Re: [LCtalk] write to midi / wireless

[Fokko van Duin]

At 21:51 +0100 31-01-2007, Michael Lohrengel wrote:
> 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 ?

Well the 00FF is a 16 bit number (00 is high byte, FF the low byte). 
So 0100 is number 256, 0201 is number 513.


> 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?

Use one cuelist per MIDI write (a cuelist stops at next cue list), so 
e.g. cuelist 101, 102, through 228 do only a MIDI write. Another 
advance of using one cuelist per command, is that you can easily 
extent it with e.g. longer (more) MIDI messages, or combine it with 
other actions.


> 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!!!!!!!!

Sounds interesting, I'll come back on it. How about a pop-up with the 
128 entries? It's fast and simple.

Regards,


Fokko van Duin,
CDS advanced technology bv,
http://www.lanbox.com/