I suspect your problem is that you are trying to control the H9 from two different places – this will confuse it. Please totally disconnect your Tech21 from the H9 and see how it works

ive been using the Tech21 with the H9 for over 3 years but I’ll disconnect and see if it changes anything. Again, the Tech21 is only used for preset scrolling. I do control parameters via expression pedal though, and have been since day one. 

on another note I goofed in my last reply by saying I was “re-initializing”. I was actually “power cycling” while holding down the Hotknob button and Tap toggle switch simultaneously in an effort to restore factory settings as told to do in an error message (pic of message in one of myprevious posts)