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Macros don't HAVE to be occupy the key in all devices
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Post 1 made on Tuesday October 19, 1999 at 23:11
David B
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I had an ALL OFF macro assigned to the SETUP+Exit key on my Cinema7. No matter which device that was in use I could press SETUP then EXIT and ti would shut down my system. On a fluke I decided I wanted to move ALL LIGHTS OFF from the MUTE button in my AUX device setup for X-10 control. I'm frequently forgetting I'm in X-10 mode when I want to unmute the TV and it result in all my X-10 lights going out. Forgetting about alerady having my ALL OFF macro on the SETUP+Exit key I remapped the ALL LIGHTS OFF from the MUTE button to the SETUP+Exit key. Then I remapped the TV's mute button to the X-10 device's mute. The second after doing this I thought "Damn, I'll bet I just erased that ALL OFF macro!". Guess what? Setup+Exit in X-10 device turns all the lights off. Setup+Exit in ALL OTHER devices STILL shuts down my system.

Lesson? After creating a macro on a key, it seems you can remap the key using either magic codes, learned codes, or remapped keys on any device without corrupting the macro function on the other devices. Amazing!

Dave
OP | Post 2 made on Thursday October 21, 1999 at 21:37
j.t.
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how did you "assign" a macro to a non-macro key? is it possible to assign macros like your "all off" to other keys?, if so, how?
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday October 21, 1999 at 23:27
David B
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Just press the key you want the macro on instead of one of the macro keys using the instructions in your Cinema booklet. If you want the macro only on the shifted key (SETUP then the KEY) then use SETUP then KEY instead of MACROKEY in the sequence. This way you won't corrupt the normal use of the key in each device.

Dave
OP | Post 4 made on Friday October 22, 1999 at 10:32
Davis W
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If you assign a macro to a key, is that macro active in all devices, or can you pick and choose which devices to use the macro in?

Davis
OP | Post 5 made on Friday October 22, 1999 at 12:13
David B
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When a macro is first assigned to a KEY will use that KEY in all devices. What I discovered is that KEY in one or more device can be remapped back to it's original function and you'll still have the macro on KEY in every other device. Worked fo me, anyway.

It would be nice to have someone else try it, confirm it, and post that confirmation here. If you try it and it works, please let us know.

Dave
OP | Post 6 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 03:19
j.t.
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hey david,could you please be real specific on how to assign a macro to a key and have it so it can only be accessed by pushing SETUP then the KEY? what exactly do you mean "then use SETUP then KEY instead of MACROKEY(?) in the sequence" what do you mean by MACROKEY?
OP | Post 7 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 09:57
David B.
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When you are programming a macro you use this sequence:

SETUP**9*9*5**MacroKey*(key1*key2*...lastkey*)SETUP**

To have the macro "stacked" on the key use:

SETUP**9*9*5**SETUP*MacroKey*(key1*key2*...lastkey*)SETUP**

The MacroKey can be ANY KEY on a Cinema6 or Cinema7 except SLEEP,SETUP,TV,VCR,CBL/SAT,DVD/LD,RCVR,CD,or AUX.

Dave

OP | Post 8 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 11:03
tommy d
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david, how did you program your "all off" macro?
when i attempt this using the device+power keys it will turn on the devices off. thanks
OP | Post 9 made on Saturday October 23, 1999 at 13:09
David B
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Tommy,

The normal POWER command for every device is a toggle switching it OFF if it was ON and ON if it was OFF. Every device in my system recognizes discrete ON and OFF commands. I have found them thru advanced codes or learned them into my Cinema7. I put the Discrete ON for every device on that device's POWER button. I put discrete OFF on the 4L button in every device. Since a discrete OFF command will only turn a system that is already ON off, my ALL OFF macro just makes reference to the discrete OFFs for all my devices.
RCVR,4L,TV,4L,VCR,4L,SAT,4L,DVD,4L,CD,4L. My ALL OFF macro uses those 12 keypresses.

I use 1L to activate my SAT (DSS) setup, using keypresses: TV,POWER,RCVR,2,SAT,POWER,TV,3L,DSS. This turns on the TV, turns on the Receiver in DSS mode,turns on the DSS, switches the TV to VIDEO1 input (a discrete advanced code I put on 3L), then leaves me using my DS device.

I use 2L to activate my DVD in the same fashion and SETUP + 2L to activate my SVHS deck in the same fashion. SETUP + 1L turns on my TV in tuner mode for watching cable TV channels.

Dave


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