B & K COLLEGE OF AUDIO VIDEO DESIGN AND INSTALLATION Guide To Programming The B & K SR10.1 Remote Control 2002 Customizing Automating Saving Installation Time GUIDE TO PROGRAMMING THE B & K SR10.1 REMOTE CONTROL © 2002 B & K Components Ltd. All rights reserved. The information in this manual is copyright protected. No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from B & K Components LTD. B & K COMPONENTS LTD. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS/OMISSIONS MADE IN THIS MANUAL. The information in this manual may be subject to change without prior notice. SIMPLY BETTER is a registered trademark of B & K Components LTD. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. S IMPLY B ETTER! B & K Components, Ltd. . 2100 Old Union Road Buffalo, New York 14227 1.800.543.5252 In NY: 716.656.0026 Fax: 716.656.1291 E-mail: info@bkcomp.com . On the web: www.bkcomp.com B&K Table of Contents i 1 1 1 1 1 1 BEFORE YOU START Prequalifications You Need a Personal Computer With Serial Port You Need an RS232 Connecting Cable & Adapters As Necessary You Need to be Skilled With Windows and Home Theater Configuration How To Use This Book T H E B & K A U T O M A T E D T H E A T E R BASIC PROGRAMMING GUIDELINES Overview The Goal - Minimize Training Time and Effort TIP - Program To Operate As Shown In The Guide to Operation MAIN Power On and Power Off MAIN Activity Based Macros MAIN Punch Through Volume and Mute FAV Channel Macros Are Optional The Programming Window 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 WINDOWS, MENUS,TOOLS AND DEFINITIONS The Menu Bar and the Menus File Menu Program Menu Communications Menu Help Menu The Toolbar and Shortcut Buttons The Simulator Navigating and Selecting Buttons Button Capabilities and Flags Tree View Devices and Pages 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K ii Table of Contents SR10.1 Tree View or SideKick Via Tabs The Edit and Label Buttons Window 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 U S I N G B & K E D I T O R T O P R O G R A M The Edit and Label Buttons Toolbar The Delete Window Labels Shortcuts - Copying Buttons The Macro/Favorite Window The Macro Toolbar Re-Ordering Macro Steps Macro Details STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 20 21 21 22 Programming Overview A. New File, Existing File on PC or in Remote B. Use SAVE AS C. Use the Program Menu D. Save and Export E. Download to both Remote Controls Creating, Naming and Arranging Devices Open the Create and Name Devices Window Creating Devices Using the IR Database Discrete Codes,Toggles and other New Words Selecting a Code Set from the Database Testing Downloading to TEST Pre-Programmed IR Commands From The Database Preparing the List of Buttons to be Learned Using LCD Button Editor Labeling and Deleting Buttons Dragging and Dropping Buttons S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K Table of Contents iii 22 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 29 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 41 42 43 Hiding Pages Moving Through Pages In Favorites Shortcuts - Copying Existing Buttons Learning Tips Learning IR Codes One at a Time Learning a Batch of Buttons Efficiently Download and Test All Learned Buttons Copying and Pasting Devices Importing and Exporting Devices Importing Step by Step Macro Programming What is a Macro? What Buttons Can Playback a Macro? Discrete IR Codes vs Toggle IR Codes Toggle Commands create "Point & Pray" Macros Finding Workarounds for Toggle Commands in Macros Programming a Power On Macro Programming a Power Off Macro Programming Activity Macros on MAIN LCD "Device" Buttons Programming FAVORITE Macros Inserting Macros (Copying or Cloning a Macro) Programming Punch Through Programming the Optional SideKick Backlight On Time Downloading to SR10.1 and SideKick Download Failures Uploading from the Remote to PC T H E B & K A U T O M A T E D T H E A T E R S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K iv Push and Hold Macros Table of Contents ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS 44 44 44 44 45 47 47 48 49 53 53 U S I N G B & K E D I T O R T O P R O G R A M Push and Hold for Activity Macros and Tap to Switch Devices Two Functions on One LCD Button Status Messages for Impatient Clients with Long Macros Helping Confused Clients TOAD - TV Input "Scrolls" or "Toggle" and has no Workaround All the Components Have "Toggle" Power Commands MAIN Page Only - Changing Devices Confuses Client Modular Macro Programming - Using the Import Macro Feature Building A Device Library INDEX ERRATA Batteries Cleaning The Screen Warranty Specifications 54 59 59 59 59 59 NOTES 60 S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K Before You Start 1 Prequalifications You Need a Personal Computer With Serial Port B&K Editor will run on any Pentium II or faster Windows PC. Your PC should be equipped with an adequate amount of RAM for the operating system you use. B&K Editor is compatible with the Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and XP Pro operating systems. Note that many modern laptops do not come equipped with a serial port. If there is no serial port, purchase a USB to Serial adapter. Although many manufacturers supply adapters or hubs for this purpose, we can vouch for the operation of Belkin and Keyspan hubs and adapters. B&K Editor is installed via a B & K suppled CDRom. You do not ever need to uninstall it to update it. Simply connect to the internet and select "Live Update" from the Help Menu.The latest updates will be automatically installed. Since IR codes are constantly added to the B & K database, it is a good idea to check if an update is available on a monthly basis. T H E B & K A U T O M A T E D T H E A T E R You Need an RS232 Connecting Cable & Adapters As Necessary B & K offers a pre-made cable suitable for connecting a Serial port to a B & K remote control. However, should you wish to make your own, here is the pin configuration for a serial cable: DB 9 Pin 3 Pin 2 Pin 5 DB25 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 7 Function Host Transmit Host Receive Host Ground Stereo 3.5mm Plug Connection To Tip To Middle Ring To Base Ring You Need to be Skilled With Windows and Home Theater Configuration Before attempting to learn B&K Editor you should have a working knowledge of Windows.We assume that you understand how Windows programs open, close, minimize, maximize and save files. If you do not know how to use a mouse or navigate through Windows Explorer and My Computer, please stop now, go to a bookstore and purchase a basic Windows "How To" manual. You will not understand any of the following instructions until you have these fundamentals mastered. In addition, we assume that you understand home theater operation and configuration in great detail. Many of the tricks of programming automated home theaters have nothing to do with programming remote controls and everything to do with how the system is hooked up! How To Use This Book Read the planning guide first with the Operations Manual and the remote control itself beside you. After familiarizing yourself with its basic capabilities, dive in. Using the step by step instructions most installers complete their first basic configuration very quickly. If you have questions about a specific feature, use the INDEX or the TABLE OF CONTENTS for page numbers for the feature. When you are ready to see how you can stretch the SR10.1 to fit unusual requirements with its advanced features, read the Advanced Programming section. If you use this manual on screen electronically, both the index and the table of contents are HYPERLINKED. Simply click on the page number in the table of contents or index and you are immediately jumped to the page you clicked. S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K 2 Overview Basic Programming Guidelines The Goal - Minimize Training Time and Effort Training clients has traditionally taken too much of an installer's time and effort. Creating hand written summary sheets and instruction books for customers is a waste of time.The SR10.1 remote control is designed to save time.With each remote control, B & K includes a pre-printed Operation Manual. Unlike other remote controls, this manual has nothing to do with setup or programming. It is a guide to operating the client's home theater! Although the flexibility of the B&K Editor software enables you to program remote controls in thousands of different ways, the operations manual will show the customers how to operate their home theater if you follow a few tips as you program. GUIDE TO SIMPLE HOME THEATER OPERATION WITH YOUR B & K SR10.1 SYSTEM REMOTE TIP - Program To Operate As Shown In The Guide to Operation 1 You must create a DEVICE (a set of hard buttons and 1 to 4 dedicated LCD pages) for each remote control in the system. Use the IR database or IR learning so that the SR10.1 replaces all the remote controls for normal operation. 2 The MAIN Power On and Power Off buttons turn on and off the entire system with a macro. 3 Each of the MAIN LCD Device buttons issues a macro that reconfigures the system inputs and modes as necessary for the client to watch or listen to the selected source. S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K The Owner's Manual the operation of a Home Theater. 4 Punch Through Volume and Mute have been programmed for all devices so that the client can always adjust the volume regardless of which device has been selected. MAIN Power On and Power Off 2 Turn On Your Entire System Power on/off your entire system with the MAIN Menu by following these steps: 1. Touch the MAIN button to make sure that you are on the MAIN Menu. It doesn't matter which page of the MAIN Menu is displayed. Since most systems will require some delays in the macros you program to turn the system on, you will make operation much smoother for your customers if you have them turn everything on first with one long macro.Then, after the system is on, they can switch between activities like DVD and Satellite without lengthy delays in the macros. In a system that responds instantly (no long Power On delays before responding to input or mode commands) you might opt to program Power On commands for each activity macro as well. The manual describes a two step operation: 1) Go to MAIN and press Power On. 2) Choose your activity and tap the correct button. The manual emphasizes the need for the client to point the remote during the macro at the TV or the sensor near the TV. You need to spend time explaining the time needed for each macro. Encourage the client to be careful to hold the remote control steady and pointed at the equipment or sensor until the macro is finished. 2. Point the the remote control at the system (usually a repeating sensor near the screen). 3. Touch the On or Off button as desired. Hold the remote steady and pointed at the system until all components are correctly powered on or off. Turning on the system may take ten to twenty seconds. 4. If one component does not turn on/off, simply touch the button again. TIP ­ Hold the remote control steady and pointed at the system until the indicator stops flashing. S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K Page 2 of the Owner's Manual describes Powering On/Off. S IMPLY B ETTER! B&K Basic Programming Guidelines MAIN Activity Based Macros 3 4 Hold the remote steady and pointed at the system until the sound and picture have been switched. The MAIN Menu buttons issue MACROS that reset the sound and picture of your home theater to a new activity. 3 Using the MAIN Menu The MAIN Menu enables you to either select a new Activity or simply select a new Device to control. When you select a new activity, the remote control will issue a MACRO (a timed sequence of many commands from many different remote controls). This MACRO was custom programmed for your system by your installer. It will issue all of the commands necessary to switch the sound and picture of your system. When you select a device, the the remote control becomes the remote control you select WITHOUT affecting the home theater. The device LCD buttons on MAIN are automatically programmed with a navigational "jump" to the device they correspond to. The device LCD buttons on the MAIN menu should be programmed with a macro that issues every command necessary to reconfigure the home theater for the activity (inputs, modes, play, channel etc. ). This macro will be issued every time the client presses the button. This is described in the manual. Remember to train your power user clients to hold down the MAIN button while they press a device LCD button.That way, the macro is not sent, the SR10.1 simply jumps to the device. If you are willing to make your own summary sheet, you can program the activity macro to only be issued if the client presses and holds the button.This requires the use of the Advanced Programming technique Press and Hold Macros on page 44. TIP Hold the remote control TIP ­- Hold the remote control steady and pointed the system steady and pointed at at the system until the indicator stops indicator until the sto ...