Re:control M208 Manager Configuration software M208 Dominating Entertainment. Revox of Switzerland. M208 Manager Re:control Content General The Configuration-Software Installation of the M208 Manager Start of the M208 Manager Establish the PC-Connection to the M208 Working with the M208 Manager Establish the connection/-Status Open a project Create a new project Make a copy of a new project Editing the project - Assignements Editing the project - Information Download a project out of the M 208 Download problems Download Firmware 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 Advanced Mode Advanced Functions Product File mpi Declaration and Syntax mpi-File Definition Hardkeys Definition Softkeys Cross references Expert Functions System requirements 11 11-12 13 14-16 17 18 19 20 21 1 M208 Manager Re:control General The Configuration Software The M208-Manager is a PC program with which the M208 can be programmed based on the wishes and needs of the enduser. Additional to the source selection, the downloading of a new firmware for the processor it is also possible to make various even more specific configuration while using the ,,Advanced functions" and the ,,Expert functions. In these modes the device configuration can be changed, Infrared codes can be red and the content of the M 208 can be copied. This manual will explain to you in the first part the basic functions of the M 208 Manager. In the second part the functions for the advanced users are described. The installation guide will lead you through the installation process. Revox recommends not to change the proposed directory names. M208 Manager already installed? In case that you do have already an earlier version of the M 208 installed, please deinstall this SW with one of the deinstallation tools of Windows. After the succesfull installation of the M 208 Manager an icon M208 Project Manager will appear in the Start directory of Windows. M208 Manager installation After downloading the Software M208 from the Revox homepage (www.revox.com) you can unpack the ZIPFile. Start the installation with a double click on to the setup.exe file. 2 M208 Manager Re:control Starting the M208 Manager After the installation you can start the M 208 Manager. The first window which you will see is the Database Browser. The Database Browser is a library of devices which are at the moment supported by Revox. The devices are ranked after the brand name of the products and will be from time to time updated by Revox. 3 M208 Manager Re:control PC-Connection between PC and M208 On the lower part of the M208 there is the USBconnection which is called M208 link. You can find it underneath the cover. Via this connection you can download a new configuration of the M 208 from the PC. Connect the M208 with the USB cable to your PC. The USB cable is part of the standard delivery package. After connecting the M208 with the PC a new message will appear on the screen mentioning that a new device with the name Revox M208-USB Link has been found. Install the USB drivers The Revox USB driver is not on the Windows operating system. This is the reason why the PC asks you to insall the driver. Revox does not recommend to choose the windows option "search for drivers" but to indicate the following directory C:\ Programme\ Revox\ M208\ USB Driver. In this directory your PC will find the needed driver named 208usb.sys Follow the Windows installation instructions and remove after the installation the USB cable from the M208. When reconnecting the M208 with the PC, your PC will recognize the M208 automatically. Remark: Each USB-Chip of the M208 Remote Control does have an individual code which will be saved by Windows. It is now possible that especially WIN98 tries to reinstall the driver, when you are connecting a second M 208 to the PC. Just ignore this message until Windows recognizes also this new M208. 4 M208 Manager Re:control Working with the M208 Manager Establish connection/ -Status Start the M208 Manager. In case that you did not yet connect the M208 with the PC, you will see the message "not connected": Open a project With Open you can open an existing project Not Connected means that no connection between the PC and the M208 has been established. The M208 has not been recognized by the PC yet. Once the connection has been established or the installation of the USB driver has been completed the message changes to "Connected": In the second window you will have to choose the project. Connected (Rx0, Tx0) indicates that you are using now the M208 Manager for data transfers, whereas Rx and Tx shows the number of received or sent bytes. Status of the connection The command Open will open a project. In this example the project M208 V1.00.mpj was chosen. mpj All project names end with the extension *.mpj 5 M208 Manager Re:control Create a new project In case you would like to create a new project, choose New Project. Create a copy of a new project Would you like to establish a new project which is based on an existing project, then activate with a click Copy Project from: Introduce into the next window the name which you want to give to the project. In this example the project was named Test. The M208 creates now automatically in the below shown chart under Location a directory named Eigene Dateien\ M208 Projects with the new project inside. Now you can choose by clicking on ... the path and finally to the project which shall serve as a base for creating a new project. As a result the M208 Manager shows now the new project. 6 M208 Manager Re:control Work on the project ­ Assignemts After you have created a new project the Manager shows you a new window M208 Project [name xyz]. In this window all 9 source buttons of the M208 can be seen. You can now put on each of these source buttons actual sources/products. It starts with the TUNER and ends with button SOUND. Just proceed as follows: · Each button can be configurated individually. One button can control only one device or shows a selection of up to 6 products/sources (see TV). · The wished product can be selected in the Database Browser and with Drag and Drop (or press with the right finger on to the right button of your mouse, keep it pressed, move the item to the button of the M 208 and let it drop there). In the example below the Revox M51 FM-Tuner is being dropped on to the button TUNER of the M208. · In the field Device Name you can change the device name which shall appear in the Display of the M208. The name can contain up to 8 digits. · M51-Select defines if, and which IR-code will be send after choosing a source button on the M208. You can choose from all on commands in the M51products. Exception when you choose: NONE In this case in the product file (mpi) POWER_ON is explicitly defined. Therefore this command will be send. In case there isn`t any definition of POWERON, no IR-command will be send while pressing the source button. 7 M208 Manager Re:control Work on the project - Information Textfield linked to the project In the second register card Information you can enter a more detailed description of the project. This field is only visible in the M208 Manager. Download a project to the Remote Control After you have configurated all needed buttons and after saving the project to your PC you can start the download to the M208. Important Remark The project will be saved on to the MMC-Memory card. Without a MMC card in the M208 the download will not work. We recommend to use only the MMC cards of Revox. They have been tested by Revox and Revox assures their proper functioning and compatibility to the M208. In order to start the download, you can choose either in the Menu Tools the option Download To M208 or simply press the icon . You can only make a download when the M208 Project-window is active. This means that the windows colour is different from the other colours of the non active windows ( -Icon remains otherwise grey). Textfield M208 Remote Control Would you like to show information or e.g. the customers name also on the M208 you can do this in the field M208 Setup/ Project Menu . On the M208 you will be able to see the text which has been introduced in the above example: During the download you will be able to see for a short period of time an indication how far the download has advanced. After finishing the information appears: download the following 8 M208 Manager Re:control Downloadproblem In case there was a problem during the downloading the following error message appears: Firmware Download Besides the downloading of the projects, it is even possible to download the latest firmware. Firmware is that part of the Software which is safed on to the processor of the M208. The Firmware contains basic functions such as the operating system. Revox will regularly not only update the library of products but also the Database Browser and the Firmware. You can find the latest Software Versions of the M208 always in the package which you have downloaded and which is normally stored under C:\Programme\ Revox\ M208\ Firmware. In case this happens please check the USBconnection and make sure that the MMC-card is correctly locked in the M208. In case the MMC card is not properly locked in the M208 you may also see the below error message: In order to download a new firmware on to the M208 Remote Control, start the M208 Manager again and select under Tools the option Update Firmware. The following window will appear: Check the version of the Firmware In a first step you can with Check Version control whether your M208 does actually work with an older version of Firmware. The latest version will be shown one line below. In our example this would be the Version 0.48. Loading of New Firmware In the field Update you can start the loading of the new firmware on to the Remote Control. You can modify in the field Browse the directory name for the Firmware. With the standard configuration of the M208 Manager the path will always be correct. 9 M208 Manager Re:control During the Download a status information appears in the upper part of the screen. After the update the following window appears: 10 M208 Manager Re:control Advanced Mode The M208 Manager does provide an Advanced Mode which enables the user to make modifications two levels lower, on the level of the product files and their environment. After the first installation of the M208 you can activiate the Advanced Mode by choosing in the Menu Tools and then the field options: Advanced Functions In the Mode Advanced Functions the user can define in an opened project the data respectively the device type (Device Type). Additionally the two functions Browse and Edit are available. The following window appears showing the two options: Device Type The Device type indicates the IR-Format which is being used by the device. The product type is already predefined in the mpi-File and should only be changed when another product is being defined. The following product types are listed on the Manager: No Device [0] There isn't any device defined for this button. Exception: With this device button a selection of up to 6 products shall be possible. In order to do this No Device has to be selected in order to appear in the Main Menu Example under TV: Enable advanced Functions This Mode allows the user to modify in the project window the Device Type for one product as well as to edit the device files (*.mpi-Files). Enable Expert Functions In this Mode three additional tools can used: IR Scope MMC Data Viewer Display Dump Important By editing the product files (mpi-Files) you may destroy the ability of the M208 to control properly the devices. Revox is not able to give support for problems occuring in the Expert Mode. M51 FM-Tuner [1] With this adjustment the Tuner of the M51 will be selected automatically- this includes the synchronisation routines. (Remark: Please check the SW and HW requirements) 11 M208 Manager Re:control Device Type Original RC28 [2] Like with other Revox Remote Controls such as the RC28 all commands of the M208 are being send with RC5-product address, which have been selected under M51 Select. Example: M51 Select: AUX2 All buttons such as e.g. CH+ are being send as a RC5Code with the RC5 address Aux2. Softkeys can in the RC28 adjustments not be defined. Browse M37/ M57 Server [3] With this adjustment the Menu of the Server will be selected directly. This includes the synchronisation routine. (Please verify the system requirements for the Server-/Communication Module). Feller BEAMIT [4] Choose this adjustment when you do have a light control BEAMIT of Feller at home. Infrared (RC5) [5] Choose this adjustment when the product does contain product files (mpi-File) and IR-datas on a RC5 basis. The used frequency is automatically 36kHz. The RC5-code is equipped with a ToggleBit function. Infrared (RAW) [6] This adjustments is to be chosen in case that the product file ...