I disagree with you.
1 I never said an initialise from the Control Menu would clear the problem, I said a hard reset is not necessary - if you know what you are doing.
2 The manual refers to turning off power and on again. If this isn't a reboot of the 7k I don't know what is.
3 The book refers to powering up the 7k, self explanatory.

Now that we've dealt with the facts, I know many owners with pedals who plug them in and go with no problems. Obviously you had some innapropriate midi settings loaded. It is entirely characteristic that rather than look to your own actions you seek to blame everyone else.