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What's the use of Multiple Jumps?
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Post 1 made on Monday February 3, 2003 at 21:52
willy4360
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I made a multiple jump in a button. First some IR codes, then I stop on a page (lights), after that I want to go to my destination page. Cool. But, when I am at the lights page, I want to turn them off or on. I can't. When I am in that page (with a 5 secs delay to have the time to push the buttons) I just can see it, I can't push any button.

Everytime I download a PCF the beep for the hard buttons resets (I have it with no sound, when the download finishes the hard buttons beep).
Post 2 made on Monday February 3, 2003 at 22:24
Archer
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Stop your jump at the light page, then you can press the lights button and have the light button continue the jump to the destination page.

When you run a macro even with a 5 sec delay you have to wait until the macro finishes before the remote will accept another button press.

Multiple jumps could be used for a simple type animation.
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Post 3 made on Tuesday February 4, 2003 at 07:11
liaudio
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With multiple jumps you can have page "instructions" scroll so you could have more than one page of instructions. That is one of the many uses i could see being implicated using the multiple jumps function. Cant wait to try it out. Dont have a use for it yet.
Post 4 made on Tuesday February 4, 2003 at 10:02
Anthony
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like Archer said, multiple jumps are not so that you can use other buttons, the macro is still running and therefor the Pronto is not waiting for a push

here are some usages of multiple jumps

1) animation
2) "please wait" page
3) progress bar
4) stopping a user from pressing the button a second time (don't know if it is true for the 3000 but on the older prontos you could stop a macro by reclicking the button)

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Post 5 made on Wednesday February 5, 2003 at 01:54
Beau G. Bolle
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I think there are a few edge cases that will make use of multiple jumps. I use it in a macro with a very long delay.

All my lights downstairs are conrolled by X10 modules. The bedrooms are upstairs, and the light switches aren't exactly placed well for walking a path to the stairs and still being able to see. I hate tripping over furniture, pets, etc.

So, my macro does this:
* Jump to "Goodnight Page" (Blank pace that says "goodnight", so you know the macro is running.)
* Pause 32 seconds
* Pause 32 seconds
* Pause 32 seconds
* Turn off Light 1
* Turn off Light 2
...
* Turn off Light N
* Jump to home page

It works well.


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