Integration Designer 11: How to Build Macros  
with “Activities” in a Fraction of the Time  

ID11 introduces a new feature called “Activities” that help the dealer build effective macros in a fraction of the time and keep track of the power status of sources and rooms. 

Activities are created for each source added to the system.  
 

Select any room, then select “Activities” from the room configuration tab.  

The activities events allow you to enable an activity by checking a specific source. This will display the activity if you are using an item list on your home page source list  

Depending on the source type selected you will have different steps and options in the activities: 

This option allows the end user to see the simplest possible name for the activity compared to the name it has in the software. Change your video activities such as "Cable" to "Watch Cable. 
 
 
 

You can change the order of the activities that are active by moving them up or down in the list by using the move options at the top of the activity window.  

Disabling activities will put them towards the bottom of the list.  

Enabling them will put them in the list above inactive activities. 

These events in the button properties section will run from top to bottom, in the order they display in the window. Integration Designer 11 will now be able to track when a specific room is on or off. It will also track when an audio or video device is on or off, or if a source is powered On, Off, or selected 

The “Selection Events” will run when an activity is selected, and work as follows: 

Activity Start 
This is a controller macro that will run first and jump to a “Please Wait” page if there is one available. By adding a please wait, this should automatically program a page jump for you. If you don’t have a page jump you can ignore this step. 

Room On  
This macro will only run if an audio or video activity is selected, and the room is currently off. You would program this option to turn on devices that audio and devices share, such as a receiver. Program this once for your audio and video devices.  

Video On  
This macro will only run when a video activity is selected, and the room is not using a video source.  Use this to turn on a TV, Projector, or any devices that are not shared or required with audio activities. This event will not run if you select a video source, then select another video source. Program this once for all your video devices. 

Audio On  
This macro will only run when an audio activity is selected, and the room is either off or coming from a video source. Use this to turn on audio equipment, such as an AD-4x or audio distribution devices. Program this once for your audio devices. 

Power On Source 
This macro will run when this source is selected for the first time and isn’t in use anywhere else in the system. Use this to populate the source power command (or toggle) since it only sends it when it needs to. You will have to program this step for each source. 

Activity Selected 
This macro is used to configure the video and audio equipment after all the previous events have run. Use this macro for switching inputs on a TV, receiver, or audio distribution device. You will have to program this step for each source. 

Activity Ready 
Finally, after all the previous events have been run, it’s time for a page flip to the sources page. Since this is another controller macro, page jumps are programmed here to jump to the activity UI. This event should be auto programmed with the page jump to the specific source page. 

The “Deselection Events” will run when another activity is selected or when the room is powered off and work as follows: 

Activity Deselected 
This macro will run after you select another source or the system is turned off. While you rarely program this, I like to use this to pause my movie if I temporarily jump to another source device. An example of this will be pausing a movie when you jump to your satellite box to get a sporting event score. 

Power Off Source 
This event only runs if no other room is using this source. This should be programmed with the inverse command of the “Power on Source” activity, to turn off this source. 

Video Off 
This event only runs if switching to an audio source, or powering off the room. This should be programmed with the inverse of the “Video On” event commands, to turn off any devices that are responsible for video only, such as a TV or projector. 

Audio Off 
This event only runs if switching to an video source, or powering off the room. This should be programmed with the inverse of the “Audio On” event commands, to turn off any devices that are responsible for audio-only, such as an AD-8x. 

Room Off 
This should be programmed with the inverse of the “Room On” event commands to turn off any devices that share audio and video functions. This can be an AV receiver, but only if you use it for audio and video. 

If you are using Button Menu’s, drag and drop from Macro step window or drop-down menus to your source button. 

The Room Off macro step triggers the “Deselection Events” that have been programmed. You can use Room Off by drag & Drop from the Macro step window or drop-down menu.