User guide

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TheF8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F8'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.
EnsurethatthefootswitchesareconnectedtotheF8beforeitispoweredupastheirpolaritiesarestoredatthistime
(ifauto-polarityisselected).TheF8'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footswitchescausestheF8toperformits
programmedfunctions.
ToclearalloftheF8'ssettings,senditthefollowingSystemExclusiveprogrammingcommand:
ItisrecommendedtosendtheClearSettingscommandtotheF8priortoprogrammingtheunittoensurethatall
previoussettingsarecleared.
ThefollowingDeviceParametersareineffectregardlessofthefunctionsthateachofthefootswitchinputshavebeen
programmedtoperform.
WhenEchoisON,allincomingMIDImessagesreceivedbytheF8areechoedtoitsMIDIoutput.WhenEcho
isOFF,onlythemessagesgeneratedbytheF8aresenttoitsMIDIoutput.
TheF8canbeprogrammedtosendthestateofallfootswitchinputsonpower-up.
WhentheToggleparameterisOFFforaparticularfootswitch,thefootswitchperformsthe
whenitis andthe whenitis WhenToggleisON,thefootswitchtoggles
betweenthe andthe eachtimethefootswitchisdepressed(nothingisdoneon
releaseofthefootswitch).
WhenAutoPolarityisONforafootswitch,theF8determinesthepolarityofthefootswitch
basedonitspower-upstate.WhenAutoPolarityisOFF,thepolarityisforcedaccordingtothePolaritysettings.
TheF8canwaituntilthebeginningofthenextbartoperformthefootswitchaction.
TheDebounceTimespecifiesthelengthoftimeafterafootswitchchangesstatebeforeanew
changeofstateisallowedtooccur.
Toprogramtheseparameters,sendtheF8thefollowingSystemExclusiveprogrammingcommands:
( isoptional)
=FootswitchInput(00forFsw1...07forFsw8)
=00:EchoOFF =01:EchoON
isoptional,If =01theF8willsendthestateofeachfootswitchonpower-up.
theProgrammingTools
softwarecreatesthesecommandsautomatically(seewww.midisolutions.com/support.htm).
F0000050240000F7(allvaluesinHexadecimal)
Echo:
SendStateonPower-up:
Toggle:
FootswitchPolarity:
WaitforNextBar:
DebounceTime:
F0000050240001aa(bb)F7 bb
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CLEARSETTINGS
DEVICEPARAMETERS
depressoperation
depressed, releaseoperation released.
depressoperation releaseoperation
PROGRAMMING
OPERATION
PROGRAMMINGCOMMANDS