Just found this great site and cant wait to buy some parts from Smash TV! Everything looks pretty straighforward - I want to build a 8 faders and 16 rotary encoders with maybe 16 buttons. So I need a CORE, AIN, and DIN. But this I cant figure out. The MB64e is the one that supports this (I think). I read this old thread which seems to have died w.o resolution. I have the same question, how do you specify the pots section?
quote: Unfortunately, I can’t determine what the syntax is for this. is it the same format as in a mb64 ini file? Or is there something in MIOS that gets input from a pot on encoder channels 64-128 and converts it in some way? IE, do I have to modify lines 64-128 in any way to hook a pot to them, or does MIOS handle that for me and I just use the encoder syntax?
Does this below need changed? Is LED Pattern valid anymore?
A Pot is an analogue resistor, that’s needed for an AIN-module.
An Encoder is a digital rotary “stepper”, as you correctly noted, for a DIN-module. It is sometimes called a “virtual pot”, so don’t let yourself confuse by that.
I see how the rotary encoders work and are specified in the code - these use the DIN module.
Simple 1/0 buttons are also easy to see how are specified in the code - these use the DIN as well.
I want to use analog controls (ie potentiometers) as well - these use the AIN module.
These can be (I believe) all implemented with one CORE module and the MidiBox64E application code - correct?
My issue is I dont understand in the code for MidiBox64E **where** the potentiometers are specified. There is indication that they CAN be used in a MidiBox64E but **codewise** it isnt clear to me where or how to do this. There is information that they use channels 64-128 but how is the code syntax specified.
As I don’t own a MB64E, please see these comments as hints, not as hard facts:
From the uCApps changelog:
experimental support for AIN/MF modules
Although MIDIbox64E has been designed for rotary encoders, it can now also handle with up to 64 pots/faders or up to 8 motorfaders.
Pots and faders are mapped to the “encoder” entries 64-128. Example: if group width is 16, and group 1 is selected, encoders are using Entry 1-16, and pots are using entry 64-(number of pots)
That means, Encoders are to be written in Entry 1-63, Pots in Entry 64-128.
That has nothing to do with channels; it’s just for the MIDI-Assignments (AFAIK).
To enable Pots you have to enable some #defines in main.asm and recompile the application code:
