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Records the USB layout measured on the pedal and the prior art, so the reverse-engineering work can start from a fresh session. |
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podgo-edit
Purpose
Line 6 ships POD Go Edit for Windows and macOS only. This project reverse engineers the USB protocol POD Go Edit uses to talk to the pedal, and builds a small Linux tool on top of it.
Personal use only. Not for redistribution.
Status
Not started. Only the device survey and the plan exist. See:
- doc/findings.org – what is already known, with how each fact was measured
- doc/plan.org – phases, first steps, open decisions
Scope
| Tier | Deliverable | Rough effort |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Librarian: list, read, back up, write presets | ~1 week |
| 2 | Live parameter editing of blocks | +2-4 weeks |
| 3 | GUI with POD Go Edit parity | months (out) |
Tier 1 is the target. Tier 2 is decided after tier 1 works. Tier 3 is out of scope.
The effort figures are estimates made before any capture was taken.
Safety rules
- Back up every preset before the first write to the device.
- Never reimplement or trigger firmware updates. Use Line 6 Updater (in the Windows VM) for those.
- Never write to the device from code that has not first been tested against a recorded capture.
Dependencies
Status checked on 2026-10-17 on the development host (Arch / Omarchy).
| Dependency | Purpose | Status on host |
|---|---|---|
| Line 6 POD Go, firmware: TBD | target device, USB 0e41:4247 | connected |
| Linux snd-usb-audio | audio (UAC2) + MIDI interfaces | bound, working |
| udev rule udev/70-pod-go.rules | user access to the vendor interface | NOT installed |
| usbmon kernel module | USB capture on the host | NOT loaded |
| tshark (Wireshark CLI) | capture and dissect USB traffic | installed |
| Wireshark GUI | interactive capture inspection | missing (optional) |
| qemu-system-x86_64 | Windows VM running POD Go Edit | installed |
| libvirt / virt-manager | VM management with USB passthrough | missing |
| Windows 10/11 VM image + licence | host for POD Go Edit and its driver | missing |
| POD Go Edit + Line 6 driver (Win) | reference client that generates traffic | missing |
| bun 1.4.0 | runtime for the tool (TypeScript) | installed |
| libusb binding for bun (TBD) | userspace access to interface 0 | to be chosen |
| Ghidra (optional) | static analysis of POD Go Edit.exe | missing |
| REA, rea-agents (optional) | agent-driven Ghidra / capture analysis | not installed |
Firmware version of the pedal must be recorded before the first capture: protocol details may change between firmware versions.
Layout
| Path | Content |
|---|---|
| doc/ | findings, plan, protocol notes as they are discovered |
| udev/ | udev rule for the pedal (install by hand, see plan) |
| captures/ | raw .pcapng files – git-ignored |
| backups/ | preset backups from the device – git-ignored |