On my DVD Player and Cable Box, I have one button for turning the object on and off. When making a macro in Pronto, I need to use that button to turn on the product. But if it is already on, the command turns off the equipment instead of turning on. Is there any way to set up the pronto so it will not use the command if the object is already on?

do a search on Discrete Codes, and TOAD, and check under Files > Pronto > Discrete (Index)

TOADs - "Toggle-Only Actuated Devices".

TOAD Work-Around



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    MIKE

Ryan,

In all likelyhood neither the DVD player nor the cable box have discrete (separate) power on and power off codes. Normally these type devices have just a single button (command) codes.

For the cable box, I just leave mine on all the time.

For the DVD player, usually power on can be simulated by either a PLAY AND THEN STOP command (a macro) OR a drawer OPEN command. This works well since a power off macro can be constructed by sending PLAY, STOP (to insure it's on), and then the POWER command.

Jim L

sometimes (e.g., cable boxes) it's an option to just leave it on all the time.

My satellite receiver does not have discrete on/offs, but I want to leave the receiver off when not in use. What I have done is to have a "Press to continue" entry page which turns the receiver on. If it is already on, the user can skip the page. The rest of the CCF assumes the receiver is on, and the "system off" macro toggles the power to off.

It's not a perfect approach, but it works fairly well.