Revox RECONTROL M208 User Manual
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M208 Manager
Configuration software
M208
Dominating Entertainment.
Revox of Switzerland.
M208 Manager
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Content
General 2
The Configuration-Software 2
Installation of the M208 Manager 2
Start of the M208 Manager 3
Establish the PC-Connection to the M208 4
Working with the M208 Manager 5
Establish the connection/-Status 5
Open a project 5
Create a new project 6
Make a copy of a new project 6
Editing the project - Assignements 7
Editing the project - Information 8
Download a project out of the M 208 8
Download problems 9
Download Firmware 9
Advanced Mode 11
Advanced Functions 11-12
Product File mpi 13
Declaration and Syntax mpi-File 14-16
Definition Hardkeys 17
Definition Softkeys 18
Cross references 19
Expert Functions 20
System requirements 21
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M208 Manager
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.
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M208 Manager installation
After downloading the Software M208 from the Revox
homepage (www.revox.com
File.
Start the installation with a double click on to the
setup.exe file.
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.
) you can unpack the ZIP-
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M208 Manager
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.
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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.
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Working with the M208 Manager
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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”:
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”:
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
Open a project
With Open you can open an existing project
In the second window you will have to choose the
project.
The command Open will open a project. In this
example the project M208 V1.00.mpj was chosen.
L
mpj All project names end with the extension
*.mpj
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Create a new project
In case you would like to create a new project,
choose New Project.
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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.
As a result the M208 Manager shows now the new
project.
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.
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