Working with Proteus  Mind Machine Modes

Primary memory bank.  This is the default mode when you first power up your system.  The display will read "Pxx", where "x" is the currently selected program.

NOTE:  Proteus will always start in whatever mode you were in when it was last shut off.  So if the last thing you did before shutting the power off was to run P49, the next time you turn it on it will be ready to run that session again.

Use:  Press the middle (Mode) switch until the display read "Pxx".  Now press and release the bottom (Select) switch; the display will step to the next program stored in memory.  Next, press and hold Select and notice that the display steps through program numbers in sequence, three numbers per second; after two seconds it steps through them at a rate of six numbers per second.  Release this key when you have reached the number of the session you wish to use, then press the start/stop button to begin that session.

You can cause the display to step backwards as well as forward.  To do this, just press and hold the bottom as above, and when the display start to increment, press and hold the top button to reverse the display.

Interlude:  what happens during a session?  The preset sessions included with your system always begin with a soft-on period, during which the lights and sound fade gradually (over either seconds) into their maximum-programmed levels.  The same process occurs in reverse at the end:  the lights and sound fade gently out over the same period.

If you want to stop a session before it is over, pressing the Start/Stop key ONCE will cause the session to being a twelve second fadeout.  Press it twice (quickly) to end the session abruptly.

If you would like to pause the session at the current pulse rate, press the mode/pause key.  The left and right decimals will disappear as an indication that the session is paused. 

Several pieces of information can be displayed during a session:

Current pulse rate.  The numbers you initially see on the display are the current pulse rate of the session - notice that this often changes rather quickly.  This is always displayed as a decimal number, ranging from 0.4 to 50.0Hz (pulse per second).

Remaining session time.  Pressing the Select (bottom) key once will toggle the display into the number of minutes remaining in the session.  If that number is less than one, then you will see the umber of seconds remaining.  Press select again to view the pulse rate. 

No display.  Press the Select key again and the display will remain off for the remainder of the session.  This will help extend battery life, and eliminate the low-level "ticking" sounds associated with the flashing decimal points.

LightFrame flash mode. Notice the two flashing decimal points on the left and right hand side of the display.  These indicate whether the lights are all flashing together or out of phase (red/green or left/right).  This works both with older, single-color or the included multicolor LiteFrames.

User Mode:  Use this when you want to control the Proteus pulse rate and pitch without the use of a PC. 

Use:  Press the middle (Mode) key until the display read "Usr", the press Start/stop once.  The light and sound will start an eight second soft-on sequence.  If you press it twice the soft-on sequence will be skipped and the program will begin at full brightness and volume.  You can now control what is happening in real time, in the following ways:

Press and hold the Select key to increment the current flash rate from 0.4 to 50.0Hz.
Press and hold the Select key, and when the display starts to increment, press the top key to decrement the current flash rate from 50.0 to 04.Hz.
Press the mode key to toggle between (LightFrame+audio) on/off and red/green (left/right).  If the left and right decimals on the display are flashing left/right, then so are the lights and sound.
Pressing and holding the two bottom buttons during a session causes the audio pitch to increment to its maximum value of 600 Hz, then roll over to its minimum 40 Hz.

AudioStrobe Mode.  In order to use the Proteus to decode AudioStrobe® discs, such as the included sampler, follow these steps:

Use the included stereo patch cable to connect the out-put of your CD player to the AUX input of Proteus.  Make sure that the AUX input has been set for AUDIO instead of DATA input:  the middle decimal point should NOT be flashing.  If it is, press SELECT and START/STOP simultaneously to select AUDIO.

Press MODE key repeatedly until the display read "AS".

Start your Audio Strobe CD and adjust the liteframe brightness and audio volume to a comfortable level.

NOTE:  For best audio results, it is strongly suggest that you connect the LINE output of your CD player to the AUX input of Proteus, AND connect your headphones directly to your CD player.  If you do not have a line output, then connect the headphone output to the AUX input, and connect headphones to the Proteus in the usual manner.

Download Mode:  This DL mode is used ONLY to transfer programs or software updates into Proteus.  To do so, perform the following steps:

Connect the DB9 connector of the included serial cable to an available serial port on your computer (some older models only had DB25 connectors.  If yours is like this, you will need to buy a DB9 to DB 25 adaptor).

Plug the other (stereo mini) end into the Proteus AUX input.

Follow the instructions in the Proteus Session Editor documentation to complete the download. 

During the download, the display will rapidly flicker.  This indicates that the download is proceeding.  When this has stopped, press the MODE key again to return to the Primary mode bank (Pxx).  You may now select and run your new sessions.

NOTE:  Whenever you download new programs into Proteus, any previously stored ones are erased.  It is recommended that you leave the 50 included programs in the Primary memory bank, and download works in progress into the Utility bank.