(Legacy) Pod XT Live editing from Mac El Capitan

[enginayd]

Hello there,

 

I've dusted off my pod xt live laying around and attached it to my rig as an external processing unit. You know that exciting feeling about re-discovering and old gear and integrating it to your new rig, don't you!

 

Anyway, it works just fine expect a few minor problems.

I have a few questions.

 

1) Line 6 Monkey cannot detect my Flash version (which is up to date btw)

2) Line 6 Edit cannot detect nor manually connect to my device. (Note that Pod XT Live is recognized as an audio and MIDI interface by the Mac itself)

Logs:

Testing for supported devices:
CustomTone app server: started on port 25050
   PODxt
   PODxt Pro
   PODxt Live
   Vetta II Combo
   Vetta II Head
   Bass PODxt
   Bass PODxt Pro
   Bass PODxt Live
   Flextone III
   HD147
   POD 2.0
   POD 2.0 Pro
   Flextone II
PODxt Live init max progress = 86
L6HW Device connected
L6HW device 'PODxt Live' (#0, ID=0x00004650) connected
 < OUT - F0 00 01 0C 03 0E 00 F7 
       - (8 bytes)

L6HW Device connected
L6HW device 'PODxt Live Variax Interface' (#1, ID=0x00004650) connected
Device init failed!
Configured for PODxt Live
Loaded class 'class cmn.l6java.utils.L6MacMenuHandler_Mac'
Registering Mac application handlers
Shutting down...
Shutdown: Device
Shutdown: Browser
Shutdown: Editor
Shutdown: Tone Locker
Shutdown: MIDI Manager
Shutdown: MIDI
Shutdown: App
Shutdown complete
 

3) Am I eligible for Pod Farm 2 VSTs? Even though I'm authorized with Line 6 License Manager, these VSTs say, I'm not authorized and only allow me to use a few models. Is that the expected behaviour?

4) What would be the best workflow for me for editing Pod XT Live patches? I don't want to bend over down my table all the time!

 

Cheers