User's Manual

Page: 4 Model MRC88
© 2003 Xantech Corporation
DB9 Serial Connection .......................................................................................................................... 38
USB Serial Connection.......................................................................................................................... 38
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................. 38
STARTING MRC88 DRAGON DROP-IR™ SOFTWARE........................................................................... 38
SERIAL PORT SELECTION .................................................................................................................... 38
VERIFYING COM PORT COMMUNICATION ......................................................................................... 39
(“WHO AM I” BASE UNIT VERSION VERIFICATION) ............................................................................ 39
STARTING A PROJECT......................................................................................................................................... 39
LEARNING IR COMMANDS (CREATING PALETTE FILES).................................................................................... 40
BUILT-IN IR CODE LIBRARY ............................................................................................................... 40
Testing IR Commands in the IR Library................................................................................................. 40
LEARNING IR COMMANDS .................................................................................................................. 41
Using the Palette Editor .........................................................................................................................41
Recording Toggle Command Functions ................................................................................................. 42
Editing Function Names in the Palette Editor ......................................................................................... 42
TO RENAME AN EXISTING FUNCTION .................................................................................................. 43
Testing IR Commands in the Palette Editor ............................................................................................ 43
CREATING A PALETTE FILE ................................................................................................................. 43
EDITING BRAND, COMPONENT, AND FUNCTION LISTS ...................................................................... 44
Adding Brands....................................................................................................................................... 44
Adding Components and Functions........................................................................................................ 44
GETTING SOURCE COMMANDS FROM THE INTERNET .......................................................................... 44
Xantech.com ......................................................................................................................................... 44
Remote Central.com (Importing CCF Files and Discrete IR Commands)................................................ 44
ENTERING RS232 COMMANDS (CREATING RS232 COMMAND PALETTE FILES) ................................................ 46
ENTERING RS232 COMMAND STRINGS ............................................................................................... 46
Using the RS232 Palette Editor .............................................................................................................. 46
Testing RS232 Command Strings........................................................................................................... 47
CREATING AN RS232 PALETTE FILE.................................................................................................... 48
SECTION 4: PROGRAMMING THE CONTROLLER .............................................................. 49
CONFIGURING SOURCE ICONS ON MRC88 KEYPAD LCD............................................................................ 49
ENTERING TEXT DIRECTLY ONTO THE ICONS ...................................................................................... 50
CREATING NEW ICONS........................................................................................................................ 50
SELECTING ICONS FROM THE ICON GENERATOR .............................................................................. 50
DOWNLOADING SOURCE ICONS TO THE KEYPAD.................................................................................. 50
PLACING COMMANDS ONTO THE VIRTUAL KEYPAD ................................................................................. 51
SELECTING IR PALETTES FROM THE IR CODE LIBRARY....................................................................... 51
SELECTING IR PALETTES .................................................................................................................... 51
SELECTING RS232 COMMAND PALETTES ............................................................................................ 51
SELECTING INTERNAL AMPLIFIER COMMANDS ................................................................................... 51
PLACING COMMANDS ON THE VIRTUAL KEYPAD ...............................................................................51
Programming Sequences (Macros)......................................................................................................... 52
Timed Delays ........................................................................................................................................ 52
Repeat Commands................................................................................................................................. 52
Push & Hold (Tiered) Commands .......................................................................................................... 53
EDITING BUTTONS (ON THE VIRTUAL KEYPAD) ................................................................................. 53
Delete Key ............................................................................................................................................ 54
Delete Bank (Zone Level)...................................................................................................................... 54
Delete All (System Level)...................................................................................................................... 54
Punch (Zone Level) ............................................................................................................................... 54
Punch All (System Level) ...................................................................................................................... 54
Copy .....................................................................................................................................................54