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Orion XC Installation and Operations Manual

To create a macro for a console, proceed as follows:

1. Select a console in the CON devices list.

2. Select a keyboard function key (F1 to F16) in the Key field to be used to invoke the macro.

3. Select the position in the macro list (1-16) where the macro command is to be inserted.

4. Click the Edit button to activate the Function field, and select the desired function by pressing the

keyboard up and down arrow keys.

5. Press the Tab key to select the appropriate parameters P1 and P2 (e.g. CON Devices or CPU

Devices) for the selected macro command.

6. Pressing the keyboard <Enter> key will confirm the current command and add it to the macro list.

Repeat the process to add additional commands to the macro as necessary.

Setting up Console Macros through the Java Tool

 Select Definition > CON Devices in the Task area, then select a console in the CON Devices list and

click the Macros tab to open it.

Figure 62. Setting up Console Macros through the Java Tool

To create a macro for the selected console, proceed as follows:

1. Select a keyboard function key (F1 to F16) in the Key field to be used to invoke the macro.

2. In the Function column, select the action that should be part of the macro. The selection list is

opened by a double click on an empty field.

3. Select in the P1 and P2 columns the appropriate parameters for the macro function (e.g. consoles

and CPUs).

4. Confirm the inputs by clicking the Apply button.

For convenient macro configuration, the following context functions are available:

 To assign a console’s macros to other consoles, click on the console, then click the Assign Settings

to ... button (located below the CON devices list). Select Macros from the pop-up list of settings, and

then click Next. Select the consoles to receive the macros from the list of available consoles and click

the > button to add those consoles to the Assign settings to… list. Click Finish to complete the macro

assignments. The Copy Settings from ... button functions similarly, except the console to receive

macros is selected first.

 All the macro commands of a selected key can be copied into the cache by clicking the Copy Key

Macros icon to the right of the function key selector. These macros can then be pasted into a different

key by selecting the key and clicking the Paste Key Macros icon. All macros of a selected key can be

removed by clicking the Delete Key Macros icon.