[LCtalk] write to midi / wireless

[Michael Lohrengel]

Hello Fokko,

thanks for the information on how to use the HP ipac1950 / Windows Mobile 5
with the LCX - yes it works fine !! But of course, there is always a knew
question once you solved the first one, actually more than one:

How do you adress a cuelist above 255 in serial?

Go A255.1, *5601 00FF 01#   is okay, how do you go e.g. 256 ?

The next questions are more complex, might go beyond the purpose of this
list, but I ask anyway:

I admit, my main goal is beyond controlling the lights - I would like to use
the PDA as a wireless MIDI remotecontrol. Using the "write to Midi" function
works alright, but I cannot find a way to make a cuestep that holds nothing
but a "write to Midi" command hold forever. I want to set up a whole cuelist
with nothing but midi Prg change commands, (you know: Cuestep one sends Midi
Prg chg 1 - going from 1 - 99) but when I say go .1 - the LCX rushes through
all the following cuesteps.

I could probably set up the cuelist like:
step 1 - write to midi Prg 1
step 2 - hold scene forever
step 3 - write to midi Prg 2
step 4 - hold scene forever
step 5 - write to midi Prg 3
step 6 - hold scene forever
and so on, but is there not a smarter way to achieve that?

Second Problem:

The macro page is good if you can do with 16 Prg. Changes, but yes, I need
127 - the full midi scale. My ideal would be to have a page with 10 big
number buttons and a 3 digit display, so I could write in any number from 1 -
127 and then sent it off by tapping the display. I understand, that's
probably not so trivial - but I would be willing to pay for it. Any chances
for a custom made page?? Maybe not from CDS but some other programmer?

Finally we would have the smart little Midi Remotecontroll I have been
looking for for years!!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance, Michael Lohrengel