kittyhooch

After trying everything I could think of I used HD Workbench to do a backup and the VDI cable works now. That was the primary issue as I think it is fairly good otherwise.

It's 3.7. I always keep it up to date.

Line 6 Monkey shows version 2.21 of 2.23 with a yellow triangle and exclamation point. Central can't find it. Every attempt to updated or rollback to any version fails with the yellow triangle and a MIDI code of 80009000. I can't use the USB interface, just the Helix. I've been living with it but today the Helix with VDI cable didn't seem to work. A cat 5 cable produced the same result. This had happened before but started working. In trying to get things working I found that I could remove the battery from the guitar with the VDI cable plugged in and a guitar cable plugged in and the Variax worked. So the VDI cabe supplies power and it turns off when removed. This is a severe concession. I susoect if I could reset the Variax it would probably work.

I went to use my Variax with my Helix today and it didn't work. It happened before and I'm not sure wh. First I checked if another car 5 cable worked. I tried a guitar cable along with the Variax cable. It connected. To see if the cable was providing power I took out the battery and I was able to select instruments on the Variax. So the cable is powering it, but not transmitting signal. I have a JTV-69S and Helix floor. I suspect one or the other may need a reset or something. Any suggestions welcome.

When I connect with the Variax USB cable I made sure my battery is charged and plug in the 1/4 inch jack too. The guitar light flashes red so I unplug the 1/4 inch jack and plug it back in. I get two green lights for less than a minute. Making sure I have green lights I open Monkey, reset the light and all I have is USB interface and driver software. I reinstalled everything. The Variax doesn't show. I try to use the button for "change device" and then "I don't see my device" and I get the USB interface and using the MIDI connection button I can get Tyler Variax but no rational MIDI options. It fails. Using my Helix I instantly see the Variax and it tells me what firmware version I have. It's not supposed to workbut it is closer than the update cable. I run the update and it fails' As far as I can tell it's not possible to update. Is it worth pursuing or is there nothing worth it in 2.23? Any advice? I'm frustrated.

Well I have been trying everything/ I have the update cable. When i plug it into the laptop I have to plug a 1/4 inch jack in to get both lights green but Line 6 Monkey can't find the guitar nor Workbench HD. Workbench HD dows work through the Helix and Monkey can see the Variax through Helix. I tried using the update cable through the Helix and the cable got stuck in the Variax and I had to use pliers to get it out. I thought I had messed it up but I tried the Variax into the Helix with just the VDI cable and it finally worked without needing a simultaneous regular guitar cable. Possibly my update cable is defective? I love this gear but the connection problems are frustrating. At least I have Variax HD installed at 2.21. I had issues copying my hard disk to SSD and I'm wondering if there is some corrupted file issue that makes it so only the Helix can communicate with the Variax.

I have a JTV 69S and just got a Helix. I used to have a Variax 600 and POD XT and I could use the VDI for variax control and to output the sound. Now I have found that I can use the special workbench cable with Workbench HD only if I plug in the 1/4 inch jack too, but while both lights turn green I can't connect to the Variax from Workbench HD. If I plug into the Helix I have to plug in the VDI cable and the 1/4 inch to both the Variax and the Helix to be able to select the Variax as the input. I can take out the battery and it powers the Variax. Workbench HD can see and connect to the Variax through the Helix. I thought maybe if I flashed it from 2,21 to 2.23 it might work but the closest I can get is with the Helix and it throws an error. I'm wondering if I have a wiring problem but that doesn't seem to make sense. something is wrong though.