Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 10—Programs and the Visual Programmer
The Home Control Assistant 3
1. On the Home Control Assistant menu bar, click New, and then choose Program.
This opens the New Program Wizard. This wizard is very similar to the New Device and New
Group wizards. The wizard prompts you through a series of steps as it collects the program
name, notes, icon, etc. You can click Back any time to check or change a previous step.
Go through the steps as the wizard prompts you. You will fill in several types of information.
Click Next to go each successive step.
2. Type in a name and type in or select an existing folder name. Each program in the folder must
have a unique name
3. Add notes if you like. Like devices and groups these notes appear in a popup window when
you move the mouse over a program icon.
4. Choose the icon you want to represent this program.
5. You may go back and check any steps now, or click Finish to complete the definition of the
program.
At this point, you need to switch to the Visual Programmer, and complete your program using it.
Opening the Visual Programmer
The Visual Programmer is a tab on the properties dialog box for your program. To reach it, follow
the instructions that HCA gives you after you complete the New Program Wizard.
1. On the design pane of the Home Control Assistant, select the program that you just began.
2. Right click and select Properties from the popup menu.
3. On the properties dialog box for your program (it will have the name of your program in the
title bar), click the Visual Programmer tab.