Battery "loses" the mandala MIDI device

[TheKillingJoke]

Hi everybody,

here's a problem I've experienced a lot recently using the mandalas
with Battery 3 , and I've got no clue what the reason and/or solution
might be:

Basically my setup with the pads and Battery 3 on a Vista machine
works fine, but Battery sometimes "loses" the MIDI device during a
performance; the mandala pad is no longer listed as a input interface
in the MIDI setup, and I have to restart Battery each time to get the
devices back. It seems to happen more often when I connect more pads,
but it also happens with just one pad connected.

I've connected up to four pads, an it's not always the same pad that
disappears, it seems quite random to me.

I'm not sure whether this problem even is mandala-related, or rather
Battery-, Windows-, or even hardware-related, but maybe someone here
has encountered this problem, too?

[snick21]

what kind of hub are you using? is it powered? if you can avoid any
hub at all you'd probably be better off...either by using actual usb
ports on your machine or getting a card with ports on it.

[TheKillingJoke]

I'm using a D-Link powered 7-port hub now. I've had the problem before
the hub, but it has gotten worse with it.

Yet I still need the hub, because I don't have enough ports on my
notebook.

[snick21]

have you tried a usb expresscard adapter?

[TheKillingJoke]

Not yet... I'll try it out, thanks!