Remote control method of external devices

A remote control method of controlling a plurality of external devices, when connected to a computer, through a plurality of remote control plug-ins, the remote control method comprising:

• selectively initiating one or more remote control plug-ins among one or more available remote control plug-ins of the plurality of remote control plug-ins;
• editing content of an operating parameter in response to an editing operation, the operating parameter being used by an initiated remote control plug-in for controlling one of the plurality of external devices;
• collecting content of the operating parameter from each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins when a save instruction is detected;
• and
• combining a first program parameter representing a state of the first program with the collected content of the operating parameter from each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins to thereby produce a setup file, and saving the setup file on a recording medium,
• wherein, among the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins, a first initiated remote control plug-in corresponding to a first external device in an online state, among the plurality of external devices, is configured to control the corresponding first external device based on the operating parameter, and
• wherein the computer has an operating system, the first program, and the plurality of remote control plug-ins for plugging into the first program, the external devices being sound signal handling devices.

A remote control system comprising:

• a computer having an operating system, a first program, and a plurality of remote control plug-ins for plugging into the first program for controlling a plurality of external devices connected to the computer, the external devices being sound signal handling devices, the computer being configured to:
• read a setup file when a load instruction is detected, the setup file containing first program data specifying a state of the first program and containing one or more operating parameters corresponding to one or more remote control plug-ins to be initiated among one or more available remote-control plug-ins of the plurality of remote control plug-ins;
• selectively initiate the one or more remote control plug-ins whose one or more operating parameters are contained in the read setup file;
• supply each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins with one of the one or more operating parameters contained in the read setup file;
• and
• edit content of a first operating parameter of the one or more operating parameters supplied to a first initiated remote control plug-in of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins in response to an editing operation,
• wherein, among the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins, the first initiated remote control plug-in corresponding to a first external device in an online state, among the plurality of external devices, is configured to control the corresponding first external device based on the first operating parameter.

A remote control method of controlling a plurality of external devices, when connected to a computer, through a plurality of remote control plug-ins, the remote control method comprising:

• reading a setup file when a load instruction is detected, the setup file containing first program data specifying a state of the first program and containing one or more operating parameters corresponding to one or more remote control plug-ins to be initiated among one or more avail able remote-control plug-ins of the plurality of remote control plug-ins;
• selectively initiating the one or more remote control plug-ins whose one or more operating parameters are contained in the read setup file indicated by the read setup;
• supplying each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins with one of the one or more operating parameters contained in the read setup file;
• and
• editing content of a first operating parameter of the one or more operating parameters supplied to a first initiated remote control plug-in of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins in response to an editing operation,
• wherein, among the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins, the first initiated remote control plug-in corresponding to a first external device in an online state, among the plurality of external devices, is configured to control the corresponding first external device based on the first operating parameter, and
• wherein the computer has an operating system, the first program, and the plurality of remote control plug-ins for plugging into the first program, the external devices being sound signal handling devices.

A non-transitory recording medium storing software, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a remote control method of controlling a plurality of external devices, when connected to the computer, through a plurality of remote control plug-ins, the remote control method comprising:

• selectively initiating one or more remote control plug-ins among one or more available remote control plug-ins of the plurality of remote control plug-ins;
• editing content of an operating parameter in response to an editing operation, the operating parameter being used by an initiated remote control plug-in for controlling one of the plurality of external devices;
• collecting content of the operating parameter from each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins when a save instruction is detected;
• and
• combining a first program parameter representing a state of the first program with the collected content of the operating parameter from each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins to thereby produce a setup file, and saving the setup file on the recording medium or another recording medium,
• wherein, among the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins, a first initiated remote control plug-in corresponding to a first external device in an online state, among the plurality of external devices, is configured to control the corresponding first external device based on the operating parameter, and
• wherein the computer has an operating system, the first program, and the plurality of remote control plug-ins for plugging into the first program, the external devices being sound signal handling devices.

A non-transitory recording medium storing software, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a remote control method of controlling a plurality of external devices, when connected to a computer, through a plurality of remote control plug-ins, the remote control method comprising:

• reading a setup file when a load instruction is detected, the setup file containing first program data specifying a state of the first program and containing one or more operating parameters corresponding to one or more remote control plug-ins to be initiated among one or more available remote-control plug-ins of the plurality of remote control plug-ins;
• selectively initiating the one or more remote control plug-ins whose one or more operating parameters are contained in the read setup file;
• supplying each of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins with one of the one or more operating parameters contained in the read setup file;
• and
• editing content of a first operating parameter of the one or more operating parameters supplied to a first initiated remote control plug-in of the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins in response to an editing operation,
• wherein, among the initiated one or more remote control plug-ins, the first initiated remote control plug-in corresponding to a first external device in an online state, among the plurality of external devices, is configured to control the corresponding first external device based on the first operating parameter, and
• wherein the computer has an operating system, the first program, and the plurality of remote control plug-ins for plugging into the first program, the external devices being sound signal handling devices.