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Onkyo CHAD User Manual

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  • Page 1 ChadEdit User Guide...
  • Page 2 The information in this manual is copyright-protected. No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from ONKYO. ONKYO SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR OMISSIONS OR FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL. ONKYO SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE SUPPLYING OR USE OF THIS INFORMATION.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction What is ChadEdit? What is ChadEmulator? ChadEdit system requirements ChadEdit installation What is a CCF? Why would I use ChadEdit? How can this guide help me use ChadEdit? A note on menus Loading and Saving How do I upload a configuration from my USR-5? How do I download a configuration into my USR-5? How do I load a configuration from a CCF into ChadEdit? How do I save the configuration in ChadEdit in a CCF?
  • Page 4 How do I assign a source switch IR code? How do I change the RF Settings? How do I let a button jump to a panel? How do I move a panel? How do I copy a panel? How do I add a panel? How do I move a device or macro group? How do I copy a device or macro group? How do I add a device or macro group?

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction What is ChadEdit? ChadEdit is the visual editor for USR-5 configurations. A USR-5 configuration fully defines a USR-5 user interface including all devices, macro groups, panel layouts, button appearances, and button, direct-access and left/right key behaviors (including all IR codes). ChadEdit always has a single configuration open, the current configuration.

  • Page 6: What Is Chademulator

    panel as it is defined in the current configuration. Panel views provide an up to date view on the current configuration, and any changes to a panel view are immediately incorporated into the current configuration. What is ChadEmulator? ChadEmulator is a separate application, although part of the ChadEdit package, which emulates every aspect of a real USR-5 .

  • Page 7: Chadedit System Requirements

    We recommend that you close all programs before installing ChadEdit. Installing from the web site 1. Open your internet browser. 2. Browse to the ONKYO website: www.onkyousa.com 3. Download ChadEditSetup.exe. 4. Double-click ChadEditSetup.exe. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions that will guide you through the installation procedure.

  • Page 8: What Is A Ccf

    What is a CCF? A CCF, or USR-5 configuration file, stores a single USR-5 configuration. A USR- 5 configuration fully defines a USR-5 user interface including all devices, macro groups, panel layouts, and button appearances and behaviors (including all IR codes).

  • Page 9: Why Would I Use Chadedit

    Why would I use ChadEdit? One of the best features of the USR-5 is its adaptability: you can make buttons and whole panels appear and disappear, change button labels, learn IR codes, and create and edit your own macros. But if you want to personalize your USR-5 even more, ChadEdit is the perfect tool for you.
  • Page 10 ChadEdit User Guide...

  • Page 11: Loading And Saving

    Loading and Saving You need to choose the type of USR-5 first. Before beginning to program, you should tell ChadEdit whether you are programming a USR-5 or a USR-5RF. After you have set this property once and cleared the “Show this dialog at startup” check box, you can forget about it, ChadEdit will remember your choice in any future programming session.

  • Page 12: How Do I Download A Configuration Into My Usr-5

    How do I download a configuration into my USR-5? 1. Start ChadEdit. 2. Connect one end of the USR-5 serial cable to your USR-5 and connect the other end to a serial port of your PC. 3. Make sure you have a configuration in ChadEdit either by uploading one from your USR-5 (see How do I upload a configuration from my USR- 5?) or by loading one from a file (see How do I load a configuration from a CCF into ChadEdit?).

  • Page 13: How Do I Load A Configuration From A Ccf Into Chadedit

    8. ChadEdit will now download the configuration into your USR-5. After downloading, your USR-5 will tell you when it is ready to be used again by beeping twice. You can cancel the download at any time by clicking on the Cancel button, but doing so may result in a corrupted configuration in your USR-5 (you can fix this by fully downloading a configuration).

  • Page 14: How Do I Save The Configuration In Chadedit In A Ccf

    ChadEdit User Guide How do I save the configuration in ChadEdit in a CCF? If the current configuration in ChadEdit is not empty, you can save it in a CCF by clicking on in the toolbar, or selecting Save Configuration or Save Configuration As... from the File menu. If a saved configuration would not fit in your USR-5, ChadEdit will tell you it is too large and cancel the save.

  • Page 15: Basic Tasks

    Basic Tasks In this section we assume ChadEdit is running and contains the configuration you want to change. How do I start with the factory default CCF? The ChadEdit distribution comes with a single sample CCF in <install>/Samples where <install> is the directory where ChadEdit has been installed.

  • Page 16: How Do I Add A Button To A Panel

    How do I add a button to a panel? 1. Open the panel view of the panel to which you want to add a button. 2. If the button and frame gallery is not visible, open it by clicking on the toolbar or selecting Gallery from the Tools menu.

  • Page 17: How Do I Rename A Button

    ChadEdit does not support copying from one running copy of ChadEdit to another. How do I rename a button? 1. Open the panel view of the panel with the button you want to rename. 2. Select the button you want to rename by clicking on it. A red frame will appear around the selected button.

  • Page 18: How Do I Assign An Ir Code To A Button

    How do I assign an IR code to a button? 1. Open the panel view of the panel with the button to which you want to assign an IR code. 2. Double-click on the button you want to assign an IR code to, or select the button by clicking on it and press the INSERT key.

  • Page 19: How Do I Assign An Ir Code To A Direct-Access Or Left/Right Key

    • USR-5 not connected or not responding. You can click on the Details >> button to open a window listing all the serial ports on your PC. • If another application is using the serial port to which your USR- 5 is connected you can either try another serial port or have the other application release the serial port.

  • Page 20: How Do I Change The Rf Settings

    How do I change the RF Settings? The USR-5RF can be set to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals, which allows you to operate your devices inside closets or in an adjacent room. To receive these RF signals and convert them to infrared signals, you will need an RF Receiver (RFR-5 : optional).

  • Page 21: How Do I Let A Button Jump To A Panel

    How do I let a button jump to a panel? Any button (or key) can jump to any panel (or be a link to that panel). This is a very powerful feature which allows you to create your own USR-5 user interface structure. 1.

  • Page 22: How Do I Add A Panel

    2. Press CTRL + C or select Copy from the Edit menu to copy the selected panel into ChadEdit’s clipboard. 3. Select HOME, or the device or macro group you want to copy the panel to and press CTRL + V or select Paste from the Edit menu. ChadEdit does not support copying from one running copy of ChadEdit to another.

  • Page 23: How Do I Add A Device Or Macro Group

    3. Select DEVICES or MACRO GROUPS and press CTRL + V or select Paste from the Edit menu. 4. If you copy a template device (a device with ()’s around its name), the copy will also be a template device. Select Is Template in the Device menu to change a template device into a regular device.

  • Page 24: Timers

    Timers On your USR-5 there is the possibility to execute a certain action at a predefined time and day. This functionality is called a timer. In ChadEdit it is possible to add a timer to every button, device or macro that is defined. On your USR-5 however timers can only be edited in macro buttons.

  • Page 25: Advanced Tasks

    Advanced Tasks In this section we assume ChadEdit is running and contains the configuration you want to change. We also assume that you know how to open specific panel views. How do I resize a button or a frame? Buttons and frames can only be resized if they do not have any bitmaps. If a button has one or more bitmaps, the width of the button is fixed to the smallest width of all its bitmaps and the height of the button is fixed to the smallest height of all its bitmaps.

  • Page 26: How Do I Create A Macro

    A button is active when it has a non-empty action list. It is inactive when it has no action list or its action list is empty. A button is selected when you push on it on the USR-5. It is unselected when it is waiting to be pushed. To set a bitmap of a button, take the following steps: 1.
  • Page 27 All macros can be used on your USR-5, but only macro buttons in a macro group panel can be edited on your USR-5. To create a macro, take the following steps: 1. Double-click on a button or select a button by clicking on it and press the INSERT key.

  • Page 28: How Can I Use Panel View Grids

    4. Repeat step 3 to add up to 255 actions to the action list. 5. If you want your USR-5 to ‘jump to’ a specific panel when it is done executing the action list, select the panel to jump to in the Jump drop-down list. When executing an action list, your USR-5 ignores panel jumps in aliases.

  • Page 29: How Can I Better Select In A Panel View

    • By default ChadEdit snaps the top left corner of a button or frame to the nearest grid location. However, you can instruct ChadEdit to snap to any corner or the center of a button or frame using the Snap Mode submenu of the Grid submenu.

  • Page 30: How Can I Make A Screenshot In Chademulator

    How can I make a screenshot in ChadEmulator? Simply press the PRINT SCREEN button to save the currently displayed screen of ChadEmulator in a Windows bitmap file. ChadEmulator will tell you the full path of the file it saves (the screen shots usually go into directory C:\OnkyoScreens).

  • Page 31: How Can I Copy A Device From One Ccf To Another

    How can I copy a device from one CCF to another? Running copies of ChadEdit do not share a clipboard. This means that you cannot copy a device from one CCF to another by running two copies of ChadEdit and simply copying the device.
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