CK 2.2 Keypad
Programming Manual
And
(BKC-DIP) RS232 Guide
Updated 08/13/07
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Status Messages for Impatient Clients with Long Macros
For clients who have problems waiting for long macros to
finish, it is helpful to design the system to give a dramatic
status message while the macro is working.
1
Create a hidden page within the CK 2.2 Keypad that
displays a status message similar to the example shown.
2
Within the macro, assign a “page jump” to this page,
preferably at the beginning of the macro.
3
At the conclusion of the macro, assign a page jump to
the desired final control location on the keypad.
Helping Confused Clients with BOBS and LISTS
When do clients get confused? When their system is full of old gear they couldn’t afford
to replace! When the salesmen sell components without discrete codes! When the
manufacturer of a cool new product blows it and incorporates hard to use, but vital
features! In any event, by using the CK 2.2 Editor you can often solve confusion very
effectively by using BOBS (Big Obvious Buttons on every page the client might need
them).
or Toggling Commands
When you have a component that is difficult to automate, it helps to call it names (TOAD,
for Toggle Only Actuated Device, has been suggested). Once you have vented your
feelings, get out the CK 2.2 Editor and go to work. There is a relatively simple way to
make operation of a device like this much less confusing. Here’s how to go about it:
1
Using LCD Button Editor, move the top right button in every device that uses the TV to
another location on another page if necessary.