User Guide
Table Of Contents
- DXP v1.5 - Programmer's Guide
- Introduction
- Using the Design XPress Project Wizard
- Overview
- Launching the Design XPress Project Wizard
- Using the Design XPress Project Wizard
- User Information dialog
- System Information dialog
- System Configuration dialog
- Which Screens? dialog
- Audio Zones dialog
- Audio Sources dialog
- Video Inputs dialog
- HVAC Zones dialog
- DMS Keypads dialog
- SB2 Keypads dialog
- Door Phones dialog
- Touch Panel Declarations dialog
- Choose Background Images dialog
- Choose Button Colors dialog
- Choose Button Text Colors dialog
- Choose Bargraph Color dialog
- Touch Panel Control dialogs
- House Lighting Scenes dialog
- Control Button Labels dialog
- CD Titles dialog
- DSS TV Favorites dialog
- DSS Music Favorites dialog
- Tuner Presets dialog
- Finishing a Project
- Understanding the Report File
- Transferring Preset Button Text to the Master via FTP
- Opening an Existing Design XPress Project
- Copying a Design XPress Project
- Importing a Design XPress Project
- Exporting a Design XPress Project
- Deleting a Design XPress Project
- Using NetLinx Studio

Introduction
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esign XPress Programmer’s Guide
Edit Menu
The Edit menu provides several customizable settings for Design XPress:
Edit DSS Channels sub-menu
Select Edit > Edit DSS Channels to open the Edit DSS Channels sub-menu, where you can select
the type of DSS Channels to edit:
View Menu
The View menu contains options for sorting the Project list:
The New, Open, Copy, Delete and Exit options are also available via the command
buttons along the bottom of the Main Screen.
• User Information Opens the User Information dialog, where you can enter and save basic
user information for the active Project (User Name, Company Name,
Phone and E-mail Address).
• Edit DSS Channels Opens the Edit DSS Channels sub-menu, where you can choose to edit
either DirecTV or Dish Network DSS Channels.
• CD Titles Maintenance Opens the CD Titles Maintenance dialog, where you can add/remove
and edit CD information (Artist and Title), as well as automatically
retrieve CD information from an on-line CD database (via freedb.org).
• Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog, containing various global preference set-
tings for Design XPress.
• DirecTV Select DirecTV from the Edit DSS Channels sub-menu to open the DirecTV sub-
menu, where you can select to edit either DirecTV Music or TV channels:
• Select Music to invoke the DSS Preferences - DirecTV - Music Channels
dialog, where you can add/remove and/or change the names on music
channels for DirecTV.
• Select TV to invoke the DSS Preferences - DirecTV - TV Channels dialog,
where you can add/remove and/or change the names on TV channels for
DirecTV.
• Dish Network Select Dish Network from the Edit DSS Channels sub-menu to open the Dish
Network sub-menu, where you can select to edit either Dish Network Music or
TV channels:
• Select Music to invoke the DSS Preferences - Dish Network - Music Channels
dialog where you can add/remove and/or change the names on music
channels for Dish Network.
• Select TV to invoke the DSS Preferences - Dish Network - TV Channels dialog
where you can add/remove and/or change the names on TV channels for Dish
Network.
• Sort Projects Click to access the Project Sorting feature. The listed projects can be sorted by
up to four criteria in either ascending or descending order.