[sdiy] MIDI handshaking?

[Matt Simpson]

Thanks everyone for your help.  Turns out MIDI doesn't at all require
handshaking, just a byte start/stop bit.

After a few hours of debugging, we got the PIC->MIDI knob device
working perfectly this morning.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Matt Simpson

On 4/22/05, Gabriel Lindeborg <gabriel at lindeborg.org> wrote:
> Paul Maddox has written an excellent article about Microcontrolers and
> MIDI called "MIDI and the AVR". It's available at the www.avrfreaks.net
> site, but should be useful for PIC users as well.
> 
> Possible URL:
> http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?module=dpDocs&func=index&cid=8
> 
> //Gabbe
> 
> Matt Simpson wrote:
> 
> > Hey all.
> >
> > I'm working on a PIC based MIDI knob device, where 4 pots
> > simply send continuous controller information out.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Am I far off?  If so, how does a MIDI device set up the MIDI
> > transaction FROM an out device TO an in device?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt Simpson
> 


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