Help with a DA7 control surface with DP...

[TnMike]

I've been wanting to setup my DA7 as a control surface with DP 9.0.1 and played around with it a couple years ago and never could make it work right so I went totally with mouse mixing in DP. I would like to revisit the possibility of using the DA7 mixer for automating fader moves in DP.
Anyone out there using the DA7 as a control surface with DP...and if so, could you help me?
Thanks, Mike
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OS 10.10.5

[TnMike]

...And I use to be able to control DP's transport with the DA7 but now can't figure it out anymore.
Maybe I imagined it! I might need to get a surface controller. DA7 is probably unable to do this...it's a pretty old mixer.

[philbrown]

I used a DA7 for years but not in that way. I did do the opposite though– controlling the DA7's faders from DP. Something you can try is download MIDI Monitor (it's free) and see what (if any) MIDI data the DA7 is sending as you work faders or transport controls or whatever.
http://www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/

[philbrown]

Found a manual online but wow it's confusing. This may or may not help you.

1. Select the MIDI button in the SETUP section on the TopPanel of the DA7
to display the [MIDI>SETUP] Window of the LCD display. This is so you
can set up the transmit and receive data parameters.
2. Select [TO PC] in the [PORT SELECT] area in the [SERIAL I/O SETUP]
area.
3. Cursor to [BAUD RATE] within the [SERIAL I/O SETUP] area of the
[MIDI>SETUP] window. Use the parameter dial to select [38.4K].
4. Cursor to [PORT], and select [TO PC] in both the [Gen RX] and [Gen TX]
fields in [MIDI>SETUP] window.
5. Cursor to the [CH] area. Be sure to select the same MIDI CH numbers
that are used on the Upgrade Utility's [SET UP] window in the [Gen RX]
and [Gen TX] fields. Remember that all MIDI channel #s must be the
same.
6. Cursor to the [SYSTEM EX] field. Select [TX] and press ENTER. Select
[RX] and press ENTER.
7. Select the MIDI button so as to display the [MIDI BULK] window on the
LCD display. Cursor to the [RX] field. Select [RX] and press ENTER. The
RX field appears in inverse video.