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Chapter 5: Serial Console Viewer 57
Using Macros
The Serial Console Viewer macro function allows you to:
•
Send multiple keystrokes to a device, including keystrokes that you cannot generate without
affecting your local system, such as
Control-Alt-Delete
.
• Create, edit and delete macros. You may also define a hotkey for a macro that, when entered,
will run the macro. This is an alternative to using a menu selection to run the macro.
• Create, edit and delete macro groups.
• Change the macro group that will appear in the Macros menu. This causes the macros in the
specified group to be available in that menu. Alternatively, you may specify that all defined
macros be available, rather than just those in one group.
Macro group settings are device-specific. They may be set differently for each device.
To send a macro:
Select Macros - <macro name> from the Serial Console Viewer menu.
-or-
If the macro has a hotkey defined, enter the hotkey character(s) on your keyboard.
-or-
Select
Macros - Configure from the Serial Console Viewer menu. The Macros dialog box appears.
Select the desired macro from the Defined Macros list and then click the Run button.
To create or edit a macro:
1. Select Macros - Configure from the Serial Console Viewer menu. The Macros dialog
box appears.
2. To create a macro, click the Create button.
-or-
To edit a macro, click the
Edit button. The Create Macro/Edit Macro dialog box appears.
3. If you are creating a macro, type a 1-32 character name in the Name field.
4. To define a hotkey for the macro, choose one from the Key pull-down menu. To add a modifier
to the hotkey, enable the Control , Shift or Alt checkbox.
5. By default, the Include in Macro Menu checkbox is enabled, indicating the macro will appear
in the Macros menu (if it is a member of the macro group that is selected for inclusion in the
menu). To exclude the macro from the Macros menu, disable this checkbox. In this case, if the
macro’s definition includes a hotkey, you will still be able to use the hotkey to run the macro,
even if the macro’s name does not appear in the Macros menu.
In the Enter Keystrokes field, type the macro string. You may include the following special
control characters:
\n = Newline
\b = Backspace
\r = Carriage return \d = Delay character (500 milliseconds)
\f = Form feed \0x?? = ?? is hexadecimal value
\t = Horizontal tab 0??? = ??? is octal value