Universal Remote Control Aurora MX-950 Owner's manual

MX950 Programming Manual
MX-950 RF/IR Color LCD Remote Control
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MX-950 Programming Manual © 2005 Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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INSTALLING, LIVE UPDATING AND CONNECTING 1
INTRODUCING MX-950 EDITOR 3
PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW 4
CREATING, NAMING AND ARRANGING DEVICES 5
Open the Create and Name Devices Window 5
Creating Devices 5
Setting the Backlight Color of Each Device 6
USING THE IR DATABASE 8
Applying a “Set” of IR Commands to each Device 8
FINDING DISCRETE COMMANDS FOR RELIABLE MACROS 11
Discrete Commands versus Toggle Commands 11
Use the IR Database Navigator to Find Discrete Commands 11
Use the Universal Browser to find Discrete IR Commands 13
TEST ALL COMMANDS AND RELABEL FOR EASY OPERATION 15
Using the LCD Button Editor to Relabel and Re-arrange Buttons 15
Hiding Pages in LCD Button Editor 17
Using Page View to Relabel and Re-arrange Buttons 17
Hiding Pages in Page View 19
LEARNING 20
Tips for Learning from Unusual Devices 20
Learning IR Codes One at a Time 20
Learning a Batch of Buttons Quickly 22
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Standalone Learning 23
MACRO PROGRAMMING 24
Bullet Proof Macros or Point N Pray? 24
Finding Workarounds When There Are NO Discrete Codes 24
Using the Macro Window 25
Programming a System Power On Macro 26
Programming a Power Off Macro 29
Copying or Importing Macros for Activity Macros 29
Push and Hold Macros 30
Variable Macros 31
USING SOUNDS 34
Setting the Default Sound 34
Using the Sound Gallery 34
USING THE IMAGE GALLERY 34
PROGRAMMING PUNCH THROUGH 35
PROGRAMMING RF CONTROL OPTIONS 36
The RF Setup Window 36
Adjusting Signal and IR Output Options 36
Adding RF Base Stations, Conguring ID#’s and Front Blasters 37
ENABLE OR DISABLE STANDALONE EDITING 38
DOWNLOADING TO MX-950 39
USING THE SETUP MENU 39
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Installing, Live Updating and Connecting
Installing, Live Updating and Connecting
You Need a Personal Computer With a USB Port
MX-950 Editor will run on any Pentium II or faster Windows PC. Your PC should be equipped with an ade-
quate amount of RAM for the operating system you use. MXEditor is compatible with the Windows ME, 2000,
XP and XP Pro operating systems. It is not compatible with Windows 98 or previous versions of windows.
MX-950 Editor is installed via a self extracting installer file downloadable from www.universalremote.com.
You need a connection to the internet to download the file or to update MXEditor.
Installing MX-950 Editor and Microsoft ActiveSync
MX-950 Editor installs with a companion program for communication, Microsoft ActiveSync. You must install
both programs and if uninstalling, uninstall both programs. To install the two programs, follow these steps:
1Connect to the internet and go to this website address:
http://www.universalremotes.com/mxeditor/downloads/MX-950setup.exe
2A file download Window will open. Click on OPEN.
3A warning will appear that the publisher is not verified. Click on Run.
4The Installshield Window will then open. Click on NEXT.
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Installing, Live Updating and Connecting
5The Destination Folder Window will open. Click on NEXT. The program will install and then show
new small window will open asking, "Install the Microsoft Active Sync 3.7". Click OK. If you already
have Active Sync, skip to step #10.
6A new set up window will open for ActiveSync 3.7. Click on NEXT.
7The Select Installation folder window now opens. Click on NEXT.
8After the Active Sync Installed window opens, Click OK.
9The InstallShield window will appear indicating that installation was successful. Click on Finish.
10 Open MX-950 Editor.
11 Check for a LIVE UPDATE by connecting to the internet normally, then clicking on the HELP menu,
then selecting LIVE UPDATE.
Tip - Keep Your Database Up to Date — USE LIVE UPDATE
The IR code database is constantly growing with the inclusion of new devices every month. Keep your soft-
ware up to date by using the Live Update feature. Rather than un-installing and re-installing the software, you
download updates to the software from the internet. Simply follow these steps:
aConnect to the Internet normally.
bOpen MX-950 Editor
cFrom the Communications Menu, select Live Update
dIn the Live Update window, click on Update Now.
eWait for the window to indicate the download is
completed. Close the Window.
fClose and re-open MX-950 Editor. You do not need to
restart Windows.
12 Once you have re-opened MX-950 Editor, connect the MX-950 to the PC via the included USB cable.
ActiveSync will chime and the icon in bottom right corner of your PC’s screen will turn green , indi-
cating that the remote is correctly communicating with MX-950 software via Active Sync. Should an
ActiveSync window offering to synchronize “personal information” appear, click on CANCEL (the MX-
950 is not a personal information manager).

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Introducing MX-950 Editor
Menus and Shortcut buttons for common tasks. The Program Menu activates each task in the correct order.
Tree View of the MX-950 configuration. Double clicking on any page enables you to quickly display that
page on the simulator view. Right clicking on a device or page activates a context menu.
The MX-950 Simulate View is used to navigate and to select a button to program, edit or record a macro.
Edit and Label Buttons window is used to control a buttons graphics, text and activation.
The Macro window is used to view and edit macros.
The information bar displays whether your keyboard is cap locked or num locked.
The important thing to remember as you program is that most Windows conventions hold true in
MX950 Editor. Explore the program menus. Hover your mouse over most of the buttons and controls
and a balloon will appear with a hint as to purpose. Navigate around the program window and
explore a little before you begin programming.
Introducing MX-950 Editor
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Simulate View
Macro Window
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Programming Overview
A. New File, Existing File on PC or in Remote
NEW - Starting from scratch on a new job, go to the File Menu, choose New from the File Menu and
pick the type of template you would like to use to program with. None of the templates have any IR
codes, just prelabeled empty devices. It’s just personal preference whether you rename a list of
devices or create new ones in an empty configuration.
OPEN - Open a configuration that you have worked on before and saved onto the PC hard drive.
UPLOAD - Get a file from a client’s remote control that another installer created. Now, you can save
the file on your laptop, make any edits or changes as the client requests or the jobsite requires.
B. Use SAVE AS
The templates files are simply configuration files that have been preprogrammed for you. They will keep any
changes you make. Utilize Save As to make a new file with a new file name. All configuration files are saved
with the file extension .rcc; all device files are also saved with the extension .rcc (see D. Save and Export,
below).
TIP — Always use File | Save As to rename the file before doing any programming!
Use the customer’s name and a rev # (i.e. SmithTheaterRev1.mxf)
C. Use the Program Menu
The Program Menu is your lifeline to a fast, easy programming experience.
Follow the steps in the order shown in the Menu for best results. Typically, you
will download to the remote control several times throughout this process and
test what you have done so far. You’ll need to download after finishing all pro-
gramming. For macro playback to work, you need to have downloaded. These
downloads are not listed in the steps here in the Program Menu and are not
automatically done for you.
It is important that you do all of the tasks for each step before moving on to the
next step. Keep this manual handy so that you can verify that you have com-
pleted all of your tasks.
D. Save and Reuse Customer Files
Archive and save your customer files.Programming systems with similar components gets even faster when you
don’t have to redo your work over and over. You have your own ideas about what buttons should be labeled
and how they should be arranged. You’ll save all of your work and reuse it on the next job with similar com-
ponents and devices.
E. Download to both Remote Controls
For once, you have a pre-printed summary sheet and an instruction manual for the entire Home Theater! Enjoy
a brief training with your client and get home on time tonight!
Programming Overview

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Creating, Naming and Arranging Devices
A device is the basic grouping of a set of hard buttons and up to 255 soft button pages. You will need one
device group for each remote control that the MX-950 is replacing. You can have a maximum of 255 devices
in your configuration. When you create devices in the Create and Name Devices window, every device is
automatically linked with a jump-link to the device via either the WATCH or the LISTEN menu. If you create
devices manually you have to create a jump link from either the WATCH or the LISTEN menu button to each
device manually.
Open the Create and Name Devices Window
You can open the Create and Name Devices window by clicking on the first item of the Program Menu or by
clicking on the Toolbar icon as shown here:
Creating Devices
1After the Create and Name devices window appears, select the WATCH or the LISTEN menu from
the Device list box:
2Select the button position you’d like to create a new device name in by clicking on it. Now, decide
if you need a combined or a splt label. A split label can have up to 5 characters, a combined label
up to 11 characters. When you combine a button, IR command or Macro programming will be
duplicated automatically on both the left and the right button.
Combine both left and right buttons
into one 11character button.
Separate a combined row
into two separate buttons.
TIP - Use combined row LCD buttons to type user friendly labels for important activities.
3Now, select the LISTEN menu from the Device List box and create all the devices for listening.
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3You must hit the SAVE button to create all the new devices.
4Tree View reveals the new devices you’ve created and the simulator shows the new WATCH page,
with all the new device buttons displayed.
5Select SAVE from the File menu or click on the SAVE icon on the toolbar.
Setting the Backlight Color of Each Device
1Right click on any device in Tree View (including the WATCH or the LISTEN device). Select Backlight
Color from the context menu that appears.
Creating, Naming and Arranging Devices