Midi from Octatrack

[Steveambrose]

Hello all, I'm back using the nerds after a longtime away. I have the TRS expander and I have the Octatrack sending midi in. The clock and transport works but I can't seem to get notes to play. I have track 7 and 8 assigned to midi and I am patching from the sample 7 out put to 1v per octave. I can't see what I am doing wrong. I have the midi channel set to 1 on both devices. I have tried sequencing notes on both as well but no luck.
sorry if this is a bit dumb. but I would appreciate some help
Steve