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Firmware Updates

The Bitmap's firmware can be updated via drag and drop using any Mac or PC.  No driver or special soft-
ware is required.

To tell which version of firmware your pedal is running:
1.  Hold down the AUX (left) footswitch and connect power.
2.  The right LED will blink blue.
3.  Continue holding the PRESET footswitch for 2 seconds.
4.  The LED will turn solid blue.  The pedal is now in USB Mass Storage mode.
5.  Connect the pedal to the computer using a mini USB cable.
6.  Open the BITMAP drive on your computer.
7.  Open the VERSION.TXT file in a text editor.

Downloading the new firmware
1.  Go to 

http://www.redpandalab.com/downloads/#bitmap

2.  Download the firmware (.zip) file to your computer.
3.  Unzip the downloaded file to extract the binary firmware file (.bin).

Caution
•  Do not rename the extracted file.
•  Never turn off the pedal’s power while an update is in progress.  Otherwise the system software or 

the pedal itself may be destroyed.

Update procedure:
1.  Hold down the AUX (left) footswitch and connect power.
2.  The right LED will blink blue.
3.  Continue holding the footswitch for 2 seconds.
4.  The LED will turn solid blue.  The pedal is now in USB Mass Storage mode.
5.  Connect the pedal to the computer using a mini USB cable.
6.  Open the BITMAP drive on your computer.
7.  Drag and drop the firmware binary (.bin) file to the BITMAP drive.
8.  The left LED will blink to show progress.
9.  After the firmware update is complete, the LED will turn solid green.  

If the firmware update seems to stall, eject the BITMAP drive from your computer and it should re-
sume.  If not, retry the procedure.

10. If an error occurred, the red LED will blink instead.
Eject the BITMAP drive from your computer: 

Mac: click the eject button or drag the BITMAP icon to the trash  
Windows: right-click on the BITMAP icon in My Computer and select “Eject”

11. Disconnect the USB cable.
12. Turn the pedal’s power off.

Troubleshooting
If the left LED blinks red or the process stalls, turn the Bitmap off, then on, and try again.

If you continue to have problems, please email 

[email protected]

.  Please tell us what type of 

computer and which operating system version you are using.

Summary of Contents for BITMAP 2

Page 1: ...1 BITMAP 2 Owner s Manual Plymouth MI www redpandalab com...

Page 2: ...2 Bitmap 2 Owner s Manual Version 2 0 firmware 2 0 March 2021 Red Panda LLC 44712 Helm St Plymouth MI 48170 USA 2021 Red Panda LLC www redpandalab com...

Page 3: ...3 Please register your product at redpandalab com register Product manuals and firmware updates are available at redpandalab com downloads For technical support email support redpandalab com...

Page 4: ...e LEDs Mean 10 ON Switch 11 AUX Switch 11 Bitcrushing 12 Waveshaping 12 Filter 12 Low Frequency Oscillator LFO 12 Envelope Follower ENV 12 Web Editor 13 Control Input 15 Using MIDI 18 Reset to Factory...

Page 5: ...rate modulation Envelope modulation of sampling rate and blend Waveshaper wave folder and window comparator Drive control with saturation 4 pole lowpass filter Presets 4 on front panel 127 via MIDI MI...

Page 6: ...ignal will flatten the output at a level controlled by the DEPTH not necessarily the waveform peak After drive and waveshaping the signal is sampled and bit depth reduced Samping rate reduction FREQ c...

Page 7: ...map access hidden parameters and fine tune pre sets See Web Editor beta on page 13 for more information It requires the Google Chrome brows er and can be accessed at https www redpandalab com content...

Page 8: ...designed specifically for effects If you have a few pedals we recommend a multi pedal power supply with independent regulat ed outputs not daisy chained If our pedals detect a problem with the power...

Page 9: ...form LEDs indicate the current selection Triangle wave LFO Square wave LFO Random LFO Wavefolder Wave window Waveshaper RATE LFO LFO modulation rate The waveform LED will blink at the modulation rate...

Page 10: ...ampling rate up or down or wet dry blend You can also as sign it to the filter cutoff for autofilter effects using the web editor or MIDI ENV Envelope modulation amount PRESET Press to cycle between p...

Page 11: ...et Pressing the AUX switch cycles between front panel presets and the manual knob and switch settings Preset Shift Holding the AUX switch momentarily jumps to the next preset Releasing the switch goes...

Page 12: ...ng This section is coming soon Waveshaping This section is coming soon Filter This section is coming soon Low Frequency Oscillator LFO This section is coming soon Envelope Follower ENV This section is...

Page 13: ...The Edit tab shows all of the pedal s realtime parameters The on screen controls are updated to match the current state of the pedal but hidden parameters are not updated Press the Refresh button to u...

Page 14: ...input power supply PSU voltage A low PSU voltage may indicate that the power supply is not able to provide enough current to properly power the pedal Help The Show MIDI Devices button on the Help tab...

Page 15: ...s to indicate it is in CTRL configuration mode You can release the right footswitch and begin configuration immediately 3 Move the expression pedal to the heel down position 4 Move the expression peda...

Page 16: ...It works with our remote switches some third party switches and is DIY friendly for different control interfac es See our Knowledge Base for infomation on building a compatible switch Note that the s...

Page 17: ...d 4 sec save Blinks green when saved C Preset 3 Double tap manual settings Hold 4 sec save Blinks green when saved D Preset 4 Double tap manual settings Hold 4 sec save Blinks green when saved 2 A Nex...

Page 18: ...use of a computer Examples include iConnectivity iConnectMIDI4 iConnectivity mio4 Disaster Area Designs Gen3 MIDI controllers with their gHOST option Kenton MIDI USB Host MkII MidiPlus USB MIDI Host S...

Page 19: ...s are sent out at regular intervals by a clock transmitter to one or more receivers The trans mitter controls playback and sets the tempo The transmitter never tells the receivers the actual tempo Ins...

Page 20: ...ng if it receives a MIDI timing clock message without a start or stop message first Comparison to tap tempo Tap tempo is set by tapping quarter notes on a footswitch It is simpler to set up but is not...

Page 21: ...tswitch Use gated mode to send 127 on press and 0 on release Matches footswitch behavior 0 63 64 127 Off release On press 81 ON footswitch Use gated mode to send 127 on press and 0 on release Matches...

Page 22: ...Mix towards dry Freq up Freq down Filter cutoff 105 LFO hold 0 63 64 127 Off On 108 Modulation note division See Note Divisions table 110 Receive MIDI clock global 0 63 64 127 Off On default indicates...

Page 23: ...2 measures 8 2 measure triplet 9 Dotted whole note 10 Whole note 11 Whole note triplet 12 Dotted half note 13 Half note 14 Half note triplet 15 Dotted quarter note 16 Quarter note 17 Quarter note tri...

Page 24: ...yte hex Description F0 System Exclusive SysEx 00 Red Panda ID byte 1 02 Red Panda ID byte 2 23 Red Panda ID byte 3 01 Bitmap family ID 03 Bitmap product ID 00 Message version 1 byte Message type 0x34...

Page 25: ...et or set MIDI channel Save preset Get Set ID 1 ID 2 Data Bytes Data X 7F 13 1 Preset location MIDI program number Save a preset to internal memory Get Set Parameter Value high resolution Get Set ID 1...

Page 26: ...e affected Note that this is rarely useful for troubleshooting problems with your pedal 1 Start with the pedal unplugged 2 Hold the PRESET WAVE and ON switches while plugging in power The right LED wi...

Page 27: ...e AUX left footswitch and connect power 2 The right LED will blink blue 3 Continue holding the footswitch for 2 seconds 4 The LED will turn solid blue The pedal is now in USB Mass Storage mode 5 Conne...

Page 28: ...ght take us a few days to reply Product manuals and firmware updates are available at redpandalab com support Repairs If you think your product needs repair first send an email with your serial number...

Page 29: ...E PRODUCT OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN 4 LIMITATION OF REMEDIES EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL BE PROD...

Page 30: ...ered Power supply 9V DC center negative Power connector 2 1mm I D x 5 5mm O D barrel connector Power consumption 250 mA Dimensions 78 W x 124 D x 59 H mm 3 1 W x 4 9 x 2 3 H inches Weight 0 4 kg 14 oz...

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