Just an addendum to my findings about ".tx" and ".request": The ".snapshot" parameter (under "$preset") works in a similar way to ".request": ".snapshot on" causes the BCF/BCR to send all the preset's initial control values at the moment you select the preset. (To be precise: this is done AFTER the ".tx" message is sent, if ".tx" is defined and ".request" is "on".) Mark.
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2007-07-03 by Mark van den Berg