Philips TSU6000 User manual

3.0
User Manual

User Manual ProntoProEdit
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................5
Installation ............................................................................................6
System Requirements..............................................................7
Installation.............................................................................7
Updating Your ProntoPro..........................................................8
About ProntoProEdit ..............................................................................9
About CCFs...........................................................................................10
Basic CCF Actions.................................................................................12
Opening a CCF .......................................................................... 13
Loading a CCF into ProntoProEdit ............................................13
Uploading a CCF from Your ProntoPro......................................15
Creating a New CCF...............................................................15
Modifying a CCF........................................................................ 16
Opening and Closing Panels....................................................16
Creating Devices and Macro Groups ........................................18
Creating Panels.....................................................................21
Creating Frames and Buttons..................................................24
Using the Gallery ..................................................................27
Using Bitmaps ......................................................................29
Using Grids ..........................................................................32
Viewing and Testing a CCF ....................................................... 36
Previewing with ProntoProEmulator .........................................36
Downloading a CCF into Your ProntoPro ...................................38
Saving a CCF............................................................................. 40
Saving a CCF........................................................................40
Replacing and Merging a CCF..................................................42
Configuring a CCF................................................................................43
Properties................................................................................. 44
System Properties.................................................................44
Frame Properties...................................................................45
Button Properties ..................................................................46
Device Properties..................................................................47
Macro Group Properties..........................................................48
Programming............................................................................ 49
Actions ................................................................................49
Jumps..................................................................................56
RF Settings ..........................................................................57
Hard Key Actions ..................................................................58
Macros.................................................................................60
Modifying Frames and Buttons ................................................. 61
Identifying Frames and Buttons ..............................................61
Designing Frames and Buttons................................................65
Setting the System Properties for the ProntoPro...................... 67
Write-protecting a CCF ..........................................................67

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Automatically creating device aliases.......................................67
Troubleshooting...................................................................................68
List of Shortcuts ..................................................................................70
Glossary ...............................................................................................71
Index....................................................................................................74

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Introduction
ProntoProEdit is a visual editor for creating and configuring ProntoPro
screens. With ProntoProEdit you have complete control over the user
interface of your ProntoPro.
ProntoProEdit can perform a range of powerful tasks: creating and modifying
all screen elements, importing new graphics, previewing and testing your
screens on the ProntoProEmulator, communicating with the ProntoPro for
exchanging configuration files, and so on.
ProntoProEdit is the tool that really allows you to optimize the use and the
lay-out of your ProntoPro. We advise you to carefully read this user manual in
order to benefit from all possibilities this software package provides.

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Installation
Contents of this chapter
System Requirements..............................................................7
Installation.............................................................................7
Updating Your ProntoPro..........................................................8

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System Requirements
PC with a Pentium 166 MHz or higher processor
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 or higher operating system
16 megabytes of RAM (recommended: 32 MB)
15 megabytes of free disk space
CD-ROM player
Super VGA or higher graphics card and monitor
Available serial port which supports 115200 baud
Installation
Note
We recommend that you close all programs before installing ProntoProEdit.
Installing from the CD-ROM
1Place the ProntoProEdit CD-ROM in your computer.
ProntoPro setup will start. If not, you can install ProntoProEdit.exe by
double-clicking it in Windows Explorer.
2Follow the instructions on screen that will guide you through the
installation procedure.
The first time you run ProntoProEdit, you have to accept the license
agreement. Otherwise ProntoProEdit will not run.
Installing from the web site
1Open your internet browser.
2Browse to the PHILIPS website: www.pronto.philips.com
3Download ProntoProEdit.exe.
4Double-click ProntoProEdit.exe.
5Follow the instructions on screen that will guide you through the
installation procedure.
The first time you run ProntoProEdit, you have to accept the license
agreement. Otherwise ProntoProEdit will not run.

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Updating Your ProntoPro
ProntoProEdit is distributed with a standard ProntoPro Update File with the
latest available ProntoPro software. This software can easily be updated to a
later version.
You can check the version information of your ProntoPro in the third panel in
Setup mode. Please refer to the ProntoPro User Manual for more information
about the Setup panels.
Future updates are available on the PHILIPS website at
www.pronto.philips.com. You need to store the ProntoPro update files in the
Update folder in the directory where ProntoProEdit is installed.
Note
It is best not to touch your ProntoPro’s touch screen or use any of your
ProntoPro’s direct access buttons, while updating is in progress.
1Copy the ProntoPro update files to the Update folder in the directory
where ProntoProEdit is installed.
2Go to Start > Programs > ProntoProEdit > ProntoEdit.
ProntoProEdit opens.
3Select Update Firmware from the Tools menu and select the update
file you want to use from the list.
The ‘Firmware Update’ window appears.
4Plug one end of the ProntoPro serial cable in the serial port of your
ProntoPro.
5Plug the other end of the ProntoPro serial cable in the serial port of your
computer.
6Click Start.
After connecting to your ProntoPro the updating process starts.
7Follow the instructions on screen.
It is possible that after updating your ProntoPro, you will be asked to
calibrate the touch screen.
Please refer to your ProntoPro User’s Manual for detailed instructions on
calibration.
Note
You can also run update files directly from the website. Double-click the
update file and follow the instructions on screen.

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About ProntoProEdit
ProntoProEdit is the visual editor for creating and configuring CCFs. A CCF or
configuration file defines the user interface on the ProntoPro.
ProntoProEdit allows you to personalize your ProntoPro and to perform a
range of powerful tasks:
Uploading CCFs from your ProntoPro;
Adding, deleting, modifying and rearranging panels, devices, macro
groups, frames and buttons;
Importing new graphics, creating your own custom devices, using your
own bitmaps, replacing the home panels with your own panels;
Letting any button take you to any panel, making any button into a
macro, creating macros within macros;
Saving, duplicating and sharing CCF files, codes or devices with another
ProntoPro;
Previewing new CCF files on ProntoProEmulator;
Personalizing CCF files to optimize the use of your ProntoPro;
Downloading CCFs into your ProntoPro.
ProntoProEdit views
ProntoProEdit main window provides two views.
Configuration view: displays the overall structure of the current CCF
with its most important elements in a tree view:
HOME
DEVICES
MACRO GROUPS
Panel view: displays the contents of a panel as it is defined in the
current CCF.
Panel views provide an up-to-date view on the current CCF: changes are
immediately incorporated into the current CCF.
Panel view
Configuration view

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About CCFs
A CCF or a configuration file stores a ProntoPro configuration. It fully defines
the ProntoPro user interface:
devices and macro groups;
panel layouts and button appearances;
the behavior of all buttons, direct-access keys and action buttons
(including all IR codes).
CCFs are files with the extension ‘ccf’ and are represented by the icon.
HOME, DEVICES and MACRO GROUPS are the three major building blocks
to define CCFs. They consist of a number of panels and an action list.
HOME
In most cases the Home panel is used to access the most frequently used
devices and macros. The Home panel contains a number of buttons that jump
to specific panels of devices and macros.
DEVICES
A device usually contains a number of panels with different buttons to
execute commands on the actual device. By tapping the buttons on the
ProntoPro IR codes are sent out to operate your devices.
MACRO GROUPS
A macro Group can contain macros and timers.
A macro allows you to execute a sequence of commands, for instance IR
commands, using one single button. A macro can also contain several
macros.
With a timer you can activate a device or a macro at the time you
prefer.

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Panels
A panel defines the rectangular area of your ProntoPro’s touch screen
between the system area at the top of the touch screen and the bar at the
bottom of the touch screen.
A panel consists of up to 255 frames or buttons. Every frame can contain up
to 255 frames or buttons.
Frames are inactive user interface elements. They contain a background
color or a bitmap, and a name. Frames can be tapped, but they never
contain an action. Frames are primarely used for grouping buttons and
other frames.
Buttons are active user interface elements. They contain a background
color or a bitmap for each of four different states, and a name. A button
can contain an action that is executed when you tap it.
An action can be a delay, an IR code, or an alias (a shortcut) to another
action list (see “Programming” on p. 49 for more details)
An action list is a list of up to 255 actions. The last action to execute
can be a jump to a specific panel.
Button:
containing an action
Button:
not containing an action
Frame
Panel

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Basic CCF Actions
Contents of this chapter
Opening a CCF .......................................................................... 13
Loading a CCF into ProntoProEdit ............................................13
Uploading a CCF from Your ProntoPro......................................15
Creating a New CCF...............................................................15
Modifying a CCF........................................................................ 16
Opening and Closing Panels....................................................16
Creating Devices and Macro Groups ........................................18
Creating Panels.....................................................................21
Creating Frames and Buttons..................................................24
Using the Gallery ..................................................................27
Using Bitmaps ......................................................................29
Using Grids ..........................................................................32
Viewing and Testing a CCF ....................................................... 36
Previewing with ProntoProEmulator .........................................36
Downloading a CCF into Your ProntoPro ...................................38
Saving a CCF............................................................................. 40
Saving a CCF........................................................................40
Replacing and Merging a CCF..................................................42

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Opening a CCF
ProntoProEdit comes with three default CCFs:
ph1_default.ccf (grayscale design)
ph2_default.ccf (color design)
xt1_default.ccf (fancy design)
These CCFs are located in the Samples folder in the directory where
ProntoProEdit is installed.
Note
Ph1_default.ccf is the factory default CCF loaded in your ProntoPro. In this
User Manual the ph1_default.ccf will be used for examples and screenshots.
When you want to create your own user interface, it is advised to start from
an existing CCF and modify the panels. When starting from a new and empty
CCF, you will have to define all devices, macro groups and panels from
scratch.
Loading a CCF into ProntoProEdit
Loading a CCF into ProntoProEdit means that you open a file that is located
on your computer.
1Go to Start > Programs > ProntoProEdit > ProntoEdit.
ProntoProEdit opens.
2Select Open Configuration from the File menu.
-or-
Click in the toolbar.
The ‘Open’ window appears.
3Browse to the Samples folder in the directory where ProntoProEdit is
installed.
4Select ph1_default.ccf (or any other CCF).
5Click Open.
ph1_default.ccf is loaded into ProntoProEdit.
If another CCF is already loaded in ProntoProEdit when you want to load a
new CCF, the following message appears: “Merge with current configuration
or replace it?”.
Click Merge to add all home panels, devices and macro groups from the
loaded CCF to the current CCF. You will merge both CCFs.
Click Replace to remove the current CCF and replace it with the loaded
CCF. You will replace one CCF by the other.
If the current CCF has been modified, you will be allowed to save it first
before it is replaced with the loaded CCF.

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The CCFs from ProntoEdit version 2.0 or older are compatible with the CCFs
used in ProntoProEdit. When you load an older CCF into ProntoProEdit, the
following message appears: “You are loading a 4-colors based ccf-file. Would
you like to modify these 4 colors?”.
Click Skip to load the CCF without converting the colors. The CCF will be
loaded with the default grayscale colors.
Click Modify to convert the default grayscale colors. A panel collapses
with the 4 default grayscale colors and a button preview.
Converting the colors
1Click the grayscale color you want to convert.
A context menu with 44 colors appears. With the More button you can
pick from 216 websafe colors.
2Select the color you want to use.
When you move your mouse over the colors, the color in the field and in
the button preview changes dynamically.
3Click OK to accept the changes.
The CCF will be loaded with the colors you selected.
-or-
Click Cancel to return without changing the colors.
The CCF will be loaded with the default grayscale colors.

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Uploading a CCF from Your ProntoPro
Uploading a CCF from your ProntoPro means copying the CCF from your
ProntoPro to your computer and displaying it in ProntoProEdit.
Note
It is advised not to touch your ProntoPro’s touch screen or use any of your
ProntoPro’s direct access buttons while uploading is in progress.
1Plug one end of the ProntoPro serial cable in the serial port on your
ProntoPro.
2Plug the other end of the ProntoPro serial cable in the serial port on your
computer.
3Select Upload from ProntoPro from the File menu.
-or-
Click in the toolbar.
ProntoProEdit detects your ProntoPro.
Note
If ProntoProEdit cannot detect your ProntoPro, the following message
appears: “ProntoPro not connected or not responding”.
See “Troubleshooting” on page 68 for connection problems.
If there is another CCF loaded in ProntoProEdit when you want to upload the
CCF from your ProntoPro, the following message appears: “Merge with
current configuration or replace it?”.
Click Merge to add all home panels, devices and macro groups uploaded
from your ProntoPro to the current CCF. You will merge both CCFs.
Click Replace to remove the current CCF and replace it with the CCF
uploaded from your ProntoPro. You will replace one CCF by the other.
If the current CCF has been modified, you will be allowed to save it first
before it is replaced with the CCF uploaded from your ProntoPro.
Creating a New CCF
1Go to Start > Programs > ProntoProEdit > ProntoEdit.
ProntoProEdit opens.
2Select New Configuration from the File menu.
A new CCF is created.

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Modifying a CCF
The scenario to modify a CCF includes several steps:
Creating devices and macro groups;
Creating panels;
Creating frames and buttons;
Using bitmaps.
When you have created or modified all the elements, you can start
configuring them as described in “Configuring a CCF” on page 43.
Opening and Closing Panels
The buttons of the devices and the macro groups on your ProntoPro are
organised into panels:
Home panels;
Panels for the different devices;
Panels for the different macro groups.
Opening the list of DEVICES and MACRO GROUPS
Click on next to DEVICES or MACRO
GROUPS in the Configuration view on the
left side of the ProntoProEdit window.
The list of all devices or macro groups is
displayed.
Opening a panel
1Click on next to HOME, or a device or
macro group in the Configuration view.
The list of panels is displayed.
2Double-click the panel you want to open.
-or-
Right-click the panel and select Open Panel
from the context menu.
-or-
Select the panel in the Configuration view
and select Open Panel from the Panel
menu.

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The panel appears in the Panel view on the right side of the
ProntoProEdit window.
Closing a panel
Click to close the panel.
Note
Closing a panel will not undo any changes made to that panel. A panel is
merely a view on the current CCF: changes are immediately incorporated into
the current CCF.

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Creating Devices and Macro Groups
A device in ProntoProEdit, for instance a TV, usually contains a number of
panels with different buttons to execute commands on the actual device.
A macro group allows you to execute a sequence of commands, for instance
IR commands, using one single button.
In ProntoProEdit devices and macro groups are essentially equal. It is the
location, in the list of DEVICES or in the list of MACRO GROUPS, which
distinguishes a device from a macro group. You can move a device from
DEVICES to MACRO GROUPS to turn that device into a macro group, and
vice versa.
Note
Both the devices and the macro groups contain panels. You have to create
and organise devices and macro groups before you start creating panels,
frames and buttons.
Indicators
ProntoProEdit uses indicators in the list of DEVICES and MACRO GROUPS to
provide information on the status of the device or macro group. You cannot
type the indicators in the labels of the devices or macro groups.
+
The device needs programming.
When you download the configuration into the ProntoPro and you use the
device for the first time, you will have to define the brand for the
selected device.
( )
The device is a template. A template does not appear in the Device menu
on the ProntoPro but it is available when you add a new device on your
ProntoPro.
-
The device or macro group has a separator. The separator is displayed in
the Device menu or Macro menu, above the selected device or macro
group.
Separator indicators only occur in older CCFs.
< >
The macro group is a timer group. With a timer you define one or more
actions that have to be executed at a predefined day and time.
*
The device is Read Only. It cannot be modified, renamed, learned or
deleted on your ProntoPro.
Copying a device or macro group
1Select the device or macro group you want to copy in the Configuration
view.
2Select Copy from the Edit menu.
The selected device or macro group is copied onto the clipboard.
3Select DEVICES or MACRO GROUPS.
4Select Paste from the Edit menu.
The selected device or macro group is copied into DEVICES or MACRO
GROUPS.
Note
ProntoProEdit does not support copying from one running copy of
ProntoProEdit to another.

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Moving a device or macro group
1Select the device or macro group you want to move in the Configuration
view.
2Drag and drop the selected device or macro group to its new location.
If you drop a device or macro group on another device or macro group, it
will be inserted before that device or macro group.
If you drop a device or macro group on DEVICES or MACRO GROUPS,
it will be appended to the list of devices or macro groups.
-or-
Press and hold CTRL and use the UP or DOWN key to the move the
selected device or macro group up or down its current list.
Renaming a device or macro group
1Select the device or macro group and select Rename from the Edit
menu.
-or-
Right-click the device or macro group and select Rename from the
context menu.
2Type the new name for the device or macro group in the text field.
-or-
Use the keyboard on screen to edit the name for the device or macro
group:
To display a keyboard with capital letters or symbols, click Shift.
To enter a character or symbol, click the character or symbol you
want to use.
3Click OK to save the new name.
Removing a device or macro group
1Select the device or macro group you want to remove in the
Configuration view.
2Press DELETE to remove the selected device or macro group.
Adding a device
Select Add Device from the Device menu.
-or-
Click in the toolbar.
An empty device is added.
Changing a device into a template
Select the device and select Is Template from the Device menu.
-or-
Right-click the device and select Is Template from the context menu.
The name of the device is displayed between ( ) brackets indicating that
the device has been changed into a template.
You can change the template back to a ‘regular’ device at any time.

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Removing a template
If you use ProntoProEdit instead of your ProntoPro to add new devices, you
can remove all templates. This speeds up saving and loading and leaves more
space in your ProntoPro’s memory.
Note
Make sure not to overwrite ph1_default.ccf when you have deleted all your
templates. So you can always restore the templates.
Adding a macro group
Select Add Macro Group from the Macro Group menu.
-or-
Click in the toolbar.
An empty macro group is added.
Changing a macro group into a timer group
Select the macro group and select Is TimerGroup from the Macro
Group menu.
-or-
Right-click the macro group and select Is TimerGroup from the context
menu.
The name of the macro group is displayed between < > brackets
indicating that the macro group has been changed into a timer group.
You can change the timer group back to a macro group at any time.