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2. Choose RENAME from the drop-down menu.
3. Edit the text as desired and press ENTER on your keyboard to save.
To Add a New Function
1. Scroll down to the bottom of the function list on the left hand side of the Palette Editor.
2. Right-click on a blank area of the list and select NEW FUNCTION from the drop-down menu.
3. Enter the name of the new function as you would like it to appear in the list and press ENTER on
your keyboard to save.
T
ESTING
IR C
OMMANDS IN THE
P
ALETTE
E
DITOR
Be sure corresponding source for the commands to be tested is ON and connected to the SPLCD as described
in
Figure 8
.
1.
Connect an Emitter to the emitter port on the connecting block as in –
Figure 8
.
2. Place the emitter over the sensor window of the component to test.
3.
With the PC still connected to the SPLCD’s programming port, select “TEST” in the Palette Editor window
. The
TEST button text will turn red.
4. Click on each of the command names one-by-one that need to be tested. A red dot will flash just to the
left of “TEST” as the IR command executes.
5. The controlled component should respond to each command sent.(i.e. “Power” turns the source ON or
OFF, “PLAY” plays the content etc.)
NOTE:
Only functions with the
symbol
will execute.
6. If a component does not respond to a command, re-learn and re-test the IR command until the
component responds.
7. Repeat steps 1 thru 6 for all commands to be tested.
CREATING A PALETTE FILE
A Palette File is a file of learned commands that is ready to be placed under a GTL for use in the SPLCD Touch
Screen Panel system.
Note:
As previously mentioned, Palette files created in Dragon Drop-IR software (XIR2 method) cannot be
shared with previous versions of Dragon Drop-IR™ Software.
1. After Dragon has learned the commands for that Source, select “ADD>>”. The ADD button text will turn
red.
2. Click on a function (i.e. PLAY) to be added to the palette. A “NEW PALETTE” window will open. Type in
a file name (i.e. NAD-CD) and click “SAVE”.
3. “PLAY”
will
appear in the NAD-CD window with the symbol.
4. Click on all functions to be added to NAD-CD.PAL
5. Click the “CLOSE” button on Palette Editor. Palette Editor will close. NAD-CD.PAL will be saved to the
hard drive.
7. Repeat steps 1-9 in ‘Using the Palette Editor’ and steps 1-5 in ‘Creating Palettes’ for all components to
be used with the SPLCD Display.
