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We're preparing to set up an XPression as a spotbox replacement, and will be using PBUS to control it from our GVG switcher. I'd like to make a macro that lets me assign a take ID to a PBUS register instead of the drag and drop menu. Is the PBUS menu accessible via the API? I cannot find any references to it in the SDK. Thanks!

There is currently no API/protocol to modify the PBUS map in XPression remotely, however, it is an item on our roadmap that we are considering for a future release. 

You could look at modifying the XML file that XPression stores the PBUS register in, but I don't think that will work if you're looking for ways to do this from the GVG switcher. 

To clarify - I do not need to make these changes from the Kayenne itself. I will have the XPression sitting next to me, I just am trying to avoid a drag and drop mouse movement. I'd like to just type in a takeID in the sequencer, then do some keyboard macro that could assign a take ID to a PBUS register in the map via an input box.

Essentially:

dim takeItem as xpTakeItem

dim pbus as xpPbus

engine.sequencer.GetFocusedTakeItem(takeItem)

pbus = inputbox("Enter the register number.")

takeItem.AssignPbus(pbus)

Hi Jack - we've added the ability to do global macros in the XPression Pbus map. This will be part of the next release of XPression, version 12.5, probably in September.