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  • Page 1 2003 MXEditor Reference Manual Programming the MX800, MX-700 or MX-200 Remote Controls With MXEditor Software...
  • Page 2 The information in this manual may be subject to change without prior notice. Home Theater Master is a registered trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc. Entertainment Made Simple is a trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.
  • Page 3 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s E E F F O O R R E E O O U U T T A A R R T T R R e e a a d d T T h h i i s s F F i i r r s s t t ! !
  • Page 4 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s i i i i T T h h e e E E d d i i t t a a n n d d L L a a b b e e l l B B u u t t t t o o n n s s W W i i n n d d o o w w 1 1 1 1 The Edit and Label Buttons Toolbar The Delete Window...

  • Page 5: Preparing The List Of Buttons To Be Learned

    T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s i i i i i i Preparing the List of Buttons to be Learned U U s s i i n n g g L L C C D D B B u u t t t t o o n n E E d d i i t t o o r r 2 2 3 3 Labeling and Deleting Buttons...

  • Page 6: Download Failures

    T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s i i v v B B a a c c k k l l i i g g h h t t O O n n T T i i m m e e 4 4 5 5 D D o o w w n n l l o o a a d d i i n n g g t t o o M M X X - - 7 7 0 0 0 0 / / 8 8 0 0 0 0 a a n n d d S S i i d d e e K K i i c c k k 4 4 5 5...

  • Page 7: Read This First

    B B e e f f o o r r e e Y Y o o u u S S t t a a r r t t Read This First! Y Y o o u u N N e e e e d d a a P P e e r r s s o o n n a a l l C C o o m m p p u u t t e e r r W W i i t t h h S S e e r r i i a a l l P P o o r r t t MXEditor will run on any Pentium II or faster Windows PC.
  • Page 8 B B a a s s i i c c P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g G G u u i i d d e e l l i i n n e e s s Overview UIDE TO T T h h e e G G o o a a l l - - M M i i n n i i m m i i z z e e T T r r a a i i n n i i n n g g T T i i m m e e a a n n d d E E f f f f o o r r t t...
  • Page 9 B B a a s s i i c c P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g G G u u i i d d e e l l i i n n e e s s M M A A I I N N A A c c t t i i v v i i t t y y B B a a s s e e d d M M a a c c r r o o s s The device LCD buttons on MAIN are automatically programmed Using the MAIN Menu...
  • Page 10 B B a a s s i i c c P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g G G u u i i d d e e l l i i n n e e s s F F A A V V C C h h a a n n n n e e l l M M a a c c r r o o s s A A r r e e O O p p t t i i o o n n a a l l A channel lineup change in the future will require a service call to reprogram a The thumbpad is a Home Theater...

  • Page 11: The Programming Window

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s The Programming Window Menus and Shortcut buttons for common tasks.

  • Page 12: The Menu Bar And The Menus

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s The Menu Bar and the Menus Like all Windows programs, the menu bar reveals menus of commonly used tasks.

  • Page 13: The Toolbar And Shortcut Buttons

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s another device.Typically used to program Volume Up, Down and Mute to always operate the surround sound receiver/preamp.
  • Page 14 W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s The Simulator N N a a v v i i g g a a t t i i n n g g a a n n d d S S e e l l e e c c t t i i n n g g B B u u t t t t o o n n s s The Simulator is the center of programming.

  • Page 15: Tree View

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s Tree View D D e e v v i i c c e e s s a a n n d d P P a a g g e e s s Tree View controls what you see in the Simulator.
  • Page 16 W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 0 0 Right click on a page to reveal the Context Menu for pages: You can delete the contents of a page, or delete the entire selected page.When you select the last page (4...

  • Page 17: The Edit And Label Buttons Window

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 1 1 The Edit and Label Buttons Window If the Edit and Label Buttons Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the...
  • Page 18 W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 2 2 L L a a b b e e l l s s You can change the name of any button.

  • Page 19: The Macro/Favorite Window

    W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 3 3 The Macro/Favorite Window If the Macro Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the...
  • Page 20 W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 4 4 The RF Control Window If the RF Control Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the...
  • Page 21 W W i i n n d d o o w w s s , , M M e e n n u u s s , , T T o o o o l l s s a a n n d d D D e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s 1 1 5 5 The Universal Browser Window If the Universal Browser Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the...

  • Page 22: Programming Overview

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 1 1 6 6 Programming Overview A A .

  • Page 23: Creating, Naming And Arranging Devices

    1 1 7 7 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l Creating, Naming and Arranging Devices A device is the basic grouping of a set of hard buttons and up to 4 LCD button pages.
  • Page 24 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 1 1 8 8 4 Try the simulator out now.

  • Page 25: Using The Ir Database

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 1 1 9 9 Using the IR Database D D i i s s c c r r e e t t e e C C o o d d e e s s , , T T o o g g g g l l e e s s a a n n d d o o t t h h e e r r N N e e w w W W o o r r d d s s The MXEditor database is unique in the industry because it includes “secret”...
  • Page 26 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 0 0 2 2 C C a a t t e e g g o o r r y y - Select the type or category of component (i.e.TV, VCR or DVD player).
  • Page 27 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 1 1 5 5 T T e e s s t t t t h h e e C C o o d d e e S S e e t t A.Verify the MX-700/800 is loaded with fresh batteries and connect the MX-700/800 to the PC via the serial port.
  • Page 28 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 2 2 Testing In most home theater systems, you will find that some codes have to be learned.

  • Page 29: Using Lcd Button Editor

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 3 3 Using LCD Button Editor D D e e v v i i c c e e L L i i s s t t - - Select the device whose pages you would like to edit.

  • Page 30: Shortcuts - Copying Existing Buttons

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 4 4 D D r r a a g g g g i i n n g g a a n n d d D D r r o o p p p p i i n n g g B B u u t t t t o o n n s s You can drag and drop a programmed button/label to any empty button.

  • Page 31: Learning Tips

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 5 5 Learning Tips Start with the remote controls an inch apart.

  • Page 32: Learning A Batch Of Buttons Efficiently

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 6 6 Learning a Batch of Buttons Efficiently T T i i p p - - F F i i n n d d t t h h e e c c o o r r r r e e c c t t “...

  • Page 33: Download And Test All Learned Buttons

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 7 7 Download and Test All Learned Buttons This time when you download, make sure that you choose FULL DOWNLOAD, otherwise your learned codes will not download to the remote control.Test all the learned buttons, and go ahead and correct the problems as you find...
  • Page 34 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 8 8 3 3 Once the screen displays SETUP at the top of the LCD screen, release the buttons.

  • Page 35: Copying And Pasting Devices

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 2 2 9 9 In LEARNING mode, the top of Once a button is selected for...

  • Page 36: Importing And Exporting Devices

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 0 0 Importing and Exporting Devices If you right click on a device in Tree View, a context menu appears that enables you to I I m m p p o o r r t t o o r r E E x x p p o o r r t t a device.When you select a device, right click and...

  • Page 37: Macro Programming

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 1 1 Macro Programming W W h h a a t t i i s s a a M M a a c c r r o o ? ? A macro is a recording of a sequence of commands that is played back when the user presses a single button.
  • Page 38 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 2 2 T T o o g g g g l l e e C C o o m m m m a a n n d d s s c c r r e e a a t t e e “...
  • Page 39 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 3 3 EXAMPLE 2 - Any channel number and ENTER takes TV to the ANT A input (and the TV has 5 inputs -Ant A, Ant B, EXT1, EXT2 and EXT3) TV to EXT3 = 1) “0”...
  • Page 40 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 4 4 4 4 Once you have all of your Power On commands in the list, re-arrange them as desired by clicking and dragging them into whatever order you want.
  • Page 41 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 5 5 6 6 OPTIONAL - Program a jump to the MAIN page you would like them to choose their favorite activity from.
  • Page 42 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 6 6 8 8 Programming additional delay in the macro is sometimes necessary.
  • Page 43 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 7 7 9 9 Again, turn the TV and the Receiver to the wrong input, then turn off everything in the theater.
  • Page 44 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 8 8 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g A A c c t t i i v v i i t t y y M M a a c c r r o o s s o o n n M M A A I I N N L L C C D D “...
  • Page 45 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 3 3 9 9 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E M M a a c c r r o o s s Programming fifty favorite channels may sound like a lot of work, but if you take advantage of MXEditor’s time saving capabilities, you can program all fifty in five minutes or less! First, get a program guide for the satellite service...
  • Page 46 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 0 0 4 4 Click on the hard buttons to record the channel number you want.

  • Page 47: Programming Punch Through

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 1 1 2 2 Navigate to the device and page where the original macro is programmed.
  • Page 48 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 2 2 Select the device that has the codes you want used: Click on SAVE.
  • Page 49 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 3 3 Navigate to the MAIN page and drag the MAIN Power On and the MAIN Power Off macros to the SideKick’s On and Off buttons.This is assuming that you have programmed the MAIN Power On macro to select TV or Satellite as the favorite activity.
  • Page 50 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 4 4 Navigate to the device with the surround sound receiver codes and drag and drop Volume Up/Down and Mute to the SideKick.

  • Page 51: Backlight On Time

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 5 5 Click on the SAVE button.
  • Page 52 S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 6 6 4 4 Click on the Download to Remote Control shortcut button on the toolbar or choose Download from the Communications Menu.

  • Page 53: Uploading From The Remote To Pc

    S S t t e e p p b b y y S S t t e e p p T T u u t t o o r r i i a a l l 4 4 7 7 Uploading from the Remote to PC Uploading is necessary when you arrive at a jobsite with an existing MX-700/800 system that you would like to service, edit or clone.
  • Page 54 M M X X - - 8 8 0 0 0 0 R R F F C C o o n n t t r r o o l l 4 4 8 8 Programming RF Control Options Using MXEditor T T h h e e R R F F S S e e t t u u p p W W i i n n d d o o w w The RF Setup window opens after selecting RFControl from the Program Menu.
  • Page 55 M M X X - - 8 8 0 0 0 0 R R F F C C o o n n t t r r o o l l 4 4 9 9 I I R R O O controls the Line Outputs for Flashers U U T T P P U U T T affixed to the front panels of components.You...

  • Page 56: Push And Hold Macros

    A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 0 0 Push and Hold Macros Any macro can be programmed so that nothing will happen if the button is simply tapped.

  • Page 57: Status Messages For Impatient Clients With Long Macros

    A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 1 1 Status Messages for Impatient Clients with Long Macros For clients who have problems waiting for long macros to finish, it is helpful to...
  • Page 58 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 2 2 4 4 Program Activity Macros normally on all the MAIN page 2 buttons.

  • Page 59: Helping Confused Clients

    A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 3 3 Helping Confused Clients When do clients get confused? When their system is full of old gear they couldn’t afford to replace! When the...
  • Page 60 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 4 4 A A l l l l t t h h e e C C o o m m p p o o n n e e n n t t s s H H a a v v e e “...

  • Page 61: Main Page Only - Changing Devices Confuses Client

    A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 5 5 MAIN Page Only - Changing Devices Confuses Client With a small system, you may opt to program the MX-700/800 so that it never changes devices.
  • Page 62 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 6 6 3 3 Program the MAIN pages to P P u u n n c c h h T T h h r r o o u u g g h h to other devices as desired.
  • Page 63 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 7 7 6 6 To avoid confusing the client, delete the LABELS of devices you don’t want them to see.
  • Page 64 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 8 8 7 7 You can continue to use the LCD buttons on MAIN for other purposes, as long as you remember that any button you LABEL will create a new empty device of the same name in Tree View.

  • Page 65: Modular Macro Programming - Using The Import Macro Feature

    A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 5 5 9 9 Modular Macro Programming - Using the Import Macro Feature Utilize the Import Macro feature for speed in programming.The only catch to using Import Macro is that you must...
  • Page 66 A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g T T e e c c h h n n i i q q u u e e s s a a n n d d I I d d e e a a s s 6 6 0 0 Importing CCF File Learned Codes Via the Universal Browser If the Universal Browser Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the...
  • Page 67 H H y y p p e e r r l l i i n n k k e e d d I I n n d d e e x x - - C C l l i i c c k k o o n n P P a a g g e e # # t t o o J J u u m m p p t t o o P P a a g g e e 6 6 1 1 C C o o n n f f u u s s e e d d C C l l i i e e n n t t s s 5 5 3 3 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g 1 1...
  • Page 68 H H y y p p e e r r l l i i n n k k e e d d I I n n d d e e x x - - C C l l i i c c k k o o n n P P a a g g e e # # t t o o J J u u m m p p t t o o P P a a g g e e 6 6 2 2 D D i i s s c c r r e e t t e e C C o o d d e e s s 1 1 9 9 d d i i s s c c r r e e t t e e c c o o m m m m a a n n d d 1 1 9 9...
  • Page 69 H H y y p p e e r r l l i i n n k k e e d d I I n n d d e e x x - - C C l l i i c c k k o o n n P P a a g g e e # # t t o o J J u u m m p p t t o o P P a a g g e e 6 6 3 3 L L C C D D B B u u t t t t o o n n E E d d i i t t o o r r 6 6 , , 2 2 3 3 M M o o d d u u l l a a r r M M a a c c r r o o 5 5 9 9...
  • Page 70 H H y y p p e e r r l l i i n n k k e e d d I I n n d d e e x x - - C C l l i i c c k k o o n n P P a a g g e e # # t t o o J J u u m m p p t t o o P P a a g g e e 6 6 4 4 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m M M e e n n u u 6 6 , , 1 1 6 6 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g B B a a t t c c h h L L e e a a r r n n i i n n g g 2 2 6 6...
  • Page 71 H H y y p p e e r r l l i i n n k k e e d d I I n n d d e e x x - - C C l l i i c c k k o o n n P P a a g g e e # # t t o o J J u u m m p p t t o o P P a a g g e e 6 6 5 5 T T e e s s t t i i n n g g v v i i a a D D o o w w n n l l o o a a d d 2 2 2 2 T T O O A A D D 5 5 3 3...
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