Pick up mode explanation needed

[xxxLIONartxxx]

Hi, can someone explain me in nobe language what midi2lr does differently if pick up mode is selected or not. I think the difference is how the encoder or button feedback signals are send back to the device, but i am not sure and i need a more precise answer. I try to find a solution for my next problem which i have, due i use a touch screen controller and a hardware controler the behringer x touch mini. One needs pick up disabled and the other enabled. So they do not fully work together. I need to understand to know where i can change something. Thanks

[Rory Jaffe]

https://github.com/rsjaffe/MIDI2LR/wiki/Application-Settings-Dialog discusses how pickup mode works.

[xxxLIONartxxx]

Hi, i know the manual, Does it mean, if pickup is disabled than midi2lr sends "playing back existing automation data" and afterwards directly reacts to any knob changes. If pickup is disabled, than it does not send automation data. Therfore midi2lr waits until "you have matched the Lightroom values" than it "starts changing the associated Lightroom values". Thats all? Correct?

[Rory Jaffe]

MIDI2LR always sends control values from the app to the plugin, and always sends back the actual set values from Lightroom, via the plugin, to the app.

When a controller can respond to receiving the actual set values (e.g., a motorized fader or a continuous knob), then the controller and Lightroom will remain in sync, and pickup mode doesn't have an affect (because pickup mode only makes a difference when the controller and Lightroom are out of sync with each other).

When a controller can't respond to receiving the actual set value (e.g., non-motorized fader, or a controller layer that is not currently active), then the controller may have a value that is significantly different from Lightroom's current value. This is where pickup mode matters.

What pickup mode does is this: if the value from the app received by the plugin is far from the value in Lightroom, it ignores the message from the app. So you'd have to move the control until it is near the Lightroom value before the plugin starts using the value.

If you don't have pickup mode enabled, the plugin always uses the value from the controller. This means that the initial movement of the controller value ignores the current value in Lightroom and may cause a significant unintended change in the Lightroom setting.