schwudden

Yeah. I'd also like to get my hands on a Helix Control - just to play around with it. I was also wondering, if an HX Control is (just) acting as a USB Host when it talks to a Helix Rack system. In such case, the exchanged data could be identical to those send between HX Edit and a Helix device.

Just wanted to show you one of my DIY projects. Since rehearsals und concerts were not allowed, I spent some time reverse-engineering the USB protocol sent between HX Edit and my HX Stomp. I came up with a couple of python scripts allowing for requesting & retrieving almost all information from the HX Stomp (and maybe all other Helix devices), e.g. the current preset-name, effects and amps used in the current preset, names of all presets via USB. Currently, I run this on a desktop computer but I am planing to run it on a Raspberry Pi soon - see it in action here! Admitting that those features seem useless on their own, here's another video showing a typical use-case I can think of: Using the FBV3 as additional controller with the HX Stomp. (Please note that another, custom-built hardware is necessary for connecting the FBV3 to a desktop computer - it is another DIY project I'm working on. I am planning to make this public as well :-) - the hardware is not necessary for talking to the HX Stomp only) I posted parts of this project in a Facebook group the other week and got motivating feedback from some users. Thus, I spent some time documenting the work - it is now available here on github. I hope you like it!