how great would it be if you could set up "sleep" macros

that said - send off commands to all devices in 60 minutes from now
then goto the home screen

or set a macro that set up the entire system to turn on at 8am to the news?



built in sleep functions on most devices suck,
and other devices dont have sleep functions . .

if everything is being controlled via RF then why not...

nobody else would want to see such features?

www.Xantech.com, grasshopper... You must study...

Some of the gear to do what you want can be found here. Depending on the complexity, a stand-alone processor should be set up to handle this...

way easier to build it in to the remote . . its just software/firmware updates . .

shouldnt need extra hardware to do this . .
and thats just over complicating it . .

i already have a workaround but its just
way more intensive programming and slightly confusing
for the end user . .

I agree. That would be great. I was able to do it with my old Pronto 2000. It was great for recording Kid's TV shows to DVD. Kid's TV shows don't have commercials in the middled so I created a macro that would get the TV show playing from the DVR, wait until the show started and then record for 24 minutes. That way I just got the TV show and I was able to put 5 shows on a 120 min. DVD instead of just 4. I was able to get fairly good battery life if I waited for the Pronto's backlight to go off first, then press the button so the macro would run without the backlight on.

I think you can do it with the Nevo by going into the setup and disabling the power off setting. I think the default is 15 minutes. But, I don't think the backlight will ever turn off while the macro is running.

what you are refering to would lock out all controls of the remote while the macro was running . .

what i am talking about is preset macros that are time activated,
meaning if i choose a macro that i created called SLEEP 60 . .
the macro would wait 60 minutes before it actually ran at all. .
and the macro would then shut everything off . .

or i could choose another premade macro called
WAKE 8:45AM

and then 10 hours later , at 8:45AM the macro would run,
and turn on the entire system for me to a certain channel that i prefer . .

all this time between the initial SLEEP 60 press,
and the actual SLEEP 60 macro being sent,
i still want control over the remote . .
meaning i still want to be able to change channels and volume etc
during those 60 minutes . .

I agree with Motech - I've asked Nevo for this feature a couple times.
Great application is for showhomes - so the system turns on when the showhome opens and properly shuts down at night when the salesperson closes at night.

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