This document will walk you through the procedure of connecting to your USB-microDig with the Editor application. For this walkthrough, you will need:

• USB-microDig digitizer
• Turn sensor (or any other sensor)

Installing the Virtual Serial Port driver

The USB-microDig requires a driver to allow it to be seen as a virtual serial port. You can find the driver here.

You will need to reboot after installing the drivers.

Installing the Editor application

You can find the latest Editor here.
Open the .zip file, and move the Editor folder into to your Applications folder.

Connecting to the USB-microDig with the Editor

The Editor allows you to configure the USB-microDig so that sensor data is processed and turned into MIDI messages. While the USB-microDig is connected to the Editor, these messages are sent to other applications by using virtual MIDI ports.

1. Plug in the USB-microDig to power it on.

2. Connect the Turn sensor (or any other sensor) to input #1 of the USB-microDig.

   Make sure the sensor is connected as shown below, with the red wire on top and the black wire on the bottom.

   

3. Launch the I-CubeX Editor.
   

   • If it is the first time connecting to the USB-microDig, you will see the Connections dialog.

4. In the "Choose interface" pull-down menu, choose "USB".

   • The USB-microDig should appear in the table, under the name "SLAB_USBtoUART".

     If it doesn't appear, make sure your kernel extension (ie driver) is installed. It should be in the following location: /System/Library/Extensions/SLAB_USBtoUART.kext

   

5. Select the entry in the table and click "Open". The red light on the USB-microDig should now remain on solidly.

6. Wait until the "Connected" check box next to the table entry is checked and click on the "edit" radio button.

   Select a virtual MIDI port. Other software will see this port as a MIDI source, so you can send USB-microDig into any MIDI-enabled applications.

   

7. Click on "Test connection". You should see the "in" and "out" lights blinking on the USB-microDig, indicating that the messages are getting there from the Editor.

8. Select "New" from the configuration selection window. Clicking on "File" would let you load a configuration from a file, and "Digitizer" would load the current configuration from the Digitizer

9. Add a sensor window. (Configure > Add Sensor)

   

10. Click "On" in the sensor window.

11. Rotate the Turn sensor knob and verify that the green bar in the bottom of the sensor window moves between values 0 and 127.

    

You've now connected to the USB-microDig with the Editor, and configured it such that sensor input #1 is turned on and sending data. Since it's in standalone mode by default, the microDig will retain its sensor configuration even after being powered off. To use it with other MIDI-enabled software or hardware, you can either connect to the USB-microDig with the Editor, or with the BlueMIDI application, which acts a bridge between the virtual serial port and MIDI.