Connecting a Lekato wireless midi system

Ocheye

I have been using a Lekato wireless midi system all year and, until recently, it has worked perfectly.

The smaller of the two connectors is connected to the midi input of my TC Helicon Voicelive GTX (there is no midi output). However, I seem to have a problem connecting it via bluetooth to Stagetraxx 3.

When I switch it to 'on' the MidiPortA 'line' is greyed out in the Bluetooth MIDI devices in ST3 settings. I've also tried connecting via iPad Bluetooth Settings.

I usually get it to work eventually but not sure how - disconnecting and reconnecting the device, toggling the on/off switch etc.

Does anyone know if there is a set procedure? FYI. I bought another Lekato wireless midi unit which arrived today but it is behaving in exactly the same way so it looks like the problem lies with me. The instructions are not much help either. Maybe it is to do with the order in which it is powered up.

I'm at a loss and worry that it may let me down at a gig. (Once it is connected it stays connected until I switch it off)

Lishy

Ocheye if it’s greyed out it usually means it connected to something else…… are you using any other devices it could be connected to?

Ocheye

Thanks Lishy. My iPad is connected via Bluetooth to my Bose S1Pro but it has always been like that and I’ve not had a problem until recently. I use an air turn pedal when I am playing a gig where I use ‘lyrics only’ but this has not been the case for a while. I also use 2 iPads (one is kept as a reserve) I will check and see if the Lekato has latched on to the spare.

peter

The iPad can connect to multiple bluetooth devices. But most bluetooth devices can not connect to different iPads at at the same time. So you need to make sure that the Lekato device is not connected to something else.

Ocheye

I thought Peter might have the answer but both my iPads and my iPhone were showing that the midi port was offline. I got it to work yesterday but not sure how. This is very disconcerting. This morning my phone and no 2 iPad it said MidiPort A was “offline” but on my no 1 iPad it said 2 Bluetooth midi devices were found -MidiPort B and MidiPortA ( though it didn’t say “offline”). All were greyed out