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Topic: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Hi,

I was supposed to jam at my friend's through my new Babyface Pro FS. However, we couldn't install the driver on his computer, which runs Windows 10. After clicking the installer icon, we could see a sudden flash of the installer running and the loading bar going from min to max, I think, it really took like half a second. After that, nothing was installed and plugging the Babyface didn't do a thing. We tried running it as an administrator and checked firewall (in any case), but nothing helped.

Now that i think of it, I did plug the Babyface in the computer before installing the driver. Could this have caused issues?

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

This would happen if the babyface was in class compliant mode instead of pc mode. Check the manual how to switch, I never have to do it, pc only, so can't remember the exact button presses needed when powering up.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

vinark wrote:

This would happen if the babyface was in class compliant mode instead of pc mode. Check the manual how to switch, I never have to do it, pc only, so can't remember the exact button presses needed when powering up.

I thought about this when I read some topics here and I definitely need to test this next time. But I wonder, how could Babyface's settings prevent an .exe file installer from doing its thing? I suggested my friend to install the driver in advance so that I could just come up and plug the Babyface in, but he reported this behaviour, the installer just flashing and then disappearing, even before there was a Babyface present.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Sure the exe was the right one ?
https://rme-audio.de/downloads/driver_usb_win_1227.zip
Could be he installed Digicheck or the FUT ?
For activating and deactivating the Class-Compliant mode hold the two buttons SELECT and DIM during power-up.
The lights will show PC for your use. Class-Compliant mode is when CC is shown by the LEDs.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

waedi wrote:

Sure the exe was the right one ?
https://rme-audio.de/downloads/driver_usb_win_1227.zip
Could be he installed Digicheck or the FUT ?
For activating and deactivating the Class-Compliant mode hold the two buttons SELECT and DIM during power-up.
The lights will show PC for your use. Class-Compliant mode is when CC is shown by the LEDs.

Yes, I'm certain this was the .zip file he donwloaded. Also, I checked and confirmed that I haven't been on the CC mode.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

The driver installs very fast indeed. If the babyface is in cc mode it does not install the driver so that is expected behaviour.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

vinark wrote:

The driver installs very fast indeed. If the babyface is in cc mode it does not install the driver so that is expected behaviour.

The driver installer doesn't really care whether the device is connected, in CC, or not...

Possibly an issue of permissions... Admin account?

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

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vinark wrote:

The driver installs very fast indeed. If the babyface is in cc mode it does not install the driver so that is expected behaviour.

The driver installer doesn't really care whether the device is connected, in CC, or not...

Possibly an issue of permissions... Admin account?

Thank you for confirming my skepticity considering the relevance of cc mode. However, we made sure to run the installer as administrator and also checked that it wasn't an issue with firewall.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Well I guess You think the driver does not install while I think it does lightning fast. It will only really activate when the baby is in PC mode.
Next time check in device manager what you see.
Also you can check in what mode your babyface is right now at any computer. It will not change by itself. SO if ity is connected to a pc now it is in pc mode when it is working. On a mac it will work in CC mode too.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Fast or not, the installer does come with a success message at the end of the process. If that's not there, something's not working.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

vinark wrote:

Well I guess You think the driver does not install while I think it does lightning fast. It will only really activate when the baby is in PC mode.
Next time check in device manager what you see.
Also you can check in what mode your babyface is right now at any computer. It will not change by itself. SO if ity is connected to a pc now it is in pc mode when it is working. On a mac it will work in CC mode too.

Yes, I have used it with my own pc with no problems, so I guess I've never been in the cc mode before yesterday, when I tested it.

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Fast or not, the installer does come with a success message at the end of the process. If that's not there, something's not working.

The installer didn't message anything after the quick flashing on screen.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Then something's in the way. Have you tried with an actual admin account?

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

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Then something's in the way. Have you tried with an actual admin account?

Yes, the account was the admin account.

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

1.    Open the command prompt (Terminal) of windows.

2.    Navigate to the extracted driver folder. Use the command cd to navigate in the terminal.
(Example: cd  C:\Users\FFF\Desktop\driver_madiface_win_09736)

3.    Install your driver with the code: start rmeinstaller.exe /manual
Afterwards the following driver should be findable in C:\RMEdriver

4.    Open the device manager and navigate to the device (visible by a yellow exclamation mark).
Right click and hit update driver. Select the folder C:\RMEdriver to install the driver

5.    Have fun!

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Audio AG Support wrote:

1.    Open the command prompt (Terminal) of windows.

2.    Navigate to the extracted driver folder. Use the command cd to navigate in the terminal.
(Example: cd  C:\Users\FFF\Desktop\driver_madiface_win_09736)

3.    Install your driver with the code: start rmeinstaller.exe /manual
Afterwards the following driver should be findable in C:\RMEdriver

4.    Open the device manager and navigate to the device (visible by a yellow exclamation mark).
Right click and hit update driver. Select the folder C:\RMEdriver to install the driver

5.    Have fun!

Hey, I think this did the job, thank you and everyone else so much!

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Re: Babyface Pro FS driver installation failed on Windows 10

Ah great!

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