User Manual

Chapter 2 DME Designer Overview

DME Designer Owner’s Manual

Online

You can connect the DME or SP2060 unit to your computer and transfer configurations, scenes and

parameters created in DME Designer into the DME or SP2060 unit. You can also read data from the

DME or SP2060 unit into DME Designer, synchronizing it with the status of the DME or SP2060 unit.

Because Synchronization presupposes that the DME or SP2060 unit can communicate with the

computer where DME Designer is installed, the necessary drivers (USB-MIDI or DME-N Network

Driver) must be installed, and appropriate settings must be made for each driver and for DME

Designer communication port.

1 DME Unit and Computer Connection.

Connect the DME unit and computer using a USB cable or an Ethernet cable.

See separate DME or SP2060 unit Owner's Manual for details.

2 Communication Driver Installation.

Install the USB-MIDI driver or DME-N Network driver in the computer.

See separate “DME Setup Manual” for details.

3 Communication Driver Setup.

Make the necessary settings for the communication driver installed in the computer. If the driver is

set up already, check the settings before going online.

See separate “DME Setup Manual” for details.

4 Making Communication Port Settings in DME Designer.

The port for each device group master can be selected via the “Communication Port” dialog box. If

the driver is set up already, check the settings before going online.

“Communication Port” dialog box (page 155)

5 Storing and Checking Scenes.

When moving online, the lowest scene must be stored. You can check if a scene is stored using the

“Scene Manager” dialog box.

See “Scene Manager” on page 82.

NOTE

Because there are no scene settings when the DME unit is purchased, the configuration and scene information created in

DME Designer must first be transferred.

NOTE

A maximum of 32 device groups can be online.

NOTE

Slave DME64N/DME24N units connected via Ethernet and ICP1 units cannot be set.

NOTE

Only USB x-1 can be selected for a DME Satellite unit connected via USB.

NOTE

Since the SP2060 has scene preset data this confirmation is not necessary.