Starting MRC44 Dragon Drop-IR, Serial Port Selection

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Model MRC44

Starting MRC44 Dragon Drop-IR™

Double-click the DRAGONMRC44 shortcut on your desktop or:

1.From START menu, choose Programs.

2.Select Xantech/DRAG450MRC from the list and click on the DRAG450MRC Icon.

3.The program loads and opens to the Xantech MRC44 Dragon Drop-IR opening screen.

Serial Port Selection

When first launched, the Dragon Drop-IR software scans the serial ports on your computer and will display the available ports under "Preferences" in the File menu. Unavailable ports will be grayed out. Normally you would use Com Port 1, but if it is already in use, it will be necessary to use a different one (use the DB9-to-DB25 adapter if necessary). Select the Com Port as follows:

1.Click Preferences (F2) from the File menu.

2.Click on an available port, then OK.

LEARNING IR COMMANDS

NOTE: Before starting this section, palettes created in other versions of Dragon Drop-IR can be Copied and Pasted to the PALETTE FOLDER in DRAGMRC44.

1.From the Component menu, click “PALLETTE EDITOR”.

2.Locate and Select (single click) the desired BRAND as shown in Figure 14 (i.e. Sony, Panasonic etc). A list of Components will appear. (See later sections for adding brands.)

3.Locate and Select (single click) the type of COMPONENT as shown in Figure 15 (DVD, SAT etc) (See later sections for adding types).

4.The Palette Editor will now be open to the “Brand” & “Component” selected. A list of FUNCTIONS for that type of component will appear as shown in Figure 16. (See later sections for adding functions).

5.Click on the RECORD button in the middle of the Palette Editor. The RECORD button text will turn red. Dragon is now ready to learn the IR codes for the specific brand/component selected.

NOTE: Once in record mode, or any mode in Palette Editor, it is not necessary to select RECORD, or any other mode again, until leaving that mode.

6.Select the command from the left side of the Palette Editor (i.e. Power, Play, Stop etc.).

7.Hold the source remote up to the IR learning eye (Figure 3, #15) on the rear of the MRC44 Controller/Amplifier.

8.While continuing to keep the source remote about one-inch form the IR eye press the corresponding command button on the source remote. A red asterisk (*) will appear to the left of the selected function indicating that an IR code has been learned.

NOTE: If you wait longer than ten seconds, a time-out message will appear. Click “Finish” and try again.

9.Repeat steps 6 thru 9 for all of the source #1 functions to used on the MRC44 Keypad.

10.Be sure source #1 and all MRC44 components are connected as described in the prior Plug-N-Play section.

a)With the PC still connected to the MRC44 Controller, select “TEST” in the Palette Editor. The TEST button text will turn red.

b)Click on each of the command names , one-by-one, that are to be tested. A red dot will flash just to the left of “TEST” as the IR command executes.

c)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 an asterisk will execute.

d)If a component does not respond to a command, re-learn and re-test the IR command until the component responds.

Toggle Command Function

Some IR command formats (e.g. RC5 and RC6 types) include a "toggle" or "key release" bit in the code. For consistent operation of such commands, sometimes they need to be learned twice. Dragon Drop-IR handles these commands in two ways:

1.If the commands are RC5 or RC6 types, Dragon Drop-IR will take care of this for you, automatically, if you have "Auto Detect" checked in Palette Editor. When the command is learned, two asterisks (**) will appear next to the command on the list to indicate that a toggle command has been learned

2.Other code format types, however, are not auto detectable. To handle these, click the check box next to "Toggle" before learning the command. After "IR #1" is learned, you will be prompted with "Waiting for