External Instrument Plug-in Bug

Anyone else able to reproduce this bug in the External Instrument Plug-in with Logic X?
1. Create External MIDI track using External Instrument Plug-in
2. Save project & quit Logic X.
3. Reopen Project
4. Now the External MIDI track is triggering a different MIDI Destination port to the one that was originally assigned (but is still labelled as the originally assigned MIDI Destination port in the External Instrument Plug-in
5. Toggle MIDI Destination to nothing, then back to originally assigned MIDI port. It will once again function correctly
6. This behaviour will repeat every time the project is reopened for all External MIDI tracks
Please note this behaviour does NOT occur on the LEGACY External Instrument Plug-in from Logic 9.
I'm using a MOTU micro lite MIDI interface.
Yes, I've submitted my report to Logic Pro Feedback

Hi Peter,
the audio INs can be renamed under I/O Labels ... says theory. My Logic X (now Under Maverics) simply crashes when I try to open the I/O label menu.
As for External MIDI instruments, after the project restart the problem perceives. It always map the external instrument (configuration saved as a Logic X preset) to first MIDI OUT port available in the list. So I have to open all external instruments plugins and manually switch the preset to the device used for the track. Funny is that when the external instrument is opened the External instruments preset name and audio INs are correct, but the MIDI destination is always assigned to MIDI port 1. So I have to open External instruments library, select the correct preset (same as opened on screen) and it switches the correct MIDI Out ports.
I think that there might be a problem with the previous Logic 9 configuration files that Logic X incorporated. Maybe something should be deleted and clearly installed. If anybody knows which file contains the I/O and MIDI information and might be deleted helps.
Tom 

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