Appending a macro to another macro in the menu, Saving macro registers, Loading macro registers – Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center v.4.0 User Manual

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Section 4 — Switcher Control

Appending a Macro to Another Macro in the Menu

Go to the Macro Catalog menu (press

Macros

Catalog

Touch the Macro Register number button of the register to which you
wish to add the contents of another macro.

Touch the

Macro

data pad in the Append Existing Macro pane.

Select the macro you wish to append to the target macro in the pop-up,
and select the

Do Append

button (or select the

Cancel

button if you wish to

cancel the operation).

Note

The contents of the indicated macro will be appended to the originally
selected macro. Only the current contents of the macro is appended to
another macro. Deleting or changing the source macro will not change the
behavior of the macro that has received its contents through an append.

Saving Macro Registers

Go to the File Ops, Macro menu.

Press the Save button in the File Operations pane.

Navigate to the folder (System Storage or Remote Storage tab) into
which you wish to save the Macro files (left pane). You can create a new
folder if you wish.

Select

All

Enter Reg(s)

or the

Select Reg(s)

buttons

(enter or select a range

for the latter two).

Touch the

Save

button.

Note

Only the macro registers themselves are saved with this procedure, not any
macro attachments.

Loading Macro Registers

Macro registers are loaded similarly, by selecting the macro register file or
a folder of macros touching the

Load

button in the File Ops, Macros menu.

Note

Only the macro registers themselves are loaded with this procedure, not any
macro attachments.

Using a Macro for Multiple Copies or Swaps

When copying or swapping several settings in turn (copying an ME to
several other MEs, for example) time may be required for one command to
complete before the next command can be serviced. If you create a macro
that performs multiple copy or swap operations, add a short delay after
each operation to ensure each completes successfully. For example, to copy