I'm looking at doing this with my Live 1. I'm not a programmer and know nothing about Linux, and only have very basic knowledge of low-level computer systems.
Looking at the Kikgen wiki, it seems like the basic steps are:
1) Download & install the hacked firmware - that looks straightforward enough
2) Enable SSH. From the wiki:
To enable SSH, the network must be active. You must therefore connect your MPC to WIFI (in the setting menu) or a wired network. Once connected, locate the IP address of your MPC on the network (something like 192.168.x.y). Open a shell command line and enter :
ssh root@(mpc ip address)
Accept the usual SSH security warnings by answering "yes" to add permanently your MPC IP to the list of known hosts. No password is required. The "root" account is obviously root, so be careful what you do...
So, where do I access the 'shell command line'? Is that through accessing the MPC IP on a web browser, or via the command line prompt on a Windows PC?
3) Install WinSCP to access the MPC root folder via Windows
4) Configure global external midi controllers on the MPC software (guessing I don't even need to connect the Live for this bit, just the controllers straight into the PC)
5) Export the configuration file from the software to a .xmm file
6) Copy that to the MPC root/internal SD folder (this is where 1WinSCP will be necessary I guess?)
/media/az01-internal-sd/MPC Documents/Midi Learn/
7) Edit the standalone MPC.settings file at : /media/az01-internal/Settings/MPC/MPC.settings
as detailed on the page, using a text editor(?)
The info about XMM file formats is I assume for info only - the MPC software will write all that code depending on the settings I make? ie, I don't need to do that stuff manually?
Sorry for asking some pretty basic questions here, but I want to make sure I understand what I need to do before I start. I don't want to knacker something critical on my machine!
Also, I'm guessing that once I've done all this (the SSH access mainly) then I could look at installing the MPC/Force firmware (although the global midi settings doesn't work on Force I think). Are there any threads here or elsewhere that give a detailed how-to on that as well?