cmc-tp button back-lights - brightness

[loonsailor]

I have a cmc-tp that I haven’t used for quite a while. I just plugged it in, and it’s working fine, but I don’t understand the behavior of the button lights. When I check the “LED dimmer” box in Studio / Steinberg CMC Series, it does what I think it should. All the buttons stay lit, very dimly. But when I uncheck the box, all lights are totally off, except when pressed. Is that right? I would prefer them to be lit brighter - I have a hard time seeing them when lit dimly. Any way to make that happen?

Cubase 10.5, CMC tools V114, firmware update V111. When I run the firmware updater, it tells me that I have v1.10, which is the latest for the CMC-TP.

BTW, I really like this little panel. It’s small enough to fit on my crowded desk, and does quite a lot of useful stuff.

[BriHar]

@loonsailor

When I check the “LED dimmer” box in Studio / Steinberg CMC Series, it does what I think it should. All the buttons stay lit, very dimly. But when I uncheck the box, all lights are totally off, except when pressed. Is that right?

This behaviour is correct. It would be nice to have the ability to increase the brightness but I find that lowering the ambient lighting helps. Originally, when the CMCs were first introduced, they had no dimming feature at all, it was a firmware update if I remember.