On 09/19/05 22:12 ET, Lyndel McGee said...
| For an idea as to why the "Bridge" is in place,
search the Pronto Files Section for Dale Crawford's
Easy Theatre. Inside this package is a Word document
that explains why some folks use 3 layers as follows:
1. GUI Layer
2. Function Layer
3. IR Layer
Note: All 3 layers are typically in separate
devices to facilitate future growth.
What this approach does is to make it simpler
to switch out equipment.
Buttons in the GUI layer always alias to buttons
in the Function layer. The relationship is often
Many to One.
Buttons in the Function layer typically alias
to a single IR code. The relationship is almost
always One to One (if the Function Layer defines
fine-grained control).
So, when it comes time to switch out your equipment.
You can simply replace the IR Layer and re-link
buttons between the Function Layer and the IR
Layer.
Also, when it comes time to move your equipment
over to RF, you only have to set the Properties
of the Device containing the IR layer (buttons
used to control your specific equipment).
OK, All of the above makes perfect sense. I've been using the function layer and IR layer as one and the same. I would like to implement the above....as painless as possible :). Looks like my present "devices folder" would become the "bridge" and then I would create another IR Signal Folder and create/paste all of the equipment pieces from the existing device foler into the signal folder, then change the funtion of the buttons in the device folder from IR command to a "link" with same named button in the signal folder. I don't suppose there is a short cut (paste/drag/drop?) to all of the linking .......
