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author | John Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com> | 2007-08-07 08:26:45 +0000 |
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committer | John Anderson <ardour@semiosix.com> | 2007-08-07 08:26:45 +0000 |
commit | abfc957769db40997a0128c0c2af53ca5ed646b4 (patch) | |
tree | 78c2e712d3aab567238ec09ba4722b44b709cdc2 /manual | |
parent | aad57f7a9d5a5493f7552e54c8cdde1af08ae8ba (diff) |
update mackie page with udev rules
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/2.0-ongoing@2263 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r-- | manual/xml/mackie.xml | 49 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/manual/xml/mackie.xml b/manual/xml/mackie.xml index 4cc57abbd2..fcc13811b2 100644 --- a/manual/xml/mackie.xml +++ b/manual/xml/mackie.xml @@ -39,11 +39,39 @@ <MIDI-port tag="mcu" device="/dev/snd/midiC2D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/> </programlisting> </para> + + <para> + Optionally, there is a way to get udev to assign an attached BCF2000 a consistent + name under /dev/ however, by adding the following line to the udev rules. On some + systems, these reside in <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename>: - <para> - It is also possible to add MCU extenders or other BCF2000 units, - although this is untested because nobody we know has access to one - right now. To do this, add the following lines to +<programlisting> +KERNEL=="midiC[0-9]D0", ATTRS{product}=="BCF2000", SYMLINK+="midi-bcf2000" +</programlisting> + + This will cause udev to create a <filename>/dev/midi-bcf2000</filename> + for any BCF attached to the system, regardless of which alsa card number + it gets assigned. Obviously you'd use <filename>/dev/midi-bcf2000</filename> + instead of <filename>/dev/snd/midiC2D0</filename>. + </para> + <para> + See also <ulink url="http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html">Writing udev rules</ulink> + </para> + </section> + + <section id="sn-mackie-extenders"> + <title>Extenders</title> + <para> + The Logic protocol allows the use of + <ulink url="http://www.mackie.com/products/mcupro/index.html">extenders</ulink> + or <ulink url="http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/mcupro/images/MCU-ExtPro-Top.jpg">Extender image</ulink>. + Extenders are essentially banks of 8 faders without the jog wheel and buttons. + Once the code is fixed, it will be possible to + use either the mackie extenders, or BCF2000 units as extenders. + </para> +<!-- + <para> + To do this, add the following lines to <filename>~/.ardour2/ardour.rc</filename> <programlisting> <MIDI-port tag="mcu_xt_1" device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0" type="alsa/raw" mode="duplex"/> @@ -52,7 +80,8 @@ and so on, one for each of your extenders, up to a maximum of 9 extenders. </para> - </section> +--> + </section> <section id="mackie-mackie-mode"> <title>Mackie Mode</title> @@ -296,7 +325,7 @@ <title>Connecting to Ardour</title> <note> <para> - Currently (ardour-2.0.4) support for alsa/sequencer ports + Currently, support for the mackie using alsa/sequencer ports is borked. You're better off using alsa/raw as documented above. </para> </note> @@ -366,6 +395,14 @@ </para> </section> + + <section id="mackie-thanks"> + <title>Thanks</title> + <para>Thomas Vecchione for help debugging the mackie LCD display, and functionality suggestions.</para> + <para>Giso Grimm for help debugging various BCF issues, and functionality suggestions.</para> + <para>Josh Parsons for the udev configuration and links.</para> + <para>Various other people who provided good bug reports and suggestions and feedback.</para> + </section> <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" |