Did you upgrade the firmware on the unit? You need to do that as older firmware will drop out MIDI ports on the control surface etc. Note: even if you have purchased a brand new FW-1884, it won't contain the latest firmware. Was out training a client a couple of days a go and the first thing I did was upgrade the firmware in the unit. You will find the latest firmware, drivers and control surface for the unit on my website. You can access all of that from the "accessibility Training" page. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music And Audio Production Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK+44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: pilickproduction To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:55 AM Subject: [ddots-l] fw1884 and problem Hi everybody, I have a strange problem with the fw1884 and sonar6 or 7. Sometimes when I put my computer on, it seems that Sonar doesn't find the contact to the controll surface. I must delete it and install it again through the menu controll surface. But it doesn't work every time. Sometimes I must reinstall the drivers for sonar. Do you have an idea? Thank you J-P