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PCM 80 MIDI Implementation Details

MIDI Inquiry Message

The MIDI specification defines a global message that allows a host device to determine what sorts of
devices are connected. The specification is somewhat ambiguous in its own wording and in the way it is
supported by different manufacturers. Here is the way the message is interpreted by the PCM 80.
Inquiry to the PCM 80:
Byte #
1
2
3
4
5
6
Response from the PCM 80:
Byte #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
15
16
ByteValue Description
0xf0 Sysex header
0x7e Universal non-realtime header
0iii iiii Channel. Treated as the sysex device ID assigned to the
PCM 80.
0x06 General information
0x01 Device inquiry
0xF7 EOX
ByteValue Description
0xf0 Sysex header
0x7e Universal non-realtime header
0iii iiii Channel. Sysex device ID assigned to the PCM 80.
0x06 General information
0x02 Device id message
0x06 Lexicon sysex ID
0x00 Family code LSB
0x00 Family code MSB
0x07 Family member code LSB. This is the PCM 80 sysex
product code (byte 3 of a standard sysex).
0x00 Family member code MSB
0iii iiii Major software revision #
0iii iiii Minor software revision #
0iii iiii Release code. For normal released code, this byte is 0.
Any other value indicates test code that is not under
general release.
0x00 Unused revision data.
0xf7 EOX
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