Page 58 MZC-88 Installation Instructions
ZONE – MUTE ON, OFF OR TOGGLE
These actions, when programmed, provide either discrete ON, discrete OFF or Mute Toggle actions that will apply to all key
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pads within a given Zone. Other keypads set to different addresses within the same Zone will be affected, but will not affect
keypads in other zones. A typical Mute action would be to place a Zone - Mute Off command on the Volume Up key so that
Mute will be released immediately when Volume Up is pressed, to avoid blasting. To do so, proceed as follows:
1. Right click the Volume Up key (it turns dark blue) and go to “Insert EZ-Pad Mute Relay Command” on the pop-up.
Left click on “Zone - Mute Off (De-Energized)” using the same method as illustrated in Figure 45.
2. “Zone - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ now appears on the Command List. Select the “Zone - Mute Off (De-
Energized)“ command line and drag and drop it to be ahead of the Volume Up command.
NOTE: It actually doesn’t matter if the “Zone - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ command line is ahead of the Volume Up
command when using the MZC-88 internal volume commands. However, if an IR volume command for an external
amplifier is used for some reason, then the “Zone - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ command line must be placed ahead of
the Volume Up command line, otherwise the volume command will not ramp when the Volume Up key is held down.
3. Right click the Volume Up key and left click “Punch Key’s Commands” and “Yes” on the pop-ups. This will make the
mute action and the volume apply to all Source selections.
4.
DOWNLOAD the project and test the mute actions. NOTE: The embedded Relay Mute commands cannot be tested
from the virtual keypad in EZ-Tools.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 to implement any of these three Zone-Mute actions to provide special muting actions on any
Function key. They can also be used on Source keys, but in this case, omit step 3 and place them on each Source key
individually. Programming of these muting selections may be repeated for keypads in other zones as desired.
GLOBAL – MUTE ON, OFF OR TOGGLE
These actions, when programmed, provide either discrete ON, discrete OFF or Mute Toggle actions that will apply (globally)
to all keypads in all Zones. A typical Mute action would be to place a Global - Mute Off command on the Volume Up key so
that Mute will be released immediately when Volume Up is pressed, to avoid blasting. To do so, proceed as follows:
1. Right click the Volume Up key (it turns dark blue) and go to
“Insert EZ-Pad Mute Relay Command” on the pop-up.
Left click on “Global - Mute Off (De-Energized)” using the same method as illustrated in Figure 45.
2.
“Global - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ now appears on the Command List. Select the “Global - Mute Off (De-
Energized)“ command line and drag and drop it to be ahead of the Volume Up command.
NOTE: It actually doesn’t matter if the “Global - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ command line is ahead of the Volume Up
command when using the MZC-88 internal volume commands. However, if an IR volume command for an external
amplifier is used for some reason, then the “Global - Mute Off (De-Energized)“ command line must be placed ahead of
the Volume Up command line, otherwise the volume command will not ramp when the Volume Up key is held down.
3. Right click the Volume Up key and left click
“Punch Key’s Commands” and “Yes” on the pop-ups. This will make the
mute action and the volume apply to all Source selections.
4.
DOWNLOAD the project and test the mute actions. NOTE: The embedded Relay Mute commands cannot be tested
from the virtual keypad in EZ-Tools.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 to implement any of these three Global-Mute actions to provide special muting actions on any
Function key. They can also be used on Source keys, but in this case omit step 3 and place them on each Source key
individually.
6. Programming of these muting selections may be repeated for keypads in other zones as desired or the user may wish to
have Global Mute actions work only from the Master Bedroom keypad, for example.
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