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DC, welcome to the forums.
Let me do some testing with the MIDIcon for you on my dmx and I will answer all of these questions soon. But if you don't hear from me by Monday afternoon let me know.
Sincerely,

Oh, and the answer to your 2nd question is no. My DMX doesn't support more than one scene playing back at a time. not even MIDI will let that feature work. The software doesn't support it so neither will midi.
Sincerely,

As far as set-up would be concerned, I would assume after the drivers(if needed) are installed, you launch MyDMX and make sure that is the only MIDI device connected at the time.

The rest is up to you. Learn the faders to channels, use the buttons to trigger scenes.

This is a device I am interested in as well. But right now my priorities are more towards getting newer and brighter lights first. A MIDICON is definately in my future though.

The midi con uses the generic Microsoft midi driver so there really is no installing it. it is plug and play. Here is what i am finding, you can plug in the midi con, program your scenes, and then you can learn the scenes to the buttons on the midicon. You can then link the channel faders below the scenes in the user tab to a fader on the midi con. The wheels are not usable on the midi con on my dmx, only the faders, buttons, and touch pads are allowed to be mapped. for over riding the faders though you have to enable either HTP or LTP on the channel fader first to be able to control it live. this could be tedious if you have a lot of fixtures that you want to over ride together. I'm going to suggest a few things and I will see if they can change it. I hope I answered all your questions. This is a good midi controller for my dmx but the program makes it somewhat limited. For the best control with a midi con check out the compu Show program.
Sincerely,

OH, almost forgot. spread the word. That the latest release of my dmx on the MY DMX web page now has the ability to Clear a Midi Command. you will see it when you right click the fader or button.
Sincerely,