So I made my life a little easier by doing the following:
- Downloaded and installed a little scripting program called “Autohotkey”.
- Created a little script (and placed this script in Windows startup folder) that sends the following key presses in sequence:
ALT+J → R → O
In Cubase I’ve assigned ALT+J to open de ‘Device Manager/Devices’ window with the Generic Remote templates settings etc.
I’ve configured the Autohotkey script to trigger when I presss ‘ALT+Q’.
So now when I start Cubase, all I have to do is press ‘ALT+Q’, and the script will automatically press the sequence of keys which in effect opens the device manager → presses the ‘Reset button’ and presses the ‘OK’ button (which closes the Devices window).
Mind, this only works if the concerning Generic Remote template has the focus/is selected in the ‘Device Setup → Devices’ window. But, if you have more GR templates, you can get around this by programming the script with TAB and up/down arrow sequences.
Anyway, like I said, this does make life a little easier. Definitely worth the 30 mins I spent on setting this up! 