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
Using the Design XPress Project Wizard
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esign XPress Programmer’s Guide
The results of the Design XPress project are placed in "Projects\Job Name\Rev #", in the
application directory.
We recommend that you view and print the project report (Report.html). This report gives you
information vital to properly installing the project. This report is saved in the Projects folder of
Design XPress.
Opening the project in NetLinx Studio will allow you to download the program data and user
interface files to the NetLinx system. For more information on how to operate NetLinx Studio see
the NetLinx Studio Tutorial on the training page of the AMX web site at www.amx.com, and
consult the on-line help file and NetLinx Studio Instruction Manual (also available via
www.amx.com).
Understanding the Report File
The report file (report.html) automatically generated by Design XPress should be used as a step-by-
step guide to installing the system.
If you choose to view the report file when the program prompts you to after finishing the project, it
is automatically opened in your default HTML viewer.
The report is broken down into the following five sections:
1. Installation Instructions
2. Device Addressing
3. Wiring/Connections
4. General Information
5. AMX Recommended Equipment List
Installation Instructions
This section of the report indicates which files need to be downloaded, and describes device
mapping, working with IR files, compile and download operations (via NetLinx Studio), and how
to reboot the NetLinx master.
Device Addressing
This section defines the device IDs of all the devices defined by Design XPress. The devices listed
in this section must be set to the given device IDs. If this is not done the system will not behave
properly. This section is divided up by device type: touch panels, DMS keypads, SB2 keypads,
HVAC, amplifiers and miscellaneous. The report details which room each device is in and what its
device ID must be set to. For example:
Keypad 1 is located in Kitchen, NetLinx address 10001:1:0
Most devices will need to have their device IDs set using NetLinx Studio. The exceptions to this are
the touch panels.
For G3 panels, device IDs must be set from the setup screen on the panel itself. Make sure when the
device ID is set that the number of devices used on the touch panel is also set. Design XPress uses 4
Do not be alarmed if the Lighting Scene labels in the KPD file do not match the ones
you assigned in Design XPress (House Lighting Scenes dialog). The scene labels will
appear on the keypads once you download them to the Master and reboot it.