Project Editor Manual

Foreword:
The purpose of this document is to describe how to use the Neets Project Editor in normal mode.
In the tutorials we are using 3 base projects “Neets – Base 1 project”, “Neets – Base 2 project” and “Neets
– Base 3 project” - these can be downloaded from our website.
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Revision list:
Author: Date
ANJ/JML: 14-12-10
JML: 24-02-11
JML: 04-03-11
ANJ/JML: 31-03-11
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Description
First release
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REV3
Changes in section ”How to connect to control system”.
REV4
Added LED settings in “Assign buttons”.
Added sections “LED settings” and “Label designer”.
Changed some images in “PIR settings” and “Calendar settings”
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Index
Foreword: .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Revision list: ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Index .................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Neets Project Editor in General ......................................................................................................................... 4
File menu ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Communication menu ................................................................................................................................... 4
Help menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
The design concept ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Project settings .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Project overview ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Interface designer............................................................................................................................................ 14
Assign buttons ................................................................................................................................................. 19
System code..................................................................................................................................................... 25
Sub key ............................................................................................................................................................ 26
LED settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Power on I/O ................................................................................................................................................... 28
Optional settings ............................................................................................................................................. 29
Auto shutdown ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Reply ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
Calendar....................................................................................................................................................... 30
RS232 alarm ................................................................................................................................................. 31
Keyboard lock .............................................................................................................................................. 31
Movement sensor (PIR) ............................................................................................................................... 32
Room overview ............................................................................................................................................ 33
Commission ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
Label designer.............................................................................................................................................. 34
Documentation ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Upload ......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Connect to the control system using smartphone, tablet PC or browser ....................................................... 37
How to connect using iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.................................................................................... 38
How connect using a browser on a Windows computer ............................................................................ 39
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How to use an Android device as graphical interface ..................................................................................... 42
Installing the Neets Dedicated Control application..................................................................................... 42
Using the Neets Dedicated Control application .......................................................................................... 43
Neets Control System .............................................................................................................................. 44
Wi-Fi connection...................................................................................................................................... 45
Display ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Security .................................................................................................................................................... 46
Advance Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 46
System ..................................................................................................................................................... 46
Good things to know: .................................................................................................................................. 47
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Neets Project Editor in General
File menu
In the file menu there are menu items for creating a
new project, open an existing project and saving the
project.
If you click the arrow below “New” you got the
possibility to select if you want to create a normal or
advanced project.
If you want to open a project from a control system click
the arrow below “Open” and click “Open from control system”
Communication menu
In the communication menu you can see which
control system you have selected. Be aware that
you have selected the right control system before
uploading!
The Get Panel Information menu item gets information like serial number and software revision from the
selected control system.
The LAN lookup menu item opens a dialog like the one below. In this dialog you can e.g. select the control
system you want to use or you can change the IP address of a Control system.
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Help menu
If you have a question or a problem you can
use the help menu.
You can always press F1 to get help
regarding the function you are using.
If you need further help you can use the
“Send Help Information” dialog to
generate a help information package and
send it using your locally installed e-mail
program. If you remove the checkmark in
the “Send generated data by email” the
package will be saved in the
“..\Neets\Logs” folder and you can send it
later on using your e-mail program.
In the Help menu you also find some online services. The “Remote
support” is used when you need remote support using TeamViewer.
There is a FAQ and an update service to check for updates, new device
drivers etc.
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The design concept
When creating a project there are some guidelines you can follow.
We will now take an overall look in the application. If you want to see
more specific details, you can see other documents describing the
specific functions or you can watch the tutorials on our website.
We start by opening the “Neets – base 3 project”.
The first thing to keep in mind is the help file. You can at any time
press F1 to see help for specific functions.
There is a menu to the left where you should operate from the top
and down to the bottom. And when reaching the last point you are
ready to upload the project.
Project
Here you can enter the basic information about the project.
Project overview
This is where you make the structure of your installation choosing what devices to use, how many
I/O's to use and what to use them for etc.
Interface designer
This will only be visible when using a Zulu. It is for creating the graphical interface for your mobile
device or web site.
Keyboard settings
This will only be visible when using an I/O keyboard. Here you can manage all preconfiguration of
hardware keys.
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Assign buttons
What should happen when you press a button? That is specified here.
System code
If you’re an experienced programmer you can make your own unique projects, by writing your
own code.
Power on I/O
When the system is powered on, you can specify what should happen with the I/O's and relays.
Optional settings
Different options for setting up e.g. PIR, keyboard lock, RS232 alarm, auto shutdown, reply etc.
Commission
When you have finished your project, the last thing to do is upload it to the control system. This can
be done here. Furthermore there is a possibility to see the documentation for the project and make
printable labels for Echo and Sierra.
If you want to adjust the application, the appearance, paths or other things, this is done in the settings
window, which you find in the menu in the upper left corner at the Neets icon. It is also in this window you
can enable or disable the possibility to make code buttons and use System code.
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Project settings
In the Project settings we fill out the basic information on the project that we want to create.
Name, Location and
description are optional, but
recommended.
In Project version, module
version and Firmware
version it is recommended
that you select the newest
version.
This always gives you the
newest functions available.
The module version is hidden
by default. In the settings
you can set the module
version to be shown.
The project version
determines the functions of the program. Module version determines the functions of the control system
and firmware determines the support of the functions in the control system.
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Project overview
This section explains how to easily connect and use the already made device drivers. Tutorials will be based
on the “Neets – base 3 project”
When you have chosen to make a new project and select “Project overview” you will see that the control
system is already added in the diagram. At the left side the unit selector is located and when you click at
the control system in diagram the property box will appear in the right side.
Search options for
the Unit selector
Property box for the
control system
Unit selector with all
available devices
Unit selector
In the Unit selector you can either use the search function in the top area of
the Unit selector or select in the list.
In the tutorial we will add a projector, an Epson EMP-822. The search
function is used simply by typing e.g. “emp” in the search field and all devices
with “emp” in their device name will appear in the list, select the EMP-822,
drag it to the control system and drop it on the RX-1/TX-1 port.
You can also select from the list simply by selecting “Projector” then select
“Epson” and then find the EMP-822 in the list.
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In the “Neets” tab you can find Neets
devices like Neets Amplifiers
In the “Misc” tab you can
find the I/O and Relay units
Control system
The control system ports are arranged in the different port types. In the top area
you can see the IP address and Time (NTP timeserver1) settings.
The RX-1/TX-1 port is the only bidirectional RS-232 communication port
TX-2 to TX-5 can be used as either IR or RS-232 TX.
TCP1 to TCP5 can be used to connect LAN devices, the control system can handle
up to 5 ports.
RELAY1 to RELAY5 can be used to connect Relay units from the “Misc” tab like
“230v Relay” or “230v Screen”
I/O-01 to I/O-24 can be used to connect I/O units from the “Misc” tab e.g. an “I/O
PIR sensor”, “I/O keyboard lock” or an “I/O keyboard”
1
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over data networks and a
timeserver is a server computer that reads the actual time from a reference clock and distributes this information to its clients
using a computer network.
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Control system settings
If you click at the control system a property box will appear in the right side off the window. In this property
box you can change the settings of the control system.
In the “Normal” tab you can change some general settings like name
and location. The Name and Location will be used when you do a
LAN lookup or use the “Get panel information” button.
In this tab you can also change the IP-settings of the controls system
In the “Time” tab you can select the timezone to be used. The
daylight saving information will be generated based on this setting.
If you want to use a NTP timeserver (see note on previous page for
description) to adjust the time, just check the “Enable” checkbox
and type the timeserver you want to use or select one from the list.
When you want to use the timeserver function you also have to
setup a DNS-Server.
In the “White list” tab you can control who and how many interface
units like mobile Internet devices (MID) you can connect to the
control system.
You can control it using IP-address or MAC-address or you can
define a dynamic which allows every interface unit in the network
to connect to the control system.
The Timeout time means time (without any request from the
connected device) before the control system releases the
connection.
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Serial device settings
We will connect a Neets Amplifier version 1 to the control system. Select the “Neets” tab, select “Amplifier”
and then drag and drop the “312-0001” to the TX-2 port on the control system.
In the Property box
we can change the
communication
settings
If you want to edit the
device in this project
just click “Edit device
and it will be opened in
“Neets Device Editor”
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I/O unit settings
We will also connect some I/O units e.g. an I/O keyboard. Select
the “Misc” tab and drag and drop the “I/O keyboard” on I/O-01. A
dialog appears where we select “Number of buttons” to 4 and
leave the “with LED” checkbox unchecked
In the Property box we
can change the Port
name of each I/O port
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Interface designer
The “Interface designer” is the place where you design your graphical interface. The result will end in an
auto generated web site.
We start by creating a new project.
Click on “Interface designer” in the
menu. You will now see a white
blank page called “Frontpage”. To
the left you have small thumbnails
of all the pages. You can click on
these to see the specific page.
In this section we will describe
how to use specific functions and
commands when designing your
graphical interface.
Menu items. Consist
of two parts: “Pages”
and “Elements”.
Thumbnails of all
the pages.
The page you’re
designing
A good approach is to use a theme.
A theme is a block of settings that
describes how a button and a label
should look like, what color or
image the background uses etc.
When using a theme, and adding
standard buttons the button will
take its appearance from the
theme. We will get back to that.
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Right now we do not have a theme we want to use, so let’s try to make
one.
Click on the black square in the “Elements” menu under the “Interface
designer tab” to insert a button. It will be inserted on the page.
Try to hold the mouse down on the button and move it around, and then
release the mouse to place it. You can try to change the size of the button by holding the mouse down in
one of the edges of the button and move the mouse
around and release again to confirm.
Click on the button and a window with settings appears
to the right. Try to click in the text field at the top and
write a text. While writing the text, the button will
change its appearance. It should now look something
like this:
Make multiple
states of a
button.
We want to have another
color for the text so let’s change that. Furthermore we
want to make the font a little larger. Click here and
select the font and size you want to use. The button
should now look something
like this:
We can change the rounding
of the corners by entering a value, clicking on the
up/down buttons or using the slider.
To change the base color of the button click here.
Try to experiment with the transparency. Use it in the
same way as the corner radius. If you want to change
the exact size and position of the button you can enter
the values here.
Your button should now look something like this:
In the Light/glass effect section, try to experiment with some different values. If you select the Gradient1
type, your button might look something like this:
Then you have the possibility to attach an image and move it around. Or you can use a predefined icon
which can also be moved around.
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There are several other settings you can make, like frame and border, or
if you have an image attached you can tone it in any color you want. It
could look something like this:
When you are satisfied with the look of the button, you can
now add the button to your button collection, so you can add
it later on: After applying the settings, right click on the button
and select “Add to buttons”.
In the menu you should now see a small
image of the button. Try to click it. You
will now get a button with the exact
same look as the one you already have
(except for the text).
On the top of the figure on the previous page you will see an “unpressed” and “pressed” image of the
button where you can of course change the appearance of each of them. By following the previous steps
you have created the “unpressed” image. By clicking on the “pressed” image you simply change the
appearance of that instead. Furthermore you can make multiple states of the button which you can use for
e.g. a toggle button (Will be introduced in the Assign Button part).
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Now, in the menu, try to add a label.
Design it the way you want the same way as with the button.
Then we only need to change the background. You can choose between color and
image. For now, select “Color” from the menu.
A new window will appear where you can select a background color, and eventually
a gradient, just like as with the button.
I have selected a black color and gradient 2, and changed
the angle a bit.
Depending on how you designed the button, the label
and the background you will end up with something
similar to this:
Now we are ready to make a theme, so that all pages will have the same appearance. Right click
somewhere on the background and select “Add to themes”. You will be prompted to enter a name for the
theme. Just call it “MyTheme”. If you have more than one button or one label you will be asked to select
the proper one to use for the theme.
You can also add buttons and change the appearance of only that one, and it will not follow the theme. Just
like you can select multiple elements and make changes of them together.
That was the basics in how to make your own graphical layout. Now it is time for you to experiment a little
more, but first I will give you an overview of the menu and the functions.
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“Pages” tab
Create a new page.
Delete the current page.
If you have e.g. a customer that wants to see a preview of how
the graphical layout will look like, you can click the preview
page.
When you have more than one element on the page, you will
see some yellow gridlines to help you align the elements. You
can toggle this function here.
Change the language used for the web site. You can choose
between predefined languages, or you can enter your own
texts. The icon will change depending on the selected language.
Change the resolution of the screen to a customized size for
smartphone, tablet PC etc.
There are also settings for DPI and orientation.
Change the background of the page; choose between an image
and a (gradient) color.
Change the title of the page.
To the left you will see the theme you just added. In this case
“MyTheme”.
“Elements” tab
Just like the button we added before we have all the buttons in
this list. The black square and the black circle are default
buttons.
If you just want a text, a headline or something else you can add
a label. After you have added it you can change its appearance.
In the same way as the label you can add an image. Please note
that it is a non-clickable image. After that you can change its
appearance.
Then we have a list of element groups. When you click on one
of these the elements will all be inserted on the page.
The z-index (layer index) of the buttons will be ordered in the
way they are added to the page. If you have two buttons with
one overlapping the other you can change that overlap.
If you have a row of elements, either horizontally or vertically
you can distribute or align them to make the same spacing
between them.
You can either delete an element by clicking on the Delete key
or the Delete button in the menu.
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You can add the selected button to the list of custom buttons.
If you have an element that has a different appearance from the
selected theme, you can make that element follow the theme.
Create a group of elements. Select two or more elements and
create an element group. This can be useful if you are often
using the same elements on multiple pages.
Many of the functions can also be found by right clicking on an element or the background.
Assign buttons
This section explains how to use Assign button. In Assign button you can e.g. assign sequences to the
graphical buttons you created in the interface designer or to the buttons on an I/O keyboard. You can also
add I/O Controls, add a link to a page or link the selected button to another button.
The examples in this section are based on the project “Neets – Base 3 project”.
Menu items for timeline
settings and code scripting
(optional).
An overview of all the available graphical
pages is shown. Select one simply by
clicking on it.
List of device drivers connected to
the control system. Click on the
device and drag the sequence you
want to use to a button
The timeline of the
selected button
Sequence group editor
If you want to make a button on the
selected page jump to another page select
the destination page and drag it to button.
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Timeline
You can use F8 to enable/disable the timeline and F9 to select if it should be shown below the selected
page or in a separate dialog.
The timeline is shown for the selected button. If the sequence is a source-type sequence you can select
which power state of the device you want to see in the timeline using the checkbox at left. If unchecked the
power state of the device is off and the power on sequence will be added in the timeline.
Add a sequence to a button
We want to select the PC1 source on the projector EMP-822: First we select the EMP-822 on port RX-1/TX-1
in the sequence list. Then all the sequences of the EMP-822 appear in the sequence list – ordered by
sequence type. Then we select the PC1 sequence in the list and drag it to either the button or the
sequence group editor if that one is shown.
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The sequence group editor
In the sequence group editor we are working with 5 different kinds of settings: Sequence, I/O Control,
Pagelink, Link and Misc.
On the Sequence tab all the assigned sequences are
ordered by devices. A sequence or device can be
deleted simply by clicking the red X on the same row. A
sequence or device can also be moved by clicking one of
the arrows at the same row. If you click on the “Change
toggle button state” a new window will appear where
you can change the state/appearance of all the buttons.
This is where you could use the multiple states
you probably made in the interface designer.
In this example we have a button with green
color and the text “On”, we can change that to
a red button with the
text “Off” simply just
by clicking on it. If
you keep clicking the
“No changes” state
will appear which
means the button
will not change its appearance.
There is also a button for the hardware keys
named “Change LED color”. If you click it a
new window will appear where you can
change the color of all the LED’s. Each time
you click on a key the LED changes its color.
On the I/O Control tab all I/O Controls that are
connected to the control system are listed. To control
an I/O port or a Relay port simply select the type of
port. If a delay is needed just enter the value (in
seconds) in the column “Delay in sec.”. If the type is
“Activate for seconds” or “Release for seconds” a time
value also has to be entered in the column “Time in sec”.
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On the Misc tab you can define the states where the key
can execute its sequences. You can also enter a name to
the sequence group. The name is used in the optional
settings e.g. in PIR settings to define the button being
activated when a movement is registered.
The Pagelink tab is only shown if the button is linked to a
page which means that when the button is pressed it
jumps to the page that it links to.
On this tab you can see which page the button is linked to.
If you want to delete the link simply click “Remove link to
page”
The Link tab is shown if the selected button is linked to
another button. This means that the button executes the same sequences as the button it links to.
If you want to delete the link simply click the button “Remove link to button”.
Add a link to another button
On each page we have made buttons for volume control. Instead
of assigning the 3 three volume buttons up, down and mute on
each page we just assign the volume buttons on the “Frontpage“.
On the other two pages “CD” and “DVD” we just make a link from
the button to the equivalent button on the “Frontpage”.
First we select the button we want to edit e.g. the “Volume down”
button. Then the sequence group editor appears with only the Link
tab shown. In the dropdown box we select the page on which the
button we want to link to is placed e.g. the “Volume down” button
on the “Frontpage”.
The same procedure is done on the “Volume up” and “Mute”
buttons and on the three volume buttons on the “DVD” page.
When you press the linked button on the mobile device it will send
the same sequences as the button it links to but it will stay on the
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actual page, except if the button that it links to have a pagelink then it will jump to that page.
Add a Pagelink
We want to add a link from the
“CD” button on the “Frontpage” to
“CD” page. This is done simply by
dragging the page from the
interface list to the “CD” button.
The same way we create a link from
the “DVD” button to the “DVD”
page.
Add a Toggle button
We want to add a toggle button which can be useful e.g. if we want to control more sequences on a device
with the same button.
The CD player in the project has 6 discs. We want to add a toggle button which change disc every time we
press the button.
First we add a sequence
to the button by drag
and drop, and then the
Sequence group editor
appears with the
sequence tab in focus. To
change this button to a
toggle button simply click
the “Add toggle button
state” button.
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Then the first sequence
we added changes to be
press 1 and a Press 2 is
added. If more presses
are needed just press the
button again.
We add 4 more buttons
and then we drag a
sequence to each toggle
button state.
You can also drag the
sequence to the button,
and then a dialog
appears which allows
you to select the toggle
state number.
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System code
If you want to make a unique control system with special functions, you can use the System code part.
You simply write you own code in the Pawn language (C-like), and you still have a lot of helping functions to
make it all easier.
I will not get into details on this; just tell you that it is present.
Please note that this section requires a good knowledge for programming.
If you want to know more on how to make your own unique systems, you can watch the “Code scripting
manual” (doc# 311-0004-002-001).
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Sub keys
When you are using an I/O keyboard you can define which keys are master keys and which are sub keys. A
sub key can have different sequences depending on the selected master key.
We start by opening the project “Neets – base 3 project”. This contains an I/O keyboard and some devices.
Click on “Keyboard settings” in the menu.
We can then start to define the master keys and sub keys. The tools are in
the menu. Select one of them and click on the keys on the keyboard.
Then we proceed to “Assign sequence” where we must give the keys some functionality.
We add some sequences to the master keys. Then we add sequences to the sub keys. E.g. we could define
two master keys to activate CD or DVD, and on the sub keys we want to use Play and Pause.
When a sequence is dropped on a sub key a dialog appear to select
the master key that should be activated to send the actual sub key
sequence when the sub key is pressed.
In the property box on a selected sub key the master key settings is
located in the top area. To see or edit
the sub key settings depending on
which masker key is pressed just
select the master key in the
dropdown box.
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LED settings
When the control system has an integrated keyboard or you are using an I/O keyboard with LED’s you have
the opportunity to change the appearance and behaviour of the LED's on the keyboard.
You will only see the settings that are active for the project, which means if you do not have any devices
attached yet, you will see this text: There are no devices attached, so there are no settings to change.
Otherwise you will see a list of the possible button types. If the project is created for an Echo or an I/O
keyboard, the color selection is not visible.
When the source sequence is in
progress the LED blinks 4 times
per second.
The possible LED behaviors is:
Off, On, 0.5 Hz, 1 Hz, 2 Hz, 4 Hz,
8 Hz, Short blink
When the source button is
active the LED is on
The color of the source
button is white.
The possible LED colors
are: White, Purple,
Turquoise, Yellow, Blue,
Red, Green, Black.
You also have the opportunity to save your own default settings; these
are used as default when you make a new project. You can also reset
to Neets factory default.
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Power on I/O
Instead of manually controlling an I/O pin
every time you click a source button, you
can control it automatically only when the
system is powered on. This is done by using
Power on I/O.
We start by opening the project “Neets –
base 3 project”. This contains a page with
assigned sequences and an attached screen.
Click on “Power on I/O” in the menu. You
will now see the front page. On the right you
will be able to tell what to happen with the
I/O’s and
relays
when the
system is
powered
on. In this
case we
select
Screen
down.
You will see some of the buttons having a
small green and yellow icon meaning that it
executes the I/O operation. If you click on a
button with this icon it will change its icon
and not execute the I/O operation.
Then we have several buttons that are grayed out. It means they do not support the Power on I/O
operation because they either do not have a sequence attached or if the sequence is not of the type source
or on.
So, in this case when we press the “PC 1” button the screen goes down. Then we press “PC 2”; the system is
allready powered on so the screen is not going down. And we have told not to make any I/O operations on
the “CD” button so even if we press that when the system is off the screen is not going down.
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Optional settings
Auto shutdown
This section explains how to use
the automatic shutdown function
for a control system.
We start by creating a new
project.
Click on “Optional settings” in the
menu and select “Auto
shutdown”. When you enable the
function you will be able to enter
a number of minutes that the
control system must be inactive before executing the auto shutdown. The inactivity is defined from the last
time a button is pressed.
Reply
This section explains how to use two-way
communication on a control system.
We start by opening the project “Neets Base 1 project”. This project contains a
reply-device.
Click on “Optional settings” in the menu
and select “Reply”. Simply select the
EMP-822 device from the list. If a device attached to the control system in “Project overview” does not
appear in the list, it does not support two-way communication.
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Calendar
This section explains how to use the calendar function. Please note that this function is not available on all
Neets control systems. Please see www.neets.dk for more details. The calendar gives you the possibility to
make actions on specific times.
We start by opening the project “Neets – Base 1 project”. This project contains a button to turn on system.
Click on “Optional settings” in the menu and select “Calendar”.
At first sight the calendar is empty. From the menu
you can add new entries. A small appointment will
appear in the calendar and settings for the entry will
show up in the right side of the screen.
For each entry, you can enter a description and
specify the exact time to press a button within a week.
You can have up to 10 entries, and remember that one entry
could be used for all 7 days in the week.
If we choose to turn on the projector at 8 o’clock AM
Monday-Friday set the settings like this.
The appointment will then update in the calendar.
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RS232 alarm
This section
explains how
to use the
RS232 alarm
for a control
system. The
RS232 alarm
can be used
to activate
an external
alarm unit to
prevent a
device from
getting stolen.
We start by opening the project “Neets – Base 3 project”. This contains an I/O pin configured as an output.
Click on “Optional settings” in the menu and select “RS232 alarm”. When you enable the function you will
be able to enter some values. The first value is the number of milliseconds the serial cable must be
disconnected before an alarm is raised. The next value is for how many seconds the alarm (I/O pin) should
be activated. The last value indicates what I/O pin the alarm is connected to. You can select between all
I/O’s configured as outputs.
In this case the alarm, connected to I/O pin 9, will sound for 5 seconds if the serial cable has been
disconnected for more than 100 milliseconds. We want to give the thief a fair chance to connect the device
again!
Keyboard lock
This section explains how to
use the keyboard lock.
You can use this function if
you want to prevent
unauthorized people to use
the system when you are
not using it.
We start by opening the
project “Neets – Base 3
project”. This contains an
I/O pin configured as a keyboard lock.
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Click on “Optional settings” in the menu and select “Keyboard lock”. When you enable the function you will
be able to select the I/O pin you want to use for keyboard lock, and whether the state of the I/O pin must
be low or high to activate the keyboard lock.
In this case the keyboard is locked when the I/O pin 10 is low.
Movement sensor (PIR)
This section explains how to use a PIR sensor on the control system.
You can use this function if you want to automatically turn on and off a control system when it is not in use,
by an attached movement sensor.
We start by opening the project “Neets – Base 3 project”. This contains an I/O pin configured as a PIR
sensor.
Click on “Optional settings” in the menu and select “Movement sensor (PIR)”. This function consists of two
parts. You can choose what to do when there is no movement; you specify a number of minutes that the
PIR sensor has not registered any movement and what button to press when that occurs. Furthermore you
can choose what to do when there is movement; you specify what button to press when that occurs.
In this case we have told the control system to press the “Off” button when there has been no movement
for 10 minutes and press the “Inpu 1” button when movement is registered. The movement is registered on
the I/O pin 1 when the state is low.
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Room overview
This section explains how
to use the room
overview.
You can use this function
if you want to generate a
public website with an
overview of specific
control systems in the
same network.
We start by creating a
new project.
Click on “Optional
settings” in the menu
and select “Room
overview”. From the
menu you can
add a new entry.
A dialog shows up where you must enter the IP
address of the control system you want to
appear in the list. When you are finished
adding control systems to the list, you can try
to upload the project to the control system. If
you open a Safari browser and enter the IP
address of the control system on port 8080
you should see a webpage similar to this. E.g.:
http://192.168.10.99:8080.
In this example the list is generated with
danish language. You can change
that from the menu. Click on the
flag.
If you want to make restricted access to the
different control systems, you can edit this in
the HTTP White list in “Project overview”.
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Commission
Label designer
The label designer gives you the opportunity to design and create your own printable labels for the Echo
and Sierra control systems. I will not get into details in how to make your design. For that I refer to the
interface designer section.
When you first enter the label designer the text labels for the keys will have a default value with the
caption from the sequences attached to each key on the keyboard. E.g. if you have attached an “Input 1”
source sequence on the key the label will have a value of “Input 1”. You can off course change that, just like
in the interface designer. If you see a label with the value “Key x” it might be because the key is empty or a
subkey. You can just delete it.
You can show guide lines like you
know them from the interface
designer and you can add gridlines
which makes it a little easier to see
the edges of the keys.
If the layout is mashed up, you can
simply reset it to start over.
Once the design is finished, you can preview and print a specified number of labels.
You can even save the current layout if you need it for another project. Please note that layouts made for
the EU size cannot be used for the DK size.
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Documentation
For making the installation a little easier, you have the possibility to generate documentation for the
project. You can also use it to check if everything is connected as you expect.
We start by opening the “Neets – base 2 project”.
Click on “Commission” in the menu. Click on the “Generate
documentation” button.
You will see a diagram of the control system with attached
items on the first page. In the menu you will see buttons for printing the
entire documentation, or navigate back and forward through the pages.
Click on “Next page”. Now you will see the first page with a lot of boxes
and arrows. A box can be represented in many ways each indicating a
specific type of button. The different types are shown on the same page as
they are used or you can see them in the help file. The number in the
boxes is a reference to a specific button. 2.1.3 means the 3rd button on the page with the headline 2.1.
Try to click onto the next page. Then
we have our “2.1.3” button where we
can see what happens when it is
pressed.
The amplifier switches to Input 2 and
the CD player switches to Disc 1.
Besides that the CD page is shown in
the web site.
If we were using I/O’s these would
also be indicated here.
You can try to click around the documentation, or make changes in the project to see the effect of it.
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Upload
To upload the project to the control system, press the “Upload” menu item or press
F5, you will be asked if you want to continue – if yes the upload begins.
You will be able to open manuals for using/setting up/connecting a
device to use the generated website.
If you upload using LAN you should be aware that you have selected
the right control system and that the control system is on the same
subnet as your PC.
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Connect to the control system using smart phone, tablet PC or
browser
Selecting the right browser
Controlling the Neets Control system by a graphical interface gives you the possibilities get the look and
feel that you want, and endless possibilities what concerns customization and design layout.
The Neets Control systems graphical interface works by opening a browser that is connected to the control
systems HTTP server.
Neets have tested the following Units with the browsers mention below:
Unit
IPhone 3G, 3GS
IPod touch
IPad
PC
PC
PC
Browser
Safari 4.0
Safari 4.0
Safari 4.0
Safari 4.0.4,
Safari 5
FireFox 3.5
Internet Explorer
Description
Works best I full screen mode.
Works best I full screen mode.
Works best I full screen mode.
Works
Not supported
Not supported
As you can see not all browsers are supported. If you try to use another browser, please keep in mind that
faults might occur, which you will not notice at first.
Connection more than one browser to a system
It is possible to use up to 5 browsers at the same time on one Neets Control system.
When doing so, the commands send from one browser, will automatically be displayed in the other
Browsers. Browsers that are inactive will be updating within max 3 sec.
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How to connect using iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
When setting up the device to control the Neets Control system, a few steps is necessary before being able
to get the full experience of the control system.
This section assumes that you have programmed a Neets Control system with a static IP address
192.168.10.80 and that it is installed on a network with a WIFI gateway that the iTouch is connected to.
1. Find the Safari browser on
the IPhone and start it.
2. Now enter the IP address
of the Neets Control
system and hit “Go”.
3. The pages starts loading.
(In this state all pages and
images are loaded so the
loading time depends on
the size of you project).
You will see a loading
animation when
downloading all the
elements.
5. Now select “Add to Home
Screen” and enter the
name of your control
system.
6. On the Home Screen there
will now be an Icon for
your Neets Control
system.
7. By pressing button you
just made will launch the
control system in a full
screen mode.
4. After the page is done
loading, you are ready to
add the home page to the
ITouch Home Screen. This
is done by pressing the
“+”.
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Uploading a new project into the Neets Control system
Whenever you upload a new project to the Neets Control system the information stored on the iTouch
must also be updated.
This is simply done by closing the Neets Control system interface and
opening it again.
To close the Neets Control interface interface simply press the “Home
button”
When launching the Neets Control system interface you will see that
a progress window appears just as when you were
loading all the elements.
The pages starts loading. (In this state all pages
and images are loaded so the loading time
depends on the size of you project).
The Neets Control system is now ready to use again.
If you do not see your changes try to make a reload of the page.
How connect using a browser on a Windows computer
Safari
If you want to use a computer or tablet PC that runs Windows as your graphical interface all you must
install Apple’s Safari browser.
This section assumes that you have programmed a Neets Control system with a static IP address
192.168.10.13 and that it is installed on a network together with the computer that we are installing the
Safari browser on.
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1. Download the Safari browser from Apple’s
homepage:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download
2. After you have downloaded it following the
description from Apple on how to get
installed on your computer.
3. When the installation are done say yes to run
the program.
4. First we need to inter the IP address of the
Control system. Enter 192.168.10.13 in the
address field and press enter.
5. The browser now transfers the entire
graphical interface to the computer. You will
see a loading animation. Please wait until
finished.
6. Now select Edit->Preferences
Press the button “Set to Current Page” and
close the settings box.
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7. Now press the maximize button to make the
browser fill the entire screen.
8. Now close the browser.
9. Next you have to installe the “Neets Safari
Frame Remover” this program are found on
Neets homepage.
After downloading it. Start the installation
program and let it guid you throug the
process.
10. Now reboot you computer and you will see
that on startup the Safari browser starts up as
in true full screen.
If you need to close the Safari browser you simply click on the Safari and press the “Alt” button on the
keyboard this will show the menu line.
The Safari browser has a memory leak problem so after running none stop for 2-3 weeks the Safari browser
will respond slowly or not at all. To prevent this for happen the Neets Safari Frame Remover will restart the
Safari browser every day at midnight. This operation will only tage few seconds and ensure that the
enduser always have quick respons when using the system.
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How to use an Android device as graphical interface
If you want to use an Android device as graphical interface to a Neets Control system we have made an
application (Neets Dedicated Control) that enables you to make the Android device act as a standalone
graphical interface.
If you have purchased the MID unit directly from Neets the application have already been installed and you
can skip the first chapter that describe how to install the application.
Installing the Neets Dedicated Control application
There are 2 ways to install the application installed on you Android device.
To install the application your device need to run Android version 2.1 or higher.
1. Install it using the Android Market. Simply connect to the Market as search for “Neets”.
2. Download the application from our homepage and manual copy the install file to the Android
device using a memory card or simply connect the unit to your computer.
a. Use the build in file browser to navigate to the install file.(This part varies from unit to unit)
b. Now click on the file to start the installation.
Now you will be informed of the different parts of
the Android that our application want access to.
Simply press Install and the installation will begin.
After the installation is done you will see this
message.
Press “Done”.
Next press home button on the unit:
Depending on the unit it can look
different:
This will give you the following option
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Select “Use by default for this action” and then
press then “Neets Remote”.
The application is now fully installed and ready to be used. In the next section you can read more about
how to use all the function available in this application.
Using the Neets Dedicated Control application
The first time you start the application you will see a blank white page followed by the screen below.
Whenever you are the Neets Dedicated Control application you will see the current status of the Wi-Fi
connection and the battery status.
It is important that you remember to make space for the battery and Wi-Fi when you make your design.
The settings page allows you to customize the behavior of the application. The application default settings
provide a good start and give the system a good balance between user interactivity and battery time.
To get access to the settings simply press the menu
button. If the menu button is not present on your
device there is an alternative way. By pressing the volume down button followed by the volume up button
you can also enter the settings (The time
between the two presses must be less than
200 ms).
You will now see a settings menu appear.
By pressing this you enter the settings page.
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To exit the settings menu simply press the “Connect to the
control system”, back button
or home button
.
When exiting the settings the settings that you have made
will take effect.
The settings menu is longer than the visible area of the
screen and you can simply scroll down to access the settings
below.
When connecting to a control system that has a newer
graphical interface that this application. It will start to
retrieve the new graphical interface.
You will see the message screen below:
The numbers of items that are loaded depend on the size of your project size.
After the last item has been loaded the graphical interface will appear.
Now let’s have a look on the different settings.
Neets Control System
Here you change the IP address of the Control system that this unit must connect to. You also have the
possibility to connect to the selected control system when all the settings are set as you want.
This menu item will exit the settings and try to
connect to the IP address specified in the “Control
system IP address”
Here you specify the IP address of the control
system that the application must connect to.
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Wi-Fi connection
Before you are able to use the Neets Dedicated Control application you need to connect it to a WIFI
hotspot that also is connected to the Neets Control system. In this section you have access to the WIFI
settings.
Pressing this will take you to the Wi-Fi hotspot
connection menu.
In this menu simply select the hotspot that you
want to connect to and enter the access password if
needed.
We recommend that you always use encrypted
hotspot.
To get back to the main settings simply use the
“back” button.
Here you find the basic information on the current
WIFI connection.
You will also find the WIFI network MAC address.
This can be useful if you need to add this unit to the
control systems white list.
Display
How and when should the screen react when the unit has not been used for a while? All the settings in this
section are related to the screen.
You can select if the screen must turn off after a
given time or not.
If you enable this function more option are
available for adjusting when and how the screen
must turn off.
We recommend that this function is enabled to
prolong lifetime of the screen.
Determine how many minutes there must elapse
before the screen starts to dim.
This timer is reset every time the screen is touched
or the build in g-sensor registers a movement.
Set the dimming time in seconds. This is the time
from the application starts to dim until the screen
are black (fully dimmed).
If the unit has a build in G-sensor, you can enable or
disable the usage of this.
The sensitivity of the G-sensor can be set here. If
the sensitivity is to high, small movement on the
device will keep the screen turned on.
Remember that the lower the number the higher
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sensitivity.
Enable or disable the orientation lock.
Set the orientation lock to either vertical or
horizontal.
Security
If you do not want the end-user to change the settings, you can restrict the access to the menu here.
Enable or disable the password protection of the
settings menu. This can be useful to prevent the
end-user from changing the settings.
Set the password the must be used to access the
settings menu.
Advance Settings
The advance settings are only to be changed if you are using a different Android device that the one Neets
recommends and if you unit does not behave as expected.
To make sure that the G-sensor and a touch of the
screen shows the graphical interface it is important
that the Android device does not enter sleep mode.
This is under normal condition done by the Android
system when the brightness is set to almost 0. The
reason that you can adjust the minimum value is
that this value varies from Android unit to unit.
If you are using the ViewSonic ViewPad 7 there is no
need to change this setting.
System
The settings in this section are under normal usage not to be used. Before using this settings make sure
that you understand the consequences of the settings.
Clear the graphical interface memory that is used to
ensure quick updating of the graphical interface.
(After the cache has been cleared it will be reloaded
when reconnecting with the control system) Under
normal condition this function are not necessary to
use.
If you want to remove this application this item will
take you to the uninstall menu.
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Good things to know:
When using an Android device as a dedicated control unit there a few things that a good to know. Below is
listed some of the things that you should keep in mind.

When pressing the power button one time, the Android device enters sleep mode. This will
preserve power, but also prevent the out application for detecting G-sensor and screen touch.
To exit sleep mode simply press the power button again.

If the user pressed the home button
the graphical interface will flicker for a moment. (This
behavior is happening be course Android device are restarting our application.)
Volume and back buttons normal operation has been disabled when you not are in the settings
menu.
The brightness of the screen is controlled by the application and is always 100% when not dimmed.
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