Macros And Macro Control; About Macros - Lectrosonics DM1612 Reference Manual

About Macros

The DM1624 can be remotely controlled using com-
mands sent over USB, a serial port, or a network
connection. An extensive command language is defined
for the DM1624 which is text-based and human read-
able. Touch panel controllers, for instance, use this
command interface.
Macros are predefined groups of commands that are
stored internally by the DM1624. All of the commands
contained in the macro can then be executed by issuing
a single run command to the DM1624. There are two
two advantages to this approach:
· Efficiency - only one command needs to be sent to
the DM1624 to execute complex actions, which may
involve dozens of individual commands.
· Modularity - frequently executed sequences can be
implemented as a macro which can be reused in
other control designs, or combined with other macros
to form complex actions.
Macros are stored in the DM1624 nonvolatile memory.
128 macros are available, each are global in scope,
meaning that they are not associated with any particular
preset.
Macros may be given a descriptive title which is stored
along with the command list.
It is important to know that when a macro is run, the
response messages normally returned when the
commands are executed individually are discarded.
This means that ill-formed or unsuccessful commands
fail silently, as the error message is discarded.
Refer to the Online Help for details of using Macros as a powerful remote control option.

Macros and Macro Control

Queries, commands which request information from the
DM1624, make no sense within a macro.
Macros can be chained if necessary, meaning that one
macro can call another macro by virtue of containing a
run command. It is important to know that a run com-
mand issued from within a macro will be delayed until
after the first macro has finished running. In other
words, macros aren't nested, they always run sequen-
tially (chaining). The best practice when chaining
macros is to make the run command the last command
in a macro.
The control panel contains a Macro Editor which is used
to create new macros or edit existing ones when the PC
is connected to a DM1624. Macros may also be opened
and saved as files, making it possible to work with them
in offline mode as well.
The control panel also contains a Macro Recorder
which allows a sequence of commands to be captured
as a macro without typing them into the Macro Editor.
The Macro Recorder works by capturing the commands
generated by the control panel when the mouse and
keyboard are used to make changes to DM1624 set-
tings. It can be used in offline mode or while connected
to a DM1624.
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