Crest Audio NEXSYS - VERSION 3.0, Software Manual

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Crest Audio Inc. NexSys v. 3.0
6. Building a Plan
A NexSys Plan is made up of user-defined devices, groups, snapshots, scenes, and settings.
The Plan is stored on disk as a collection of data files organized in a subdirectory of the
NexSys program directory. Plan files have a default extension of “*.nx”. Plan files them-
selves are normally stored in the root NexSys directory which defaults to C:\NEXSYS.
Before proceeding, ensure you have a valid network connection. Refer to Section 4.2 on
Communicating with the Bus Server. Of course, if you’re not connected to a system you
may still build a plan, you just won’t have any communication with the devices you create.
6.1 Making a New Plan
Create a new Plan by selecting
Plan | New
from the menu. The Plan Name dialog will
appear (see figure below) prompting you to name the Plan and select its location. Enter the
new name for the Plan file (CONVCTR2.NX is used for examples in this manual) and press
OK.
A note about directories and plans:
Most times you will simply save the Plan files (*.nx) to the NexSys root directory
(C:\NEXSYS). Or- you could elect to save it to a different drive or directory. In either case,
the Plan file will be saved to the specified directory and a subdirectory will automatically be
created with the same name as the Plan. The subdirectory is where NexSys will store the
various data files that are specific for that Plan.
Plan Name Window
6.2 AutoPlan
If you’re starting with a new system (all hardware connected), using AutoPlan is the easiest
method to build a Plan. AutoPlan polls the network and creates a list of every device it finds.
If you are adding devices to an existing Plan the AutoPlan Append feature will add the
‘newly found’ devices to the existing device Inventory. From here it is a simple task to drag
and drop the new devices into any logical groups you create (see Chapter 7, groups.) Start
AutoPlan by selecting
Option | AutoPlan from the menu.
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