SP Controls PixiePro - Manual (Page 12)

VI. Programming
A. Overview
The PixiePro controls devices by learning and duplicating the IR codes of their remote controls.
Each button may programmed with either a single code (see Simple Programming on page 10) or
as many as 16 codes with a configurable delay between each (see Complex Programming on page
11).
Each button may be configured to send:
- one single code
- multiple codes in “round robin” (alternating codes sent on subsequent button presses)
- multiple codes sent with a single button press (macros)
- multiple groups of codes sent round robin (“round robin” macros)
B. Programming Setup
1. Power the PixiePro: While powered, the LED
backlights will illuminate.
2. Enter Learning Mode: To set the PixiePro to
learning mode, gently insert a paper clip into the
small hole labeled insert paper clip to learn.
The Learning Mode indicator LED will blink red
while the PixiePro is in learning mode.
Caution: Be gentle with the paper clip to ensure
that you do not damage the switch mechanism.
Some lighting, especially fluorescent light and
sunlight, can interfere with the ability of the
PixiePro to learn. If the room is too bright for pro-
gramming, the Learning Mode Indicator will illumi-
nate solid red, the buttons will beep as soon as
they are pressed, and they will not arm for learn-
ing. Should this occur, shield the PixiePro from
the ambient light while learning.
Note: Be sure not to depress any buttons while inserting the paperclip or the PixiePro will enter
Configuration Mode. You will know it is in Configuration Mode if it begins clicking.
3. Test Remote and Identify Sweet Spot: Before trying to learn any buttons, position your remote
control a few inches from the IR learning eye. When you press a button on the remote, you should
see the PixiePro Learning Mode Indicator LED flicker. Notice that as you move the remote closer
and farther away from the receiver window, or as you move "off axis" (away from perpendicular to
the receiver window) the brightness of the red flashes will fall off and become intermittent. Identify a
position that seems to consistently yield clear, regular blinking of the red Learning Mode Indicator
LED. This is the "sweet spot" most likely to provide the clean signal that the PixiePro needs to learn.
If you do NOT see the Learning Mode Indicator LED flicker rapidly, your remote may need new bat-
teries, or may be beaming something besides IR.
4. Learn IR Codes: To program a button with a single IR code, see Simple Programming on page
10. To program a button with multiple codes, see Complex Programming on page 11.
Insert paperclip to enter
learning mode
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Learning Mode
Aperture
Status LED
Figure 10: Entering learning mode