Akai MPK mini mk3 driver

It works for me. Could you give more details? What procedure do you follow to connect?
Do you use “strange” characters for the network name or the password?

Regards,

Yep! @fedepoi , first thing you should do with the new oram image is update :wink:

Regards,

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@riban yeah I did the update, ill redoit just now to be on the safe side.
@jofemodo not any strange sign for the SSID name or password. not sure what is happening there. looks like the pi itself is having issue to connect to my wifi. should I also do a full system upgrade with apt upgrade ???

NO!!! The Zynthian update mechanism does tried and tested updates. Manual updates may break it.

yeah suspected that, that’s why I have not done it. I’ll try to debug it a bit. is there any useful log I could check for wifi connection ?

Have you tried to disable/enable wifi from UI?
Could you describe the exact steps you are following?

Thanks!

@jofemodo yes tried disabling and reenabling, pretty simple steps. turn on the pi → wait for zynthian to load → admin → wifi → enable wifi → wait for scan to complete → select my wifi → tap on it (first time it asked the password) then it looks like it saved it somewhere → then error saying cant connect to wifi {name of the wifi}

OK! We need a mechanism to re-ask for the password if it fails. I will do.

Regards

Until then, you could try using the CLI:

To see status of all network devices:

nmcli dev status

To see the available connections:

nmcli con show

To delete a connection:

nmcli connection delete “NAME”

To see all WIFI networks:

nmcli dev wifi list

To create a new connection:

nmcli dev wifi connect “NAME” password “PASSWD”

etc.

I will fix the UI ASAP

Regards,

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BTW, the driver for the “Akai MPK mini 3” is merged in Oram. I’ve been testing and it works like a charm!

Thanks a lot, @oscaracena! You are a genius!

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Thank you very much! It’s a pleasure to work with Zynthian, and with all of you! :blush::face_holding_back_tears:

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Hi @fedepoi !!

I’ve improved the wifi dialog and now it will ask for password when connection fails. You can cancel by pressing back button (or cancel key in the display keyboard).

BTW, i also added a new "ALT " key that give access to 2 new pages of symbols and local chars. Of course, i’m pretty sure somebody will use some char in his wifi password that is not there :wink:

I hope this works for you. Please, update and test.

Regards

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Deleting my connections and enter the passwords again, with the ability to access an & on the Zynthian displayed keyboard (thanks jofemodo for implementing this today), I had success to connect now via wifi.
BTW the character & is in the first moment not very clear to recognize, it is in the top row (shift) left to the bracket (.
I did not find the “ALT” key (latest oram) you mentioned.

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Update again. The change was pushed 2 hours ago, so it should be available.

Regards

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got it!

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apologies for jacking an old thread, I have tried installing Oram and its giving me similar issues with the wifi as another user has mentioned here previously, however I managed to come upon the following issues which may or may not be exclusive to my Zynthian build:

  1. Cant simultaneously connect LAN Cable and Wifi: So If I need to have a direct ethernet access through RJ45 connectors on my Zynthian and PC for accessing webconf (PC connects to the internet via wifi router), and the PC is already accessing internet via wifi, typing zynthian.local gives me error saying it cant connect. However if I turn off my wifi and then connect using the ethernet cable, I can log into my webconf.

  2. If I disconnect wifi on my zynthian, I am unable to connect to the same wifi again with the system still staying on. If I have to reconnect to the same wifi, I have to restart my unit. This prevents me from connecting to any other wifi (I want to take my Zynthian out of house on trips and connect using my phone wifi)

  3. I have tried connecting the Akai MPC mk 3 on the Oram build. Idk what I am missing here but I cant make my akai behave the way others have managed to. I updated my Oram using wifi, and have connected my akai using usb cables to my zynthian, but none of the modes as detailed in the wiki translate on my akai/zynthian.

Needless to say the driver looks amazing and many thanks to @oscaracena for coming up with it. I just wish I could forever keep my zynthian connected to my akai and then they both become a synth-controller unit.

Any help with this is highly appreciated. Many thanks to all the people in this community :slight_smile:

I think @oscaracena 's driver is for an Akai APC KEY25. If you’re actually trying to connect an Akai MPC mk 3 I don’t think it will work.

Edit - that was wrong, nevermind. This topic is about the new driver for the mini mk3. Sorry.

So, just to be sure… @lsq23 what controller do you have? An “APC key25” or an “MPK mini mk3”, or something else? :smile:

EDIT: I’ve updated my Zynthian to the latest release, and I connected the MPK mini, and it works as expected. Did you check that “Admin > MIDI Input Devices > MPK mini 3” is in Controller Driver mode?

Regarding the other problems, you may need to add them to the issue tracker, so they don’t get lost…

" is in Controller Driver mode"
The devils in the details but that did it!! I would have never suspected that the midi input device showing my akai mpk mini mk3 has a layer beneath accessed by long pressing the screen.

All done and dusted boys. I can happily retire now :smiley:

Thank you for your help @oscaracena @tunagenes

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Soon you won’t need to. Documentation is improving every day…