Direct Command

- enables the Remote Control program to communicate with a using Direct Commands, as defined in the Communication Reference manual (www.mayah.com/content/download/pdfs/manuals/communication-reference_man.pdf).

Direct command dialog:

Enter a command in the Command field, and confirm by clicking OK. will execute the command and return an answer into the Answer field below.

Example:

enc_algo?      [asks for the current Encoder algorithm].

The whole command set is fully described in the Communications Reference Manual, which can be freely downloaded from the Mayah website www.mayah.com.

However, a help function has been implemented - provided a file called ‘Communication Reference Manual.txt’ is available in a subdirectory called ‘comref files’. The Remote Control Installation program automatically copies this file into this location.

The file ‘Communication Reference Manual.txt’ is just an ASCII text version of the Communications Reference Manual.

Kind of help commands:

•	help ?: This command shows all commands.

•	help <command_category>: This shows all commands in a command category (e.g. ‘help_dec’: will display all decoder commands).

•	help <command>: This describes a command. (e.g. ‘help enc_algo’: will show the user how to set encoder algorithms, and how to ask for the currently valid encoder algorithm).

Special mouse and shortcut key features:

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F2: Analyses where the command (entered in the command field) is used in the Remote and opens the appropriate chapter in this hypertext help. For Instance: If F2 is pressed and in command field ‘enc_algo’ is entered then the hypertext help chapter for menu item <Settings/Codec/Encoder algorithm> is opened.