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# Cardinal manual for MOD Devices
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This document briefly describes how to use Cardinal with a [MOD device](https://www.moddevices.com/).
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It is intended for this documentation to be part of the plugin bundle when installed from the
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[MOD Plugin store](https://pedalboards.moddevices.com/plugins).
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## Plugin overview
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Cardinal is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin,.
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It is based on the popular [VCV Rack](https://vcvrack.com/) but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version.
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If you already know Rack, Cardinal will be very familiar to you.
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## Plugin usage
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Currently Cardinal does not allow patch editing directly on the MOD units,
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instead users need to run the "desktop" version of the plugin and connect it to the device.
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This is easily done by the use of "File" -> "Connect to MOD" action.
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After a successful connection, the same "File" menu will now show a "Deploy to MOD" option.
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Clicking on it will push the current patch to the MOD unit, along with a screenshot of the current view.
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You can also use the F7 shortcut key to do the same.
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Additionally, enabling "Auto-deploy to MOD" will make Cardinal (the "desktop" plugin side)
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automatically send the current patch to the MOD unit after 5 seconds of inactivity.
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### Notes and caveats
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This push-to-device workflow is very limited, it will improve in a future release.
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For now it can already work to push existing or new patches to the unit.
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After you push a patch, you can use MOD preset system to save a patch as plugin preset,
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which will allow you to load it at a different time without the need for the "desktop" connection.
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There are a few critical things to take into consideration for this release:
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- Only one Cardinal instance is reachable in terms of desktop -> MOD connection,
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you can and should use multiple instances when there is no desktop connection though
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- The MOD unit must be connected over USB, so that the 192.168.51.1 IP is reachable
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- The Audio File, Carla and Ildaeil modules are not available in MOD builds
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- Lights and meters from the Cardinal MOD side are not transmitted back to the desktop side
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- Compared to desktop, MOD builds are not as fast, so do not expect to load big patches
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