fourchimney Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I'm pulling my hair out. I want to add an Ampero 2-button external switch set for momentary latching on two preset blocks. I don't want to go into stomp mode if I don't have to. I just wanna hit these two external switches as needed. My issue is that I can't seem to assign these switches to anything. I'm using a TRS cable between the switch block and EXP3. I've tried EXP2 as well, but no joy. The external switches don't show up in the editor, unless they are named something else. I tested the switches and cable with a VOM and everything is fine. Has anybody gotten this to work? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I don't think you can do this on Helix. HXS yes, Helix no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaschaFranck Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 12:31 AM, rd2rk said: I don't think you can do this on Helix. HXS yes, Helix no. Why would that be? The Floor can do everything the Stomp can. Back when I had a Floor, I had two switches connected, they just worked fine. Admittedly, they were latching types, but that shouldn't matter at all. Fwiw, I'm using exactly the same Ampero switch with my Stomp and there's no issues. On 3/21/2025 at 12:01 AM, fourchimney said: The external switches don't show up in the editor, unless they are named something else. Did you look inside Command Center? Also, did you set them to work as additional switches in your global settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Yes, works fine with HXS, but I couldn't figure out how to connect my Mosky Dual Switch (probably made in the same factory as the Ampero), so if you can recall how you made that work we would both be most appreciative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourchimney Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 3/20/2025 at 8:12 PM, SaschaFranck said: Also, did you set them to work as additional switches in your global settings? I'm not seeing anything about external switches in the Global settings. Can you let me know where these settings are? Also, I'm not seeing the external switches in the Command Center. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/20/2025 at 9:40 PM, fourchimney said: Am I missing something? You are not missing anything.... @rd2rk was right in his initial response. There are no "external footswitch inputs" on the Floor or LT. The STOMP and STOMP XL were released later, and L6 added the external footswitch input option to those. I have yet to see a firmware update add it to the larger units. (by now I suspect it's because the initial design did not allow for it) The floor has two additional EXP inputs, and the LT has one additional EXP input. I have a latching footswitch that I wired a 10K resistor across. This turns the footswitch into a "heel down / toe down" expression pedal. I connect that to EXP 2 on my LT and it opens a world of assignments... but is still limited to what an EXP can be assigned to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaschaFranck Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Oh, now I remember (really sorry for the confusion everyone!): As I was using a latched switch back in my Floor days, I could use it pretty much as an actual expression pedal and only had to deal with the min/max values. Obviously, that wouldn't work as good (or possibly not at all) with a momentary switch. Pretty strange they couldn't add that to the bigger devices through a FW update... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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