Extron Electronics MLC 206 AAP EC User Guide - Manual (Page 48)

Serial Communication, cont’d
MediaLink Controllers • Serial Communication 4-16
Macros: associating MLC and control module buttons with each other
Basic configuration, covered in the rest of this chapter, will meet your needs for
most installations. In a standard installation a single control command is sent each
time an MLC front panel button (in primary or secondary mode) or control module
button is pressed, or the Volume knob is turned. Pressing an input selection button
also causes a channel change (input X to input Y). Additionally an extra command
(such as repeat power-off) can be sent out during the display power-on or power-
off period if set up to do so via the Relay & Misc. Options part of the control
program.
With a more complex setup you can simultaneously control more things. The
Macro feature of the MediaLink Control Program (version 2.0 and higher) provides
a way to associate MLC/control module buttons with each other. Once two
buttons are associated, you can press one button to trigger it’s own functions, and
also trigger all the commands associated with the other button.
The MLC must contain firmware of version 1.05 or higher in order to support
macros.
Follow these steps to set up button associations by using the Macro feature of the
MediaLink Control Program:
1. Cable and power on the MLC and connected control modules.
2. If needed, load a projector driver into the MLC, and perform IR learning for
MLC and IRCM control module buttons.
Only buttons that have been configured with IR or RS-232 codes can be used
as macro triggers.
3. Click on the Macro... button in the Controller (MLC) Config. screen.
The Macro Configuration screen appears: