User manual CONTOUR SHUTTLE V2 VERSION 2 MAC OS X

[. . . ] Contour Shuttle Device Control Panel Contour Shuttle Multimedia Controllers ii Contour Shuttle device Driver version 2 - What's NEW! With this new version of the Shuttle device driver, there are no longer two separate installers for ShuttlePRO series devices and ShuttleXpress: this driver supports all Shuttle devices. This driver version also adds a Shuttle icon (identified by the icon ) in the Menu bar. This icon is meant to help you to access the Shuttle configuration window (also known as Shuttle device Control Panel) more easily and to switch between settings faster when multiple application settings are available. Furthermore, for ShuttlePRO v2 owners, the driver provides a new important feature: the macro support. [. . . ] (You should now see this setting name in the Application Setting Menu). Click on the Application Setting Menu again and select Rename Settings from the pulldown menu. Enter a name of your choice (up to 31 characters) in the Application Setting field. Press OK on your keyboard to save the new name. Contour Shuttle Multimedia Controllers 19 6 Programming macros with Key ComposerTM (ShuttlePRO v2 only) This section will analyze in detail how to create new macros for your ShuttlePRO v2 with the Key Composer. A macro is an automated sequence of actions (divided in one or more groups) that can be stored and then recalled with a single Shuttle component. By action we mean: keystroke combinations, keystroke sequences (text) or pause events. An event on the Shuttle component associated to a macro corresponds to the execution of one single group of action(s). Macro Group 1 action 1 action 2 | | | action 1 action 2 | | | Group 2 1 event on the Shuttle component 1 event on the Shuttle component | | | Group n 1 event on the Shuttle component 1 event on the Shuttle component action 1 action 2 | | | This definition leads to two different kinds of macros: macros composed by one group of actions, #" macros composed by two (2) or more groups of actions, also called step-by-step macros. Step-by-step macros are very useful to switch views or to toggle between tools. #" In order to create a new macro, you first have to: 1. Open the Control Panel (please refer to paragraph 2. 2 for guidance on how to accomplish this) 2. In the Application Settings Menu, select the application for which you want to create a macro. From the User Action Menu, select the Shuttle component you want to associate a macro to. This will launch the Key Composer application that will allow you to create your macro. Contour Shuttle Multimedia Controllers 20 Once the Key Composer is open: 1. In the Action Sequence window, click on New Action to create a new action in an existing group, click on New Group to create a new empty group. By clicking on New Action, a dialog box will prompt you to choose if you want to type a keystroke combination or some text, or if you want to associate a pause event. Select the option you prefer, than click OK in the lower right hand corner of the dialog box. The newly created action will appear in the Action Sequence window in the previously selected group. Repeat steps 1 and 4 for as many macros and actions as you want to add. We will create: #" one macro composed by one group of multiple actions, #" one macro composed by multiple groups of actions. 6. 1 Macro with one group of multiple actions Let's create a macro that will add Contour Design's signature (with the bold font) in TextEdit and let's say we want to associate this macro to Button 1 of your ShuttlePRO v2. Here are all the actions we would perform within TextEdit to type the signature: 1. disable the bold style by pressing cmd-b Contour Shuttle Multimedia Controllers 21 Let's create a macro based on these actions: In the Shuttle device Control Panel: 1. Click on the Key ComposerTM button to launch the Key Composer application. Choose Keystroke combo from the dialog box and type cmd-b (to enable the bold font). Choose Keystroke combo from the dialog box and hit return (to enable Font Style field). [. . . ] Click on the Comment field; write "Left Arrow - 20 t/s" and click OK. Click in the Keystroke field then press the left arrow on the keyboard. Click on the Comment field; write "Left Arrow - 30 t/s" and click OK. Click in the Keystroke field then press the left arrow on the keyboard. [. . . ]