ControlSpace Designer Introduction

When ControlSpace® Designer is first opened, most of the screen is occupied by a tab labeled, “Project View”. On the left side of the screen is a docked window labeled, “Device List”. Add virtual devices to the design by dragging devices from the Device List and dropping them into the Project View.

Tabs – ControlSpace Designer will always have a Project View tab. When a sound processor or PowerMatch® amplifier is added to the Project View, a new Design View tab will be created for each device. Selecting one of these Design View tabs will display the current programming for that sound processor or amplifier, and will allow editing of the programming for that device. Design View tabs can also be accessed by double-clicking the appropriate device in the Project View.

Design View tabs are not created for Dante Endpoints, Control Centers, or non-programmable devices. These types of devices are programmed using the individual device control panels.

Device List – The Device List on the left side of the screen contains six expandable categories of devices.

With a few exceptions, these devices can be programmed directly from ControlSpace Designer after being placed in the Project View. The non-programmable devices are the CC-1, CC-2, CC-3, and everything in the “Devices” category. These are all representational devices which are added to the Project View to provide an illustration of the system layout. For the CC-1, CC-2, and CC-3, the device is physically wired to GPIO ports on the DSP and the GPIO ports are then programmed for the appropriate functionality. The Devices category contains items that are intended to be placed in the Project View as an illustration of system functionality. Placing an item from the Devices category into the Project View has no effect on the functionality of the system.

Wiring – There’s only one type of wiring in the Project View that has a functional purpose. When using a programmable wall controller, the wall controller must be assigned to one DSP in the system. The wall controller may be programmed to control parameters from multiple devices, but the assigned DSP serves as a gateway to the system and maintains the programming for the wall controller. This assignment is created by wiring from the wall controller to the assigned DSP device. The wiring between the wall controller and the DSP will appear as a green line in the Project View to indicate that the assignment has been made. All other wiring in the Project View will appear as black lines to indicate that this wiring is purely representational and has no effect on the functionality of the system.

Output Nodes – Each output node on a DSP or amplifier in the Project View will be represented by one of three icons. Each of these icons represents a different state for the output.

• X – Indicates that there is no signal path wired to that output node. There’s no possibility of audio being sent to that output node.
• Red Triangle – Indicates that there is a signal path wired to that output node; audio can be sent to that output but the output is currently muted.
• Open Triangle – Indicates that there is a signal path wired to that output node; audio can be sent to that output and the output is unmuted.