NetWave DirectView Broadcast Console Operations & Technical Manual
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To create or edit a NetWave macro, perform these steps:
1.
In the Macros & Sessions pane, click the Device Macro Editor option.
2.
Click the Basic Routing option.
3.
In the Device Macro Editor pane, click to select the NetWave’s parent Device from the drop-down list.
Any macros that are already on the parent device are listed in the Name drop-down list.
4.
Click Create New Macro. Macros are most often used with Telco devices to route the Telco device to a
NetWave Telco channel and to also route that channels mix-minus back to the Telco device.
Note: Macros can cause multiple audio and logic routes to occur when they are taken. They can also
cause session or macro files to be loaded on any device in the system. Macros can be very
powerful, causing signal routing changes to take place that may affect other users in the
VistaMax system, so be careful when editing them and using them for the first time.
Once you create macros in VMCC 2.2, or manually create them and upload them to the NetWave parent
device, you must first add the names for the macros to be used on the Dual Router panels to the parent
device (by using the Macro Files drop-down list at the top level of the parent device in VMCC). The names
entered there then appear as Available Macros (Figure 4-15) under the NetWave’s parent device. You can
then select and include the macros, as desired, on any Dual Router fader.
One caveat with taking macros on NetWave Dual Router panels is that, if the macro taken does not route a
signal to that fader channel, the channel display shows the macro name in brackets after you click Take.
Normally an audio signal is routed to that fader, and this is not an issue. But, if you want to be able to
change sources routed to the External Monitor using a macro, be sure to route SILENCE to that fader as
well. Otherwise, it appears as if the route did not complete, as the name is left in brackets (such as “[AM
MOD MON]”).