Midi - Midi Show Control - ETC Cobalt Series User Manual

Cobalt 8.1 - 20181029

MIDI - MIDI Show Control

Cobalt supports sending and receiving of MIDI Show Control (MSC) commands. GO
and Pause/Resume are commands that Cobalt sends when MIDI Show Control is enabled in the setup.
GO, Stop, Resume and Set commands can be sent to Cobalt from other devices to control playback
actions.
Enable MSC and Device ID settings
In the Show Control setup there are parameters for turning MSC on/off and setting the device ID. See
Play Settings - Show Control.
When MSC is enabled Cobalt both sends and can receive MSC commands. Device IDs 00-7E (0-126
in decimal) are for individual receivers and Device ID 7F (127 in decimal) is meant for all recievers.
The default setting for Device ID is 1 (01 in hexadecimal).
Cobalt supports reception of the following MSC commands. All example command strings are
shown in hexadecimal values.
GO
Executes the next crossfade in the same way as pressing GO in the console. If GO is pressed in the
console, the number of the Preset is automatically transmitted as well. This is sent automatically when
GO is pressed and MSC is active.
Preset numbers in the GO command are encoded using ASCII and 2E is the decimal point. For
example preset 10 equals 31 30.
GO (Main Playback):
F0 7F 01 02 01 01 F7
GOTO preset 105:
F0 7F 01 02 01 01 31 30 35 F7
GOTO preset 86.4:
F0 7F 01 02 01 01 38 36 2E 34 F7
NOTE
MSC GO commands in Cobalt support only one decimal number. Presets
with more then one decimal number will not send an MSC GO command and
these presets cannot be triggered with MSC from other sources.
STOP
Pauses the current crossfade. This is sent automatically when PAUSE is pressed and MSC is active.
Stop/Pause (Main Playback):
F0 7F 01 02 01 02 F7
RESUME
Resumes the current crossfade. This is sent automatically when PAUSE is pressed after PAUSE and
MSC is active.
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