Page 1 of 8 Configuring Color Attributes Quick Reference Guide Date: October 15 Introduction In Maestro, users have the ability to alter the colors displayed by configuring the INI file. It is assumed the reader is familiar with: Maestro User Interface Configuring the INI file Has knowledge of light color theory Colors in Maestro can be changed for the following: Front Desk Dashboard Guest Type on the Room Number Tape Charts Housekeeping Status on Housekeeping Screen Sales and Catering Dashboard Spa and Activities Dashboard RGB Color Model The RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light is added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. Each color is assigned a value and the combination of all three creates the color. Maestro uses these values to identify which colors to display using the INI file To identify the values for colors, Microsoft Paint can be used. The Edit Colors feature can be used to obtain color values. To Edit Colors, open Microsoft Paint. For Windows XP users, go to Colors | Edit Colors. For Windows 7 users, go to the Home Tab | Edit Colors This will display the Edit Colors box as shown below.
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Configuring Color Attributes Quick Reference Guide
Date: October 15
Introduction
In Maestro, users have the ability to alter the colors displayed by configuring the INI file. It is assumed the reader is familiar with:
Maestro User Interface
Configuring the INI file
Has knowledge of light color theory Colors in Maestro can be changed for the following:
Front Desk Dashboard
Guest Type on the Room Number Tape Charts
Housekeeping Status on Housekeeping Screen
Sales and Catering Dashboard
Spa and Activities Dashboard
RGB Color Model
The RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light is added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. Each color is assigned a value and the combination of all three creates the color. Maestro uses these values to identify which colors to display using the INI file To identify the values for colors, Microsoft Paint can be used. The Edit Colors feature can be used to obtain color values. To Edit Colors, open Microsoft Paint. For Windows XP users, go to Colors | Edit Colors. For Windows 7 users, go to the Home Tab | Edit Colors This will display the Edit Colors box as shown below.
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The values in the box above are the values that are needed to be entered in the INI file.
Assigning Colors
Assigning Colors in the INI File
Once the colors to be used are determined, the proper INI file must be updated. To locate the INI file, go to the shortcut for Maestro, right click and select Properties. Go to the Shortcut Tab.
The location of the INI file is the second part of the target path. Use Windows Explorer to follow the path to locate the INI file. Once located, the INI file should open as a Notepad file.
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Within the open INI file, scroll down and find the [atr_colour] section. It is the atr_colour section that determines the colors displayed on all screens in Maestro. Next to each atr_colour entry are 3 columns. The first column contains the R (Red) value, the second column contains the G (Green), and the third column contains the B (Blue) column.
The values are entered in the columns in order of Red, Green, and Blue. Leading 0’s are required for values 1 to 99 so that all values have 3 numbers. It is important to maintain column integrity and spacing. A simple way to check is to highlight the columns and see if there are spacing issues.
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From the above example, there should not be any spaces or blank characters after the Blue values. If there are any blank spaces, simply delete them.
Attribute Number Reservation Status
Front Desk
TERM_ATR_USER10 Guaranteed Reserved
TERM_ATR_USER11 Non-Guaranteed Reserved
TERM_ATR_USER12 VIP Reserved
TERM_ATR_USER13 Owner Reserved
TERM_ATR_USER14 In-house
TERM_ATR_USER15 Owner In-house
TERM_ATR_USER16 VIP In-house
TERM_ATR_USER17 Checkout
TERM_ATR_USER18 Owner Checkout
TERM_ATR_ERROR Unresolved Check In / Unresolved Checkout
Sales and Catering
TERM_ATR_USER30 Confirmed
TERM_ATR_ERROR Cancelled
TERM_ATR_USER31 Tentative
TERM_ATR_USER32 Quote
TERM_ATR_USER33 Waitlist
TERM_ATR_USER34 Do Not Move
TERM_ATR_USER35 Confirmed/ Waitlist
TERM_ATR_USER36 Tentative/ Waitlist
TERM_ATR_USER27 Quote/Waitlist
Spa and Activates
TERM_ATR_USER6 Available
TERM_ATR_USER3 Room is Partially Booked
TERM_ATR_USER7 Room is Fully Booked
TERM_ATR_USER20 Checked In
TERM_ATR_USER4 Checked Out
TERM_ATR_USER27 VIP
TERM_ATR_USER38 Do Not Change
TERM_ATR_USER5 Times in Services by Day
*TERM_ATR_USER101 to TERM_ATR_USER120
These have been set aside to allow users to form a color palette and assign as needed.
Global
TERM_ATR_FORE Cursor Placement Foreground
TERM_ATR_BACK Cursor Placement Background
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The changes to the colors in the INI file will affect the following screens:
Front Desk Dashboard
Room Number Tape Chart
Room Number 2 Week Tape Chart
Assigning Colors to Guest Types
Colors can be set by guest type and will display on the Room Number Tape charts. Front Desk Maintenance | Codes | Guest Types
Place the cursor on the Color Code field and perform a F8 Lookup.
Highlight the desired color and press the Enter key.
Assigning Colors to Housekeeping Status
Colors can be set for different housekeeping statuses. To select colors, go to: Front Desk Maintenance | Setup | Housekeeping Configuration | Housekeeping Status Codes
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Place the cursor on the Color Code field and perform a F8 Lookup.
Highlight the desired color and press the Enter key.
