Posted: May 09 2003 at 11:16 | IP Logged
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John,
Welcome to the PowerHome message board!
The trick to the Control Center is doing things in order. It sounds as if you've managed to get a single tab created from your description, but no buttons. Since this question pops up every so often, I'll just quickly detail the process below.
1. The first thing necessary is to create some Control Center Tabs. Open the PowerHome Explorer and navigate to the "Tabs" section. On this screen you can create your Control Center tabs. Be sure and set the tab order greater than 0 or the tab won't be displayed.
2. After tabs are created, you can start using them. There are four screens in the Explorer where you can select Control Center Tabs. They are Macros, IR Equipment, X-10 Housecodes, and Send Keys. On each of these screens is a field called "Custom Tab". You'll be able to select any of the tabs that you created in Step 1.
3. The next step is to define some buttons to appear on the tabs. In the Macros and Send Keys screens, the button definitions are right there with the "Custom Tab" field and nothing extra is necessary. On the IR Equipment screen, you'll need to navigate down 1 level and create the buttons. On the X-10 screen, you'll need to navigate down 2 levels and define your buttons.
4. Once you've defined your buttons, you'll need to either reinitialize, restart, or close and reopen the Control Center window in order to see the changes. You'll now see your tabs as well as the buttons (it may appear that only one button is there because the default location for the buttons are all stacked one on top of another). You'll now want to arrange and resize your buttons. Right-click on the Control Center tab you wish to customize and select the "Open Design View" option. A new window will open where you'll have full access to moving, resizing, coloring, etc the buttons. Once you save and close this screen, you'll need to close and reopen the Control Center again to see the changes you made.
Concerning your application. This should be easy to accomplish in PowerHome. I can think of several different ways to accomplish it however. Could you provide me some more details concerning the timing and the modules (valves) you wish to control. I could then put together a skeleton for you using the best technique.
Thanks,
Dave.
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