Tower Mapping File (tower.csv)

The tower map file of a tower determines which bells are used to ring methods for each possible number of bells (stages). It is a CSV file called tower.csv in a tower folder and may be edited with a spreadsheet application e.g. Excel.

For an 8 bell tower an sample bell map is:

key,value
nbells,8
bellset,12345678
3,345
4,1234
5,34567
6,345678
7,2345678
8,12345678

The following settings are used:

nbells - This is the maximum number of bells that may be rung on this tower. This setting must always be present.

bellset - These are the bell sample files which are available in this folder; for example 12345678 means there are files called 1.wav, 2.wav, all the way through to 8.wav.

(number) - These settings specify which bells are rung for methods of that number of bells. By default, a continuous sequence of bells ending at the tenor is rung. For example for 5 bells, 4,5,6,7,8 would be rung, but here it is overriden by 5,34567 so that the minor five (3,4,5,6,7) would be rung.

samples - This optional setting may be used to specify that the sample files from another tower folder be used instead on the ones in this folder. This enables the same set of bell sample files to be used with a different configuration; for example, on a 12 bell tower, an option to ring a light eight using a semitone bell rather than the back eight.