ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH DD4 SOFTWARE
The COM Port (Fig. 13), in addition to cloning, allows the URC-2 to be programmed using Xantech's optional DD4 Dragon Drop-IR™ system, with the ease and efficiency of your Windows®-based PC. Complete "virtual" programming of any configuration of the URC-2 (as well as the Xantech Smart Pad3 and Waterpad keypads) is possible. All commands can be easily tested while still in the "virtual" stage, prior to transferring to a real URC-2.
While all the programming previously mentioned in this manual can be done manually on the URC-2, the following additional advanced functions can only be done with the optional DD4 system:
1.Tiering. The ability to program sequences onto two tiers or levels on any Source or Function key. The 2nd tier is accessed by a "Push & Hold" of the tiered key. This is very useful when working with related commands, such as CD Scan that you might want to work with the same key as Track Skip. After tiering is programmed, the 1st tier is activated when the key is pressed for less than 1 second. The 2nd tier is accessed by a "Press & Hold" of the same key for more than 1 second.
2.Cursor Shift. This feature allows the Cursor Function Key Cluster (refer to Fig. 2) to be shifted between Tier 1 and Tier 2 commands, without the necessity of using "Push & Hold". This allows more rapid execution of Tier 2 commands for some systems (such as DVD control).
3.Punch. Allows commands that are common to all 8 Sources (banks), such as Volume or Mute, to be "Punched Through" to all 8 banks. This avoids the tedium of teaching the same command to the same key 8 times (one time for each bank).
4.Copy & Paste. Allows you to Copy single or sequenced commands from any given key and Paste them to any other key of the same type* without having to relearn them.
*Of the same type means that you can Copy & Paste between Source Keys and between Function Keys, but not between Source and Function Keys.
5."Sleep" Timeout. The URC-2 turns off the lighted keypad and the active source LED to "Sleep" mode to conserve battery power. As received from the factory, the default setting for the URC-2 is 6 seconds, beginning after the last key press. Using DD4, the time-out value can be changed over a range of 1 through 10 seconds.
6.Changeable Code Groups. Allows the URC-2 IR Code Group to be changed to match a specific
Smart Pad3 Code Group in advanced control systems. This, for instance, would allow a URC-2 to operate the Speaker Relay Muting and Bank Tracking functions on such a Smart Pad3 via an IR receiver connected on the same IR network.
7.Bank Track Programming. Each Source (bank) key of a URC-2 outputs a Bank Tracking Code to
cause the Source indicators on Smart Pad3's to follow the Source selected by a URC-2 via an IR receiver connected on the same IR network. These codes can be changed via DD4 to more logically work with source button arrangements on Smart Pad3's.
8.PC Back-Up of Programmed Contents. When a URC-2 project is finished, the "virtual" keypad file can be stored for future client reference. If, for some reason, the programming in a URC-2 is lost, it can be quickly restored from these files.
9.URC-2 Program Transfers to Smart Pad3's. A Smart Pad3 project may be dumped to a URC-2 and the easily carried URC-2 then used to download the project to all desired Smart Pad3's in the various rooms. The URC-2, in this way, serves as a temporary storage medium for the Smart Pad3 project. The project so stored will not match the key arrangement of the URC-2.
To accomplish the transfer, you would simply plug a COM Port cable between the URC-2 and an LM110 or PM110 in the same manner as shown in Fig. 13. Be sure the LM110 or PM110 are powered. Then execute the transfer (clone) per Fig. 14.
