Naming MIDI device Ids

[mctc]

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place - if so, my apologies, and could someone point me in the right direction

When setting up a MIDI send command the target device Id is selected from a drop down list box. As far as I can see, this is just a list of numerical ids. Is it possible to associate a user defined name with these ids e.g. when you drop down the list say Id 3 also says "Hippo" and Id 13 says "Ion" and Id 7 "GLS" for example?

If this isn't possible, could it be requested as a (low priority) feature?

EDIT : didn't know right from wrong

[Mike Daniell]

Are you referring to the list that appears in the "MIDI Out Port" drop-down list (see Control Send Devices - MIDI)? That list is populated using the MIDI device names returned by device drivers on your machine. You can set your own SCS Device Name, such as by changing Name Used in Cues from "MIDI" to "Hippo" etc, so you can then use "Hippo" in your Control Send Cues. But somewhere in the process it is necessary to select the MIDI port(s) using the names supplied by the respective drivers, which I presume is where the numerical id's are coming from.

[mctc]

No, I don't mean the output port.

If you create a control send cue to control a lighting desk, you select the midi send device (the output port) and set the message type below that to midi show control. Immediately below that, and above the command format selector, is the target device id. It's that list where I'd like to be able to assign names to the devices instead of using numbers.

If this is already possible then I've just missed it and don't know where to look to set it.

[Mike Daniell]

Ah! I missed the fact that you are referring to the Device Id that's an integral part of MIDI Show Control (MSC) messages. Yes, it would be feasible to provide an optional Device Id names list. This could be added to the MIDI Control Send Device properties under Production Properties, so that the list displayed under Control Send cues could show the names if supplied, else the numbers.

[mctc]

Thanks - that would be useful I think (I always prefer to see meaningful names in preference to "magic numbers"). Low priority, of course.