Contemporary Research SW-DX Manual - Manual (Page 23)

Contemporary Research 23 Display Express System Manual
Presets – Macros
A totally new feature to Display Express, this option is actually brought forward from the older IC Commander
software. Macros contain the same control option used in creating basic Presets. The difference is that you can
now save the group of commands by name, and reuse them in making Presets – this saves having to re-enter
them when you create Presets.
To start, select:
 Create New Macro – Clears values in the Macro fields.
 Edit Existing Macro – Fills in the values from the selected Macro. Change and Save.
 Copy Existing Macro – Copies the values from the selected Macro. Change and Save.
Then select (click the checkbox at the left to include the values in the Macro):
 Power - Set Power On or Off.
 HDTV Channel – Enter HDTV channel in dashed (XX-X) or CableCard format (XXXXX)
 NTSC Channel – Enter desired analog channel (digital TVs will ignore this Preset)
 Volume - Set volume level 0 (Mute) to 63 (Full)
 Control Lock - Enable or disable display’s front-panel and IR control (not all sets have this feature)
 Tune Ring – For legacy analog Smart TV control, defines list of channels accessible by user
 Save/Restore - Allows you to create and schedule Alerts. When Save is included, the display controllers
will remember the power state and channel, then activate the new commands in the Preset. See page 18
for more information.
 Command String. See the Preset-Edit – Macros or Commands section for more information
To test the Macro, select a Display Group, Zone, Name or number, and click Send.
For basic DX applications, you don’t need to create Macros, just add the control commands when you create the
Preset. In more complex systems, especially for Advanced Presets, macros can be very helpful.