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
Warn On Duplicate IR Functions and Channels: Alerts you to the creation of
duplicate IR functions and Channels. All IR Function and Channel assignments must be
unique.
Warn On Duplicate Scene Names: Alerts you to the creation of duplicate Lighting
Scene names. All Lighting Scene names must be unique.
Warn On Duplicate Surround Sound Names: Alerts you to the creation of duplicate
Surround Sound mode names. All Surround Sound names must be unique.
Auto Map IR Function on File Selection: With this option enabled, the Auto Map IR
Functions option (in the IR Mapping tab of the Device Configuration dialog) is enabled
by default.
Project Folder: Click the Browse button to navigate to the desired target folder for all
Project saves. By default, the Project Folder is set to:
Program Files\AMX Control Disc\Design XPress\Projects
IRLib Path: Click the Browse button to navigate to the desired target folder for all IR
(*IRL) files. By default, the IR Folder is set to:
Program Files\Common Files\AMXShare\IRLs
Default NetLinx Master: The IP Address field allows you to enter the IP Address of the
target NetLinx Master receiving the Project Files.
Custom Modifications
There are limitations when creating a system using Design XPress. Design XPress systems can be
customized by adding programming to the "custom.axi" file included in the project, or by
modifying the user interfaces created.
For more information on adding custom modifications we recommend that you attend the AMX
programming classes. The course descriptions and schedules for these classes are available on the
AMX web site at www.amx.com.
Adding and Modifying Software
Each time the Design XPress application is run, it will generate the necessary software files. If
changes are made to any existing software file to modify behavior for job-specific items, the next
time Design XPress is run, those changes will be overwritten.
Among the files created in the project by Design XPress are Custom.axi,
Custom_External_Buttons.axi
, and Custom_i!-Schedule.axi. These files are provided because all
custom software changes made in these files will never be overwritten by the Design XPress
application. For example, if a home theater is added to a Design XPress-created system, and those
changes are made in Custom.axi, any subsequent changes made via the Design XPress application
will not affect the home theater code when the files are regenerated.
If you select a root directory (i.e. C:\ ) as the target directory, DXP automatically
creates a "Projects" folder for the project files. This folder is only created if you target
a root directory (as apposed to any other existing directory).