Macro question

fjmet · Post by **fjmet** » Mon May 10, 2004 11:50 am

When doing a Macro in IR v500, it lists the available keys to choose, but they are not assigned to any device. If 2 devices have diferent values assigned to a key, which value does the macro use??
Frank

Herbie · Post by **Herbie** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:31 pm

Usually you write the macro as if you were actually hitting the buttons on the remote.

So you include the device key, then whatever keystrokes go with THAT device. Then change devices, then do THOSE keys, if neccesary. For example my macros usually look like <TV>, <POWER>, <AUDIO>, <POWER>, etc.

Note: If you're using an extender, then you might need to use the extender's Device Selection Key, or a Device-Block Selection key. For example if the extender has keys like "TV_T, TV_V, TV_O", then you'd need to include TV_V (TV device, volume block) before you could issue a <MUTE> using the TV's device code.

johnsfine · Post by **johnsfine** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:44 pm

Herbie wrote: Note: If you're using an extender, then you might need to use the extender's Device Selection Key, or a Device-Block Selection key. For example if the extender has keys like "TV_T, TV_V, TV_O", then you'd need to include TV_V (TV device, volume block) before you could issue a <MUTE> using the TV's device code.

You might want to do that with an extender, but typically you wouldn't.

Typically, you would use X_TV;MUTE rather than V_TV;MUTE in a macro that wanted to issue a MUTE to the TV independent of the external device mode. Read the extender documentation if you want further details on what those things do and why you'd use one or the other.

Without the extender, remember that the last device key pressed during the macro is the device mode you end up in after the macro. The user probably doesn't expect that.

fjmet · Post by **fjmet** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:32 pm

I am working on an Atlas DVR remote and I don't think there is an extender for it.
Frank

Post by **The Robman** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:47 pm

You didn't state which remote you were using in your first post, so there was no way the respondants would know.

Back to your original macro question. Macros are global. They start in whatever the current device mode is, so if you don't include presses of the device buttons in your macros, the results will be mode dependant, which may or may not be what you want.

For example, you could make the first step in a macro the POWER button, which would turn on (or off) the current device. More typically though, you would want the macro to perform specific taks for specific devices, so you should include the correct device buttons in the macro also.