Setting The Password; Adding Macros For Local Presets - AMX Precis Instruction Manual

MANAGING CONFIGURATION FILES
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To launch X Connect, open the configuration
file and connect the enclosure for
downloading configuration information:
1. From the Start menu, select Programs.
2. Select AutoPatch Applications (or any other
file group you selected during the install).
3. Select the XNConnect group.
4. Select the XNConnect program.
5. Open your configuration file found in the
C:\AutoPtch\Configuration Software
<Version>\MyXCL folder.
6. Make a duplicate copy of your .xcl file with
a new unique name using Save As.
[We strongly recommend this optional step.]
7. Connect the enclosure to your PC via the
communication ports.**
**If your PC does not use Com 1, after step 4
open the Communication menu, select the
appropriate communication link, select Change
Comm Settings, and make necessary changes.

SETTING THE PASSWORD

For information on using the password to lock
and unlock the control panel, see page 23.
To set a front panel password:
1. Follow the steps for launching X
2. In the Hardware View, right click the
appropriate front panel icon. (Double-click
the Precis first if the front panel icon is not
displayed.)
3. Select Set Password.
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4. Enter a single digit between zero and seven
in each field.
5. Check the box for Configure password
immediately. Click OK.

ADDING MACROS FOR LOCAL PRESETS

If your Precis firmware (embedded software)
version is earlier than Version 1.4.1, contact
AMX for conditions that apply to programming
macros for presets.
To discern your firmware version:
1. Follow the steps for launching X
(see page 16).
2. From the File menu, select Discover
Hardware only.
3. Select the enclosure on the tree in the left
pane.
4. Click the Network tab in the right pane to
display the CPU Firmware version number.
The following steps use as an example the
construction of macro #1 (ConfRm1) that
connects level 0, input 1 to output 4 and input 2
to outputs 2 and 3.
To add macro (preset) information to the
configuration file:
1. Follow the steps for launching X
(see page 16).
2. In the Virtual Matrices view, right click the
level 0 (first) virtual matrix and select
Manage Local Presets (see the next graphic).
3. Click the Name New button; enter the name
ConfRm1. (Description is optional.)
Click OK.
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