Hey guys, I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this for me. I've had an XL+ for a couple of years and I've been using an older DMC Ground Control board to control it. That takes a 7-pin MIDI cable and I plug in the power block for it into the back of the AxeFX to provide phantom power. I recently picked up a second-hand MFC 101 mkIII which I would like to also use. (I have two projects. I bring my AxeFX with me from space to space, but I would prefer not to drag the pedal board around as well.) The question is... that phantom power port that has been powering my old board; is it separate from the FASLink port? Can I leave that block connected or do I need to unplug it every time? I know the MFC power block is not supposed to be plugged in when you are running FASLink, but is this the same thing?
Additionally, I've noticed that while I got the MFC working fine most of the time, I will periodically get into a name timeout state. At that point, if I power cycle the AxeFX (and the MFC since that's what's powering it) I am back in a good state and I can continue using it just fine. Until it unpredictably happens again. When I'm noodling around at home it's annoying but not the end of the world... but I can't have that happen on stage. So this intermittent communication issue; is this a case of I need a different cable? (I'm using an older but seemingly solid Whirlwind XLR cable.) Or is this a fact of life with FASLink?
Additionally, I've noticed that while I got the MFC working fine most of the time, I will periodically get into a name timeout state. At that point, if I power cycle the AxeFX (and the MFC since that's what's powering it) I am back in a good state and I can continue using it just fine. Until it unpredictably happens again. When I'm noodling around at home it's annoying but not the end of the world... but I can't have that happen on stage. So this intermittent communication issue; is this a case of I need a different cable? (I'm using an older but seemingly solid Whirlwind XLR cable.) Or is this a fact of life with FASLink?