There has been some research time put into learning how the running order is stored, and the empeg guys have been helpful in giving us tips on the format.

For 2.0, yes. I've cracked that nut already for emphatic. A small tweak to my routine for reading the running order could read the FIDs stored in bookmarks pretty easily. Thing is I received many words of caution from peter to avoid spending a lot of time on that format, since it would be changing "real soon."