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TheR8isprogrammedbysendingitMIDISystemExclusiveprogrammingcommandsfromacomputerwithaMIDI
interface.ThesecommandsaredescribedontheMIDISolutionswebsite,however
Uponreceiptofaprogrammingcommand,theR8'sMIDIindicatorLEDflashesrapidlyforaboutonesecondto
indicatethatthesettinghasbeenstored.EnsurethattheLEDcompletesitsflashingafterreceivingaprogramming
commandbeforesendinganotherprogrammingcommand(theProgrammingToolssoftwareautomaticallyinserts
thesedelays).Settingsareretainedafterpowerisremoved,andtheunitcanthenbeinsertedwhereveritisrequired
inyourMIDIsetup.
TheR8'sMIDIIndicatorLEDwilllightassoonasthesendingdeviceisturnedon,andflasheswheneverMIDIdata
passesthroughtheunit.TheR8willrespondtoincomingMIDImessagesaccordingtoitsprogrammedsettings.All
MIDImessagesappearingattheMIDIInarepassedtotheMIDIOut.
theProgrammingTools
softwarecreatesthesecommandsautomatically(seewww.midisolutions.com/support.htm).
CLEARSETTINGS
DUMPSETTINGS
LINKSETTINGS
ToclearalloftheR8'ssettings,senditthefollowingSystemExclusiveprogrammingcommand:
ItisrecommendedtosendtheClearSettingscommandtotheR8priortoprogrammingtheunittoensurethatall
previoussettingsarecleared.
TodumpalloftheR8'scurrentsettings,senditthefollowingSystemExclusivemessage:
UponreceiptofthiscommandtheR8willdumpitscurrentsettingstotheMIDIOut.
TolinktogethertheNoteandControlChangesettingsofaspecificrelay,sendtheR8thefollowingprogramming
command:
issetasfollows:
=00:LinkOFF-eachNoteandControlChangesettingoperatesindependently
=01:CLOSEDLink-relayclosesonlyifconditionsofallNoteandControlChangesettingsareinthe
closedstate
=02:OPENLink-relayopensonlyifconditionsofallNoteandControlChangesettingsareintheopen
state
Thelinksettingalsohasaneffectonthepower-upstateofeachrelay.WhenlinkisOFFforaspecificrelay,thatrelay
willpowerupinthestateinwhichitwaspreviouslypowereddown(poweringuphasnoeffectontherelay).Whena
relayissettoCLOSEDlink,thatrelaywillpowerupintheopenstateinordertopreventtherelayfromclosinguntil
allmessagestocloseitarereceived.WhenarelayissettoOPENlink,thatrelaywillpowerupintheclosedstatein
ordertopreventtherelayfromopeninguntilallmessagestoopenitarereceived.
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PROGRAMMING
OPERATION
PROGRAMMINGCOMMANDS