Buttons
The front panel button illumination provides status on what the MLC is doing. The buttons
are lit while the MLC has power. When a button has been pressed and is active or on, it
lights brightly. While a button is inactive or off, it is lit dimly.
When buttons are grouped together, only the button that is pressed lights brightly. The
other buttons in the group remain dim. (See the configuration software help file for
information on grouping buttons. (See
Downloading and Installing the Configuration
on page 46 to obtain the software.)
You can remove buttons and replace them with buttons having different labels. You can
then configure the new buttons with the functions that their labels represent, using the
configuration software (see the
MLC 55, 62 and 64 Series Configuration Program
help file
for detailed procedures for configuring the buttons).
Each
Display
On
and
Off
and input selection button can be set up to perform a
sequence of several functions, which can be combinations of the following options:
•
A driver operation
— Execute an RS-232 or IR control command that is part of a
device driver (for a projector, VCR, DVD player, switcher, and so forth).
•
A relay operation
— Execute a relay command to a room device such as a
motorized screen or a projector lift.
•
Setting a time delay
— Insert delays between executed commands.
•
Setting the button flashing rate
— Specify fast or slow flashing of a front panel
button and the number of seconds the button blinks.
NOTE:
While a button is blinking, all other front panel buttons are disabled.
•
A user-defined RS-232 operation
— Issue a non-driver-associated RS-232
command (one that you programmed separately), such as an SIS command, via the
IR/S or the RS-232 port.
•
Button emulation
— Initiate a series of button functions with a single button press.
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