On January 21, 2009 at 09:56, topjimmy said...
I just got mine. Setting up my devices was easy and worked
well. I am new to Macros, however and I am a bit lost.
I want to make a macro that turns on all the correct
items for what ever let's say TV watching. I think that
I need to either A) use the TV icon as the macro button,
put in a pause so that you have to press and hold it,
and then step through what I want to turn on. B) create
a fake device and assign it the macro. What about turning
every thing off though? The remote has a discrete on
and off button. Would I need to create an "turn off everything"
macro?
Thanks for any help
JimC
To turn everything off you will need to have discrete on and off frequencies (buttons) for every device in your system. You can assign that macro to the off button on the main screen.
The off button on a device, such as your DVD for example, can be assigned a macro that can turn off that device but leave other devices such as your TV and your receiver on.
On the main screen every device listed can be assigned two functions. Pressing the device can bring you to that device page or pages. You can also assign a delayed macro to the device on the main screen that will turn on everything that you put into the macro by holding the device on the main page.
Creating macros can be very frustrating at first but with a little practice you will be surprised of how good you will become.
