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To get console access via UART on Akai devices you have to proceed like on the pictures below :
On my AKF i have 6 pins, sometimes on MPC there is less pins. Use an USB/TTL converter to avoid damage on your board. You can use this one as on the photo : USB-TTL Converter
Connect like this :
- GND from Akf to GND on usb stick (you can measure gnd when running with a voltmeter), if you have 0v between measuring point and the gnd, there is a big change that the measuring point is a gnd.
- Rx from Akf to Tx on usb stick
- Tx from Akf to Rx on usb stick
/!\ Do not connect Pins 5v or 3.3v.
Connect USB dongle to your computer. Connect USB type B on force to the same computer ( if you dont do this, you can have inconsistent messages when sending commands or receiving messages in the console application).