setting up midi [HELP][NEWBIE]

You haven't said what it is doing, or not doing, that's wrong.

But try this anyway:

  {
    // NOTE_ON
    SendMIDI(MIDICMD_NOTEON, i, 127);
    delay(250);
   
    // NOTE OFF
    SendMIDI(MIDICMD_NOTEON, i, 0); // Silence the note
    delay(250);
  }

Pete