XT-3 with X2T-F Controller - opposite of the usual problem

[louiscar]

Hi Folks, 

I'm trying to find out why my X2T-f actually has the opposite problem when on the hotshoe of my XT-3. Most people complain about it forcing TTL mode. Mine will NOT work in TTL any shape or form.

TTL is dead - The camera flash section only shows manual and no power setting is available in that section. I've only ever been able to set my 2 flash groups to work in manual  and actually I cannot even remember if TTL ever worked. I just have to set the correct power settings. When a flash is set to work in TTL mode it fires weakly and simply doesn;t respond to the conditions - not surprisingly as the camera is already telling me this will be the case

I  only realised this when I bought an XT3 trigger and it forced only TTL mode as soon as I attached it and turned it on. Speed is immediately set to 60 in AP. That's no problem to me as it works fine if I go manual on the camera and set speed to whatever I need slower or faster, TTL works flawlessly in manual or AP mode and I realised that my X2T must be faulty (perhaps since I bought it?). I've spent hours looking in the menu for an answer. I even reset it, reverted to firmware 1.1 and then back to 1.4. Nothing alters this behaviour, there is no TTL and the camera doesn't recognise it. 

So before I deem this faulty and bin it, or just keep is as a manual backup, I thought I'd just ask here to see if anyone has had a similar problem and found a way to make it work.