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MRC88m “Auto-Configuration” Feature
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SPLCD-MRC-KP Integration
DESCRIPTION
This document describes how to use the “Auto-Configuration” feature of the MRC88m.
This feature allows a specially configured SPLCD to be used as a full-featured MRC88m metadata
keypad without any Dragon programming for the SPLCD.
For simplicity, we will call this specially configured SPLCD a SPLCD-MRC-KP (for “SPLCD as a
dedicated MRC88m Keypad”).
Converting a standard SPLCD to a SPLCD-MRC-KP requires simply a firmware upgrade and a
project transfer. The required firmware and project files are included in the latest release of Dragon,
and/or on the Xantech website. More details for this are included below in the section titled
“Converting a standard SPLCD to a SPLCD-MRC-KP”.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS “AUTO-CONFIGURATION”?
It is a feature of the MRC88m that allows a SPLCD-MRC-KP to automatically do the following two
things:
1. To label its source buttons with names to match the actual source devices that are connected
to the MRC88m.
a. For Example, if an XIS100 iPod dock is connected to Source 1 of the MRC88m, the
Source 1 button on the SPLCD-MRC-KP could have the label “iPod” on it.
2. To automatically reconfigure its project pages to match the type of source devices that are
connected to the MRC88m.
a. For example if an XIS100 iPod dock is connected to Source 1 of the MRC88m, the page
that is displayed when Source 1 is selected will have a button layout optimized for
control of an MP3 player/Music Server.
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HOW DOES THE SPLCD-MRC-KP GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MRC88m SOURCE
DEVICES?
The information about the source devices is sent from the MRC88m to the SPLCD-MRC-KP via the
normal MRC88m CAT5 keypad connection during the MRC88m startup sequence.
WHERE DOES THE MRC88m GET THIS SOURCE DEVICE INFORMATION?
The source device information that is sent from the MRC88m to the SPLCD-MRC-KP is stored in the
MRC88m Dragon project.
This information is entered into Dragon by the installer during the MRC88m project creation. It is part
of the “Properties” of the Source Button.
HOW DO I CONFIGURE SOURCE 1 ON THE SPLCD-MRC-KP FOR THE XIS100 iPOD DOCK
AND SET THE LABEL TO “iPOD”SO WHAT EXACTLY IS “AUTO-CONFIGURATION”?
1) Start Dragon-Drop.
2) Select the New Project item under the File Menu (“File->New Project”).
3) Open the Audio/Video Distribution project type and select “MRC88m”.
4) Select the “Blank Project” Option, then click “OK”. You should now see the MRC88m Virtual
keypad.
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5) On the Virtual Keypad, select SRC1.
6) On the right-hand portion of the Dragon window, select the “Properties” tab near the bottom of the
window.
The two fields in this Property sheet that are used by the Auto-Configuration feature are the “Source
Type” and “Source Name”.
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