FM3 Firmware Version 10.0

frankencat said:
I am having issues keeping the USB connection between the FM3 Edit and the unit. The only thing that solves it is rebooting the FM3. I don't remember having this issue before the update. I checked the cable, the drivers, the USB setting, even changed the COM port (Windows). Anybody else have this issue after the update? Otherwise it's great but I have had to reboot the device three times since updating. The device will keep working but the FM3 Edit loses communication and stops responding to it. A reboot of the unit fixes it. Thanks.
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Try another cable...

Otherwise, disconnect the FM3.

Shutdown FM3 and computer.

Turn on computer and wait for Windows to be ready.

Connect the FM3 and computer with USB cable.

Turn on FM3.
 
Yep, I know the drill and I did all that. Rinse and repeat. The issue seems to be with the device itself.

All the same I will go a grab a new USB off of Amazon just to be double-sure, plus I can always use a good quality spare. 😉
 
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Next time it drops, leave it. Go to your USB buffer size settings (FM3) and make a change. See if it comes back. I know yours didn’t drop before the update but mine drops sometimes on my laptop when running on battery. The power savings settings can be disabled or adjusted. Another thing to try is reinstall the USB drivers.
 
I too have experienced a problem with loss of communication between the Fractal FM3 and my computer. Only restarting Edit helps. This happens both in Windows and MacOSX. Prior to the 10.0 update, I never had this problem in all my time of use. USB cable is the same, nothing has changed. All the latest versions of Edit and USB drivers are installed. After the upgrade was done all the procedures that need to be done after the firmware upgrade, all according to Fengshui. But there is a problem and it needs to be fixed!
 
Derek6505 said:
Can the soft amp reset be achieved via FM3 Edit or is it something only done on the unit itself?
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Please can someone put is simply for me - I cannot get my head around what soft reset is for or when to use ,ie what benefits will it give me ? ( I have seen Leon Todd's clip but have an understanding bypass sorry!).

I now have the latest firmware loaded and factory presets -I only use the JVM from the latest remastered set and have not undertaken any soft resets.

I am scared of messing up my presets I have had for may firmware versions .These use a Marshall 2204 and Vox AC30 models based on factory presets from some years ago.


Does a soft reset optimise my own legacy presets to the latest best tones but keep my eq and gain etc?

I will of course back up my current presets before attempting any resets.

thankyou

Nick
 
NickH said:
Please can someone put is simply for me - I cannot get my head around what soft reset is for or when to use ,ie what benefits will it give me ? ( I have seen Leon Todd's clip but have an understanding bypass sorry!).

I now have the latest firmware loaded and factory presets -I only use the JVM from the latest remastered set and have not undertaken any soft resets.

I am scared of messing up my presets I have had for may firmware versions .These use a Marshall 2204 and Vox AC30 models based on factory presets from some years ago.


Does a soft reset optimise my own legacy presets to the latest best tones but keep my eq and gain etc?

I will of course back up my current presets before attempting any resets.

thankyou

Nick
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You only need to be scared if you tweak other than the normal amp controls, which I do, so I don't do soft reset. I change a bunch of parameters and I don't write down what I did.
 
NickH said:
Please can someone put is simply for me - I cannot get my head around what soft reset is for or when to use ,ie what benefits will it give me ? ( I have seen Leon Todd's clip but have an understanding bypass sorry!).

I now have the latest firmware loaded and factory presets -I only use the JVM from the latest remastered set and have not undertaken any soft resets.

I am scared of messing up my presets I have had for may firmware versions .These use a Marshall 2204 and Vox AC30 models based on factory presets from some years ago.


Does a soft reset optimise my own legacy presets to the latest best tones but keep my eq and gain etc?

I will of course back up my current presets before attempting any resets.

thankyou

Nick
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The latest presets are already reset, I believe.

The soft reset adjusts hidden settings within the block as well as some user-accessible settings.

Unless the firmware recommends doing this then there's no need to do it.
 
I have noticed that FM3-Edit will lose USB connection. I only had the previous update for a few days, because I had just bought the unit. a simple unplug and plug in of the usb fixes it. I'm on a M4 Pro MBP.
 
With USB disconnecting —perhaps during some data movement— is there a risk it could corrupt something?
 
3GunPhotog said:
I'm on a M4 Pro MBP.
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I’m on a M2 MBP, and an iMac Pro, and the connections are solid for weeks or longer.

Have you adjusted the energy saver settings to NOT allow the hardware to try to force drives to sleep? It’s part of the Battery settings on the MBP. And this situation affects Windows too, so if you’re on that OS find the appropriate settings and adjust them if the symptoms fit.

See 'AXEFXIIITurbo - Irregular USB disconnect/reconnect' for more.
 
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stub said:
With USB disconnecting —perhaps during some data movement— is there a risk it could corrupt something?
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I don’t think so. It either works or doesn’t. And, in my experience, the communication dropped when the computer went to sleep.

It’s common for the energy saving system to try to turn off USB peripherals when a computer sleeps, on both Windows or macOS.

For whatever reason, the system seems to think that the modelers are “drives” and, from what I can tell, instructs the USB port to disconnect. The modelers don’t sleep, nor should they, but when the computer wakes and Edit tries to reconnect to the modeler, it can’t find it. In my experience disconnecting the modeler, or cycling its power, fixes the problem because the computer sees the port wake up. Quitting Edit won’t fix it because the problem is the port having turned off and the app doesn’t wake the port. Unplugging the USB cable from the computer and replugging it in might do the same thing but I haven’t tried that recently.

Occasionally a macOS update will mess with that setting and it will appear to be turned off, but in reality is on. Toggling it on, then off again, fixes the problem again.

I used to program Macs, but it’s been a long time, and I really don’t want to spend the time digging into the USB subsystem to find out exactly what the problem is. I just wanted to get it working again.
 
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In my past experience, I have had Mac's drop USB connections often "The disk was not ejected properly" or words to that effect. And this is with sleep and energy-saving all turned off. I'm not talking about the FM3, because I rarely have it connected to my computer.

I've not seen this error in quite a while, but I don't know if it is because I've not been connecting external devices as often as in the past, or if recent OS updates have addressed it. Meanwhile, back to your regularly on-topic programming...
 
I was trying to search for this but the search query wasn’t working. Is there a bug for the tuner on FW 10?
It does not work properly. Keeps jumping around and displays the wrong note….
Thanks
 
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