Voodoo Lab

Hi everyone. I received my new Control Switcher yesterday and I have a couple of questions.
1. How do I get the phantom power from the MIDI IN of the Switcher to the MIDI OUT of my Morningstar MC6? The MC6 uses a 7 pin MIDI connector and is expecting the power on pins 6 and 7. I'm hoping I can just buy a cable for this but Google has left me discouraged.
2. I use the MIDI OUT on the Switcher to connect to the MIDI IN on a Plethora X5. When I do this, sometimes a specific effect/button doesn't always get turned on/off correctly. I've ruled out my MIDI cables and I also don't have this problem when I connect my MC6 directly to the Plethora X5. It seems to relate to using the MIDI OUT/THROUGH on the Control Switcher. Any suggestions on troubleshooting/fixing? I'm considering just having the MC6 send the command for this effect/button twice and seeing if this resolves my issue, but it would be nice to understand what is going on.

Hi there,
You need to make a custom cable out of a 5 pin midi cable and get a 7 pin plug. You need to connect the Pins 1 & 3 to 6 & 7 instead. If you can’t do it, you may be able to find someone to do it for you.

The reason you have these faults is probably due to the Plethora x5 using 1 & 3 as midi as well as 4 & 5. The voltage is mucking it up. Some midi devices use both sets, not all though.
Hope this helps you out