Using Ir Learning To Set Up The Buttons - Extron electronics IRCM-DVplus User Manual

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Using IR Learning to Set Up the Buttons

Before the IRCM's buttons can control a VCR and a DVD player,
you must connect the module and "teach" the MLC the control
signals for each button (a process called "IR learning"). Refer to
the MediaLink Control Program and the MediaLink Controllers
User's Manual for details on the IR learning procedure, see page
2-7 of this manual for IR Emitter and IR Broadcaster wiring
diagrams, and see the MediaLink Controllers User's Manual for
wiring diagrams for the optional IR Link accessory.
1. Cable and power on the MLC, the control module(s), and a
host computer.
Start the Windows-based MediaLink Control Program. In
2.
the User Mode and Controller (MLC) Config screens, the
IRCM-DV+ is shown as two separate modules. The first
(with module address 1 or 3) is designated as the DVD
half. The second (with module address 2 or 4) is
designated as the VCR half.
3. In the Controller (MLC) Config section of the control
program, use the pulldown menus to select which of the
MLC's inputs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) the DVD half of the
IRCM-DV+ will be enabled by, and which of the inputs the
VCR half will be enabled by. See the following pictures.
The DVD and VCR portions of the IRCM-DV+ cannot
share the same input. You must assign a different input
number to each half of the module.
Associating the IRCM-DV+'s DVD half with an MLC input
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Associating the IRCM-DV+'s VCR half with an MLC input
4. For each half (DVD and VCR) of the IRCM-DV+, select
(click on) the control module button (such as Play or Stop)
that you wish to program, and select Learn IR to Button
near the bottom of the screen. Follow the on-screen
directions.
5. Aim the VCR or DVD player's (or other device's) infrared
remote control at the MLC's IR pickup device, and press
the button corresponding to the function you want the
MLC to learn. For example, press the VCR remote
control's Play button when the MLC is learning the
command for the Play button for the VCR half of the
module. The remote control must be in the direct line of
sight of the IR pickup device. If the IR command isn't
learned on the first try, hold the remote control at several
different distances from the MLC when retrying IR
learning.
Follow any directions that the MediaLink control software
6.
provides.
7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each remote control function
to be learned to a control module button.
Once the MLC and control modules have been set up,
pressing a button on any IRCM will cause an IR
command to be sent out, regardless of whether the
display/projector's power is on or off. Also, all the IR
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