Midi input stopped working on Mbox 2 Pro

[mrshonuff]

I have had my Mbox 2 Pro for almost 3 years now. Now when I decide to work only in Reason 4.0 the midi controller is not detected via Mbox 2 Pro Midi. I have ran the midi loop test light lit up. I seen no reason to swap the cable as the midi controller is detected in Reason and PT on my EZBus midi ports.
Please help

Thanks

[spkguitar]

Are you using Reason rewired into PT? If so, on Windows machines, PT "steals" the MIDI hardware.

Most people, when using Reason with Pro Tools just do their sequencing in Pro Tools, so this problem really doesn't matter.

If you absolutely need to do your sequencing in Reason while rewired to PT, there is a workaround, but it only works for USB connected MIDI devices:

• unplug the device before opening PT
• Open PT
• plug the device back in

This will allow you to use the MIDI device in Reason while rewired. It will not work for devices that are plugged into the MBox 2 Pro using standard MIDI cables.

[mrshonuff]

Originally Posted by spkguitar

Are you using Reason rewired into PT? If so, on Windows machines, PT "steals" the MIDI hardware.

Most people, when using Reason with Pro Tools just do their sequencing in Pro Tools, so this problem really doesn't matter.

If you absolutely need to do your sequencing in Reason while rewired to PT, there is a workaround, but it only works for USB connected MIDI devices:

• unplug the device before opening PT
• Open PT
• plug the device back in

This will allow you to use the MIDI device in Reason while rewired. It will not work for devices that are plugged into the MBox 2 Pro using standard MIDI cables.

No this when I just using reason stand alone. I have to now use the midi ports on my EZBus, but I would prefer using them on my Mbox 2 Pro.

[mrshonuff]

I'm noticing in device manager, under sound, video and game controllers it has nothing about Mbox 2 Pro midi it only list the devices below.I have also listed some info about my computer after running msinfo32, if need be I will run a Sandra report.
Audio Codecs
Digidesign Mbox 2 PRo
Ezbus Control Surface Engine
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
USB Audio Device
Video Codecs
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name PRO-TOOLS
System Manufacturer Supermicro
System Model X6DVL-EG2
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080010, 3/29/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.41 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
I have 4 SATA drives with my PT Sessions on drive G:\.
Thanks

[mrshonuff]

It seems as though Pro tools is not installing the midi drivers. I 'm able to see the Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro midi All and 1-16 channels on a midi track but when I select one of them with my midi controller plugged into the Mcbox no signals are going through it.
Please help this is driving me nuts.
Thanks

[mrshonuff]

Originally Posted by mrshonuff

It seems as though Pro tools is not installing the midi drivers. I 'm able to see the Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro midi All and 1-16 channels on a midi track but when I select one of them with my midi controller plugged into the Mcbox no signals are going through it.
Please help this is driving me nuts.
Thanks

I'm not seeing any midi devices in device manager