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There is also a {Toggle Blink} softkey. By default a customizable hardkey will blink when
the macro assigned to it is running. This softkey will turn off the blinking if it is enabled
and a BD will display in the color column when blinking is disabled.
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[Delete] - when a macro is selected and [Delete] [Enter] is pressed, you will be prompted
to confirm the deletion of the selected macro. To confirm press [Enter], to abort press
[Clear].
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[1] [Delete] [Enter] [Enter] - deletes macro 1 from the list.
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[Copy To] - when a macro is selected and [Copy To] is pressed, you will be prompted to
enter the macro number that you want to copy the contents of the selected macro to.
You will be prompted to confirm the copy process, press [Enter] to confirm or [Clear] to
abort the copy to process.
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[1] [Copy To] [6] [Enter] [Enter] - copies the entire contents of macro 1 to macro 6.
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{Edit} - when a macro is selected and {Edit} is pressed, you will have entered edit mode
for the selected macro. See
Edit an Existing Macro (on the facing page) for more
information. Three notable changes to your macro editor display include:
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a blinking cursor in the macro content detail portion (top) of the display.
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”Press [Select] to save or [Escape] to cancel changes”displays above the command line.
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{Move To} - allows you to move and reorganize your macros anywhere in the macro list
numerically. You can access {Move To} by pressing [Copy To] twice.
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For instance, if you have macros 1 through 5 in the list, and you want to move/ change
macro 1 to macro 6 so that your most commonly used macros are first in the list, you
would press [1] {Move To} [6] [Enter]. This leaves only macros 2 through 6 in the list.
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{Mode} - allows you to assign different modes for the macro to run in. There are three
modes: background, foreground, and default.
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{Default}
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When a macro in default mode is run manually, it runs in the foreground(i.e., the
command line) on the device that fired it. When a macro in default mode is executed by
a cue or via show control, it runs in the background on the master device.
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Running a macro on a master device only matters when the macro changes the displays
of the device it runs on such as snapshot and flexichannel macros.
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{Background}
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When a macro in background mode is run manually, it runs on the device that fired it but
will not affect its command line.
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A macro in background mode that is run from a cue or via show control will run on the
master device but will not affect the master's command line.
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When a background macro is running and includes a link to another macro, or is
currently waiting, pressing the [Macro] button will stop it.
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{Foreground}
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When a macro in foreground mode is run manually, it runs on the device that fired it and
affects its command line.
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If a foreground mode macro is fired via show control, it runs on the master device and
will affect its command line.
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If a cue fires the macro, it will run on the device whose user last pressed [Go] on that
playback. If a foreground macro is fired from a cue that is executed from another cue
list, the macro will run on the device that last pressed [Go] on the cue’s playback but not
the playback that triggered the executed cue.
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{Target Device} - A macro can have a Target Device assigned to it. This allows a cue to
execute a macro only on a certain console.