User Manual

Chapter 2 DME Designer Overview

DME Designer Owner’s Manual

Configuration Creation Procedure

The configuration is a design diagram that determines the DME configuration. Transferring this data

causes the DME to operate. Follow the procedure below to create a DME Designer configuration.

SP2060 configurations can be selected from scene preset data, but cannot be edited.

1 Creating a New Project.

When you start DME Designer, a new project is created. If another project file is already open, use

the [File] menu  [New] command in the Main Panel window to create a new file.

“Main Panel Window Menu”  [File] menu  [New] (page 60)

2 Zone Settings.

Zone names are set, and zones are added and deleted using the “Zone Manager” dialog box.

See “Adding, Deleting, and Renaming a Zone” on page 291.

3 DME, ICP, External Device Layout.

Position the required DME, ICP, and other external devices in the Designer window, set the device

groups for the DME and ICP units, and set the properties.

See “Device Group Selection” on page 276,

“Designer Window” on page 193,

“Objects” on page 210,

“Design Window Shared Settings and Operations” on page 268.

4 Configuration Settings.

Configurations can be named, added, and deleted via the “Configuration” dialog box.

See “Adding, Deleting, and Renaming a Configuration” on page 295.

5 Placing Components.

Place components and user modules in the Configuration window.

See “Configuration Window” on page 301,

“User Module” on page 309,

“Types of Components” on page 371.

6 Component Logical Connections.

Use wires to connect the components and user modules you placed in the Configuration window.

See “Drawing and Editing Wires” on page 279.

7 Setting Parameters.

Edit the component parameters in the component editor.

See “Component Editor Window” on page 319.

8 Setting User Defined Button

Parameters can be assigned to function keys F1 through F6 in the DME unit.

See “User Defined Button (User Defined Parameters)” on page 132.

9 Storing Scenes.

Store the scene using the [Tools] menu  [Scene Manager] command in the Main Panel window.

See “IP Address Setup” on page 82.

NOTE

Configurations can be created only when the DME unit is offline. To transfer the data, you must first go into online status. The

procedure for going online is given later in this document.