FailoverSetup.app.zip

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Notes:

Use this app to configure failover for PlayAUDIO1U and later products.

Latest version: V7

V6 notes:
  1. Added a row at bottom of app for Tone Check checkbox and Tone Maximum Volume setting. These are used for the new feature that checks the tone channel for extremely loud white noise so firmware can mute line outs.
V5 notes:
  1. Increased the timeout when saving presets to avoid an incorrect error message.
V4 notes:
  1. Needed some tweaks to work with PlayAudio1U. No functional changes.
  2. This app only works over USB now and connects to device on MIDI port #5. Several of my apps work this way now so that multiple apps can be run at the same time without clobbering each other. The version # and port # appear in the top right corner.
The FailoverSetup app has the following differences (compared to PA12 Advanced Settings app):
  1. Failover settings are stored per-preset, not globally, so you can try out different settings and easily switch between them.
  2. PA12 would automatically clear the alarm flag whenever the system was armed. I'm not sure why that is. I'll demonstrate in the videos some use cases where that is not a good idea. I've added a new checkbox "Auto Clear Alarm" that will automatically clear the alarm flag whenever the system is armed so that the system behaves the same as PA12.
  3. There is a new combox box to select Failover Mode. Single Master is what PA12 uses. Dual Master is a new mode. I'll demonstrate those modes in the videos.
  4. The MIDI Panic message setup is not included in the FailoverSetup app. There is a checkbox to enable sending the MIDI Panic messages (because that can be enabled/disabled per-preset) but the MIDI Panic message setup is a global setting. You'll need to use my MIDIPanicSetup app to configure which MIDI messages to send, which MIDI channels to use, and which MIDI ports will send the messages. I figured most people will probably want to send all MIDI messages on all channels to all ports all the time since that is the safest way to stop stuck notes so that's why I made it a global setting. If you want to be able to configure the MIDI Panic messages on a per-preset level, let me know and I can change it from global to preset. Best to change that now rather than later.
  5. FailoverSetup has a "Poll" checkbox, you'll want to keep this checked. Sometimes I need to be able to turn polling off when debugging. If you don't have it checked the app will not give you realtime updates on the failover status.
  6. V2 of app has a "Notify" checkbox, you can use that instead of "Poll" to get realtime updates on failover status using notification messages.