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  • Page 1 B & K C OLLEGE OF UDIO IDEO ESIGN AND NSTALLATION Guide To Programming The B & K SR10.1 Remote Control 2002 Customizing Automating Saving Installation Time...
  • Page 2 B & K SR10.1 R UIDE ROGRAMMING THE EMOTE ONTROL © 2002 B & K Components Ltd. All rights reserved. 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 B & K Components LTD. B &...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents EFORE TART Prequalifications You Need a Personal Computer With Serial Port You Need an RS232 Connecting Cable & Adapters As Necessary You Need to be Skilled With Windows and Home Theater Configuration How To Use This Book ASIC ROGRAMMING UIDELINES...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents SR10.1 Tree View or SideKick Via Tabs The Edit and Label Buttons Window The Edit and Label Buttons Toolbar The Delete Window Labels Shortcuts - Copying Buttons The Macro/Favorite Window The Macro Toolbar Re-Ordering Macro Steps & Macro Details TEP BY UTORIAL...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Hiding Pages Moving Through Pages In Favorites Shortcuts - Copying Existing Buttons Learning Tips Learning IR Codes One at a Time Learning a Batch of Buttons Efficiently Download and Test All Learned Buttons & Copying and Pasting Devices Importing and Exporting Devices Importing Step by Step Macro Programming...
  • Page 6 Table of Contents DVANCED ROGRAMMING ECHNIQUES AND DEAS Push and Hold Macros Push and Hold for Activity Macros and Tap to Switch Devices Two Functions on One LCD Button Status Messages for Impatient Clients with Long Macros Helping Confused Clients TOAD - TV Input “Scrolls”...

  • Page 7: Before You Start

    Before You Start Prequalifications You Need a Personal Computer With Serial Port B&K Editor will run on any Pentium II or faster Windows PC. Your PC should be equipped with an adequate amount of RAM for the operating system you use. B&K Editor is compatible with the Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and XP Pro operating systems.

  • Page 8: Basic Programming Guidelines 2 B

    Basic Programming Guidelines Overview UIDE TO IMPLE The Goal - Minimize Training Time and Effort HEATER PERATION Training clients has traditionally taken too much of an installer’s time and effort. Creating hand writ- B & K SR10.1 ten summary sheets and instruction books for customers is a waste of time.The SR10.1 remote YSTEM EMOTE control is designed to save time.With each remote control, B &...

  • Page 9: Main Activity Based Macros

    Basic Programming Guidelines MAIN Activity Based Macros The device LCD buttons on MAIN are automatically programmed Using the MAIN Menu Hold the remote steady and with a navigational “jump” to the device they correspond to. pointed at the The MAIN Menu enables you to either system until select a new Activity or simply select a the sound...

  • Page 10: Fav Channel Macros Are Optional

    Basic Programming Guidelines FAV Channel Macros Are Optional A channel lineup change in the future will require a service call to reprogram a The thumbpad is a the remote control your system. Discuss any non-channel exclusive control for both right and left favorite label with your installer, so that few pages of channel macros for your client.

  • Page 11: The Programming Window

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions The Programming Window & Menus and Shortcut buttons for common tasks. The Program Menu activates each task in the correct order. Tree View of the SR10.1 configuration. Tabs enable you to switch to program the SR10.1 or the SideKick. Tree View enables quick navigation, Sidekick enables drag and drop programming of the SideKick.

  • Page 12: The Menu Bar And The Menus

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions The Menu Bar and the Menus Like all Windows programs, the menu bar reveals menus of commonly used tasks. Simply click on the menu title and the menu appears. Move the mouse cursor over the menu choice you wish to select and click. File Menu Configurations for particular clients are saved as files on your PC.Thus the file menu enables you to open, save and save copies of configurations.

  • Page 13: Communications Menu

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions 6. Punch Through - Opens a floating window that enables you to program a button to “punch through” to another device.Typically used to program Volume Up, Down and Mute to always operate the surround sound receiver/preamp. 7.

  • Page 14: The Simulator

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions The Simulator Navigating and Selecting Buttons The Simulator is the center of programming. You use the Simulator to SELECT a BUTTON. When a button is SELECTED it has a green circle around it. Once a button is SELECTED, you can use the Edit and Label Buttons Window or the Macro Window to program it.

  • Page 15: Tree View

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions Tree View Devices and Pages Tree View controls what you see in the Simulator. It serves as the quickest way to navigate (especially when programming macros) and enables you to cut, copy and delete devices and/or pages via the right click context menus.

  • Page 16: Sr10.1 Tree View Or Sidekick Via Tabs

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions 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 & of 4, 3 of 3, 2 of 2 or 1 of 1) you can HIDE a page. A page that is hidden can still be used to hold commands that are used for macros.

  • Page 17: The Edit And Label Buttons Window

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions The Edit and Label Buttons Window If the Edit and Label Buttons Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the shortcut button on the toolbar. & Whenever you SELECT a button, the Edit and Label Buttons window displays the button name (editable), the Device and the IR Code from the database.

  • Page 18: I Labels

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions Labels You can change the name of any button. When you change the name of a button, it not only affects how the button appears in an LCD display, it also changes how the button displays in the pull down Code list (although the original name still appears beside the new label).

  • Page 19: The Macro/Favorite Window

    Windows, Menus,Tools and Definitions The Macro/Favorite Window If the Macro Window is closed, reopen it by clicking on the shortcut button on the toolbar. The Macro Toolbar TEST You must select the first step you want played back first, then connect the remote to the PC. All steps after the selected step will play back, including any delays.

  • Page 20: Step By Step Tutorial

    Step by Step Tutorial Programming Overview A. New File, Existing File on PC or in Remote NEW - Starting from scratch on a new job, go to the File Menu, choose New from the File Menu and pick the type of template you would like to use to program with. None of the templates have any IR codes, just prelabeled empty devices (although the Audio device has codes for factory testing in both the 10 device and the 20 device templates).

  • Page 21: Creating, Naming And Arranging Devices

    Step by Step Tutorial Creating, Naming and Arranging Devices A device is the basic grouping of a set of hard buttons and up to 4 LCD button pages. You will need one device group for each remote control that the SR10.1 is replacing. You can have a maximum of 20 devices in your configuration.
  • Page 22 Step by Step Tutorial 4 Try the simulator out now. If you click once a MAIN MENU button, you’ll simply select the button, if you click again you will jump-link to the device group. Once at the new device group, you can touch the MAIN button to return to the MAIN MENU, etc.

  • Page 23: Using The Ir Database

    Step by Step Tutorial Using the IR Database Discrete Codes, Toggles and other New Words The B&K Editor database is unique in the industry because it includes “secret” discrete codes that are not on the actual remote controls for many components. These codes are highly sought after by professional installers because they make automation of the home theater possible via reliable macros! Here are the facts you need to know: Discrete Commands versus Toggle Commands When a remote control’s only button to turn on and off a TV set is labeled Power, it is usually a “toggle”...
  • Page 24 Step by Step Tutorial 2 Category - Select the type or category of component (i.e.TV, VCR or DVD player). & 3 Brand - Select the company that made the component (i.e. B & K, Sony, Krell) 4 Model - Select the Model or the Code Set number (sometimes the actual model, sometimes a generic # assigned by us to a code set that operates many models over the years).
  • Page 25 Step by Step Tutorial 5 Test the Code Set A.Verify the SR10.1 is loaded with fresh batteries and connect the SR10.1 to the PC via the serial port. B.Turn on the component C. Point the connected SR10.1 so that it is in range and within line of sight of the component. D.

  • Page 26: Testing

    Step by Step Tutorial Testing In most home theater systems, you will find that some codes have to be learned. You may have a brand new component whose codes are not yet in the B & K Database or you may have most of the codes for a component, but a few are missing.

  • Page 27: Using Lcd Button Editor

    Step by Step Tutorial Using LCD Button Editor & Add, Edit & Delete Buttons - Select the button location where you would like to add, edit or delete a button, then simply single click on the desired action. In fact, there is no difference in function between Add and Edit.There are two buttons to prevent confusion.

  • Page 28: Dragging And Dropping Buttons

    Step by Step Tutorial Dragging and Dropping Buttons You can drag and drop a programmed button/label to any empty button. If there are no empty buttons, simply delete unused buttons first, then re-arrange as desired. Drag and drop requires that you click and hold on a button, then move to the new location and let go of the mouse button.

  • Page 29: Learning Tips

    Step by Step Tutorial Learning Tips Start with the remote controls an inch apart. Vary the learning distance from one inch to as much as four feet if the code doesn’t test correctly. Make sure the remotes are pointed head to head! Fresh Batteries in the Original Remote Control - Weak batteries will cause B&K Editor to fail to correctly learn.

  • Page 30: Learning A Batch Of Buttons Efficiently

    Step by Step Tutorial Learning a Batch of Buttons Efficiently Tip - Find the correct “learning distance” using single code learning before beginning batch learning. & Select the STARTING Button - Select the button that is the top left of the buttons you want to teach to.

  • Page 31: Download And Test All Learned Buttons

    Step by Step Tutorial 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 them.

  • Page 32: Importing And Exporting Devices

    Step by Step Tutorial Importing and Exporting Devices If you right click on a device in Tree View, a context menu appears that enables you to Import or Export a device.When you select a device, right click and select Export.The entire contents of the selected device will be saved to your PC with a new file name.The original copy stays in place unchanged.

  • Page 33: Macro Programming

    Step by Step Tutorial Macro Programming What is a Macro? A macro is a recording of a sequence of commands that is played back when the user presses a single button. A macro can have up to 190 steps. A step can be: IR Command - Any IR command on any hard button, LCD button on any device.

  • Page 34: Toggle Commands Create "Point & Pray" Macros

    Step by Step Tutorial Toggle Commands create “Point & Pray” Macros Imagine a system with three components (a TV, a VCR and a surround sound Receiver). Each has a toggle type POWER command on the original remote control. You program a macro with the three power commands on the MAIN Power ON button and tell your client to turn on their system with this button.

  • Page 35: Programming A Power On Macro 29 E

    Step by Step Tutorial 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” 2) “2” 3) “Enter”...
  • Page 36 Step by Step Tutorial 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. & 5 Ask the client what they think they will watch most often (TV, satellite, DVD, etc.). Program steps to select the correct TV and Receiver input for that activity.
  • Page 37 Step by Step Tutorial 6 OPTIONAL - Program a jump to the MAIN page you would like them to choose their favorite activity from. This ensures that if they were on MAIN page 2, after they power up, they will automatically be on MAIN page 1.
  • Page 38 Step by Step Tutorial 8 Programming additional delay in the macro is sometimes necessary. Each macro step usually takes some time, so there may be enough built in delay for the television and the receiver to both be fully active by the time the input commands are sent.

  • Page 39: Programming A Power Off Macro

    Step by Step Tutorial 9 Again, turn the TV and the Receiver to the wrong input, then turn off everything in the theater. Point the connected SR10.1 at the system. Select the first step in the list by clicking on it. Now, click on the TEST button.

  • Page 40: Programming Activity Macros On Main Lcd "Device" Buttons

    Step by Step Tutorial Programming Activity Macros on MAIN LCD “Device” Buttons An Activity Macro is typically programmed to be as fast as possible. They simply select the correct input on both the television and the surround sound receiver, since all the components have already been powered on by the Power On macro.

  • Page 41: Programming Favorite Macros

    Step by Step Tutorial Programming FAVORITE Macros Programming fifty favorite channels may sound like a lot of work, but if you take advantage of B&K Editor’s time saving capabilities, you can program all fifty in five minutes or less! First, get a program guide for the satellite service or Cable TV provider your client uses.

  • Page 42: Inserting Macros (Copying Or Cloning A Macro)

    Step by Step Tutorial 4 Click on the hard buttons to record the channel number you want. If you forget which favorite you are programming, remember that the name of the favorite is displayed above the macro list of steps. &...

  • Page 43: Programming Punch Through

    Step by Step Tutorial 2 Navigate to the device and page where the original macro is programmed. Click on the button that contains the macro. During navigation, you might click on a device button which happens to contain a macro. A popup window will appear asking if you want to insert this macro. Answer NO if you are simply using the device button to navigate.

  • Page 44: Programming The Optional Sidekick

    Step by Step Tutorial Select the device that has the codes you want used: & Click on SAVE. Check the devices you programmed, you should see the yellow PT (Punch Through) flag on every button affected on all the devices you programmed: VCR1 MAIN Repeat for any other groups of codes as you like.
  • Page 45 Step by Step Tutorial 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. If you have not, program an LCD button somewhere (can be on a hidden page) to turn on the system and select the source you plan to use for the SideKick.
  • Page 46 Step by Step Tutorial Navigate to the device with the surround sound receiver codes and drag and drop Volume Up/Down and Mute to the SideKick. & Navigate to the Favorites pages. Drag and drop the three favorite channels into the appropriate SideKick buttons.Typically, you pick three favorites that are spread around the dial, so that the client does not get frustrated trying to surf up and down through all of their channels.

  • Page 47: Backlight On Time

    Step by Step Tutorial Click on the SAVE button. & Backlight On Time Open the Backlight On Time window by clicking on the shortcut button on the toolbar or selecting it from the Program Menu. Enter the amount of time you would like the backlighting to stay on (after the backlight button is pushed). Downloading to SR10.1 and SideKick You download to both remote controls the same way: Make sure the remote control has fresh batteries inserted correctly.

  • Page 48: Download Failures

    Step by Step Tutorial 4 Click on the Download to Remote Control shortcut button on the toolbar or choose Download from the Communications Menu. 5 When the Download window appears, select the Full Download checkbox and click on the Download button.

  • Page 49: Uploading From The Remote To Pc

    Step by Step Tutorial Uploading from the Remote to PC Uploading is necessary when you arrive at a jobsite with an existing SR10.1 system that you would like to service, edit or clone. Simply upload the file to your PC, save it with a new file name and you can edit the file, send it to other remotes, make a touch up and download back into the customer’s remote.

  • Page 50: Advanced Programming Techniques And Ideas

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas Push and Hold Macros Any macro can be programmed so that nothing will happen if the button is simply tapped. You can force the client to press and hold for any time between .1 and 30 seconds to issue a macro. For most clients, this would be a bad idea since it makes things more difficult and more time consuming.

  • Page 51: Status Messages For Impatient Clients With Long Macros

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas Status Messages for Impatient Clients with Long Macros For clients who have problems waiting for long macros to finish, it is helpful to design the system to give a dramatic status message while the macro is working, otherwise they may put the remote down in the middle of the macro, frustrating themselves.
  • Page 52 Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas 4 Program Activity Macros normally on all the MAIN page 2 buttons. 5 On Main Page 1, import the corresponding Macro from Page 2 to each LCD button on Page 1: & 6 Add a page jump to each of the MACROs on MAIN Page 1 to the Devices with the IR Codes programmed in them: As you can see, when you pull down the list of devices, there...

  • Page 53: Helping Confused Clients

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas Helping Confused Clients When do clients get confused? When their system is full of old gear they couldn’t afford to replace! When the salesmen sell components without discrete codes! When the manufacturer of a cool new product blows it and incorporates hard to use, but vital features! In any event, by using B&K Editor you can often solve some problems very effectively.

  • Page 54: All The Components Have "Toggle" Power Commands

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas All the Components Have “Toggle” Power Commands 1 Create a new device named “Power”. & 2 On the new device’s first page, create a shortcut to each problem component’s power command, by pulling down the device list, then the command list. SR 10.1 3 After the shortcut is created, rename it for the component it controls as shown above.

  • Page 55: Main Page Only - Changing Devices Confuses Client

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas MAIN Page Only - Changing Devices Confuses Client With a small system, you may opt to program the SR10.1 so that it never changes devices. By keeping the set of commands to the minimum necessary, many systems that consist of nothing more than a surround sound receiver, a TV, a satellite receiver and a DVD player can be completely operated from the MAIN page.
  • Page 56 Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas 3 Program the MAIN pages to Punch Through to other devices as desired: & 4 Only a few hard buttons need to be programmed with shortcuts. In the example system, the Menu, Guide and cursor buttons are programmed with SAT commands. 5 Program Power On and Activity Macros as needed.
  • Page 57 Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas 6 To avoid confusing the client, delete the LABELS of devices you don’t want them to see. In the example system, the labels for the surround sound receiver and the TV have been backspaced and saved. &...
  • Page 58 Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas 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. Make sure that each device’s pages are all HIDDEN! This is critical.

  • Page 59: Modular Macro Programming - Using The Import Macro Feature

    Advanced Programming Techniques and Ideas 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 do it before you press RECORD. By first programming macros on an unused device page (you can delete them after you are finished programming your macros), you can break up long macros into modules and greatly speed the macro recording process.

  • Page 60: I Index

    Index Communications Menu 7 Confused Clients 47 Activity Macros 3, 34 Connecting 1 Adapters 1 Context Menu 9, 10 Alternate Macro 44 Copy 9 Auto Learning (Batch) 24 Copying and Pasting Devices 25 Copying Buttons 12, 22 & Backlight On Time 7, 41 Copying Devices - Why? 34 Batch Learning 24 Copying/Inserting Macros 36...
  • Page 61 Index Devices - Copy & Paste 25 FAV 4 Devices - Export 26 Favorite Macros 35 Devices - Import 26 Favorites, Selecting 22 Devices, Rearranging 16 File Menu 6 Discrete Codes 17, 27 Firmware Version 7 discrete command 17 Flag 8 Download 7, 14, 20, 25, 41 Flutter Technique 23 &...
  • Page 62 Index IR Database 6, 17 Macro Window 7 Macro Won't Work 48 Macro, Copying/Cloning/Inserting 36 Jump to Page 31 Macros - Status Messages 45 MAIN Activity Based Macros 3, 34 label 12 MAIN LCD Buttons 34 Labels Empty 51 MAIN Punch Through Volume and Laptops 1 Mute 3 &...
  • Page 63 Index Page Jumps 31 Programming Punch Through 37 Pages 9 Programming Shortcuts 22 Partial Download 20 Programming SideKick 38 Paste 9 Programming Uploads 43 Playback a Macro 27 Programming Window 5 Point & Pray Macros 28 Punch Through 3, 7, 37 Power Off Macro 33 Push and Hold Macros 44 &...
  • Page 64 Index Shortcut 12 Transferring to Remote 41 Shortcut Buttons 7, 22 Tree View 5, 9, 10 SideKick 4, 7, 10, 38 TV Input Workaround 47 SideKick - Uploads N/A 43 SideKick Programming 10 Upload 7, 14, 43 Simulator 5 Simulator, Controlling via Tree View VCR Power Workaround 28 &...

  • Page 65: T Errata

    Errata Batteries If the batteries are running low, the screen will display a warning at the bottom of the screen whenever you press the Power ON button. You may also experience a slight drop in the operating distance of either the SR10.1 or the SideKick remote control when the batteries are running low.

  • Page 66: Notes

    Notes & & IMPLY ETTER!
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  • Page 68 & IMPLY ETTER! B & K Components, Ltd. . 2100 Old Union Road Buffalo, New York 14227 1.800.543.5252 In NY: 716.656.0026 Fax: 716.656.1291 E-mail: info@bkcomp.com . On the web: www.bkcomp.com...

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