I found another cause of this message today. Of course, we all know to look at our Edit->MIDI->EXPANSION/FASLINK/MIDI settings and then check the cables to make sure they're connected correctly and that the cables are indeed good, but I found a new source of this error message I thought I would share for anyone mysteriously afflicted with it.
While testing MFC-Edit today I set the Mode = "Axe-Fx II XL". Well, I'm connected to an Axe-Fx II. That alone was enough to have the connection and timeout problem. It is a misleading message - I checked my cables, connectors MIDI settings etc. to no avail. It was my Mode setting - I had set it to Axe-Fx Mode = Axe-Fx II XL when I was really connected to an Axe-Fx II - not the XL model and it resulted in the Name Timeout message.
If you get the Axe-Fx Name Timeout! message, check the Axe-Fx Mode setting also.
-G
While testing MFC-Edit today I set the Mode = "Axe-Fx II XL". Well, I'm connected to an Axe-Fx II. That alone was enough to have the connection and timeout problem. It is a misleading message - I checked my cables, connectors MIDI settings etc. to no avail. It was my Mode setting - I had set it to Axe-Fx Mode = Axe-Fx II XL when I was really connected to an Axe-Fx II - not the XL model and it resulted in the Name Timeout message.
If you get the Axe-Fx Name Timeout! message, check the Axe-Fx Mode setting also.
-G