It’s odd, but predictable, and is easily added to a MACRO sequence. Another option is to locate a remote
from a pricier model, to find out if your receiver responds to buttons which are not on the supplied remote
control (manufacturers often have a master IR command set).
Similar problems may occur with televisions, for accessing a composite or S-video input (e.g. you might
need to use: “0” then “3” then “ChanDown” — or, “ChanUp” to get to antenna-in, then “Input” to get to
line-in).
X-10 Input (2-way X-10)
Vaux Aris 720i Controllers support two-way X-10 powerline control (as opposed to the one-way X-10
output-only control found on the Aris 700 and MARC+ systems). In addition to X-10 output for controlling
powerline devices, the Controllers also “listen” to the powerline for X-10 commands generated by other
systems. The systems are configured with factory defaults, but can be reprogrammed as desired.
A two-way-X-10 Vaux Controller is listening for one specific X-10 House-Code to which it will respond —
the
X10-Input-House-Code
. All other House-Codes are ignored by the Controller, although RS-232 messages are
sent out the VauxSerial port — for an external control program running on an attached computer system,
the Controller provides a full two-way X-10 interface for sending X-10 commands and monitoring
powerline traffic.
The factory setting X10-Input-House-Code is “G” and may be changed to be any other House-Code from A
to P, or disabled. For the desired House-Code, there are 36 individual commands which may be mapped to
an action in the Vaux system: Unit-Code-1-On, 1-Off, 2-On, 2-Off...16-On, 16-Off, All-Lights-On, All-
Units-Off, Dim, and Bright codes, each have a map-table entry. The factory settings provide a minimal map
table which provides out-of-the-box capability by programming MACROs 1 to 10, as well as demonstrating
A/V switching and volume control, using X-10 codes on House-Code G. Note that volume control using X-
10 Bright/Dim commands is not particularly fast, but press-and-hold adjustment is supported.
The X-10 Input factory settings are:
X10-Input-House-Code:
G
Unit-1-On (G1-On): MACRO-1
Unit-2-On (G2-On): MACRO-2
Unit-3-On (G3-On): MACRO-3
Unit-4-On (G4-On): MACRO-4
Unit-5-On (G5-On): MACRO-5
Unit-1-Off (G1-Off): MACRO-6
Unit-2-Off (G2-Off): MACRO-7
Unit-3-Off (G3-Off): MACRO-8
Unit-4-Off (G4-Off): MACRO-9
Unit-5-Off (G5-Off): MACRO-10
All-Lights-On (G):
Source-Select: Tuner to Zone-1
All-Units-Off (G):
Zone-1 Off
Bright (G):
Volume-Up on Zone-1 (Tuner vol for Altrix)
Dim (G):
Volume-Down on Zone-1 (Tuner vol for Altrix)
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