User`s manual

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Compatible text editors for programming Savant Elite2 devices.
Always use a plain text editor if possible, and if not, be sure to select the “plain text” or “simple text” format
when saving the pedals.txt file. It is a good idea to rename and save a backup outside the active folder or on
your hard drive. Listed below are commonly-available text editors for different operating systems:
Windows: Notepad provides simple text only. If you use another text editor or word processor, save as plain
text or simple text.
Mac OS X: TextEdit is the default editor. Under TextEdit “Preferences” select “plain text” as the format.
Normally if you open a plain text file, it will save it in the same format by default.
Linux: For Ubuntu the default text editor is Gedit, which is similar to Notepad.
DEFAULT CONFIGURATION IN PEDALS.TXT
This is what the configuration looks like in the default pedals.txt:
[lpedal]>[lmouse]
{mpedal}>{-lmouse}{+lmouse}{125}{-lmouse}{+lmouse}
[rpedal]>[rmouse]
[jack1]>[lmouse]
[jack2]>[rmouse]
[jack3]>[bspace]
{jack4}>{-shift}{-t}{+t}{+shift}{-h}{+h}{-a}{+a}{-n}{+n}{-k}{+k}{-space}{+space}{-y}{+y}{-o}{+o}{-u}{+u}{-,}{+,}
Note that the middle pedal and jack 4 are macros, so they use { } before and after the > and show the “down”
(-) and “up” (+) action for every element. Also, the “double click” macro happens to require a 125 millisecond
delay so it includes {125} between the two actions of the macro.
BASIC PROGRAMMING OF YOUR SAVANT ELITE2 DEVICE (HOW TO EDIT PEDALS.TXT)
Below the instructions is a “dictionary” listing all available actions that can be copied and pasted to the
pedals.txt file.
Programming a single key or mouse action
Use square brackets [ ] around the pedal, then > (shifted period), then square
brackets again around the desired keyboard or mouse button action.
Example: The left pedal will perform the letter “a”.
[lpedal]>[a]
Note: [lpedal]>[A] and [LPEDAL]>[a] both produce the same lower case “a” output.
Example: The middle pedal will perform the “shift” action.
[mpedal]>[shift]
Usage note: After the pedal has been programmed, the lower case action of letter keys will always be
produced unless keyboard's Capslock is on when pedal is pressed. For all alphanumeric keys, the unshifted
action will be produced unless keyboard's Shift key is held while pedal is pressed. However, a macro can be
created which combines Shift and another key to produce the shifted action automatically (see
Programming a Macro below).