All I asked for were screenshots. How hard is that? It works great otherwise. I only use it for transport control to make recording easier but it would be nice to know what the other buttons are.

Guitarpima

LunarSoundDesign


I am trying to setup the AC-7 software on my ipad2. I have the latest version of rtpMIDI (1.0.6b220). My ipad shows up and connects no problem with under 5ms latencies. I opened ports 5004 and 5005 on my router. My problem is that Sonar XT hangs on "connecting" after I set up the settings for a Mackie control per the AC-7 setup instructions. Even after rebooting my ipad and computer but Sonar still won't lock up with my ipad. Funny thing is that moving a fader on the ipad shows up in the sonar midi activity window.  Any thoughts?

You can try pressing the reset button in the app. I finally got the app to work by pressing all the buttons till it finally worked. Now I know what button to press to get it to work. What did it for me was a button on the last screenset on the bottom. I have the Mini version so it would probably be different for you. This guy Colin may write a good program but he lacks in customer service (severely). Something as simple as screenshots from the Ipad and he cannot post them. I'm using it on the IPhone so my screenshots I take are to low res and I still can't read the SS I took.  His forum is always down too.

I've tried the rest button but no matter what Sonar will not finalize the connection.

Sometimes rebooting the Ipad, in my case the Iphone, helps.

Guitarpima


Sometimes rebooting the Ipad, in my case the Iphone, helps.

I've tried rebooting/booting in every combination possible.  Even unistalled/reinstalled rtpMIDI as well as bonjour.  I have static IP's setup up with port forwarding of the proper ports.  I have no problems using the ipad as a remote for iTunes or as a RDP client.  This is a conundrum.  

Anyone know of any similar apps for the iPhone? I realise the physical size difference between the phone and the pad would cause some limitations but it would still be useful and fun to give it a go.

LunarSoundDesign

Guitarpima


Sometimes rebooting the Ipad, in my case the Iphone, helps.

I've tried rebooting/booting in every combination possible.  Even unistalled/reinstalled rtpMIDI as well as bonjour.  I have static IP's setup up with port forwarding of the proper ports.  I have no problems using the ipad as a remote for iTunes or as a RDP client.  This is a conundrum.  

It maybe a pain but can you go through what you do. I had a problem with rptmidi. Not the program itself but making sure your Ipad is a participant.
 
Even after I figured all that out, I still went through and pressed almost every button, on the app, till it worked.

Guitarpima

LunarSoundDesign

Guitarpima


Sometimes rebooting the Ipad, in my case the Iphone, helps.

I've tried rebooting/booting in every combination possible.  Even unistalled/reinstalled rtpMIDI as well as bonjour.  I have static IP's setup up with port forwarding of the proper ports.  I have no problems using the ipad as a remote for iTunes or as a RDP client.  This is a conundrum.  

It maybe a pain but can you go through what you do. I had a problem with rptmidi. Not the program itself but making sure your Ipad is a participant.
 
Even after I figured all that out, I still went through and pressed almost every button, on the app, till it worked.

After I have everything installed I start up rtpMIDI and create my session then enable it.  Then I start up the AC-7 software on my ipad and my ipad appears in the "Directory" section inside the rtpMIDI app.  I click it and then choose connect.  I load up sonar and create a Mackie controller using the midi port names generated from rtpMIDI then I hit reset on the AC-7 but sonar just says "connecting".  



I did try your suggestion and hit every button on the AC-7 app but that didn't help.  I even tried a couple different modes as well as other surface controller options inside sonar.  

[<font]Use the "mackie control" setting in Sonar. I tried them all also. Sorry I can't help further. I'm using the mini version. I'm surprised someone else has not chimed in to help.

Good luck.

PM from LunarSoundDesign finally got my attention... 
Sorry, I've been up to my ears in code lately and haven't been following the forum.

LunarSoundDesign: It sounds like you're nearly there. Like others said, make sure you're in "Sonar Mode" and push the RESET button after
creating the "Mackie Control" or "Mackie Control Universal". It'll then exchange the required handshake messages with Sonar, and the connection will be established. 
If not, reboot the device and try again.

Guitarpima: Didn't mean to leave you hanging... You asked for iPad screenshots of the iPhone app. The iPad just doubles every pixel so the screenshots would be identical to what you already have on your iPhone. Your comments on the other thread were noted of course. I do this alone and it's not easy juggling everything while trying to improve the software too. I will try harder though.

Thanks for the response Saitara.