Two problems maybe :
1. No TI chipset! It's VIA on your mainboard.
2. You have to change manually to the "legacy" in the windows device manager.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com...for-Win7-m2506989.aspx

There are a lot discussions on the web about the firewire problems with audio hardware. At first I owned a PCI combicard with USB and firewire. It had a VIA chipset and I couldn´t get the projectmix working. Then I bought a belkin card with TI-chipset and it started working. It might work with other chipsets, but there´s no proof.
 
The "legacy" driver is the "old" driver for the firewire device. I´m not talking about the m-audio drivers for the projectmix. These are two differnet things!!!
I wonder that you can use the outputs of the projectmix? It seems that your firewire chipset might work.
The VS-700 mode uses its own version of mackie control, so the faders might work, but you are not able to switch to the busses.
 
Do you start up the projectmix before running you PC? That´s what you have to do.
 
It´s all very strange, because sonar seems to recognize your projectmix, but only part of it???
Maybe I can make some screenshots of my settings this weekend and I´ll post them here.