User Manual
M
ACROS
February
16,
2010
Xynergi Media Production Centre
Page 211
Each time you press this soft key, the macro background changes. After ten key presses it
returns to its original colour.
Keep pressing the soft key until you are happy with the colour. There is no need to press
Enter
.
Editing Macros
Editing macros is definitely for technically minded people.
Macros are stored in a file called macros.txt. It is found in:
C:\Program Files\Fairlight\FMC\Data\User\
username
… where
username is your login user name
(This assumes that you have used the default C:\Program Files\Fairlight as your installation folder)
It is beyond the scope of this manual to explain in detail what all the items in this file mean. If you are
technically minded it is not too hard to figure out. Here are a couple of clues:
CONTROL,16,CID_SW_CUT,1
CONTROL,16,CID_SW_CUT,0
These two items are keystrokes. The one ending in 1 is the downstroke. The one ending in 0 is the
upstroke.
CONTROL,687,CID_SW_MFX4_61,1
CONTROL,16,CID_SW_MFX4_61,4
This occurs when you hold a keystroke down for a couple of seconds (this might be needed to operate
momentary menus for example). The 1 is the downstroke, and the 4 is the “hold” of the key. Sooner or
later you’ll see something like:
CONTROL,687,CID_SW_MFX4_61,0
…meaning you’ve released the key.
As for deciphering which keys are which, it’s difficult. Keys like this…
CONTROL,16,CID_SW_CUT,1
CONTROL,250,CID_SW_ENTER,0
CONTROL,16,CID_SW_PLUS,0
CONTROL,15,CID_SW_00_48T,0
…are clear enough (they are
cut
,
enter
,
+
and
00
).
But keys like this…
CONTROL,0,CID_SW_MFX4_61,0
CONTROL,656,CID_SW_CUSTOM_16,1
… are internal macros built by Fairlight programmers. No list is available. Good luck with this.
Note:
after editing and saving your macro.txt file, you must restart the Xynergi system before the
macros are reloaded.
