Let me explain: let's assume that you have a piece of equipment that takes a specific time to start-up (a projector or a scaler for example) and that you want to watch a movie.
In order to write a macro that turns everything on and sets the correct input of the projector (or scaler), you have to set a long delay in the macro and wait for the projector to turn on. But the problem with this solution is that while the macro is executing the DELAY command, you can't press any other button (such as light control or other settings).
Another better solution would be a TIMER in a Macro which means that you instruct the Pronto to fire a command after a specific delay while the macro ends and you get the full control of the remote.
So, for example, the macro would look like: Link To: PROJECTOR-ON Link To: SCALER-ON Link To: DVD-ON Link To: RECEIVER-ON Link To: RECEIVER-DVD-INPUT Link To: DVD-PLAY Timer: 60 seconds / SCALER-INPUT-SDI1 Timer: 90 seconds / PROJECTOR-INPUT-DVI
What happens is that at the end of the macro you get immediately full control of the remote and after 60 seconds the remote sends the command to set the input of the scaler and after 90 seconds it sends the command to the projector.
Nice, eh?
(This is very similar to the TIMER Control in Visual Basic).
Now the questions:
1. Is it supported in the 9600? 2. Will it ever be supported? 3. Is it a good idea that could be suggested to the Pronto team?
