User manual AMX G4 PANELBUILDER V1.1

[. . . ] instruction manual G4 PanelBuilder v1. 1 So ftw are AMX Limited Warranty and Disclaimer AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) years from the date of purchase from AMX Corporation, with the following exceptions: · · · Electroluminescent and LCD Control Panels are warranted for three (3) years, except for the display and touch overlay components that are warranted for a period of one (1) year. Disk drive mechanisms, pan/tilt heads, power supplies, and MX Series products are warranted for a period of one (1) year. AMX Lighting products are guaranteed to switch on and off any load that is properly connected to our lighting products, as long as the AMX Lighting products are under warranty. AMX Corporation does guarantee the control of dimmable loads that are properly connected to our lighting products. [. . . ] You can import your own local files as a template (. TPT) for use within G4 PanelBuilder . Select File > Install Templates From File to launch the dialog window. Regardless of file name, if the job name already exists, you are prompted by the Replace Template dialog window. If you replace a . TPT file that is referenced by a . PB4 file, it will be updated in the . PB4 file. Remove A Template from G4 PanelBuilder Panel pages designed in G4 PanelBuilder depend on templates to dictate their style. The Template Manager allows you to preview, add and remove templates from your local directory. Open the Template Manager dialog window by selecting File > Template Manager. Confirm you have selected the appropriate template and click OK. Opening A Project To open a (*. PB4) file in G4 PanelBuilder: 1. Select the file and click OK. If a project is already open and you select open a new or existing project, you are prompted by the Save As dialog window. The previous project will remain on screen until you are done setting up the new project. 14 G4 PanelBuilder Basic Operations Changing Color Schemes If the template you are working with has more than one color scheme available the Color Schemes button is active in the toolbar. With your project file open go to Project > Color Schemes to open the Color Schemes dialog window. While the color change is not reflected in the toolbox, you will see it if you select an element and go to Diagram > Preview. Creating A New Project from File You can change templates attributed to projects and create a new project as a result. Select File > New From File to launch the New From File dialog window. Click OK. If a project is already open and you select open a new or existing project, you are prompted by the Save As dialog window. The previous project will remain on screen until you are done setting up the new project. Editing Project Properties You can edit some of the project's properties as well as add information specific to you, i. e. , Dealer ID and Designer ID. Select File > Project Properties to launch the Project Properties dialog window. locked - project cannot be opened. Password protection extends only to TPDesign4. Projects password protected in G4 PanelBuilder can still be opened and used. 2. Click OK when all changes have been made. Project properties differ from file properties established in TPDesign4. File properties entered in TPDesign4 are what is displayed in the Template Manager dialog window. G4 PanelBuilder 15 Basic Operations Alternate Screen Names G4 PanelBuilder supports alternate screen names for use with elements with longer names. Within TPDesign4, the template designer can designate abbreviated text for substitution. You can then change the on-screen text in PanelBuilder and the default text fits without the need for modification. The full name of the element is always displayed in the toolbox area. Using Unicode Text G4 PanelBuilder supports assigning text to template elements that differs from the element name. [. . . ] Closes all expanded template families. When viewing an individual template within a family, more information is available: Description Revision Last Save Elements A brief note or special interest for the selected template appears here. A expandable selection of all elements with their number of available selections. G4 PanelBuilder 41 Program Reference Template Sample Images Dialog Window When creating a new G4 PanelBuilder file (*. PB4) you need to assign a template file to it. Template Manager allows you to preview sample images before deciding which one to use. The dialog has a screen view of each page with a left-right, scroll navigation below it. [. . . ]