Q Light Controller+

I am a new user to QLC+, looking for an alternative to Rekordbox Lighting Mode with RB-DMX1. While the Rekordbox setup works for me I am looking for something more open that will let me see and change what is happening "under the hood", and to possibly integrate with Mixxx. I would also like a way to easilly implement a standalone controller for my two Gigbar2 bars plus some simple pars for uplighting. To that end I purchased an UltraDMX Micro dongle and have been attempting to get it to work with my Gigbar2s. I have tried the following with Ubuntu Linux 18.04, MacOS Mojave, and Windows 10 1903.

My understanding (posibbly misunderstanding) from reading online tutorials is that I should be able to install the Windows or Mac drivers (not needed for Linux) from the FTDI website, configure QLC+ with the the fixtures, turn on DMX USB [which shows "1: FT245R USB FIFO (S/N: AL05AQY4)"] output in the Inputs/Outputs tab, and control the fixtures from the Simple Desk tab and see the expected outputs when I adjust the sliders. So far, no luck with any of the three operating systems. The gree LED on the three pin putput connector blinks on and off steadilly at about 1 HZ. If I unplug the USB connector from the PC the SMX USB entry no longer shows a device. Reinserting the USB connector returns the "1: FT245R USB FIFO (S/N: AL05AQY4)" device listing.

If I try bringing up SoundSwitch the green LED flickers rapidly, but I am traveling and cannot see if it is actually working the lights. Is there something stupid that I am missing here?

Thanks,

LViejo (Jim to my friends)

After some more searching I found this thread viewtopic.php?t=9099. After changing the device protocol from 'OpenTX' to 'Pro RX/TX' everything seems to work on all three operating systems. That said, I am traveling and don't have the lights to test with, just the dongle, but it seems to behave properly, baseds on the greern LED on the dongle and the System timer accuracy changing from bad to good. This seems to be a long standing issue. Is there some reason that the device protocol should not default correctly when installed? Again, I'm new to this, so I may be well off base here.

Regards,

LViejo (Jim to my friends)

[edit]
Just returned home after vacation and set up my lights. Worked properly first try.
Is there some way that the default configuration for this dongle be 'Pro TX/RX' or something else that works "out of the box"?

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