Philips User Guide
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ProntoEdit User Guide Contents Introduction 5 What is ProntoEdit? 5 What is ProntoEmulator? 6 ProntoEdit system requirements 7 ProntoEdit installation 7 What is a CCF? 8 What can I use ProntoEdit for? 9 How can this guide help me use ProntoEdit? 9 A note on menus 9 Loading and Saving 10 How do I upload a configuration from my Pronto? 10 How do I download a configuration into my Pronto? 11 How do I load a configuration from a CCF into ProntoEdit? 12 How do I save the configuration
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I let a button jump to a panel? 19 How do I move a panel? 19 How do I copy a panel? 20 How do I add a panel? 20 How do I move a device or macro group? 20 How do I copy a device or macro group? 20 How do I add a device or macro group? 21 How do I update the software in my Pronto? 21 Timers 22 How do I create — add a Timer Group? 22 How do I create — add a Timer Action 22 How do I repeat a Timer Action weekly? 22 Advanced Tasks 23 How do I resize a button
ProntoEdit User Guide Introduction What is ProntoEdit? ProntoEdit is the visual editor for Pronto configurations. A Pronto configuration fully defines a Pronto user interface including all devices, macro groups, panel layouts, button appearances and the behavior of all buttons, direct-access and left/right keys (including all IR codes). ProntoEdit always has a single configuration open, the current configuration. See What is a CCF? for more information on Pronto configuration files.
ProntoEdit User Guide What is ProntoEmulator? Though part of the ProntoEdit package, ProntoEmulator is a separate application which 1 emulates every aspect of a real Pronto . You can use ProntoEmulator to test drive your configuration without the need to download it to your Pronto. At any time you can launch in the toolbar or selecting Run Emulator from ProntoEmulator from ProntoEdit by clicking the Tools menu.
ProntoEdit User Guide ProntoEdit system requirements • PC with a 486DX/66 MHz or higher processor • Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 or higher operating system • 16 megabytes of RAM • 10 megabytes of free disk space • Super VGA or higher graphics card and monitor • Available serial port which supports 115200 baud ProntoEdit installation We recommend that you close all programs before installing ProntoEdit. • When installing from the CD-rom: 1.
ProntoEdit User Guide What is a CCF? A CCF, or Pronto configuration file, stores a single Pronto configuration. A Pronto configuration fully defines a Pronto user interface including all devices, macro groups, panel layouts, and button appearances and behaviors (including all IR codes). CCFs have file extension ‘ccf’ and are represented by the icon.
ProntoEdit User Guide What can I use ProntoEdit for? One of the best features of the Pronto is its adaptability: you can make buttons and whole panels appear and disappear, change button labels, learn IR codes, and create and edit your own macros. But if you want to personalize your Pronto even more, ProntoEdit is the perfect tool for you. With ProntoEdit you can make all the changes you can make on your Pronto.
ProntoEdit User Guide Loading and Saving How do I upload a configuration from my Pronto? 1. Start ProntoEdit. 2. Connect one end of the Pronto serial cable to your Pronto and connect the other end to a serial port of your PC. 3. Click in the toolbar, or select Upload from Pronto from the File menu. ProntoEdit now tries to connect to your Pronto. If ProntoEdit cannot connect to your Pronto, it will display a message saying Pronto not connected or not responding.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I download a configuration into my Pronto? 1. Start ProntoEdit. 2. Connect one end of the Pronto serial cable to your Pronto and connect the other end to a serial port of your PC. 3. Make sure you have a configuration in ProntoEdit either by uploading one from your Pronto (see How do I upload a configuration from my Pronto?) or by loading one from a file (see How do I load a configuration from a CCF into ProntoEdit?). 4.
ProntoEdit User Guide You can cancel the download at any time by clicking the Cancel button, but doing so may result in a corrupted configuration in your Pronto (you can fix this by fully downloading a configuration). It is best to not touch your Pronto’s screen or use any of your Pronto’s direct access buttons, while downloading is in progress.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I save the configuration in ProntoEdit in a CCF? If the current configuration in ProntoEdit is not empty, you can save it in a CCF by clicking in the toolbar, or by selecting Save Configuration or Save Configuration As from the File menu. If you use Save Configuration As you can save the CCF in any of the following formats (all result in .
ProntoEdit User Guide Basic Tasks In this section we assume ProntoEdit is running and contains the configuration you want to change. How do I start with the factory default CCF? The ProntoEdit distribution comes with a single sample CCF in /Samples where is the directory in which ProntoEdit has been installed. This sample CCF is called default.ccf and it contains the factory default configuration loaded in your Pronto. Load this CCF to start with the factory default CCF.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I add a button to a panel? 1. Open the panel view of the panel to which you want to add a button. 2. If the button and frame gallery is not visible, open it by clicking the toolbar or selecting Gallery from the Tools menu. 3. Select a group of frames and buttons by clicking the group’s name in the list on the left side of the gallery window. Alternatively, you can use the cursor UP and DOWN keys to change the selection. 4.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I rename a button? 1. Open the panel view of the panel with the button you want to rename. 2. Select the button you want to rename by clicking it. A red frame will appear around the selected button. 3. Press F2 and a name dialog with an on-screen keyboard will open. 4. Click the Shift button to change from one keyboard layout to another (the keyboard layouts are equal to the ones on your Pronto). 5. Click a key button to add the symbol depicted on that button.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I copy all bitmaps from one button to another? After creating a button and putting a few actions into its action list, you may want to change the appearance of that button without having to recreate the action list. You can easily do this by copying all bitmaps from another button to this button. 1. 2. Open the panel view of the panel with the button to which you want to copy bitmaps. 1. To copy bitmaps from a button in another panel, open the panel view of that panel. 2.
ProntoEdit User Guide 6. To assign an IR code by learning it: 1. Connect one end of the Pronto serial cable to your Pronto and connect the other end to a serial port of your PC. 2. Click the Set IR button. The Add IR dialog box appears. 3. Click the Learn IR button. 4. Press the button you want ProntoEdit to learn on the remote you want to learn from, just like you would do when learning on your Pronto. ProntoEdit will return with one of three replies: • Learning completed successfully.
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I assign a source switch IR code? 1. Double-click the Properties item underneath the device or macro group in the configuration tree view for which you want to assign a source switch IR code. The device or macro group property sheet appears. 2. Select the Action tab and proceed with step 4 of How do I assign an IR code to a button?. How do I let a button jump to a panel? Any button (or key) can jump to any panel (or be a link to that panel).
ProntoEdit User Guide How do I copy a panel? 1. Select the panel you want to copy in the configuration tree view. 2. Press CTRL + C or select Copy from the Edit menu to copy the selected panel into ProntoEdit’s clipboard. 3. Select HOME, or the device or macro group you want to copy the panel to and press CTRL + V or select Paste from the Edit menu. ProntoEdit does not support copying from one running copy of ProntoEdit to another. How do I add a panel? 1.
ProntoEdit User Guide 3. Select DEVICES or MACRO GROUPS and press CTRL + V or select Paste from the Edit menu. If you copy a template device (devices with a name between round brackets), the copy will also be a template device. 4. To change a template device into a regular device, select Is Template in the Device menu. ProntoEdit does not support copying from one running copy of ProntoEdit to another. How do I add a device or macro group? • To add a device, click Device menu.
ProntoEdit User Guide Timers Your Pronto allows you to let any device execute a certain action at a predefined time and day. This functionality is called a timer. ProntoEdit allows you to add a timer to every button, device or macro that is defined. On your Pronto, however, timers can only be edited in macro buttons. This means that you can add a “hidden” timer to a device button, which cannot be edited by the user. A timer can have a START and a STOP action, each with their own time and day of execution.
ProntoEdit User Guide Advanced Tasks In this section we assume ProntoEdit is running and contains the configuration you want to change. We also assume that you know how to open specific panel views. How do I resize a button or a frame? Buttons and frames can only be resized if they do not have any bitmaps. If a button has one or more bitmaps, the width of the button is fixed to the smallest width of all its bitmaps and the height of the button is fixed to the smallest height of all its bitmaps.
ProntoEdit User Guide A button is active when it has a non-empty action list. It is inactive when it has no action list or its action list is empty. A button is selected when you push on it on the Pronto. It is unselected when it is waiting to be pushed. To set a bitmap of a button or a frame: 1. Double-click the button or the frame you want to set a bitmap for, or select the button by clicking it and pressing the INSERT key. The button or frame property sheet appears. 2. Select the Icons tab. 3.
ProntoEdit User Guide • Alias: Click this button to open a tree view of all devices, direct-access and left/right keys, and buttons in the current CCF. Select an item to add an alias to that item to the action list. When your Pronto is executing an action list and comes across an alias, the action list referred to by that alias is executed. Aliases are shown in the action list preceded by [A] for a device alias, [K] for a direct-access or left/right key alias, and [B] for a button alias.
ProntoEdit User Guide • To change the current grid of a panel view, enable grid editing by selecting Edit Grid in the Grid submenu. The Edit Grid item is only enabled if a grid is currently visible. • A horizontal grid line can be added by holding down a CTRL key while clicking a horizontal grid line. A similar approach works for vertical grid lines. • The selected grid line can be deleted by pressing the DEL key. Note that every grid must contain at least one horizontal and one vertical grid line.
ProntoEdit User Guide How can I better select in a panel view? Here are some tips that can help you select the right button or frame when a panel contains many elements: • If a button or frame is selected and the move or resize cursor is visible when you press the left mouse button, the selection does not change. Therefore, clicking a button in a selected frame does not select that button.
ProntoEdit User Guide How can I write-protect a configuration? A write-protected configuration cannot be altered on your Pronto. This is useful if you want to set up a configuration with ProntoEdit and don’t want anyone to inadvertently make changes to it when they use your Pronto. After loading a write-protected configuration in your Pronto, you can only access USE mode on your Pronto. Write-protecting a configuration does not affect any ProntoEdit operations.
ProntoEdit User Guide Troubleshooting I cannot connect the Pronto to the serial port. 1. Check if another application is using the serial port. 2. If this is the case, try another serial port -ORHave the other application release the serial port. ProntoEdit was able to open the serial port to which my Pronto is connected but still cannot connect. 1. Check to see if both ends of the cable are properly inserted. 2. Check to see if Pronto’s batteries have not run out. 3.
