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Crestron D3 Pro™ Reference Guide

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Live Update Crestron Live Update allows you to easily download the latest software updates via the Internet. When you launc

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Software License Agreement This License Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legal contract between you (either an individual or a

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software If You are a business or organization, You agree that upon request from Crestron or its authorized agent, You will within

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Return and Warranty Policies Merchandise Returns / Repair Service 1. No merchandise may be returned for credit, exchange,

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Crestron D3 Pro™ Software You can clear the check box next to a dependency, meaning that the un-checked file will not be downloaded. If you find tha

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Creating a New Lighting System Set System Properties 1. Start D3 Pro and select New on the File menu, or click the Create

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software control processor's NVRAM disk. To set where the system will store its runtime data and XPanel pages, select the Comp

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Vary Playback: Adds randomness to the playback. (Specifically, the light levels will be played back at the sampled time plu

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Add Areas and Rooms An area defines a collection of rooms that are usually in proximity to each other, i.e., First Floor,

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ System Views Interfaces View The Interfaces View allows you to add user interfaces and, depending on the interface, to set

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software displayed for non-engravable interfaces such as CLW dimmers. If the interface is engravable, you can right-click buttons o

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ You can drag any interface to a different room. To select multiple interfaces, press the Shift or Ctrl key while you click

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software If the device is a Cresnet device the Network ID is referred to as a Cresnet ID, or Net ID. If the interface is an Ether

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Software Crestron D3 Pro™ The Advanced tab allows you to re-compile a touchpanel project, which will overwrite any changes or customization done to t

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software CNX AND C2N KEYPADS Crestron's CNX keypads provide 2, 4, 6, 8, or 12 buttons, while the C2N keypads come in 6, 8, or

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ each other (click One Horizontal Field). Choose the latter if you want to use two different fonts within the same line. D3

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software To combine text areas 1. Verify that Show Text Area Outlines is enabled on the right-click submenu. 2. Click each text ar

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 2. Click OK to save your settings. D3 Pro will verify that the text you entered will fit within the margins of the engrav

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Load Schedule View The Load Schedule View allows you to add loads, also called controlled circuits, to your D3 Pro system.

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ You can add a generic fixture in a number of ways: • Drag the generic fixture from either library in the Fixtures toolbox

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software You can right-click any fixture you have added to cut, copy and paste, rename or delete the fixture. You can also activate

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Create a user-defined fixture 1. Open the desired library, Global or Project. As described earlier, global fixtures are av

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Valid values for Lower Limit range from 0% - 45%. For Upper Limit, valid values range from 55% - 100%. For non-dimmed fixt

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Contents D3 PRO™...

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Valid values for Jog Time range from 0.05s to 2.00s. Lockout Time sets the minimum time that the motor must remain in the

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Controlled Circuit Properties The Load Schedule screen displays the properties of each fixture in the form of a grid consi

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ the light levels in real time (see page 67). Note that this option is only available with lighting loads. If a controlled c

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Magnetic Low-voltage; Electronic Low-voltage; Neon Cold-cathode; and Fluorescent Dim (2-Wire). Emergency – This check box

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ button has been programmed to set the level to less than the lower limit, the light will stay at the lower limit, unless th

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Module and Enclosure Assignment View The Module and Enclosure Assignment View allows you to set up enclosures and attach c

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ You can tell if a room has been added to a group by the "G" icon next to the room. To remove a group from the li

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software When you click Next, the Finish screen will show the module and enclosure assignments the Wizard will make. To keep these

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Manual Assignment Mode In assigning connections manually, it may be helpful to generate a Load Schedule Report, which lists

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software You must select an enclosure with sufficient space to accommodate the control modules and control processor. When calculat

Adjusting Lighting Levels in Real Time...66 Conditional Statements ...

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Step 3: Select the location of the PAC2 control processor In the system directory, drag the PAC2 control processor from its

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Step 5: Assign circuits to CLW wall-mounted dimmers/switches Select the CLW interface you want to connect. This will displ

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Click the arrow button next to the output you want to connect, and select the controlled circuit from the drop-down list.

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Equipment View The Equipment View operates in two modes: Controlled Devices and Auxiliary Devices. Controlled devices are

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ any device by dragging it to the new port. And you can double click any device to view or modify its properties. Controlled

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 4. As you add devices, they will be listed in the program detail area in the center of the screen. The information here i

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Click the I/O Assignment tab to view or change the port assignment of the device. If the device is controlled via IR, you c

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Remote System Definitions D3 Pro is designed to create a standalone lighting system; that is, the lighting system program

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ the lights in that room (but not any non-lighting devices). If you select a room, the remote system can control all devic

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 7. Save your lighting system program. This will automatically generate the RSD file that will be saved in a subfolder cal

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software D3 Pro™ Overview Crestron D3 Pro™ software offers design, development, and documentation for home automation. The current

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ • You can adjust lighting levels in real time. Actions and Events The programming view allows you term programming defines

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software button is held down. All other events (e.g. Release, Timeout, etc.) are "momentary" and are only active for a sh

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ User Interfaces If a user interface in your lighting program is a keypad or touchpanel with feature buttons, a graphic of t

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software When you open VTPro-e, you can select a button and adjust its programming using the D3 Pro Programming dialog box. Keyp

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ When you select a button model, each event will be shown as a separate tab. You assign actions to an event by double clicki

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software PRESS/RELEASE The Press/Release button model triggers one set of actions when the button is pressed, and a different set

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ pressing a button on another interface, the Toggle button will recognize the current state of the light level and fade the

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Suggested Feedback: ON when ANY light in the preset is ON (to indicate that the timeout is in progress). You can use the T

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ from the Control Button Group list, then only the buttons in that button group will affect the behavior of the Master Raise

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software LOCAL TOGGLE The Local Toggle button model only pertains to 1-way RF touchpanels such as the ST-1550C. It provides two ev

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ The development aspect allows you to determine what actions occur when the user presses a button on a keypad, remote, or to

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ DEFAULT FEEDBACK The default feedback is the first option, and the description of this option will change based on the butt

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software ADVANCED FEEDBACK Linked to a device output - This type of feedback links the button's feedback directly to another d

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ To add a button to a button group Click the button and select the group from the Button Group list. This will assign the cu

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software the Press 1 (On) tab. 2. As shown below, the Target directory lists all system devices by room. Every room also has a s

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 6. The nature of programming lighting scenes is such that you may need to quickly and easily change the target values and

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 8. To edit an existing command, simply double-click the command to bring up the Edit Step dialog box. Edit the command as

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ However, if you had set Upper Limit and Lower Limit values in the Advanced Lighting properties of the Load Schedule View, t

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software GLOBAL PRESETS Global presets have two commands: Run and Cancel. The Run command starts all the actions defined in the pr

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ You can paste logic to another button by right-clicking the button and selecting Paste Button Logic on the submenu. To co

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Learnable Lighting As described earlier, two button models, Toggle and Single Press, provide a "learnable lighting&qu

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Programming View The Programming View allows you to assign functionality to button presses and other system inputs, and to

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Program other buttons on the keypad or touchpanel to allow the end user to manually adjust lights to the desired levels dur

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Schedule View, Module and Enclosure Assignment View, or Programming View. To adjust lights from Load Schedule View or Modu

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 3. When you are satisfied with the light level, you can click Done to exit real-time control, or else you can click the Ne

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Expressions can consist of the following elements: Logical operators < (less than) > (greater than) = (equal to) <

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ an analog value such as Current Level. In the previous example, the target is the Downlights in the Family Room, and the va

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software closes the Edit Step dialog.) Once you have defined the expression, you can define the actions that will be triggered if

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 4. You can use global variables in a conditional statement. In the example below, the conditional statement selects a path

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 2. Press F2 to rename the variable and the variable states to meaningful terms. For example, the name of the variable mig

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 7. This will add a "Set Variable" command to the event tab, as shown below: You can use global variables in a c

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 3. Double click inside the Preset Actions tab on the right side of the screen. This will open the Edit Step dialog box

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Import/Export Archive D3 Pro can compress system files for long-term storage or transfer to another PC. The compressed file

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ D3 Pro Scheduler The D3 Pro Scheduler allows you to trigger events at a specific time of day and to create basic, periodic,

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 3. Select the type of schedule: Basic, Periodic or By Date. 4. Select the type of clock: Standard or Astronomic. 5.

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 6. For Basic and Periodic schedules, select a run option. If you select Run from start to stop date, then enter a Start Da

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software 8. With Periodic Schedules you can enter the fixed period. 9. If you create a By Date schedule, the Start Date and Sto

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ 11. When you are satisfied with the calendar dates, click OK. 12. Once you have defined the schedule dates, you can pr

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Editing Scheduled Events D3 Pro provides Scheduler templates that allow the end user to edit the properties of a scheduled

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Record Period: Records lighting levels for the selected period, 1 or 2 weeks. When the period is over, a new recording peri

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Trace Tool The Trace tool allows you to quickly determine where loads and other controlled devices in your project are be

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Finish View The Finish View provides the final steps to building your lighting system: • Synchronizing presets (retrieving

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Set IP Information If you intend to communicate with the control processor via Ethernet you have to set up the processor’s

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Load Wiring Report The Modules and Enclosures report gives a graphical representation of the slots on each Crestron enclo

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Sync Learned Lighting If you had previously uploaded a project that included buttons enabled for learnable lighting, the en

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software "Setup a new system", which allows you to discard any current configuration and set new Cresnet IDs for all devi

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Click Next to view the list of all devices (including those that are not touch settable) that have been defined in your pro

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software The Assign Device Network IDs screen displays a number of windows that give information about devices in the program, as w

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ The Unassigned devices on the network list displays all the touch-settable devices that D3 Pro has detected on the networ

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software When you bring all the devices you want to configure to the Touch list, click Start Touch Setup to put those devices int

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ Build System The Finish View system tree shows all Cresnet, Ethernet and wireless devices arranged by type (or by room, if

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software Click Continue to finish the compile operation and upload the system. The program will be saved as an SMW file in the \Pro

Software Crestron D3 Pro™ With touchpanels, various connection types are possible. If the panel project should be uploaded over Cresnet (via the cont

Crestron D3 Pro™ Software process and prompt you to select the Cresnet ID of the wireless panel. Here you should temporarily connect the wireless pa