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iCON-XT Single Station Console Terminal User’s Manual
4. Click the F# that you wish to record. That button will be highlighted, and
R F(#): (#) ks will appear on the operator status row of the VT220
screen.
The R indicates Record, F(#) to show which F# was chosen for this macro and
(#) ks to track how many keystrokes have been entered on this macro.
5. Type the keys to be associated with the macro.
6. Click the Record key again to save the macro and exit macro record mode. Press
the Quit key to abandon the macro and exit record mode.
Note: F# buttons that have not been associated with a macro will appear grayed
out on the macro dialog screen. To confirm that a key has not been used
and to avoid inadvertently recording over an existing macro, check the
status line after selecting the F# key. If there is no macro associated with
this key, the number of keystrokes (ks) will be displayed as 0.
Naming Macros
In addition to associating an F# to a macro, a name or short description may also
be saved with each macro. To store a macro name:
1. After recording the macro, click Name.
2. Click the F# key. The Function Namer dialog box will appear.
3. Enter a name for the macro.
Click OK to save changes and exit, or Cancel to exit and discard any changes.
Playing Macros
Follow the steps below to initiate macros:
1. Click the Play key within the dialog box, or select Play from the Macro pulldown
menu.
2. Click the F# key associated with the macro you wish to recall.
3. The macro will automatically be recalled.
4. The macro will automatically terminate once all keys have been played. If you
desire, the macro may be terminated at any point by pressing the Quit key. If
the key pressed to exit macro play mode was anything other than Quit, there
will be a beep to notify you of the (possibly unintentional) cancellation.
Pauses and Delays
There are certain key sequences, such as a logon password, that a user may wish
to exclude from a macro. At any point while recording a macro key sequence, the
Pause key may be clicked to temporarily suspend record mode. The keystrokes
from this point forward will not be recorded within the macro until macro record
mode is resumed by pressing the Record key. The Quit key will abandon the
macro, even while macro record is paused.
If the Pause key is pressed while in macro record mode, besides suspending
recording, it will be embedded within the macro and cause the macro to pause
automatically each time it is played back.