You can run csound to query out devices using

csound --midi-devices=out  

and that will give you a list that you can parse in your script to get the
number for the device you want to use.

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> On 26 Jun 2016, at 20:52, Toby Shepard  wrote:
> 
> I use csound from Cygwin with -Q to send midi events to VST hosts like Reaper and Finale.  Often, when trying out new software the devices will appear to Csound (portmidi) with different integers than before.  This causes me to edit my run scripts with the new number to make them work.  When I uninstall the new software, I have to edit all my scripts back to the original number to make them work again.
> 
> Is there a better way to deal with this, such as referring to the device by name instead of an integer?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Tobiah
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