Philips TSU2000 Quick start guide - Page 9

ProntoEdit User Guide

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What can I use ProntoEdit for?

One of the best features of the Pronto is its adaptability: you can make buttons and whole

panels appear and disappear, change button labels, learn IR codes, and create and edit your

own macros. But if you want to personalize your Pronto even more, ProntoEdit is the perfect

tool for you.

With ProntoEdit you can make all the changes you can make on your Pronto. In addition,

ProntoEdit allows you to perform a range of powerful tasks, including:

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Uploading and downloading configurations from and into your Pronto;

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Adding buttons to panels;

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Rearranging panels;

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Adding panels to devices;

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Adding new devices;

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Using your own bitmaps;

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Creating your own custom devices;

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Making any button into a macro;

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Creating macros within macros;

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Letting any button take you to any panel;

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Replacing the home panels with your own panels.

How can this guide help me use ProntoEdit?

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for a range of common ProntoEdit tasks and is

only intended to get you started with ProntoEdit. This guide is not meant to be a ProntoEdit

reference guide. We therefore encourage you to investigate the range of features offered by

ProntoEdit which are not covered by this guide.

A note on menus

Most ProntoEdit menu items are accessible both through the regular menus at the top of

ProntoEdit’s window and through so-called context menus.

Right-click any item in the configuration panel to open its context menu.

Section	Page
Contents	3
Introduction	5
What is ProntoEdit?	5
What is ProntoEmulator?	6
ProntoEdit system requirements	7
ProntoEdit installation	7
What is a CCF?	8
What can I use ProntoEdit for?	9
How can this guide help me use ProntoEdit?	9
A note on menus	9
Loading and Saving	10
How do I upload a configuration from my Pronto?	10
How do I download a configuration into my Pronto?	11
How do I load a configuration from a CCF into ProntoEdit?	12
How do I save the configuration in ProntoEdit in a CCF?	13
Basic Tasks	14
How do I start with the factory default CCF?	14
How do I open a panel view?	14
How do I add a button to a panel?	15
How do I remove a button from a panel?	15
How do I move a button in a panel?	15
How do I copy a button?	15
How do I rename a button?	16
How do I change the font used in a button?	16
How do I copy all bitmaps from one button to another?	17
How do I assign an IR code to a button?	17
How do I assign an IR code to a direct-access or left/right key?	18
How do I assign a source switch IR code?	19
How do I let a button jump to a panel?	19
How do I move a panel?	19
How do I copy a panel?	20
How do I add a panel?	20
How do I move a device or macro group?	20
How do I copy a device or macro group?	20
How do I add a device or macro group?	21
How do I update the software in my Pronto?	21
Timers	22
How do I create — add a Timer Group?	22
How do I create — add a Timer Action	22
How do I repeat a Timer Action weekly?	22
Advanced Tasks	23
How do I resize a button or a frame?	23
How do I use my own bitmaps?	23
How do I create a macro?	24
How can I use panel view grids?	25
How can I better select in a panel view?	27
How can I make ProntoEmulator faster?	27
How can I make a screenshot in ProntoEmulator?	27
How can I create my own gallery?	27
How can I create my own default panels?	27
How can I write-protect a configuration?	28
How can I create my own home panels?	28
How can I copy a device from one CCF to another?	28
Troubleshooting	29
I cannot connect the Pronto to the serial port.	29

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