Here is a detailed step by step guide:
Step 1: Go to the general settings, section 'GPIO/Remoting' and enable the 'Keyboard Hotkey Mapping Enabled' option.
Then click on the related flash icon to define the mapping
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Step 2: In the upcomming Keyboard Event Mapping dialog you can now assign a key value to a control-command.
- see Step 3 to define a key value
- see Step 4,5 to define a control-command
- see Step 6 to add this mapping
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Step 3: Click on the three dots next to the 'Key Value' field to select your shortcut.
In the upcoming dialog press your selected shortcut key-combo and click OK.
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In this example I have choosen the key-combo: SHIFT+CTRL+1
Note, that every key-combination is represented by a unique number (196657 in this example).
Step 4: Now click on the 'Edit' button at the 'Control Command' field to define a control-command.
In the upcoming Control-Command Builder dialog you define the control-command.
First select the action (e.g. STANDBY_PLAYPAUSE or STANDBY_PLAYSTOP) and then define the parameter (in our case 1, for the standby player number).
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Note, that all available control commands are also defined in the User Manual Appendix.
Step 5: After that click on the 'New' button in the Control-Command Builder dialog.
This adds the selected control-command to the above list. Finally click OK to close the
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Step 6: Back in the Keyboard Event Mapping dialog you also need to click on the 'New' button to add the mapping to the list.
The new mapping entry will be displayed in the list above.
Finally click OK to leave the dialog and also click OK to leave the general settings.
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You have now defined a keyboard hotkey mapping:
SHIFT+CTRL+1 -> STANDBY_PLAYPAUSE 1
Test it out by loading a track into the Standby Player 1 and then use your SHIFT+CTRL+1 shortcut.
You might define as many key mappings as you want, just repeat the above steps...e.g.
SHIFT+CTRL+2 -> STANDBY_PLAYPAUSE 2
SHIFT+CTRL+3 -> STANDBY_PLAYPAUSE 3
...
I am not sure, but I guess you do not need to be a computer programmer to do that!
As said for all available control-commands and their description, see the User-Manual Appendix.