Meloaudio Midi Commander with Waveshare Zero

[thecolourbox]

Hi all, please may I start with thanking Greg for this incredible work.
Secondly, may I say I'm a mere musician, my brain isn't clever enough to work these things out though I'm usually OK at learning how to use things once they are set up.

I purchased a Meloaudio Midi Commander which had the Waveshare zero installed to use as a controller for a Tonex One, in April last year. I made some very small progress with the help of the lovely chap who did the install, then didn't really manage to integrate it into my setup at the time and just left it. My stupid brain then forgot what it was I'd done to get it working, so now I've got it back out and can't make head nor tail f it.

I wondered if I could politely ask on here for any pointers as to what is sure to be my user error please? A lot of the info on here seems to refer to wireless midi but this is wired, and I can't work it out, and the tonex.local address in the browser persistently cannot be reached.

So I have the Midi Commander plugged in to my PC via USB (USB-A out of the PC into USB-B on the Midi). Then there's a USB-C output on the midi that was added by the gent who installed it, which I have connected to the Tonex One (which is powered by a standard 9v psu) via a data cable

There are eight different "modes" on the Midi Commander, for various other bits of kit (Map up, Kemper, Axe fx etc), then two Custom modes which I assumed I should be using. I've loaded each of these in turn, and retried the tonex.local address that I thought I was supposed to use, and get the same "cannot reach this address" message. Chrome and Edge.

I've tried entering Setup mode (Only affects Custom 1 & 2 modes) and refreshing Chrome and Edge, but the same message.

I'm at my wits end and ready to just get rid of the thing and lose the money I spent on it, but it would be lovely to be able to understand it (and write my own "dummy" level instructions for my 5 year old brain.

Would anybody have any ideas that I should try please? Pretty please?
I'm sorry (and embarrassed) to be on the take without being able to offer anything in return.

Thanks
Matt

[Builty]

Hi.
Firstly, with the web config, there are a few things to keep in mind. It's covered in https://github.com/Builty/TonexOneController/blob/main/WebConfiguration.md

The access point mode is only active for the first 60 seconds after booting (it can be changed after you connect.)
So its important to reboot the controller first, then try straight away to connect. You need to use the phone WiFi settings to connect first, or you can scan the QR code on the page above to make it easier.

Once connected, be aware that some phones may disconnect again as the detect there is no internet access. Samsung phones will ask you if you wish to remain connected. iPhone may just disconnect without asking.
Some users have got the phone to forget known networks, which can help here.

Once connected, your can open your web browser and go to http://tonex.local. Note that some browsers may assume its https and won't work. You can also try using http://192.168.4.1 which is the real address that tonex.local points to.

Once you get into web config, check to make sure that wired Midi is enabled, and check the channel assigned.
I think once you sort out the above, it will start to make sense and get easier.

If desired you can change the controller WiFi to not disable after 60 seconds. You need to connect first though to get to the setting.
I hope that helps.

[thecolourbox]

Thank you so much - I could not get my head around the webconfig section but thankfully today with fresher eyes I have found my way through. I'm sure I didn't do that last time (the accesspoint process) though but I think maybe I just didn't get to the editing stage or there was. I'm going to write my process down in dummy language for myself this time so I can hopefully keep track of what I'm doing.

The FX switches are currently doing different numbers on the unit than I am typing in the webconfig screen but I think I should hopefully just be able to override that in the Midi Controller itself and change it to the right ones.

Thank you again so much for all this, I feel awful just taking without being able to give back but I can only offer my gratitude.

[Builty]

No problems, good luck with it all.