Footswitch Issue..

[NR2112]

I just brought Mark V combo home last night. When I was at the GC they had said everything was in the back off the amp. Since everything seemed jammed packed in the back, I took his word thinking EVRYTHING was in the back. well I got home and everything was NOT in the back. I am missing the Footswitch cable!! and the manual (no biggie i guess)

I was really looking forward to playing it to its full ability with the footswitch, but couldnt last night!

SO. I looked at the manual online, and foudn that it takes a 7 pin DIN MIDI cable. Ok, no big deal I thought. I used the 7 Pin MIDI cable from my JSX footswitch, and when I plugged the footswitch in , all the lights came on like it was working fine, but there was no sound coming out! When I UNPLUGGED it, the sound came on, and it sounded great!

So I used my brothers footswitch cable from his Road King COntroller, and ervything worked fine, BUT the EQ footswitch button! I am so confused. Can I not just take a 7 Pin MIDI Cable and use that? Or is there a "Specific" Mark V connector??

Man, we have band practice tonight and I realyl wanna use this amp, but without foot controlls its useless...

 

[Mork]

This might be a daft answer...but did you switch the mute off?

 

[NR2112]

This might be a daft answer...but did you switch the mute off?

ha yes, I made sure the mute light was off.

See, the lights are all functioning (except the EQ switch, that seems to be defunct no matter what) and I can tell that its off mute, but I cant get any noise outta the amp when my standard 7 pin midi cable is attached. I have a spare that I will try, but that cable has never given me guff before...

 

[litesnsirens]

I believe it is actually an 8 pin... there is a middle pin as well that is active. What I find unusual is that it was your eq that wasn't working when you had the 7 pin connector. I had the same issue no cable, so I went back to the store and got the cable... well they gave me "a" cable from a triple rec and it was only a 7 pin but for me it was the effects loop that wouldn't work. I went back a 3rd time and made them find the actual cable for the amp (8 pin) and everything works.

I wanted to get another pedal snake to use with the new rig but the problem is that pedal snake can only go as high as 7 pin midi. If the mesa was wired so that using the 7 pin everything would work except the mute I would be fine with that but I want to be able to switch the eq in and out and of course the effects loop as well.

 

[Barry]

You paid alot of money for that amp, I would demand the cable and manual . If they give you a problem call mesa .

 

[NR2112]

You paid alot of money for that amp, I would demand the cable and manual . If they give you a problem call mesa .

I did indeed. GC just called and said they would try to get one out ASAP. We'll see :lol:

I just wish the damned 7 pin connector would work (like it says int he manual)

 

[iFreedom]

You paid alot of money for that amp, I would demand the cable and manual . If they give you a problem call mesa .

I did indeed. GC just called and said they would try to get one out ASAP. We'll see :lol:

I just wish the damned 7 pin connector would work (like it says int he manual)

Just so you know, some foot switches had issues like your describing. I know I personnaly tried one at GC and it work only for the first switch. After that, it didn't respond until I cycled the power. Don't know whta the root problem was though.

 

[Dr. Avery]

I seem to recall reading something in the manual about the switch not working properly sometimes in variac power. Does the problem persist in full power mode?

 

[litesnsirens]

You paid alot of money for that amp, I would demand the cable and manual . If they give you a problem call mesa .

I did indeed. GC just called and said they would try to get one out ASAP. We'll see :lol:

I just wish the damned 7 pin connector would work (like it says int he manual)

Look at the "7 pin" cable that you are using. Does it have the middle pin? You'll see 7 pins around the outside either way but if you look at the footswitch input on the back of your amp you will see there is a hole in the middle as well. The cable that was meant to work with the amp has the same 7 pins around the outside and a pin in the middle as well . So I know that Mesa refers to it as a 7 pin DIN connection but as I said above when I used a cable without the middle pin I wasn't getting full functionality. As soon as I got the cable with the middle pin... everything worked perfect.

In my world the general rule is 7 + 1 = 8, maybe not at mesa... I'm just saying check the cable you are using ... if it doesn't have the middle pin then it's an easy fix... get the right cable.

 

[NR2112]

UPDATE

I guess my brother had an old midi cable from MESA that came with his road king. He bought a new one, and kept the old one. This was a year ago. Im so glad he is so organized becasue he knew right where it was, adn when I plugged it in, BAM all the finctions worked and the amp sounded KILLER!

And yes, there actually were 8 pins!! so although it may say 7, look for this specific cable with the center pin.

 

[phyrexia]

The manual had a typo; The current manual, on Mesa's website, says 8 pins. It was last updated in February of 2010.