restoring a controller dump

[luddy]

Hi,

This is my first post here; I'm a refugee from the ill-fated virusti.com site.

I'm trying to save the entire configuration state of the TI as a sysex dump, so that I can restore it automatically. I want to use this during live shows to auto-configure the Virus at the beginning of the show, so that I'll know exactly what state all the configuration parameters are in. The Global Channel is an example of the type of parameter I have in mind. It's critical that that be set to the right value, otherwise program changes the virus receives won't be received.

As I understand the controller dump, this is basically its purpose. This dump is made using the Config / Transmit MIDI Dump / Controller Dump menu. I'm able to capture the dump just fine, but when I restore it, parameters like Global Channel and Soft Thru are not restored. I'm able to restore other kinds of dumps just fine, e.g., multis, RAM banks, remote templates. I've tried this with Receive Dump enabled, that seems to have no effect.

Combing through the sysex output, it appears to dump parameters from Page A (0x70), Page B (0x71), some from Page C (0x72), and some from pages I've not heard about, with page numbers 0x6E and 0x6F. For what that's worth.

Has anyone successfully restored a controller dump? Is there another way to accomplish a complete restoration of the configuration of the machine?

I should mention that I'm working entirely in standalone mode; the dumps and restores are occuring over the (physical) MIDI ports.

Thanks,

-Luddy