[sdiy] MIDI control syntax to debug 16 bits values on the MIDI steam using MIDI-OX MIDI monitor ?

[chris]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:15:31 -0000 "Richie Burnett" <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:

> One option I've used in the past was to connect an FTDI TTL to USB cable to 
> the UART Tx or Rx pin (or an opto-coupler output) and bring the MIDI data 
> into the computer on a USB virtual COM port set to 31250 baud.  Then you can 
> view/capture the data using a terminal program of your choice like PuTTY, 
> Termite, etc.  Then you see exactly what is on the cable.


Yep, my first thought was to repurpose an existing DIY controller board
with MIDI UART and a 2x40 character LCD as a low level monitor.

But then I realized that it was about only 2 bytes, and I was able to
emulate the sender with a C test program on a PC to send abitrary
messages. 
So I programmed a message loop with a separator delay, and simply lugged
the chunky old Tektronix from storage. With just 2 bytes, you can greet
each bit with a personal handshake...

Chris