Key Articles

• Usability Enhancements in Design/Documentation Tools
• Case Study - Residential Control System
• Stardraw Control - New Features, Drivers & Resources
• Stardraw Control - Free Online Training (Introductory)
• Upcoming events
• Symbols Updates

Usability Enhancements in Design/Documentation Tools

This month several new features have been introduced to Stardraw Audio, A/V, A/V Lite and Lighting 2D in response to users' suggestions.  These include UI enhancements, improved pan/zoom functions, improved Convert To... tools, and the new Reverse function which makes it easy to correct system interconnections.

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Users with a current subscription can install this important new feature by performing a LiveUpdate now.

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Case Study - Residential Control System

Femi Adegoke of Awedio, based in the beautiful Southern Californian city of Thousand Oaks, was one of the very first systems integrators to devise and implement a residential system entirely controlled by Stardraw Control. Adegoke, who specializes in high-end custom installations for the residential market, was an early adopter of the new technology and had successfully deployed a system within weeks of Stardraw Control's launch.

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Stardraw Control - New Features and Drivers

Important new features added to Stardraw Control this month include the following:

The Scheduler component allows you to define a series of events to occur over a period of time, for example, power up a system but wait 5 seconds before sending it any commands or, in a Show Control scenario, run automated sequences such as a repetitive change of lighting cues, or play audio/video content in sequence. This component is very, very flexible and you can have any number of schedules running over many, many hours firing any number of events. On each event you can, of course, perform any number of actions.

Movie - The Scheduler Component.

The Calendar component allows you to create date/time events, either as one-offs or with recurrence, such as:

• August 21st at 9am
• Every Monday at 9am
• Every Weekday at 12pm
• On the 1st of every month
• On the Last Sunday of every month
• On the First Weekday of every month

This component also allows you to specify over what period these events should continue to fire - either forever or a number of times or until an absolute date/time in the future.

Movie - The Calendar Component.

The number of drivers for serial and TCP/IP controlled devices continues to grow, offering full bi-directional control and monitoring functions.  Recently added device drivers include the following:

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Stardraw Control - Free Online Training (Introductory)

We are pleased to announce additional dates for the free online webinar "An Introduction to Stardraw Control".  The free 1 hour course provides a basic grounding in the principles and use of Stardraw Control and includes:

• Getting to know the Stardraw Control UI,
• Explanation of views and controls
• Use of products from the Library List
• Creating a customized control user interface
• Catching events and creating actions
• Compiling a control program

The course offers a shortcut for integrators who want to exploit the power and flexibility of Stardraw Control to produce professional custom control systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.

Webinar dates and times, in British Summer Time, Eastern Daylight Time and Pacific Daylight Time, are as follows:

Numbers are limited and access to the webinars is strictly first-come, first-served.  To book your place please click on the Register link above, next to the webinar you wish to attend.

For other Stardraw training events please follow the link below:

Stardraw Training

Upcoming Events

	Show:	PLASA 2006
	Venue:	Earls Court, London
	Dates:	September 10-13
	Stand #:	J19

Symbols Updates

In August the following libraries were updated in one or more of Stardraw's design/documentation applications (Stardraw Audio, Stardraw A/V and Stardraw A/V Lite). Click on a manufacturer name to see full details of that library, or click on a link at the bottom of the page to update your application with the latest symbols.

Manufacturer	Models
Adamson	1
AKG	2
Apogee Electronics Corp.	1
Beyerdynamic	1
Black Box	1
Bose	7
d&b audiotechnik	3
Electro-Voice	8
Extron	2
JBL	1
Juice Goose	7
JVC	1
Kramer	1
L-ACOUSTICS	3
Lake Technology	7
Mitsubishi	1
Nexo	2
Optocore	2
Phonic	2
Powersoft	2
Procon Technology	12
Projection Design	1
QSC	1
Renkus-Heinz	16
Rotel	2
Shure	15
Sierra Video Systems	1
SMRT	56
Sony	4
Tannoy	2

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