Link-14 Options
The Options section sets the sample interval, mode of operation and muting.
Sampling Interval
The sampling interval can be set between a minimum and a maximum value, in milliseconds. The minimum value is 1 ms. The maximum value is 16383 ms, ie. about 16 seconds. Setting the sampling interval to its minimum may result in a delayed response of Link or whichever software or device that is receiving the MIDI messages as it may be overwhelmed by the number of MIDI messages. It is often not useful to set the sampling interval to its minimum given that many sensors don't update as frequently as the sampling interval implies. Consult the product page of the sensor to determine the sensor's update rate. The theoretical sampling rate in Hertz (Hz) can be derived from the sampling interval using the formula 1000 / sampling_interval. Note however, that, depending on its configuration, the digitizer easily takes more than 1 ms to complete all processing so that the actual sampling rate will be lower than implied by the sampling interval. See also the INTERVAL and DUMP INTERVAL commands.
Mode
The mode of operation can be set as standalone or host. Link sets a digitizer to host mode immediately after establishing a connection with a digitizer since Link can only configure the host mode settings of a digitizer. In host mode the configuration is not stored in the connected digitizer so it must be saved for convenient re-use and a computer is required to configure it each time before using it. In host mode the digitizer is outputting raw data which needs to be processed and mapped before it is ready for use by other device(s). See also the SET MODE command.
Muting
Muting can be set to on or off, and configures the digitizer to stop sampling of all sensor inputs so that no data is output by the digitizer. Changing the mode of operation of the digitizer, clearing the configuration to default settings or re-powering the digitizer turns off muting, ie. enables sampling of sensor inputs again. See also the SET MUTE command.
