#3

You can have up to 4 Ansible at once. I currently have two on my bus.

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#4

how do you adress each simultaneously?
i think it’s in the docs but i never understood it

#5

There are button combos to set each address.

From the docs:
If using more than one Ansible connected to Teletype, the II address can be set by holding the preset key in combination with Key 1 and Key 2. There is no visual confirmation, simply hold the combination for 2 seconds. The set address is saved to flash and will persist with power cycling.

The address is set according to the following:

Address         Key 1   Key 2
0               off     off
1               on      off
2               off     on
3               on      on

Mappings for input and output are shifted for each address:

Address         Out     In
0               5-8     9-12
1               9-12    13-16
2               13-16   17-20
3               17-20   21-24

Edit: You can only have one instance of the individual apps at a time. So there can only be one Kria, or Cycles, etc.

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#6

OK, i realize it has indeed the bus cable, and also the iibackpack option … I dont have the backpack, but I have the 4 aforementioned modules to connect, so I am presuming now I could connect the Teletype bus to the Ansible, Just Friends and one of the Telex Expander and the second Telex could connect to the first one, will that work?

#7

Oh, I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out.

#8

That will not work. You’ll need the powered backpack to make it work. I think @bpcmusic has some available in his shop.

#9

same topic, different module

can i connect two just friends?

#10

I don’t think so. I haven’t seen any sort of addressing set up for JF.

#11

Apologies if there is a better spot to ask this! I just received teletype a couple days ago, and currently have JF connected using a 2x3 ribbon cable. Could I use 2 3-pin cables instead to connect both W/ and JF to the teletype?

I am getting myself a bit confused looking through the monome pages on teletype. One page referred to a cable that was sent with teletype, but it seemed to be an older page and there was no cable enclosed.

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#12

I haven’t tried it, but it seems like it would work. I have all of my modules connected with 3 pin cables. You might have to make sure the left side on TT goes to the left side of JF and right TT goes to right W/… but honestly I don’t even know if that makes a difference

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#13

Hey thanks! Gonna give it a whirl and see what happens. Though, first I will need to work up the nerve to update the firmware from 2.0.1. Totally intimidated by this firmware updating business…!

#14

Yes. That’s what I am doing. Also - you can use the spare 3pins at the JF end to then send the signal on to another i2c device, powering 3 devices from the TT without an extra i2c board!

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#15

That is fabulous. Thanks so much for the confirmation!

#16

Curious re multiple Just Friends or W/: if they’re on the same network, will they all respond to the commands, or will only one respond?

#17

W/ will respond to the same commands. Not sure about JF.

#18

I’m wonderig if anyone knows the answer about JF yet. What happens with multiples JF’s connected? Can they be addressed separately? Do they both respond to all JF commands? Thank you !

#19

they will almost certainly all respond identically

#20

Are you aware of any way to get them to act separately ? JF1 and JF2 or something? I’m just hopeful. Thanks :slight_smile:

#21

yes: set the front panel switches differently. It’s not full independence, but it will mean that they will each interpret the commands slightly differently

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#22

Thank you alanza! I’m looking forward to trying this