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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 16:10:58 -0500
From: Richard Muszynski <106347.3513@compuserve.com>
Subject: Port Testers
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Hi All,
A few weeks ago I asked as part of a mail if there are port testers for
midi. Well, not surprisingly, there are.
One I saw working recently only costs 2 and is called a 'BrightEye' and is
made by:
RTPS systems Ltd,
PO Box 81,
Bicester Oxon OX6 9YY,
UK
Can't find a phone number but they're emailable on
midi_for_humans@aspects.com
Or, like the studio I'm borrowing it from, just get your friendly music
shop to order one in if it, or something
similar is not in stock.
The one I saw is the normal 'male' one that just plugs into either your out
or thru port. It needs no batteries
and just uses power from what it's pluged into. You just plug it in itself
rather than in-line to pc or whatever and
it simply flashes bright red when output data is being passed to indicate
that the keyboard's output is working
(or not as the case may be). The flashes are nice and bright so there's no
debate if you're getting a signal or
not. For the price I'm very impressed.
There is also a female version available which is for checking your MIDI
leads plugged into either of these
ports, but I supose you could just test them on the MIDI-In side ie if
'playback' from pc to keyboards is OK then
so is the lead (yes, until you wiggle it says someone - but that's going to
happen with a female BrightEye as
well). Accordingly, my advice is just to buy a male one.
ps - haven't actually tried it on the keyboard I was having the trouble
with yet but I'll be going along soon;
fascinating isn't it, no ofcourse not but damn useful if it shows the
problem IS the out port.
regards,
Richard