SP Controls PixiePro PX2-MP-IR - VIII. Configuration; Overview

VII. Cloning
Cloning Overview
AnyPixiePromayquicklycopyalltheprogrammedcodesandconfigurationsettingsfromanyother
PixieProwirelessly,orusingastandardCAT5cable.Formultiple-roominstallations,thiswillgreatly
speeduptheprocess.
WhencloningthePixiePro,thereisaDonorUnitandaCloneUnit.TheDonorUnitmustbepro-
grammedwiththeappropriatecodesnormallypriortocloning.TheCloneUnitwillreceivetheDonor
Unit'scodesandconfigurationsettings.
BothPixieProsmustbeassembledwiththesamebuttoninserts.Forexample,ifthedonorPixiePro
hasatogglingpowerbuttoninsert,theclonePixiePromustalsohaveatogglingpowerbuttoninsert.
InordertocloneonePixieProtoanother,bothunitsmustbepowered.
Wireless Cloning Procedure
1.SettheCloneUnittocloningmode.Todothat,gentlyinsertapaperclipintotheIRLearning
aperture.PressandholdanybuttonontheCloneUnitand,whileholdingthebutton,removethe
paperclip.ThePixieProwillrapidlychirpforaslongasitremainsincloningmode.ThePixieProwill
timeoutofcloningmodeinabout15seconds,sohavebothdevicesonhand.IfthePixieProtimes
outofcloningmode,simplyrepeatthisproceduretoreturnittocloningmode.
2.Positionthetwounitsface-to-face,withbothunitsheldupright,approximatelyoneinchapart.The
twounitsshouldbedirectlyacrossfromeachotherwiththebezelslinedup.ThiswillpositiontheIR
receiverwindowofthecloningPixieProdirectlyacrossfromtheIRtransmitterinthedonorPixiePro.
Note:BesurenottocoverorobstructtheIRreceiverwindowortransmitterwithyourhands.
Oncetheunitsarecorrectlylinedup,thedonorPixieProwillautomaticallyentercloningmode.
WhentheclonePixiePromakescontactwiththedonor,itsLED
willalsoturnsolidred.
3.HoldtheCloneUnitsteadilyinfrontofthedonorforapproxi-
mately80to90seconds.Bothunitswillchirprapidlytoindicate
theirprogress.Iftheconnectionisbroken(theCloneUnitceases
tochirp),repositiontheCloneUnitandthePixieProswillpickup
wheretheyleftoff.Ifcommunicationisbrokenforasignificant
periodoftime(about15seconds),theCloneUnitwilltimeout
andyouwillneedtobegincloningagain.
4.WhentheCloneUnithascompletedcopyingcodesfromthe
donor,itwillbeeploudly3timesandreset.Youwillseeallofthe
buttonLEDsflickerinquicksuccession.AfterthePixieProhas
resetitwillbefullyoperational,anditwillhavelearnedallofthe
codesprogrammedintotheDonorUnit.
TheDonorUnitwillremainincloningmodeforapproximately15
secondsuntilittimesout.Itwillthenreturntonormaloperation.
PositionCloneUnits
approximately1”-2”apart
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Figure 14: PositioningPixiePro
duringwirelesscloningproce-
dure