User guide

Three kinds of macros are available: personal, global and exit. Personal macros and global
macros are created using the Video Viewer window. See Macros on page 314.
Exit macros are supported on DS1800 digital switches and the following DSR switches:
DSR1010, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1030, 1031, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2035, 4010, 4020, 4030, 8020,
8030 and 8035 switches.
Exit macros allow software administrators to create a macro that returns a target device to a
known state. They reside on the managed appliances and are executed whenever a DSView 3
software session is terminated. For example, if a user is connected to a target device and the
user closes the Video Viewer session, an exit macro may be executed that resets the target
device to a known state by logging the user out of the target device session.
Exit macros may be created and maintained by any user with Configure Unit Settings access
rights. Different groups of exit macros may be created for each managed appliance in your
system.
To define exit macros:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. Click Exit Macros in the side navigation bar. The Appliance Exit Macros window will
open.
4. Click the number of a macro. The Appliance Exit Macro Settings window will open.
5. Enter a unique description for the global macro in the Name field.
6. In the Select Keyboard field, select the country configuration of your keyboard. The
keyboard graphic in the window will update to reflect your selection.
7. Click on the buttons in the keyboard graphic to create the macro. As a button is clicked, it
will appear in the list box to the left of the keyboard graphic.
You may type or use the arrow buttons to specify a delay between buttons you
selected from the keyboard graphic. First, click the button in the list box after which
you want to insert a delay. Then, click Delay to insert the delay in the list box.
8. To specify one or more target devices on which you wish to use the macro, select the
device(s) in the Available list, then click Add. The target devices will be moved to the
Assigned list.
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