Getting Started
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Getting Started
Overview
There are several possible approaches to starting a new VA project:
Use the Basic System Assistant option to specify the NetLinx Central Controller (if different
than the default NI-3000), one Touch Panel (including a Touch Panel Template, Color Scheme
and Font choice), up to two Keypads, and a Remote Controller.
The System Design Library option allows you to select a System Design Library (SDL) file to
open and edit.
The New Empty System option creates a system with no devices other than a NI-3000 Central
Controller.
Start with the Central Controller selection - right click on any Central Controller in the
Toolbox, and select New System Using: from the context menu.
The basic steps involved in creating a system in VA are:
1.
Creating a New VA Project/System
2.
Adding Devices to the System
3.
Setting Device Properties
4.
Defining Device Macros (via CodeBuilder)
5.
Connecting Devices in the System Diagram
6.
Defining the Navigation for UI Devices
7.
Saving the Project
8.
Generating and Transferring System Files
The VA Device Database
VA uses a Device Database to populate the list of supported third-party devices (displayed in the Devices
tab of the Toolbox). The Device Database is installed as part of the VA installation. This provides
support for several popular devices. However, at some point you will probably want to update the Device
Database to include the particular devices that you want to work with. The Device Database can be
updated via options in the Device Database Manager dialog.
Touch Panel Templates
VA utilizes Touch Panel Templates to greatly simplify the process of designing user-interfaces for the
touch panel(s) in your system. While VA comes with at least one template installed and ready for
selection, additional templates can be installed via options in the Touch Panel Template Manager dialog.
Once installed, templates are available to be applied to touch panels in any VA project.
System Design Library (*.VAP) files provide several templates for pre-configured
systems of various types (e.g. Auditoriums, Conference Rooms, Boardrooms etc.), to
use as is or as a short-cut to designing several common types of control systems.
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