This genius, free, open-source tool, SendMIDI, from Geert Bevin is going to make life so much easier for developers or anyone wishing to send MIDI messages straight from their computer's command line.  
(headline photo credit: :en:Pretzelpaws with a Canon EOS-10D camera. Cropped 2/9/05 using the GIMP. - en:Image:Midi_ports_and_cable.jpg5 pins DIN connector MIDI ports and cable.)
 dev   name           Set the name of the MIDI output port (REQUIRED)
  list                 Lists the MIDI output ports
  file  path           Loads commands from the specified file
  ch    number         Set MIDI channel for the commands (1-16), defaults to 1
  on    note velocity  Send Note On with note (0-127) and velocity (0-127)
  off   note velocity  Send Note Off with note (0-127) and velocity (0-127)
  pp    note value     Send Poly Pressure with note (0-127) and pressure (0-127)
  cc    number value   Send Continuous Controller (0-127) with value (0-127)
  pc    number         Send Program Change number (0-127)
  cp    value          Send Channel Pressure value (0-127)
  pb    value          Send Pitch Bend value (0-16383)
  rpn   number value   Send RPN number (0-16383) with value (0-16383)
  nrpn  number value   Send NRPN number (0-16383) with value (0-16383)

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