Mission EP1-KP calibration issue

  • Hi,

    I just bought the EP1-KP which supposed to be the almost plug and play expression pedal for Kemper (I use a Kemper Stage). To my surprise, the pedal is not working. I have red almost the whole forum trying to figure out the issue and how to solve it.

    The situation is as follows:

    - OUT1 on the EP goes into Pedal 1 via a TRS cable (brand new EBS PCF-DLS58)

    - OUT2 on the EP goes into Pedal 2 via a TS cable

    - Pedal 1 was set on Wah

    - Pedal 2 set on switch - works fine.


    Now, as for Pedal 1, regardless what type of pedal I select (Type 1 or 2) after the calibration (made as I've red on this forum) my pedal goes directly from 0 to 127, like an/on off switch. After several sweels, the pedal freezes at a random value.


    The Pot is a Dunlop linear ecb078 as I have found out. On the pot there is the following code: 93303010350.


    Has anyone encountered this kind of problem yet? I just want to be absolutely sure the pedal is broken before I will return it since I'm from Romania and I'm supposed to return it in Germany.


    Thanks in advance!

  • From the manual:


    The EP1-KP uses two ¼” phone plug outputs marked
    OUT1 and OUT2 on the underside of the pedal.
    OUT1 is the expression pedal output, and OUT2 is
    the footswitch output
    . Connect OUT1 to switch/
    pedal input 1 on the rear panel of the amplifier using
    a ¼” TRS-TRS instrument cable, such as the Mission
    MCTRS10A cable. TRS stands for Tip, Ring, Sleeve
    and is a three-conductor cable. It is sometimes also
    called a stereo, or balanced cable (See Figure 1.)
    OUT1 requires the use of the correct cable with a
    TRS connector at both ends. A mono TS cable such
    as a regular guitar cable, and insert cables that have
    both TS and TRS plugs, will not work.


    Use of the internal footswitch is optional. To use the
    footswitch, connect OUT2 to switch/pedal input 2
    on the rear panel of the amplifier using a standard
    mono (TS) ¼” guitar or patch cabl
    e.


    When using the footswitch option, both inputs on
    the amplifier are used and the maximum number of
    pedals that can be connected via the back panel is
    one. If you intend to use another method of turning
    effects on an off such as MIDI, auto-detection, or
    front panel switches then the switch out can be left
    unconnected and you can connect a maximum of two
    EP1-KP pedals to the amplifier.


    With those two criteria met, the pedal should work fine. Maybe there is some contamination on the pot. Try pressing up and down multiple times to see if it gets better.

    Larry Mar @ Lonegun Studios. Neither one famous yet.