384 Ion Operations Manual
While in the macro editor display, the following functions may be performed using the control
keypad and softkeys:
[Label] - when a macro is selected and [Label] is pressed, the alphanumeric keypad will display
on the CIA. Label the macro and press [Enter].
[1] [Label] <name> [Enter] - labels macro 1
{Color} - assign colors ({Red}, {Green}, or {White}) or {Dark} to a macro. {Dark} assigns no color
to the macro. The colors will display beside the macro name in a direct select, and/ or if that
macro has been assigned to one of the customizable hardkeys on Eos Ti, Gio, and RPU.
There is also a {Toggle Blink} softkey. By default a customizable hardkey will blink when
the macro assigned to it is running. This softkey will turn off the blinking if it is enabled
and a BD will display in the color column when blinking is disabled.
[Delete] - when a macro is selected and [Delete] [Enter] is pressed, you will be prompted to con-
firm the deletion of the selected macro. To confirm press [Enter], to abort press [Clear].
[1] [Delete] [Enter] [Enter] - deletes macro 1 from the list.
[Copy To] - when a macro is selected and [Copy To] is pressed, you will be prompted to enter
the macro number that you want to copy the contents of the selected macro to. You will be
prompted to confirm the copy process, press [Enter] to confirm or [Clear] to abort the copy to
process.
[1] [Copy To] [6] [Enter] [Enter] - copies the entire contents of macro 1 to macro 6.
{Edit} - when a macro is selected and {Edit} is pressed, you will have entered edit mode for the
selected macro. See Edit an Existing Macro (on the facing page) for more information. Three
notable changes to your macro editor display include:
a blinking cursor in the macro content detail portion (top) of the display.
”Press [Select] to save or [Escape] to cancel changes” flashes above the command line.
{Move To} - allows you to move and reorganize your macros anywhere in the macro list numer-
ically.You can access {Move To} by pressing [Copy To] twice.
For instance, if you have macros 1 through 5 in the list, and you want to move/change
macro 1 to macro 6 so that your most commonly used macros are first in the list, you
would press [1] {Move To} [6] [Enter]. This leaves only macros 2 through 6 in the list.
{Mode} - allows you to assign different modes for the macro to run in. There are three modes:
background, foreground, and default.
{Default}
When a macro in default mode is run manually, it runs in the foreground(i.e., the com-
mand line) on the device that fired it. When a macro in default mode is executed by a
cue or via show control, it runs in the background on the master device.
Running a macro on a master device only matters when the macro changes the displays
of the device it runs on such as snapshot and flexichannel macros.
{Background}
When a macro in background mode is run manually, it runs on the device that fired it
but will not affect its command line.
A macro in background mode that is run from a cue or via show control will run on the
master device but will not affect the master's command line.
When a background macro is running and includes a link to another macro, or is cur-
rently waiting, pressing the [Macro] button will stop it.
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