Owner's manual

ThankyouforpurchasingtheMIDISolutionsFootswitchController.
TheMIDISolutionsFootswitchControllercanbeprogrammedtogenerateavarietyofMIDImessagesinresponseto
acontactclosurebetweenthetipandsleeveofits1/4"phonejackinput.ItisalsopossibletoprogramtheFootswitch
Controllertoperformavarietyofotherfunctions,suchasRechannelize,Transpose,andTapTempo.Allprogrammed
settingsareretainedevenafterpowerisremovedfromtheunit.TheMIDISolutionsFootswitchControllerisMIDI-
poweredandrequiresnobatteriesorpowersupplytooperate.
INTRODUCTION
ToprogramtheFootswitchControllerconnecttheMIDIOutfromyourMIDIinterfacetotheMIDI oftheFootswitch
Controller.TheMIDI andfootswitchinputcanbeleftdisconnectedduringprogramming.
OncetheFootswitchControllerhasbeenprogrammeditcanbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.
Connectthefootswitch(oranycontactclosurefromtiptosleeveofa1/4"phonejack)totheFootswitchController's
footswitchinput( ).ConnecttheMIDIOutorThruofthesendingdevicetotheMIDI oftheFootswitch
Controller.TheFootswitchControllerdrawspowerfromthedevicethatisconnectedtoitsMIDIinput,soevenifthe
FootswitchControllerdoesnotneedtoreceiveMIDImessagesfromthisdevicetheconnectionisstillrequiredin
orderfortheFootswitchControllertodrawpower(theFootswitchController'sEchoparametercanbeprogrammedto
OFFtopreventanyunwantedincomingMIDImessagesfrombeingechoedtotheFootswitchController'sMIDIOut).
ConnecttheMIDI oftheFootswitchControllertotheMIDIInofthereceivingMIDIdevice.Itisrecommendedthat
thenumberofMIDISolutionsproductspoweredbyasingleMIDIOutorThrubelimitedtofour.
TheFootswitchControllerisprogrammedbysendingitMIDISystemExclusiveprogrammingcommandsfroma
computerwithaMIDIinterface.Thesecommandsaredescribedindetailonthefollowingpages,however
(seewww.midisolutions.com/support.htm).
Uponreceiptofaprogrammingcommand,theFootswitchController'sMIDIindicatorLEDflashesrapidlyforabout
onesecondtoindicatethatthesettinghasbeenstored.Settingsareretainedafterpowerisremoved,andtheunit
canthenbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.
EnsurethatthefootswitchisconnectedtotheFootswitchControllerbeforeitispoweredupasitspolarityisstoredat
thistime(ifauto-polarityisselected).TheFootswitchController'sMIDIIndicatorLEDwilllightassoonasthesending
deviceisturnedon,andflasheswheneverMIDIdatapassesthroughtheunit.Depressingthefootswitchcausesthe
FootswitchControllertoperformitsprogrammedfunction.
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Out
Fsw In
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ProgrammingToolssoftwarecreatesthesecommandsautomatically
CONNECTIONS
PROGRAMMING
OPERATION
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MIDI Indicator LED
Receiving Device
MIDI In
Sending Device
Footswitch
MIDI Out or Thru
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MIDI
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Fsw
Out
Footswitch
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