connection drop?

I've been practicing a live PA for a few hours today and twice I noticed that the connection from the lemur dropped. I'm using a wifi signal generated from my laptop to connect and NOT going through a router.

What's strange is that when I go back to the main menu, I can see that MIDI A is red instead of black. If I select it it turns black again and the connection resumes (without stopping the DAW). Any idea why this might be happening and how I can prevent it?

thanks!

Hi
Not sure with the dropping out . . .
But I have to ask what you mean by 'practicing a live PA'?
You have used the term a few times, do you just mean playing into a PA as in a Sound System?
Cheers
MM

biologik wrote:I've been practicing a live PA for a few hours today and twice I noticed that the connection from the lemur dropped. I'm using a wifi signal generated from my laptop to connect and NOT going through a router.

What's strange is that when I go back to the main menu, I can see that MIDI A is red instead of black. If I select it it turns black again and the connection resumes (without stopping the DAW). Any idea why this might be happening and how I can prevent it?

thanks!

Hi,
Can you tell me what OS you're using, and more details on the MIDI connections ? How many ports are connected through the Daemon, are those virtual MIDI ports, OS X IAC busses ?
Thanks,

Axel

Also, what sort of Wifi connection are you using ? Ad-hoc ?

Yes, it's an ad-hoc network, using Win 7 64bit. Two ports (A and B) on the lemur daemon which were created using loopmidi and not using OSC at all.
Cheers

I have the same pb
I have two ipad connected in daemin for execute midi in traktor (only midi no osc)
The connection drop randomly and is the same thing of Biologik

I have the same problem (yet posted in general discussion).
I asked for help, but no response yet

Bruno

I've found that my MIDI ports will turn red if I issue a command that the device being controlled doesn't like, and/or send too many commands too quickly. Typically I find that this happens while I'm trying to figure out how to use a new feature. You might double check that your code isn't overloading the MIDI device and making it angry?

Hi,

I don't think you should think in terms of angryness or overloading midi datas, when speaking of connection dropping
the problem seems to be wireless midi connection in itself : reported as non-reliable in all users' forums.
iconnectmidi seems to be a good "cable" solution for ios midi, as reliability is reported everywhere
but for me it doesn't match my ios setups : 8 ipads for group playing in concert !

any suggestion welcomed

best regards,

Bruno

Audiorama wrote: iconnectmidi seems to be a good "cable" solution for ios midi, as reliability is reported everywhere

I seem to be the one person who has had horrific experience with this thing. I just got home from 80 days of touring and had problems nearly every night with it. I will experience a "This device is not supported by iPad" every night at some point and have to spend significant time rebooting the iPad, unplugging and replugging the cables from the iConnectMIDI until it will reconnect. I have two iConnectMIDI units, three of their cables, and two iPads with which to switch between. This happens with both iPads, both units, and all three of the cables, in all different permutations. The company has been unable to resolve this for me. Has nobody else experienced this problem???

This is what I get trying to use the iConnectMIDI with either of my iPads and my iPhone.

Hi,
I'm using line6 mobilizer II, as midi interface for ipad, with Lemur.
Sometimes i get the same message from Lemur on the ipad, when connecting.
then if I turn the lemur off, then the ipad and turn on again,
everything is cleared.
strange, I think that the bug is with Lemur, not with our your interfaces.

If people at Liine could react...

so many problems with midi by wifi, then you go back to the cables and midi connection problems are coming back ?????
what's wrong with Lemur ?

I'm gonna have to second the hypothesis that the fault is with the software... It's as if Lemur is on again off again polling the physical connection port cause when I first attach my iconnectmidi I get the "unrecognized" error, then if exit out of Lemur then I detach the special mini USB to iPad connector that came with the iconnectmidi and then plug it back in, it all seems to work fine after a moment or two. Could be how iOS and Lemur jive is funky but my setup pretty much doesn't work without that step... I did notice that no midi is being transmitted from the iPad (the iconnectmidi device activity LEDs are unresponsive) prior to the plug cycling as well. This definitely isn't a fix but it should keep things going for you. Maybe post with further symptoms if this also doesn't work for you...?

I have an iRig MIDI interface for iPad, and although it works all the time, the power supply through the little USB cable is problematic. Sometimes its powered, sometimes not. It also appears to depend on the right sequence. First plug in the interface, then the Apple PSU, then the little USB cable. Still not quite sure about it, and I believe it has become better after the iOS updates.

It is different from what you guys are experiencing, but it is also an example that 3rd party hardware and iOS can be problematic in general.

hi everybody,
our problems with the midi connection seems to happen when connecting the midi interface : the connecting sequence seems to be crucial.
and perhaps a little erratic , too... I have sometimes the same problem, when connecting my 8 ipads with 8 midi mobilizer II :
one or two fail to connect, then I diconnect those who failed, close Lemur, shut down the ipad and restart again. Sometimes it works, sometimes i have to do it again one more time.
when the 8 ipads are well connected, then it works very well , without any problems : and I experienced it in entire day workshops without any problem and on stage as well.
so, i think : don't panic ! it works well,
far better than wireless midi who drops when you are playing...
the good old cables will last long, if you see what i mean