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Lesson 7
Working with macros
A macro works like a redial button on a telephone
. You can store a series of
keystrokes and later replay it with a simple keystroke
. Macros simplify complex
tasks that you perform often
. For example, you might program a macro to
simplify the process of performing a channel check
. Rather than manually
selecting each channel and bringing it up, and then clearing it and moving to the
next channel, you can write a macro to do all the key punching for you.
You can include any keys on the console (except [Enter Macro] and [Flash]) in a
macro
. You cannot enter level control strip adjustments. Each macro can contain
up to 32 keystrokes
. If you need more than 32 keystrokes, you can link macros
together by putting a macro keystroke at the end of a macro to link it to another
macro. You can program up to 640 macros in the
PSC.
You can also program the macro to pause for any length of time between one
second and one hour
. The [Macro wait] key lets you program a pause anywhere
in a macro.
Hint: See page 104 of this chapter for examples of some handy macros.
