AUTODETECT mode
the Autodetect mode allows the Arduino to distinguish a button from a potentiometer and make sure that they control the MIDI message them more appropriate. This mode is active when the DART_SKETCH is loaded onto a new Arduino board and no preset has been loaded into memory. in this way it is possible to create and test a functioning controller in just a few minutes, with the possibility of dealing with more complex settings in the next phases.
What Autodetect does:
- distinguish buttons from potentiometers.
- understand if a multiplexer is used or not, so…
- it is possible to connect a button directly to an Analog input of the Arduino board.
- it is possible to connect a button and a potentiometer to another Analog input, through a multiplexer.
- assign a different NOTE message to each button that is connected.
- assign an LED output to each button that is connected.
- The LED output number equals the input pin number to wich the button is connected.
- assign a different CC message to each potentiometer that is connected.
- manage the main encoder, making it work in endless mode.
- manage the touch sensors, making them work as NOTE buttons, with a fixed sensitivity.
- Page switching is not supported in Autodetect mode.
- HID and DMX outputs are not upported in Autodetect mode.
AUTODETECT in a NO-MOBO setup
AUTODETECT in a DART_MOBO setup
ERASER preset
Autodetect mode is active only when the Arduino EEPROM memory is empty, ie it contains no preset.
The fastest way to delete a preset from memory and reactivate Autodetect mode is to use the “eraser” preset : just load it with the DART_EDITOR and send it to the DART device by clicking on SEND ALL.
The autodetect mode is only temporary and not perfectly stable.
For those who want to build a solid controller, it is recommended using the DART_EDITOR to create and load a preset.
Here is a guide made on purpose: NO-MOBO setup.