Owner's manual

ThankyouforpurchasingtheMIDISolutionsRouter.
TheMIDISolutionsRouterhasthecapabilityofroutingselectedMIDImessagestoeitherofitstwoMIDIoutputs.
Routedmessagescanberechannelized,anditisalsopossibletofilterMIDImessagesbyroutingthemtoneither
output.TheMIDISolutionsRouterisMIDI-poweredandrequiresnobatteriesorpowersupplytooperate.
INTRODUCTION
ToprogramtheRouterconnecttheMIDIOutfromyourMIDIinterfacetotheMIDI oftheRouter.MIDI and
canbeleftdisconnectedduringprogramming.
OncetheRouterisprogrammed,itcanbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.ConnecttheMIDIOut
orThruofthesendingdevicetotheMIDI oftheRouter,MIDI oftheRoutertotheMIDIInofthefirstreceiving
MIDIdevice,andMIDI oftheRoutertotheMIDIInofthesecond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RouterisprogrammedbysendingitMIDISystemExclusiveprogrammingcommandsfromacomputerwitha
MIDIinterface.
Uponreceiptofaprogrammingcommand,theRouter'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.
In Out1
Out2
In Out1
Out2
Thesecommandsaredescribedindetailonthefollowingpages,however
(seewww.midisolutions.com/support.htm).
theProgrammingTools
softwarecreatesthesecommandsautomatically
TheRouter'sMIDIIndicatorLEDwilllightassoonasthesendingdeviceisturnedon,andflasheswheneverMIDIdata
passesthroughtheunit.MIDImessagesareroutedaccordingtotheRouter'sprogrammedsettings,allotherMIDImessages
aresentunchangedtobothMIDIOuts.
CONNECTIONS
PROGRAMMING
OPERATION
3
Device #1
MIDI In
Device #2
MIDI In
Sending Device
MIDI Out or Thru
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MIDI
In
Router
Out1
Out2
MIDI Indicator LED