Nat

Incredible !

I don't know if this has been answered yet, but is it possible to use the ledrings of a midibox64e or midiboxLC as meters like on the digi002 and the new tascam controller ? On these controllers there is a swap buttons that swaps between normal encoder display mode and meter mode.

The advantage of the midibox is that you can learn from the experience, and you can be proud to have done the thing yourself...

Impressing, motorized faders, ledrings, for under 250$US.... http://www.behringer.com/b-control/index.cfm?lang=ENG

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Thanks, so If I understand that PDF well, the PCI board as a chip on it that will allow register level programming ? Â If that's the case I think I'm in buisness :) Â That means It would work under xp and with a PCI card using porttalk or the io.dll file. Edit : From the pdf : "Only experienced programmers should attempt register-level programming" That sounds funny to me, I'm not a programmer and sending bytes directly to the card seems way more simple to me :)

Thanks, I will try both this and a dll a friend sent to me : http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone15/cat610/22947.htm This is a dll containing functions to acess IO ports from programs written in C, C++, Vb and other. This might help me if I want to write an object in C for Max/msp. I guess that object in C can link to that DLL. (If I udnerstand what a dll is) The thing I wonder now is will that be possible using a PCI version of the card, the technical support guy told me that I needed to talk to a PCI abstraction layer or something like that before I can send bytes to the card.

debug is there in xp when using the commandp prompt though, but it would now work right ?

Thanks :) I will check this

I just tested with the debug command and it works great !! The thing I wonder now is if it'll work under windows xp with a pci board instead...

Thanks, I'm glad to see I can manage this using dos commands. I know the card upon reset of the computer is set as inputs only, so I'll have to find the command to set the ports as outputs. The next goal will be to write an external for Maxmsp in C so I can send info from max to the card. I guess that will be the hard part...

I got to talk with the person who installed the card, while he did not answer all my questions, he did tell me a few useful tips. The card is on an ISA bus in the PC and spawns 4 addresses (usually 300h,301h,302h,303h) The first 3 addresses are the digital inputs/outputs pins, so to send a message to an output, you send the adress and the proper byte (0-7). Anyone has a clue on how to send messages to an physical address on a pc ? Thanks, Nat

Thanks, I have a very basic question, In the electrical world, what is the difference between digital signals and analog signals ? I assume that digital signals uses a pulse waveform to mimic the on/off paradigm, but this is just a guess. Thanks, nat

that's a good question. The I/O card goes in a big breaker box that is made by the same company. there are pictures at the bottom of the page : http://www.measurementcomputing.com/cbicatalog/cbiproduct.asp?dept%5Fid=142&pf%5Fid=668&mscssid=SHCRJS5VFSVE9GUF4F7JK392MSQ60DUD This is to drive normal lamps, 100watts maximum. Dimming is a plus for sure.

Moebius, thanks, Would there be an easy way to control lights with the midiio128 ?

Where I work they have a computer that runs a lightning system. It uses a Digital I/O board in ISA format : http://www.measurementcomputing.com/cbicatalog/cbiproduct_new.asp?dept_id=142&pf_id=821 (that one is pci) I'd like to know if there's a way I could control this from my pc using something like Max/msp. Thanks, Nat

I replied to you in private because I can't post this info public.

Thanks, so the full midi string would be liek a normal cc but instead of usual 1-127 digit I replace it with 41 or 3F ? example : 176 7 41

Thanks, the tutorials answered most of my questions, the only thing I wonder is what is the complete string to send, from the tutorial I can assume the ending is 40 41 Increment 40 3F Decrement 00 01 Increment 00 7F Decrement And what is the advantage of those modes over the one described at the end that is in the midi specs ? Thanks, Nat

I don't know where to post this but i'll post it here anyways. I'm my ever growing quest to gain the ultimate amount of knowledge, I have the following question. I'd like to know what message a midi controller sends when it is set to send relative messages (+1, -1). From a coding stand point, is it easy to implement ? Thanks, Nat

P&G stuff is ultra expensive..... like 80 $ the fader

Yup, that was me, here's the link http://www.pennyandgiles.com/products/products.asp?strAreaNo=402_6&intElement=1174

Beware of Version 2 of SX and Nuendo, there is a bug in the Generic remote and the pan control is missing among others (EQ, inserts)....

Those encoders should indeed work, If you can get a good price on them go for it. I wanted to oder them myself but for some reason I got the 16B03, they seem to still manufacture them...

Hey Nomical is catching me ! Gotta post !!!