Interspace Industries MicroCue2 - Programming Special Cues; Reprogramming Handset Buttons

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using a suitable tool (e.g. a ballpoint pen or similar). The visual display on
the front panel will turn green to confirm the reset.
1. Release the Presenter Control button and the system will go though the
normal start up routine.
2. Repeat for each channel that is required to be erased.
NOTE: System reset does NOT erase the handset ‘learn’ coding.
Programming Special Cues
The handset buttons are default programmed to simulate keyboard commands that
can be used to control PowerPoint when in slideshow mode; i.e. for NEXT,
for BACK and the letter ‘B’ for Black (which makes the screen go to black).
These buttons can also be reprogrammed to send different keyboard commands to
the computer running PowerPoint presentations if required. Some common alter-
native keyboard commands include:
 Keying the letter ‘W’ takes the screen to white
 Keying any number then  skips to that number slide in the presentation
 Keying ‘1’ then  resets the presentation to the 1st slide
 Keying the letters ‘z’, ‘x’, ‘c’ or ‘v’ have no effect during a PowerPoint presenta-
tion so programming any of these to a handset button will disable that button.
MicroCue
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, can also be programmed so that channels A and B can respond differ-
ently using the same handset. For example, it is possible to program channel A to
go to ‘black’ and channel B to go to ‘white’ when the round black button is pressed
on the handset. To reprogram MicroCue
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:
1. Ensure that the Channel A USB port is plugged into a computer using the
USB cable supplied (see Fig 2). Channel A is the primary power input re-
quired for programming MicroCue
2
.
2. Next, plug a computer keyboard with a PS2 connection into the Keyboard
Program Input (PS2 socket) on the rear panel of MicroCue
2
(see Fig 2) and
check the keyboard can control the computer by using keys as normal. It
can be helpful to have PowerPoint running on the computer during pro-
gramming although this is not essential.
Note: The CTRL and FN keys will not operate whilst connected to Micro-
Cue
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in this way; only the standard alpha-numeric keys will operate. Note
also that when connected, the keyboard will control both the A and B USB
ports in exactly the same way i.e. pressing ‘B’ on the keyboard will send the
‘Black’ command to both USB ports and the screens of any computers that
are connected and in PowerPoint slideshow mode, will go to black.