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ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:28 pm
by irwombat
I have an old ground control w/ ground link and gcx. Can I use the ground link to control additional effects on/offs on AxeFx or to control rc50 looper etc. ?

Re: ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:00 am
by JohnClark
Its probably best if you start here... http://voodoolab.com/manuals.htm

The Ground Control manual there is for v2 or higher, the GCX and Ground Link manuals should be fine regardless of software version.

Re: ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:15 pm
by irwombat
John, the manual only discusses using the ground link in conjunction with the gcx. I don't have that... I just want to have more switches available for sending on/off, etc. Can I do that with the groundcontrol & ground link? If I can, how do I power the ground link?

Re: ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:28 pm
by JohnClark
You already sold the GCX!!!???

Anyway, the Ground Control (Original, v2.0 or higher) manual explains how to re-program the Ground Link buttons in the Expanders section under Setup Mode.

So do you, or do you not have a GCX? 1 post =yes, the other =no.

Re: ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:53 am
by irwombat
John, no I do not have the GCX. In an early post, I thought I was going to win the auction for it, but didn't. That is why I am asking how to power the ground link. Please let me know & thanks for your help.

Re: ground link for pedal on/off

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:10 pm
by JohnClark
The Ground Link accepts phantom power on Pins 1 and 3 of the GCX Out Jack. If you use a 5 Pin active/wired cable between the Ground Control MIDI Out and the Ground Link MIDI In, then the Ground Control will also be powered. You will want to provide 9VAC @ 500mA(minimum).