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Re: How to send SysEx with BCR?

2017-05-04 by rpcfender@...

Hi

I am hoping that instead of
$F0 $41 10 00 00 00 0E 12 19 20 00 00 val cks-1 (starting index:8) F7
you are using
$F0 $41 $10 $00 $00 $00 $0E $12 $19 $20 $00 $00 val cks-1 $08 $F7

The "$" means hexadecimal (hex) in BCL and without it the BC will reject the message.

$F0 $41 $10 0 0 0 $0E $12 $19 $20 0 0 val cks-1 8 $F7

This is OK as well as the BC doesn't mind you mixing hex (with the "$") and decimal (without the "$")
But you might find you have fewer mistakes if everything is in hex.
Using 19 when you meant $19 will be a mistake that is hard to spot because the BC is quite happy to use either $19 or 19

But $19 is (1 x 16) + 9 = 25 decimal

If you are new to hex, I have a great (he says modestly) little conversion program on my web site -
It even has a way to calculate a hex number list into a checksum, BUT it doesn't wan't a $ for each number and calculates all the numbers.
That is, it doesn't have an offset so for Roland things only use the address and value.
So for a value of 7 in your sysex message type in 19 20 0 0 7 .

The checksum is calculated as you type so it is easy to vary the value or edit the address and quickly get the new checksum.

Here is a pic

Here is the web page

All the best
Royce

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