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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Design XPress Programmer’s Guide
Help Menu
Design XPress provides help information to assist you in developing the system.
Main Screen Command Buttons
Create New Project: Click this command button to launch the Design XPress Project
Wizard. Use the Wizard to step through the process of designing and configuring the
system.
Open Project: Click to highlight a project in the Project Selection List, and click the
Open Project button to open the selected Project. When a project is opened, the first
Wizard dialog (System Information) is displayed.
Copy Project: This option creates a copy of an existing Project, and allows you to give
the copy a new name (via the Copy Project dialog).
Delete Project: This option allows you to delete a Project from the Project Selection List,
and from your hard drive.
Exit: Closes the application and prompts you to save any unsaved changes to your
Project.
Setting Program Preferences
Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog, where you can set various user
preferences for Design XPress. The options in this dialog include:
Show Splash Screen on Startup: A toggling option to show the DXP splash screen
when the program is started. If this item is not checked the splash screen can be viewed
by selecting Help > About.
Warn On Duplicate Channel Preset Names and Channels: Alerts you to the creation
of duplicate channel preset names and channels. All Channel Preset names and channels
must be unique.
Warn On Duplicate Tuner Preset Names and Channels: Alerts you to the creation of
duplicate tuner preset names and channels. All Tuner Preset names and channels must be
unique.
• Contents Opens the online help file.
• View System Capabilities Displays a text file detailing the capabilities and resource numbers for
Design XPress systems.
• Web Update Will search the AMX site for an update to the Design XPress soft-
ware. Selecting Yes will close Design XPress, begin the download of
the update, and run the installation of the update.
• About Displays the Design XPress splash screen.
To remove a Project from the Project Selection List, without deleting the file from your
hard drive, export the file before deleting. Once exported, you can import the file back
into Design XPress later. To export a Design XPress project, select File > Export
Project.
If a project is not exported before deleting, you will not be able to bring the project
back into Design XPress for modifications at a later date.