Windows Macro Software

for RackShot, KeyShot & MCS-QuickShot

A new "Macro Feature" allows users to define the behavior of all controls by means of a PC based editor. The controllers can be equipped with Ethernet, USB, RS-232 or RS-422 Compact Interfaces. Once programmed, the internal memory is nonvolatile and the software is no longer required for use. This lets you completely customize the controller for use in any application.

With 10 LCD buttons and 8 bank buttons, the controllers provide a total of 80 virtual LCD buttons. Each may be individually programmed for On/Off message, color, and display, with latching or momentary operation. You can choose from 7 colors + backlight off, and colors may be selected separately for the ON and OFF states. A given button can be programmed to display 3 lines of 6 text characters, a large single alphanumeric letter/number, an icon selected from an internal set, or a user icon that you can define using the built in icon editor. There are 4 F-buttons and a Shift button, resulting in 8 virtual F-buttons, each of which may be individually programmed. Finally, there is a push-button programmable encoder.

Any number of buttons may be grouped together to act as a radio-button group. That is, when a given button within a group is caused to go into the ON state, it will have its screen/color go to the ON state, its ON message will be sent, and all other buttons within that group will go to the OFF state, and individual OFF messages, if desired, will be sent out.

Separate ON and OFF messages may be defined per key, between 0 and 31 bytes long. If an OFF message is not needed, the ON message may be up to 62 bytes long. Provision for auto insertion of a checksum is included.