[sdiy] MIDI handshaking?

[Jay Vaughan]

>My question - Is there a handshaking protocol to ensure
>delivery of the MIDI signal b/w my device & some other device?
>I've scoured the web for any information on this, and I can
>not find any.  As far as I can tell, as long as I have a 31.25 kbaud
>rate from my device, whatever is sent is simply interpreted
>by whatever it's sent to.
>

yup.  there is no handshaking.

>Am I far off?  If so, how does a MIDI device set up the MIDI
>transaction FROM an out device TO an in device?
>

its not a transaction.  its 'fire and forget'.

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Jay Vaughan