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- Page 1 MIDICON PRO™ user manual ...
- Page 2 Elation Professional USA | 6122 S. Eastern Ave. | Los Angeles, CA. 90040 323-582-3322 | 323-832-9142 fax | www.elationlighting.com | Elation Professional B.V.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
MIDI Messages Overview Playbacks Pafe Controls Matrix Buttons Matrix Context Buttons Numberic Keypad Shortcut Buttons Encoder Wheels Master Fader Rear Connections MIDI Messages Sent MIDI Messages Received Custom MIDI Maps Firemware Updates Technical Specifications MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 4: General Information
These instructions contain important information regarding safety during use and maintenance. UNPACKING Thank you for purchasing the MIDICON PRO ™ by Elation Professional®. Every MIDICON PRO ™... - Page 5 You may also visit us on the web at www.elationlighting.com any comments or suggestions. For service related issue please contact Elation Professional®. ELATION SERVICE USA - Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm PST...
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Page 6: Limited Warranty
No accessories should be shipped with the product. If any accessories are shipped with the product, Elation Professional® shall have no liability what so ever for loss and/or or damage to any such accessories, nor for the safe return thereof. -
Page 7: Safety Instructions
Most damages are the result of operations by nonprofessionals. shake device, avoid brute force when operating device. DO NOT Use the original packaging and materials to transport the device in for service. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 8: Device Overview
PC will automatically assign the MIDI driver that is included with your operating ™ system. It will work with both Windows and Apple. The MIDICON PRO uses standard MIDI messages to communicate with your software. At the end of this manual are tables showing the default MIDI messages assigned to the buttons and faders. - Page 9 (only if your software supports this feature). The wheels also have push buttons that allow you to press in on the wheel to send an additional button press message. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1...
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Page 10: Midi Messages Overview
This user manual does not try to explain the technical details of how MIDI works. If ™ your lighting control software allows you to select the MIDICON PRO from its setup menu as a plug and play device no special programming of the MIDICON PRO ™ will be required. The MIDICON PRO ™... -
Page 11: Playbacks
If your software does not support moving faders, the MIDICON PRO ™ can handle this for you. Please refer to the PAGE CONTROLS section for more details. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 12: Pafe Controls
LED states for the buttons on both matrix and fader pages so that when you change the page the faders will move to the last positions used on that page. To enable (or disable) paging on the MIDICON PRO ™... -
Page 13: Matrix Buttons
These (32) buttons can be paged using the page controls to the upper left. Paging can be handled by your lighting software or by the MIDICON PRO ™ . Please refer to the previous section on the PAGE CONTROLS for more details. -
Page 14: Matrix Context Buttons
If your lighting software does not support this feature and you would like to have it, you can create your own MIDI map using the MIDICON PRO Mapper ™ software and tell it to enable the MATRIX CONTEXT buttons. -
Page 15: Numberic Keypad
Please refer to the MIDI MESSAGES section at the end of this manual for each button’s default MIDI Note message. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 16: Shortcut Buttons
Please refer to the MIDI MESSAGES section at the end of this manual for each button’s default MIDI Note message. Elation intends to offer custom keycaps for these keys for the most widely used lighting software programs. Contact Elation service for more information. -
Page 17: Encoder Wheels
They are freewheeling and send (48) steps per revolution. With the MIDICON PRO Mapper ™ software, these can be programmed to send other types of MIDI messages besides MIDI Notes. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 18: Master Fader
Above the master fader is the blackout button. If your lighting software directly supports the MIDICON PRO ™ , its function will be handled for you otherwise you will need to link its MIDI message to your lighting software’s blackout function. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1... -
Page 19: Rear Connections
. e l a t i o n l i g h t i n g . c o m R E A R C O N N E C T I O N S On the back of the MIDICON PRO ™... -
Page 20: Midi Messages Sent
The following is a list of MIDI messages used by the default MIDI Map. These are sent ™ to your lighting software from the MIDICON PRO for each button press, wheel or fader movement. A “Note ON” message is sent for a button press and a “Note OFF”... - Page 21 B – Note 75 C – Note 76 D – Note 77 E – Note 78 F – Note 79 G – Note 80 H – Note 81 I – Note 82 J – Note 83 MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1...
- Page 22 Wheel 4 Turn RIGHT 1 click – Note 119 Wheel 4 Turn LEFT 1 click – Note 120 Wheel 4 Press IN – Note 124 WHEEL SHIFT < Button - Note 84 WHEEL SHIFT > Button - Note 85 MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1...
- Page 23 MATRIX CONTEXT BUTTONS (Always MIDI Channel 1) M1 – Note 35 M2 – Note 36 M3 – Note 37 M4 – Note 38 MATRIX PAGE BUTTONS (Always MIDI Channel 1) Page up – Note 33 Page down – Note 34 MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1...
- Page 24 M I D I M E S S A G E S S E N T ( c o n t i n u e d ) PLAYBACK PAGE DISPLAY – Continuous Controller 10 ™ This MIDI message is sent when the MIDICON PRO’s paging feature is enabled and the playback page is changed. The MIDI channel for the message (Channel 0-15) will reflect the new MIDI channel being used by the playbacks and the message value will indicate the page number shown (1-16).
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Page 25: Midi Messages Received
LED BACKLIGHTING CONTROL ™ There are small white LEDs behind each button and wheel on the MIDICON PRO provide backlighting for the symbols on the button caps and the wheels. You can adjust the LED backlighting brightness level for both the buttons and wheels using “MIDI Continuous Controller 12”. -
Page 26: Custom Midi Maps
MIDI map, you can download the MIDICON PRO Mapper software from the Elation web site. After you install the software consult the help file on how to create and upload your custom MIDI map. There is enough memory in the MIDICON PRO ™... -
Page 27: Firemware Updates
Wheel #1, this will put the it in “update mode”. The LEDs behind the wheels will flash to indicate “update mode”. Run the boot-loader utility. If it finds the MIDICON PRO ™ , the word “connected” will appear at the bottom of the boot-loader dialog. -
Page 28: Technical Specifications
Fuse: 1A-250V slow blow, 5 x 20 mm 35W Max Power Consumption DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice. MIDICON PRO™ User Manual ver 1...
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