
SIMPL Windows
SIMPL Windows is Crestron’s core programming tool, used for generating the logic that instructs
the control processor. D3 Pro uses SIMPL Windows behind the scenes to generate the program
that will be uploaded to the control processor.
Crestron Engraver
The engraving software is responsible for assigning text to keypads and touchpanels. If you have
used the Crestron Engraver before, then you should be familiar with the interface used to engrave
within D3 Pro.
VisionTools Pro-e
As new touchpanels are developed and additional features are added, Crestron upgrades VT
Pro-e. To take advantage of the latest VT Pro-e features, Crestron requires that the Crestron D3
Pro be used with VT Pro-e v3.2.1.8 or later. (NOTE: The TPMC-10 requires v3.3.1.4 or higher)
D3 Pro Touchpanel Templates
These templates are used as a starting point when generating touch-panel projects. If you do not
plan to use touchpanels in your projects, or you plan to create your own templates, then you do
not need these templates.
VIII. Maintaining multiple D3 Pro versions on one PC
With older versions of D3 Pro (v1.2.7 or lower), it could be problematic to maintain more than
one version of the software on a single PC. This is because the application relies on certain files
that must be “registered” with the operating system in order to function properly. Since each
version of D3 Pro depends on newer version of files having the same names as older versions,
installing a newer version would break any previously installed version.
Starting with v1.3, D3 Pro will now automatically register the files it needs when you attempt to
run the application. This means that newer version of D3 Pro can be installed without affecting
older versions (as long as the older versions are v1.3 or later).
To remedy this situation with versions prior to v1.3, the D3 Pro install now includes a special file,
called “run this version.bat” which can be copied into the application directory of an older version
of D3 Pro. Now to run that version of D3 Pro, simply double-click the “run this version.bat” file.
This file will perform the necessary file registration and execute the program.
For example, let’s say you already have D3 Pro v1.2.7 installed in the directory “c:\crestron\d3
pro”. When you install a newer version, if you want to keep your older version around, be sure to
install that version into a new folder (for example “c:\crestron\d3 pro v1.3.8”). After the installation,
locate the “run this version.bat” file in the new version’s installation directory, and copy it into
“c:\crestron\d3 pro”. Now double-click that file to run the old version. From now on you should use
the .bat file to run the old version. Note the .bat file is not needed to run versions v1.3 or higher.
Note that in the previoius example it might be a good idea to rename the old install directory to
include the version number (e.g. “c:\crestron\d3 pro v1.2.7”) to avoid confusion.
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