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1 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- hone/od ouch ad

2 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X Unversal emote ontrol, nc. he nformaton n ths manual s copyrght protected. o part of ths manual may be coped or reproduced n any form wthout pror wrtten consent from Unversal emote ontrol, nc. UVL L,. HLL B LBL F L, HL L / H UL. he nformaton n ths manual may be subject to change wthout pror notce. omplete ontrol s a regstered trademark of Unversal emote ontrol, nc. ntertanment ade mple s a trademark of Unversal emote ontrol, nc. ll other brand or product names are trademarks or regstered trademarks of ther respectve companes or organzatons. 500 amaroneck venue Harrson, Y hone: (914) Fax: (914)

3 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- ntroducton U he X- hone/ad/od ouch remote can control up to 255 devces wth up to 255 pages each. ontrol these devces over the network va a base staton, ndoors and out, through walls and floors, and n other rooms. ncrease or decrease the lvng room televson volume from your ktchen or other room wthout pontng towards the V. Before we can accomplsh ths, we need to program the X- n the omplete ontrol rogram. hs manual wll gude you through the steps of programmng your X- remote control, based on the rogrammng n manual found wthn or n the U ontrol oom. ach of the programmng steps below, are represented by symbols whch compare that step wth the programmng process descrbed n the rogrammng n manual. hese symbols wll help pont out whch steps are the same (green), smlar (yellow) or completely dfferent (red) from the process descrbed there. ake sure to revew all of the red (dfferent) and yellow (smlar) steps, because the programmng procedure wll be dfferent. f you would lke further nformaton regardng a specfc step, refer to the rogrammng n anual. fferent, you need to revew ths step. When you see ths symbol make sure to stop and read the nformaton provded. hs step s totally dfferent than descrbed n the rogrammng n manual. mlar evew ths step as there are slght changes n the programmng process. hs step s smlar to what s descrbed n the rogrammng n manual. ame You may skp ths step. t s the same process shown n the rogrammng n manual. 1

4 rogrammng the X- omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- he followng programmng sectons may dffer from ther counterparts shown n the rogrammng n manual. evew each step below to famlarze yourself wth ther smlartes or dfferences. onfgure Home n ths secton you wll... dd a room, base staton and the X- to your project. hs step s dfferent than onfgure Home: ystem onfguraton found n the rogrammng n manual. Button ropertes n ths secton you wll odfy a button mage, text, poston or add a varable to t. hs step s dfferent as t s not found n the rogrammng n manual. etup ode n ths secton you wll urchase and add a setup code to for establshng a communcaton lne between the devce an X Base taton. hs step s dfferent as t s not found n the rogrammng n manual. reate & ame evces n ths secton you wll dd every component that you would lke to control to your project. hs step s dfferent than reate & ame evces found n the rogrammng n manual. reate & dt Layouts n ths secton you wll dd a theme and button layout to each devce. X - / H hs step s dfferent, as t s not found n the rogrammng n manual. 2

5 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U atabase n ths secton you wll elect and save the manufacturer s codes to control each of your newly added devces. hs step s smlar to atabase found n the rogrammng n manual. unch hrough n ths secton you wll ave commands from one devce (.e. V) to another devce (.e. able). hs step s dentcal to rogrammng unch hrough found n the rogrammng n manual. F ontrol n ths secton you wll elect the optonal base staton to use n your project. oute commands to specfc ports for better relablty. hs step s dentcal to F ontrol found n the rogrammng n manual. acro rogrammng n ths secton you wll ecord a sequence of commands that s executed when the end-user selects a button. hs step s dfferent than acro rogrammng found n the rogrammng n manual. ownload n ths secton you wll ownload the X- pp for the devce. end all of your programmng to the X-. hs step s dentcal to ownloadng found n the rogrammng n manual. 3

6 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- onfgure Home: ddng the X- hs step s dfferent than onfgure Home: ystem onfguraton found n the rogrammng n manual. he onfgure Home button allows you to add addtonal rooms, base statons and remote controls to your project. fter openng, you wll be greeted wth ether: 1. prevously vewed project... a. ress rogram then onfgure Home. b. dd oom(s), Base taton(s) and an X- (hone/ad/od ouch) remote. c. nce the X- remote s added, the odel ropertes wndow opens. elect the efault Base taton, ame t, and select an pton (ew, xstng, opy, rror). 2. ress Fle then ew. ew Fle wndow opens to dsplay a lst of rado button optons: a. efault (1 oom, 1 emote): elect a remote from ths drop down. (.e. X-: hone/ad/od ouch). hs s the remote that you wll program n ths project. b. mpty (o ooms, o emotes): hs opton creates a blank fle whch wll requre you to add rooms, base statons and remotes from onfgure Home detaled above. X - / H c. pen exstng fle as template: odfy a pre-exstng fle to create a new project. ress the browse... button to locate that fle. 4

7 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U Button ropertes hs step s dfferent as t s not found n the rogrammng n manual. nce X-, hone/ad/od ouch, s a graphcal remote, you can tweak a button by addng text and modfyng ts mage usng Button ropertes. 1. lck on a user nterface button to vew the Button ropertes wndow on the rght sde of. r clck on the ropertes tab to open the Button ropertes wndow. 2. odfy a button by usng the followng optons: Varable: reate (press ew) or assgn a varable from the drop down lst to change the state of a button from normal to pressed. hs s an optonal feature. For further detals, refer to the dvanced pplcatons - Varables secton n ths manual. Button : ot used n programmng. hs nternal Button s used by as a button dentfer. : hs s used by the databases to map commands to the correct soft button locatons when usng the "ave ll" functon of the database. t s usually not modfed durng typcal programmng, but t can be manpulated usng the pulldown lst n order to assgn a desred to a button. ext: lck on the ext ntry box and use the keyboard to edt the label of a button. ext tools allow you to change the Font, olor, tyle and oston of the text on a button. he ext wndow also allows you to have dfferent text on the ormal button state and the ressed button state. nly one lne of text s vsble n the text box wndow. Use the keyboard rrow Up and rrow own keys to edt mult-lne text. mage: ach button has a pre-selected mage that can be modfed to a B, F, J or anmated F. ormal and ressed are detaled on the next page. oston and ze: odfy the button locaton usng the X,Y coordnates of the X- user screen. You may LY modfy the button heght and wdth on W buttons, when rght-clckng and selectng dd Button. he mage fle cannot be modfed because of ts predetermned sze. Keep n mnd the button can never be larger than the customzable screen of 640 x 600 (hone/od ouch) or 1536 x 1124 (ad). 5

8 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- ormal: hs mage appears on the button before t s pressed. xport: lck on ths button to browse your computer and save the exstng mage as a fle anywhere on your. mport: lck on ths button to browse your computer for a graphc you would lke to mport. ressed: hs mage appears after the button s pressed. xport: lck on ths button to browse your computer and save the exstng mage as a fle anywhere on your pc. mport: lck on ths button to browse your computer for a graphc you would lke to mport. mage name: hs feld dsplays the fle name. mage name: hs feld dsplays the fle name. mage prevew: n mage of the after (pressed) state s dsplayed. elete: lck on ths button to delete the currently loaded mage. Background olor: lck on ths button to open the color wndow and pck a color for a rectangular button wthout art. mage prevew: n mage of the before (normal) state s dsplayed. elete lck on ths button to delete the currently loaded mage. nvert the ormal mage: s a shortcut you can opt to smply nvert all the colors of the ormal mage after the button s pressed. Background olor: lck on ths button to open the color wndow and pck a color for a rectangular button wthout art. Want to mport your own mages? Frst, make sure the mage s no larger then 640 x 600 (hone/od ouch) or 1536 x 1124 (ad), for background mages, then copy and paste an mage nto a mage folder. ad drectory (:\rogram Fles (x86)\unversal emote ontrol, nc\omplete ontrol rogram\ad\mages\ctvtes\ll) hone drectory (:\rogram Fles (x86)\...hone\mages\ctvtes\ll) X - / H hoose from one of these folders (ctvtes, Blanks, Brands, Buttons & Backgrounds, evces, Favorte hannel cons, ooms) and then place the mage nsde the ll folder. 6

9 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U 1 etup ode he etup ode s necessary to establsh communcaton between an devce (ad/hone/od ouch) and an X Base taton over the network. hs s the vrtual handshake allowng the devce to receve the downloaded program and act as a personal remote control for the nstalled entertanment system. he etup ode can be purchased from your local dstrbutor or your egonal ales epresentatve. nter the etup ode nto by: ab area lck on clck Home wthn the ystem esgner area. 2. n the rght hand sde of the screen, a ropertes wndow should open. f t does not, clck on the ropertes tab or select Vew and check the ropertes box. 3. Wthn the oble evce etup area, enter the etup ode. 4. egster an X base staton from the lst (ex. X-1). nce the base staton s chosen the ddress automatcally populates the feld. 5. a. f ths s your frst tme enterng the etup ode, press ctvate. nother wndow wll open and requres you to enter the etup ode once more, to ensure the code matches. b. f you have prevously ctvated the etup ode, press the Verfy button. 6. ave the fle. 7

10 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- reate & ame evces hs step s dfferent than reate & ame evces found n the rogrammng n manual. 1. elect a ategory: ctvtes, Blanks, Brands, evces, ooms or wo-way. nce a category s selected, the cons lsted on the rght wll transton to match the chosen category. 2. elect a heme to choose the button sze (small or large) and text color, to match the devce theme whch s selected n the next step. 3. elect an con and drag t to the X- user screen. 4. o rename a age ame or evce ame, frst select the page/con wthn the user screen and enter a new name n the assocated feld. o remove an undesred con, select t and press the elete button below the user nterface. f you run out of space when addng devces, smply press the ext age button. Use snap ponts for accurate con placement. ee dt nap onts on the next page for detals. 5. ress ave then ext. X - / H 8

11 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U dt nap onts button can be moved anywhere on a sngle page, by draggng t to a new locaton. nap onts make movng buttons easy, snce they allow buttons to snap to the correct algnment. nap onts can be turned n or ff by ether rght-clckng the page (to open the page opton menu) or by usng keyboard shortcuts: L+ (turn nap onts n) and L+ (turn nap onts ff). nap ponts allow for onscreen modfcaton, whch means you can add or remove an onscreen pont for con placement. hese ponts are con gudes and avod a potental onscreen mess. nap ont grds can be changed or edted by usng the keyboard shortcut: L +. everal preloaded choces are avalable. nap onts use the X and Y coordnates of the touch screen to determne the center of the button locaton. nap ont grd can be appled to a age, a evce or the entre remote control. nap ont Lst: hs lst dsplays the current coordnates of the snap ponts on the X- screen. nap ont: o create a new snap pont, select a color and type n the oston wthn the X,Y coordnate felds. lck dd to Lst. nap ont Fle pton: reate a new customzed snap pont fle from you newly added or recently deleted coordnates. nap dstance (10~100): hs global settng determnes how close the con can be before t s pulled to the snap pont. pply to: elect from age, evce or odel. nap ponts can apply to certan areas n the remote or globally dependng on your preference. 9

12 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- reate & dt Layouts hs step s dfferent as t s not found n the rogrammng n manual. raphcal remotes lke the X-, have varous themes to choose from whch showcase dfferent mages and colors. Button layouts have a predetermned command confguraton based on the type of devce you are addng. (e. V to udo, V to V.) 1. elect a devce or actvty wthn the elect evce lst. 2. lck an opton from the elect heme lst to showcase dfferent backgrounds, mages, color and text. 3. hoose one of the layouts lsted wthn elect Button Layout that most closely relates to the type of devce you are addng. 4. nce your selectons are made, press the dd ages button to populate the devce s pages wth the selected themes and button layout. Be careful when usng the verwrte ages button as t replaces most buttons. 5. ress the rev evce or ext evce buttons to toggle through the devce lst and repeat steps ress ext when you have fnshed addng themes and button layouts X - / H 6 10

13 U omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- atabase hs step s smlar to the atabase found n the rogrammng n manual but t also ncludes a eral and an database. he separate databases functon the same as the database; 232 or eral commands control 232 devces and commands control devces connected va the network. 1. elect a devce from the evce lst. 2. hoose from one of the databases (, eral, ) by selectng ts rado button. 3. ontnue to make your selectons for ata From, Brand, and odel. 4. ress the ave ll button after choosng the brand and model for each devce. 11

14 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- ownload the X- app n order to complete the communcaton between the X Base taton and the devce, the omplete ontrol app wll need to be downloaded and nstalled. ownloadng from the pp tore 1. Wthn the devce, clck on the pp tore con. 2. earch the pp tore for the omplete ontrol app and download t. 3. nce nstalled the app con looks lke ths. ownloadng from to fter programmng the devce n : 1. the omplete ontrol oble pp n the devce. 2. ress ownload from. ake sure the omplete ontrol oble pp s opened when scoverng or ownloadng to the ad or hone/od ouch. f t s not opened, communcaton wll not be establshed. he omplete ontrol oble pp has two optons, Verson and sable uto-lock, accessble from the ettngs menu wthn the devce. o access the settngs optons, clck on the ettngs con and scroll down to the pp area and clck on the X pp. Verson: dentfes the omplete ontrol oble software verson currently nstalled on the devce. sable uto-lock: he devce automatcally locks after the amount of tme desgnated n the s ettngs> eneral> uto-lock. urnng on the sable uto Lock feature prevents the devce from lockng whle the omplete ontrol pp s actve. X - / H o close or reset the omplete ontrol oble app, double-clck the Home button to access the task manager bar. ress and hold the omplete ontrol oble app for 2 seconds. nce the con begns to shake and dsplays a mnus sgn (-),clck t to close the app. 12

15 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- acro rogrammng hs step s dfferent than acro rogrammng found n the rogrammng n manual. U Basc acro Functons xecute the lst of commands n the macro wndow va the port of the connected remote. tarts the macro recordng process, whch enables you to navgate to any page and clck on a button to create an alas to t. hs alas s added to the lst of the commands n the macro wndow. tops the recordng of macro steps. L eletes the hghlghted macro step(s). LY pens the elay wndow so that you can specfy a delay tme between macro steps. dvanced acro Functons JU nables you to jump to any devce or man page of the remote. X pens a ext wndow to type n text that wll appear on the button as a macro step. rogram a delay at the same tme as the text to determne how long the new text wll appear on the button. You can have as many text steps as you lke (to the maxmum of 255). hs button opens the atabase avgator wthn the ropertes area above the macro wndow. B L n alas references the command on the orgnal button. hs feature allows the user to determne when the recorded macro executes. VBL pens the cton Varable ettng wndow, whch enables you to choose a prevously created varable and set t to rue, False or nvert ts status. f you want to create a varable, clck on dd ew at the bottom of the wndow. hs button opens the atabase avgator wthn the ropertes area. B F/L nables you to create a condtonal macro. (f [condton] s rue, do [acton]... lse do [acton]). L nables you to create a lst of commands that the button wll toggle through. L ommuncate wth 232 devces usng the avalable commands stored n the eral B atabase avgator. LY ontrol devces lke curtans and lfts usng elay commands. 13

16 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- Basc acro Functons hese basc functons are at the heart of macro creaton. Wthout these functons, how else would you create a macro? You can record your commands, stop the recordng process, delete unnecessary commands, add a delay to the macro lst (.e. f a devce needs tme after power up to receve a command) and fnally test the macro lst. ecord: tarts the macro recordng process, whch enables you to navgate to any page and clck on a button to create an alas to t. est: un a macro to execute a lst of commands. (ake sure the remote s connected before testng the macro.) elete: eletes the hghlghted macro step(s). dvanced acro Functons he advanced macro functons consst of Jump to, ext,, eral and database, Learn, leep mer, elay, Varable, f/lse, and oggle. Jump to nables you to jump to any evce or the an page of the remote. top: tops the recordng of macro steps. elay: pens the elay wndow so that you can specfy a delay between macro steps. X - / H elect arget avgate to a page and add t to the macro as a jump. efault Jump elect the efault Jump rado opton to choose from a lst of optons. hs feature s typcally used to jump to a lease Wat page, as the F step n a macro, and usually the L step of a macro s a jump to a devce. hese optons take you back or forward from the current locaton the user s currently vewng. 14

17 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- ext hs macro feature dsplays dynamc text on the button where the macro s created. U pens a ext wndow to type n text that wll appear on the button as a macro step. rogram a delay at the same tme as the text to determne how long the new text wll appear on the button. You can have as many text steps as you lke (maxmum of 255). ype a desred message here, lke Watchng V. atabase hs step s dentcal to atabase found n the rogrammng n manual. hs button opens the atabase avgator wthn the ropertes area above the macro wndow. lck and drag a command from the database wndow nto the macro area. 15

18 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- eral atabase avgator hs step s smlar to the atabase. When pressed, the database opens and contans eral ommands. lck and drag a command from the eral database wndow nto the macro area or onto a devce or actvty button. atabase avgator hs step s smlar to the atabase except that the database contans commands. lck and drag a command from the database wndow nto the macro area or onto a devce or actvty button. X - / H 16

19 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U leep mer hs feature allows the user to determne WH the recorded macro executes. o add a leep mer settng to a button, smply press the con wthn the macro wndow. When the user presses a button on the remote contanng the leep mer functon, the X- dsplays sx choces from a mnmum of ow to a maxmum of 90 mnutes. he user can tap the screen to select one of the sleep tmer optons. Whenever the leep mer runs out, the macro s ssued (unless the user hts the cancel button). elay hs feature provdes confgurable swtch closure modes for control of devces that requre t for actvaton. here are four types of relays to choose from: FF: Latchng, where the relay stays closed untl told to open. : Latchng,where the relay stays open untl told to close. ress Hold (ff) and ress Hold (n): Wth ress and Hold, the elay remans open or closed only for as long as the command s beng sent from the remote, or, for the duraton set n nmum ress me. hoose a Base taton then select a elay ort from the lst. 17

20 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- Varable varable s a placeholder for a value. n, ths value can be one of four categores: rue/false, nteger, nteger[n/ax], or trng. lever use of varables can enable you to add all knds of elegant mprovements to operaton. dd a Varable to the acro Follow the steps below to nclude a varable n a macro. ress the Varable con to open the cton Varable ettng wndow. Hghlght one of the prevously created varables lsted n the feld on the left. odfy the state of the varable,.e. rue, False or nvert, to nclude n a macro. For example: When a televson s off, modfy the state of the V ower n varable to False. end a power on command and modfy the varable to V ower n s true. ress et to nclude the varable n the macro. f you need to create a new varable, refer to dd ew secton on the next page. X - / H 18

21 U omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- dd ew reate a varable usng one of the four optons below: rue/false, nteger, nteger: n/ax and trng. rue/false lck on dd ew. ype n a ame to create a varable. o delete a varable, frst hghlght t then press elete. rue/false he name says t all, ths type of varable has one of two values...ether rue or False. V ower = rue when the televson s on, when V ower n = False then t s off. nteger: n/ax llows a numerc value (smlar to nteger) to be assgned to a varable. However, ths varable has a mn/max pont set. elect one of the tab optons: rue/false, nteger, nteger [n/ax], and trng. fter you are done makng the selecton, select K to add t to a project. nteger llows a numerc value to be stored to a varable. trng llows a character set (asc, hex, decmal) to be assgned to a varable. 19

22 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- f/lse here are two f/lse methods; ress me and Varable. ress me executes based on how long the button s pressed. Varable performs dfferent actons dependng on the value of the varable. ettng an f/lse method o set an f/lse method, double-clck anywhere n the F/lse statement to open the F ettng wndow. he F ettng wndow appears n f/lse statement, enables you to create a condtonal macro. f [condton] s rue, o [acton] lse o [acton] rue ode hs should be used. hs default settng s ncluded to prevent programmng errors. n ths mode, the F porton wll LWY execute. X - / H 20

23 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U ress me ode When ress me mode s selected, the branch (f/lse) s determned by how long the button s pressed. he F macro s ssued f the button s pressed Less than (< ) or reater than / qual to ( >= ) the specfed tme. he L statement executes when the F condton s not met. n the example below, the avgaton own rrow s usng ress me mode wth two branches of actons assocated wth t. f the button s held down for one second or more (ress me >= 1 econd), the button wll ssue a able age own command. f t s held down for less then one second, t wll ssue a able own command. Varable ode electng ths mode allows the F/lse statement to evaluate the varable (rue/false, nteger) and to execute ether the f or lse porton of the statement based upon on the varable value. 21

24 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- common use for varables n the followng example, we track the power state of a televson and elmnate potental delays a customer can face. Watch able macro: ypcally, when ths macro s executed, four thngs happen: 1. command s sent to turn the V n 2. 5 second delay s added to allow tme before the televson can accept the next command 3. H1 command sets the V to the correct nput 4. Jump command takes the user to the cable page he problem: lthough ths works when the V s ntally turned on, what f the V s already? n ths case the user would need to wat 5 seconds before he/she s presented wth the able page. he fx: Use a varable to track the V s power state, by creatng a varable named V ower n and set ts ntal value to False (meanng the V s FF). he new macro should look lke ths: 1. We look at the varable named V ower n, and take one of two paths: a. f (V ower n=false). command to turn the V n s sent. 5 second delay s added to allow tme before the televson can accept the next command. H1 command sets the V to the correct nput v. he varable s then set to rue () b. lse (V ower n=rue). o nothng 2. Jump commands takes the user to the cable page n ths case, f the V s already, the button smply JU to the correct page and does not waste the user s tme by nsertng the delay. X - / H For step by step detal, refer to Usng Varables for evces that have ower oggle wthn the ppendx secton of ths manual. 22

25 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U oggle hs feature enables you to create a lst of commands that the button wll cycle through when pressed. ake dscrete commands and add them to a oggle macro to create a pseudo toggle button. For example, n the mage above, locate the user s V model number and drag over nputs Vdeo 1-6 nto a oggle macro. ow when the oggle macro button s pressed, the button wll cycle through each of the vdeo nputs. ommon uses for toggle macros are: aspect rato nputs surround modes 23

26 ppendx: xamples of ommon acros omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- rogrammng a ower n acro Before programmng a ower n macro, set up your laptop wth the connected remote wthn operatonal range of the home audo vdeo equpment. ower n macros usually requre extensve testng of delays and you can expect to do a lot of expermentng. ake a look at the an page(s) and decde whch components you want to power on. 1 elect the ystem ower n button on the an page. (reate a ower n button f necessary.) 2 lck on the ecord con. 3 avgate to each devce and add ther ower n commands to the lst by navgatng to the devce and page where the codes are located and clckng on the buttons wth the ower n commands. elect the devce by clckng ts button on the an menu or by clckng on an expanded tree vew page. 4 ow, clck on the button wth the devce s ower n command. he new step appears n the acro wndow. 5 fter addng all of the chosen ower n commands, re-arrange them as desred by clckng and draggng them nto whatever order you want. 6 sk the clent what they thnk they wll watch most often (V, satellte, V, etc.). rogram steps to select the correct V and ecever nput for that actvty. n ths example, both the televson and the recever have dscrete nput codes and the clent s favored actvty s watchng atellte. elect the cvr by clckng ts button on the an menu. ow, clck on the button wth the nput command. he new step appears n the lst. 7 elect the V by clckng ts button on the an menu. ow, clck on the button wth the correct nput command. he new step appears n the lst. ress the top button to stop recordng alases. 8 ptonal - rogram a jump to the evce and age they use for ther favorte actvty. lck on the Jump con. elect the correct devce and page from the Jump wndow. he jump appears n the acro wndow n the column under Jump. X - / H 24

27 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U 9 Frst, turn the V and the ecever to the wrong nput, then turn off everythng n the theater. ont the connected X- at the system. elect the frst step n the lst by clckng on t. ow, clck on the est button. bserve the televson and the recever. d they both swtch to the correct nput? 10 rogrammng addtonal delay n the macro s sometmes necessary. ach macro step usually takes some tme, so there may be enough bult n delay for the televson and the recever to both be fully actve by the tme the nput commands are sent. ometmes the component s not fully awake. t s fashonable for many modern televsons and recevers to requre 5 or more seconds of warm up tme before they are responsve to new commands. n a case lke that, you wll need to add more delay between steps. 11 elect the elay con. ow, clck on the preset amount of delay or enter any tme between.1 second and 30 seconds n the delay settng wndow. 12 he new step appears n the lst. ow, drag the delay step to the correct locaton. ometmes a change n order can provde the delay you need. 13 gan, turn the V and the ecever to the wrong nput, then turn off everythng n the theater. ont the connected X- at the system. elect the frst step n the lst by clckng on t. ow, clck on the est button. bserve the televson and the recever. d they both swtch to the correct nput? ontnue to revse the macro wth delays or changes n order and test untl the macro LWY correctly turns everythng on and swtches the surround sound recever and televson to the correct nput. When the macro s perfect, clck on the ave n the Fle enu. 25

28 rogrammng a ower ff acro omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- ower ff macro s much smpler than a ower n macro, snce there are rarely any delays to test, etc. Usually, to gve the clent some feedback that the macro s workng, the V s turned off frst. When you are forced to use a workaround for a V player or V wthout a dscrete off command, you wll make the macro more relable f you place the tme consumng anchor (the play command) at the begnnng. ake sure to turn off the V player before testng ths knd of workaround. You are testng the worst case, you know that a toggle type power command wll turn the V player off, you are concerned about an event that mght happen. he V player s already off, but the clent presses the ower ff to turn everythng else on. f you only programmed a toggle ower command, everythng else would turn off, but the V player would turn on. hs workaround ensures that the V player turns off. rogrammng ctvty acros on age L evce Buttons n ctvty acro s typcally programmed to be as fast as possble. hey smply select the correct nput on both the televson and the surround sound recever, snce all the components have already been powered on by the ower n macro. here s no need to program a JU to a page n a evce button created by reate and ame evces. hey are automatcally programmed to JU to the evce. ometmes actvty macros wll share the same nput settngs. Here, a V player doubles as a player. he programmer has coped the V devce, named t, so that there are two dentcal devces (wth the same V player codes). he only dfference between them s the ctvty acros you see below. he V ctvty acro selects HX urround ound wth 5 speakers wth the V on, whle the ctvty selects tereo wth 4 speakers and forces the V off. For components that have play commands t s typcally ok to have a lay command n the macro. Watch out for components wth toggle type play/pause buttons. hat knd of lay/ause command should not be placed n an ctvty acro wthout a precedng top command, to make sure that the toggle can only play the component! ne V layer - wo evces and wo ctvty acros V ctvty acro ctvty acro X - / H ote how the programmer s usng the same V nput on the surround sound recever for both actvtes, the macro smply changes the surround sound settngs. on t V U, make sure that every step s truly useful! 26

29 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- Usng Varables for evces that have ower oggle U he key to usng ths technque s relable communcaton between the X- and the X Base taton. hs s typcally used to track ower devces that do not have dscrete power commands (.e. toggle-only). Fundamentally, you are gong to program the X- devce to track whether the component (a able Box n ths example) s n or ff, and only ssue the toggle type ower command when needed. ote: he system can easly get out of sync f the clent turns on the V wth another remote control or manually. 1 pen the able Box ower page. 2 lck on the able Box ower n button frst. 3 n the acro wndow, clck on the Varable con button. 4 he cton Varable ettng wndow opens up. 27

30 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- 5 lck on the dd ew varable button. 6 he dd Varable wndow opens up. ype able V n n the name feld and gve the new varable a value of rue n our example, and then clck K.. 7 ext, go back to the acro wndow and clck on the F/L con to add as a macro step. 8 ouble clck on the F (rue) lne of the F /lse statement to open the f ettng wndow. elect Varable to open the Varable mode vew. Hghlght able V n n the varable lst, clck on the False rado button and then clck on the K button. X - / H 28

31 omplete ontrol oble rogrammng anual for X- U 9 Use the exstng ower command and the new varable you just created to buld the F / lse statement: f, the <able V ower n> s FL (Whch means the able Box s turned ff), ssue the able V ower command to turn t n, lse, do nothng (Leave the lse secton blank). hen add the able V n varable as another macro step and change the state to rue, (Because the able Box has been turned n). ow let s set up the able Box ower ff button. 10 lck on the able Box ower ff button. 11 n the acro wndow, clck on the F/L con. 12 Use the exstng ower command and the new varable you just created to buld the F / lse statement: f, the <able V ower n> s rue, (Whch means the able Box s turned n), ssue the able V ower command to turn t ff, lse, do nothng (Leave the lse secton blank). hen add the able V n varable as another macro step and change the state to False, (Because the able Box has been turned ff). You ve essentally created a dscreet ower n and ower ff buttons for the able Box that track ther state. rogram all buttons you want to turn the able Box on, wth the able ower n button. rogram the ystem ff button to turn the able box off wth the able ower ff button. 29

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