Cannot get My Edirol PCR 300 to work as a control surface

I cannot get my Edirol PCR 300 to work as a control surface with SONAR, although it works fine in terms of generating sound and playing the soft synths. From all the forum posts I've read I have it set up correctly. My software and drivers are up to date, and I uninstalled reinstalled the driver and reset the PCR-300 to factory settings, it still doesn't work.

My Sonar 8 settings are

Midi Devices

Inputs
EDIROL PCR 1, EDIROL PCR 2  and EDIROL MIDI IN are selected
Outputs
EDIROL PCR and EDIROL MIDI OUT are selected

I also have a Midiman USB interface connected with its ins and outs selected.

Controllor Surfaces

The controller is set to Edirol PCR - 300 the In Port is set to EDIROL PCR 2, the Out port is EDIROL PCR

The Edirol PCR Settings
  PCR Editor:

MIDi Devices the Input Port is EDIROL PCR 2 and the Output Port is EDIROL PCR

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks Fog, however I had read this already. I am set up exactly as described but not dice. Still doesn't work.

Bring up the control surface.  Make sure that under "In Port," in reads: "Edirol PCR 2."  If it does not, there is a little drop down arrow that you would need to click on, and select Edirol PCR  2.  Under "Out Port" it should read "Edirol PCR," if it does not use the drop down arrow to select it.  You should now be able to use the transport, sliders, and knobs.

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For reasons that I have given up trying to comprehend, ACT always fails initially on my rig.  To get it it too work, I have to use the dropdown menu at the head of the ACT properties page to re-open the preset that I am already using.  Invariably, its name in the dropdown box is initially showing with an asterisk, implying that there are unedited changes, even though I have made none.  Once re-opened, the asterisk disappears and ACT works " as expected". HTH.

Thanks Brandon and everyone, I had already tried all the suggestions above. the only thing I haven't tried is setting the Output port to 0. How do you set  this?

I read it more as "In the controller/surfaces" dialog, where you assign the in and out ports to each controlling device, in the case of the Edirol, leave the Out there set to none.

FWIW, I have the PCR800 and have it set up as you have yours and it works fine.  It can be a little wierd since the names are pretty useless.  I have definitely had times when I needed to re-set this up on a system rebuild and had to take more than one stab at getting both the keyboard midi to record as well as the ACT parts to work.

If it's hooked up right, just pressing the "Dyn Mapping" button on the PCR should bring up the ACT control panel.  This should be your first indicator that it's working.

I trued setting the out to none but this made no difference. However I noticed something.  When I hit Dynamic Mapping the ACT  Control Page pops up, although I cannot control using the PCR-300, if I use the mouse to change, for example panning, I can see the values change in the relevent setting in the ACT page.  Any ideas, it seems to be set up correctly but the sliders etc are not linked to the ACT.

It sounds like the ACT stuff is latching to the keybaord.  Are you sure it's enabled (check box in lower left of ACT control panel)?  Also, check to make sure that it's not locked - checkbox near same location.  If you have it locked to some plugin or the mixer or whatever, it won't follow application focus and might appear not to be working.

I've got the same ACT problem as above. PCR-800 working great as synth MIDI controller but no activity seen by SONAR ACT. Turn a knob, and no change in properties page. PCR shows it is sending data. Running WIN 10 and Platinum. The driver hack got me this far (thanks, Blades, et al). Hoping to get up and running in ACT.