Controlling Relay ports on one MC8 Pro with another MC8 Pro?

Morningstar Gear MC Pro Series MIDI Controller
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I’m trying to figure out how to control the relay ports on one MC8 Pro with another MC8 Pro. I need to figure out if I can make it work before I order a second MC8 Pro.I do not want to use Program Change as all the foot switches will be occupied doing other stuff.

So I’m really looking for a way to “hijack” the relay ports of the secondary unit.

I’ve looked into the option to convert incoming midi messages, but seems there is no way to covert them to “internal” commands.

Is there something I’m missing?

A feature to simply Link two MC8 Pro’s as one would be great.

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See the relevant section of the MC8 Pro user manual here for controlling the relays via CCs 40-43.

3

If you connect the USB Host of one MC8 Pro to the USB Device of the other, they will automatically sync their banks (they’ll change banks together). You still have to program them separately.