Panel operation

Some information about how this panel is working.

GUI icons meaning

You may have noticed tiny icons in the upper right corner. These icons meant to provide some useful info about status of the synth.

1. Synthesizer operation mode.

Can take one of three states:

• "P" - Program play mode.
• "E" - LCD Edit mode.
• "G" - Global settings mode.

2. Synthesizer status.

This icon is provide information about synthesizer replies to panel's requests.

Depending on the color, may mean the following:

• Gray - Synthesizer offline. This happens when synthesizer does not reply to the "Identity request".
• Green - Synthesizer online. Set this state when receiving responses to any panel requests.
• Orange - Waiting for data. Some procedure has sent the data and the panel is waiting for an incoming message.
• Red - Usually means that the data request has timed out.

3. Synthesizer status.

This icon idicates whether Local mode is "on" (Green) or "off" (Gray) on the synthesizer. This indicator state is relevant only if the global settings were sent by the synthesizer at the request of the panel.

4. Clock mode.

As the title suggests, this icon indicates which "Clock Mode" is set on the synthesizer. Can take one of three states:

• "→" - Internal clock mode.
• "A" - Auto clock mode.
• "←" - External clock mode.

5. MIDI incomming message.

Just some fancy stuff. Indicates whether any incoming MIDI data appears.