An Example Of Action Variables At Work - Universal Remote Control MSC-400 Programming Manual

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The MSC-400 eliminates this problem, since IR commands are perfectly generated and never miss.
2 If the client walks up to the device and powers it on manually or with the device's original remote
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control, there is no way for the MSC-400 to track the change. Thus, it will be "out of sync".
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Only you, the installer can eliminate this problem, by training the client to never use the front panel or original
remote control to power on or off a variable tracked device.
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An Example of Action Variables at Work

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In the example system, the Audio receiver has discrete on and off commands, but requires a 5 second turn on
delay before you can change the Inputs. The client switches from watching cable to watching satellite quite fre-
quently every night, so making the input change quickly is important.
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1 Select the Smart Macro to reveal it's existing programming.
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Here you can see that a conventional macro will power on the TV, the Cable box, the Audio receiver, then
delay 5 seconds before setting the TV and Audio inputs. This macro is fine when the Audio receiver was off,
but it is unnecessarily slow when the Audio receiver is already on.
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2 Click on the IF button to add an IF/ELSE line in the macro.
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3 Double click on the IF line to open the IF Setting window.
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The IF Setting window appears:
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4 Click on the Action Variable radio button.
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5 Click on the New button.
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The Action Variable Setting window appears:
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6 Type in the name for your new variable here within
the field above the Add and Delete buttons.
Since the variable will be either True or False, name it so that one state is described. In this case, we are track-
Type in Section Title Action Variables