Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 2—HCA Properties
The Home Control Assistant
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2. Click the tab for the properties that you want to view or change. This brings that tab to the
front.
3. Make the changes that you want, and click another tab if you want to view or modify other
properties.
4. When you are done, click OK to accept the changes and close the dialog box. The new
properties will take effect as soon as you click OK.
Startup
The Startup tab is the first tab on the HCA Properties dialog box. You use the options on this tab
to control how HCA appears and functions when it is started, how it responds to a power failure,
and whether it uses automatic saving options.
When HCA is started
There are several options designed to help you set up HCA when it first starts. These are:
 Reopen the last design loaded
 Have the HCA window hidden and only the HCA icon in the system tray shown
The other option for starting HCA as a client to the HCA Server is fully explained in the Chapter
on Client Server. Refer to that for a description of the Start as a client options.
The Control Interface options are described in the chapter on the Control Interface.
Note: The options that have HCA stored in the system tray at startup and the Control Interface
options only take effect if a file is automatically loaded at startup.
If you want these options to work, and HCA to be automatically started after a power failure, you
must also add HCA to your Windows StartUp group so that HCA starts when Windows starts. If
you have done this, and select these options, HCA reloads your home design upon startup.
Hint: To find out how to add HCA to the Windows Startup group, search for StartUp in Windows
help.
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