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Are my clients the only ones that want "info"
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Post 16 made on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 01:47
pilgram
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On July 27, 2007 at 15:34, Spyeguy said...
I use the menu button as the cable box info button. this
way the client can't easily get into the menu and screw
up the settings.

That would work for me but................

Would the client or a casual house guest be able to relate 'menu' to actually providing 'info'?

I can't tell you how many times I had people not realize that '>' equals play, or '>>' equals ffwd or skip!!

Asigning a function to a button that is labled something else doesn't seem like a very smooth solution to me.

You might as well put 'previous channel' as a 'press and hold' on the 6 key.

I'm sure that the house sitting Grandma would figure that out real quick( I guess you could always mark it as such with a 'sharpie') ;-(

The reason that clients spend the money on a control system is to eliminate all of the confusion.

Granted, you could just sell them a touch screen and wouldn't need a 'sharpie' ;-)

Now if I can just convince the clients that WANT a hard button remote to buy a touch screen instead.
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Post 17 made on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 03:49
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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On July 28, 2007 at 19:29, Oz AVI said...
Same here, with the addition of a 'press and hold' for
the menu which I don't tell the client about, but means
I don't have to go looking for the original remote if
any changes are required. Not sure if that makes me smart
or just plain lazy :-)

This question might prove that while I'm smart, I'm also just plain lazy, but I have half an excuse in that my RTI program is on another computer and it's just too late in the day to drag it out:

Are you saying the RTIs have press and hold and I never noticed it? If you're not saying that, what brand are you talking about?
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Post 18 made on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 09:59
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On July 31, 2007 at 03:49, Ernie Bornn-Gilman said...
Are you saying the RTIs have press and hold and I never
noticed it? If you're not saying that, what brand are
you talking about?

Yes they do. Create a macro on the button and use the "Button Test" step. Note that this only works for buttons in Standalone mode.
Post 19 made on Saturday August 4, 2007 at 23:55
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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By the way, I sure wanted INFO on my T2+ and on any other remote I get, and use the touchscreen for it to be sure every client has it. So, to address the thread, NO, they aren't the only ones who want it. Anyone who knows it exists wants it.

On July 28, 2007 at 19:29, Oz AVI said...
Same here, with the addition of a 'press and hold' for
the menu...

On July 31, 2007 at 09:59, brucelee said...
Yes they do. Create a macro on the button and use the
"Button Test" step. Note that this only works for buttons
in Standalone mode.

I see Button Pause. Is this what you mean?

How could I put two commands or macros on one button, one being touch, and one touch and hold? I ask this because this is often what touch and hold means: it's one of two types of pushes to call up a button action. It's still very helpful if it just means that the button has to be held for a period of time before it will act; this avoids accidental button pushes.

I see that Button Pause keeps the actions after it from happening until you let go of the button. That doesn't keep people from accidentally triggering anything.

OZAVI's post sounded like he had a menu command PLUS a menu touch and hold command. Did I get that wrong?

I haven't done any RTI for a while. I'm using TheaterTouch v4.1.0.1019
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Post 20 made on Sunday August 5, 2007 at 12:39
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On August 4, 2007 at 23:55, Ernie Bornn-Gilman said...
I see Button Pause. Is this what you mean?

How could I put two commands or macros on one button,
one being touch, and one touch and hold? I ask this because
this is often what touch and hold means: it's one of two
types of pushes to call up a button action. It's still
very helpful if it just means that the button has to be
held for a period of time before it will act; this avoids
accidental button pushes.

No, there is a step called "Button Test" right above Button Pause. It is only available when the button is in Standalone mode, so if you are using RF it won't show up unless you set the button to Standalone mode.

Here's what it looks like if you are not using RF:



If you are using RF, just create two system macros on the processor, one with the Menu command and one with the Info command, and then trigger them from the Button Test step where the IR codes are in the example above.
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