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DAB1 DISTRIBUTED AUDIO SYSTEM
Using DAB1 Internal Macros with K1/K2 Programmable Keypads
Unlike the DAB1 Keypad and C4630 Main and Numeric Keypads, the K1 and K2 keypads can store and execute their
own macros in addition to triggering macros stored in the DAB1. Since the DAB1 will only output one set of IR commands
at a time, you must use time delays to ensure that only one set of macro commands executes at a time. For example, if a
K2’s keypad macro includes a command that triggers a DAB1 internal macro, once the K2 sends the command to execute
the DAB1 macro, the DAB1 will issue its own macro from start to finish and will not pass any of the K2’s IR macro
commands until it is finished.
To assure that there is no conflict between keypad and DAB1 macros Sonance recommends building all macros in the DAB1
and using the keypad only as a trigger device. If you must combine DAB1 macros with K1/K2 keypad macros, you can
minimize the chances of conflicts by:
• Grouping all DAB1 internal macro commands together and grouping all K1/K2 keypad macro commands together.
• Having the keypad trigger the DAB1’s internal macro last.
• Delaying the start of the K1/K2 macro long enough to ensure that the DAB1 internal macro completes executing before
the keypad macro begins.
Expanded Control Features
DAB1 E
XTRA
C
OMMAND
Macros
In addition to the macros that can be
triggered by the DAB1 Main and Numeric
keypad buttons, the DAB1 can also execute
up to 200 additional macros per zone. These
macros are stored on the E
XTRA C OMMANDS
action layer of each zone’s Z ONE
P ROGRAMMING Screen (see Figure 72).
The Extra Command macros cannot be
triggered by the DAB1 Keypad or C4630 SE
Main and Numeric keypads — they are
designed to be triggered by the K1 and K2
programmable keypads, or by a serial
control device connected via RS-232.
When you click on one of the Extra
Command macros, the M
ACRO E DITOR screen
will appear (see Figure 46, on page 36).
With the exception of continual commands
such as for controlling volume (see
Appendix 2: Programming Extra Command Volume Control Macros, on page 58),
programming these macros is exactly the same as programming macros for DAB1 Keypads and C4630 SE Main and
Numeric Keypads. See
Programming DAB1 Keypad Macros, on page 34, for information about programming macros.
Extra
Commands
Selector
Extra
Commands
Macros
Figure 72: E XTRA C OMMANDS Screen