Kawai K5000 series

It seems as if my K5KS is constantly emitting some sort of midi pulse.
Its hooked up thru my midisport 2x2 into midi-input-A. The midi-input-
A light is always flashing. wtf!
Does any one know what I am talking about?

--- In k5000-1@y..., "a2n3d7y" <andy@c...> wrote:
> It seems as if my K5KS is constantly emitting some sort of midi 
pulse.
> Its hooked up thru my midisport 2x2 into midi-input-A. The midi-
input-
> A light is always flashing. wtf!
> Does any one know what I am talking about?

Guess it's sending "active sensing"

A message, send every 300 mSeconds to see if the MIDI link still 
stands. This way a synth can stop playing if the cable gets unplugged.
On stage this is cool, since you don't want a "hanging" note if you 
are playing live.

I'll get into it as soon as I have time.

Pretty sure however it's nothing to worry about :-)

I used to do alot of MIDI research. Also System Exclusive. Wrote 
software back in 1989 for it.
Pretty neat looking editor and bankmanager for JX-8P and a universal 
Dump proggy. At that time I could read and understand ALL MIDI 
commands :-)

Took me alot of time (1.5 year on the JX-8P and 3 months on the Dump-
proggy). Since than did lots of other things on the musicfront. 
(Became specialist in musicshop, later started my own shop, became 
Importperson for several analogue brands.)

Still write mixermaps at the time ;-) Last I did was a MKS-80.

Cheers,

John.