Property Box

At Glance

The Property box is the link between Control Expert and a device configuration tool. It is used to select and name a device and to launch the configuration tool for the device.

Property Box

The following illustration is the Property box before selecting the Device Type.

For details on how top use the Property box, refer to:

Property Box for Advantys

This Property box allows you to choose the name and type of Advantys island to be configured using the Advantys Configuration Software (ACS).

The following illustration is the Property box for Advantys after Device Type and Device Name entered:

Property Box for Advantys Elements

The elements of the Advantys Property box are:

Element	Description
Device Type	Selection of a STB or OTB device is made from this drop-down list. After the first validation (using the OK or Launch Advantys button) the Device Type cannot be changed.
Device Name	The Device Name is used as a prefix to all variables created for an Advantys island in ACS. This allows unique variables for duplicated islands. After validation (using the OK or Launch Advantys button) the Device Name cannot be changed.
Data Exchange Required	These are the minimum number of words necessary for communication between the Control Expert module and the Advantys island. These values cannot be changed via the Property box. NOTE: Increasing the RD/WR lengths via the I/O Scanning tab leaves enough data exchange words for the future expansion of your Advantys island. Expanding an island that does not use the last line in the I/O Scanning table requires changing the values for all the lines below the line that needs the additional exchange words.
Use Device Name as prefix	If this checkbox is unchecked, the user is in charge of giving unique names to the variables and symbols in all Advantys islands. This checkbox is only available for ASC V5.5 or higher. For versions less than 5.5 the Device Name is automatically added to all variables and symbols in all Advantys islands.
OK	This button is only available after entering the Device Type and Device Name. When clicked, the Device Type and Device Name are checked to see if they are valid. If there is a problem, a message box opens explaining the why they were not valid. OK is only available during the first use of the Property box for a new island.
Launch Advantys Configuration Software	This button is only available if both: The Device Type and Device Name have been entered ACS is installed This button does two things: It carries out the action of the OK button If there is no problem during validation, it launches ACS
Update	When clicked, the ACS modifications are synchronized with your Control Expert application (after these modifications have been validated in ACS). It also imports and updates all ACS symbols and variables into the Control Expert variable manager. NOTE: All variables modified in ACS are deleted and rewritten in the Control Expert Data Editor. But they are not updated in the program.
Close	This button closes the Property box without saving anything.

Property Box for BMX PRA 0100

This Property box allows you to choose the name for the PRA module to be configured.

The following illustration is the Property box for the PRA after Device Name validation:

Property Box for PRA Elements

The elements of the PRA Property box are:

Element	Description
Device Type	Selection of the PRA device is made from this drop-down list. After the first validation (using the OK or Launch PRA button) the Device Type cannot be changed.
Device Name	The Device Name is the name of PRA application.
Data Exchange Required	This is not used when configuring a PRA device.
OK	This button is only available after entering the Device Type and Device Name. When clicked, the Device Type and Device Name are checked to see if they are valid. If there is a problem, a message box opens explaining why they are not valid. OK is only available during the first use of the Property box for a new PRA configuration.
Launch PRA	This button is only available if the Device Type and Device Name has been entered. This button does two things: It carries out the action of the OK button If there is no problem during validation, it launches another instance of Control Expert, which is used to do the actual configuration of the PRA.
Close	This button closes the Property box without saving anything.

Valid Name

A valid Device Name for a configuration:

Does not already exist in the application
Is not a empty name
Starts with a letter
Has a maximum of 8 characters
Only ASCII characters, not Unicode characters
Has no spaces
Follows the Windows file naming conventions: no slashes, question marks, etc.
Follows Control Expert variable naming conventions

Property Box for a PRM Master DTM

This Property box allows you to choose the type and protocol for a PRM Master DTM:

The following illustration is the Property box after selecting the Device Type, DTM Protocol and DTM Name:

Property Box PRM Master DTM Elements

The elements of the DTM Property box are:

Element	Description
Device Type	Selection of DTM device type is made from this drop-down list.
DTM Protocol	Select the protocol to be used from this drop-down list. This list contains the DTM protocols of all the DTMs in the DTM Browser that can be linked with I/O Scanning.
Device Name	Select a PRM Master DTM from this drop-down list.This list uses the DTM Browser Alias names. This list contains all the PRM Master DTMs in the DTM Browser that support the selected DTM Protocol. To validate the choices, click on the OK button.
Data Exchange Required	These are the minimum number of words necessary for communication between Control Expert and the PRM Master DTMs. These values cannot be changed via the Property box. NOTE: Increasing the RD/WR lengths via the I/O Scanning tab leaves enough data exchange words for the future expansion of your DTM topology tree. Expanding a tree that does not use the last line in the I/O Scanning table requires changing the values for all the lines below the line that needs the additional exchange words.
OK	The OK button is only available after selecting the Device Type, DTM Protocol and DTM Name. When clicked, the DTM Protocol and DTM Name are checked to see if they are valid. If there is a problem, a message box opens explaining the why they were not valid. The OK button is only available during the first use of the Property box for a new PRM Master DTM.
Launch No Tool	This button is never available for PRM Master DTMs.
Update	Use the Update button after validating or changing the configuration of the linked PRM Master DTM. Refer to Update I/O Scanning for a PRM Master DTM.
Close	The Close button closes the Property box without saving anything.