Specifications

Composer Pro Getting Started

Saved: 6/28/2010 11:32:00 AM 200-00168_Composer Pro

Getting Started

Page 80 of 132

3. Remote Director—A remote live connection to the Controller over the Internet (the PC is outside

the network firewall). Changes to the system are effective immediately. Choose this option to use

an Internet connection to the home network.

Note: You can do everything as if you were hooked up to the Local Network using this method.

Choose a connection option, and then refer to following sections for specific instructions about how to

connect.

4.1 Connecting to a Virtual Director

If you connect to a Control4

Composer Pro Virtual Director, you are working in Virtual Director mode.

This means you are not connected to the Control4 Controller and the home network, and changes are

not automatically saved in real time to the Control4 Controller.

4.1.1 Saving Changes When Working Virtually

The only way your changes are saved is if you manually use the Backup As or Backup option from

the File menu to save the project file.

While in Virtual Director mode, you can save your project changes manually using the File menu

Backup As or Backup option. The project file saves by default with a .c4p extension to your My

Documents directory on your computer.

4.1.2 Using Virtual Mode

After you have designed and set up a system in Virtual Director mode, you can load the project to the

Controller.

The Load Project option is available from the File menu. This mode is useful, for example, if you are

using a laptop PC, and you can't connect to the network.

x If you change the project, you can connect to the network and synchronize your changes to

the Controller when you're ready to.

x If you design and set up a system in Virtual Director mode, you can later load the project to

the Controller. In the File menu, the Load Project option is available for synchronization.

4.1.2.1 Procedure

To connect to a virtual Director:

1. Start Composer.

2. At the Composer Startup screen, click Virtual Director. Virtual Director lets you work in

Composer while disconnected from a Director. Composer opens to the main Composer view in

Virtual Mode.