D-Tools Announces 2011 Project:SUCCESS Winners
01/31/2012 – 10:10 am | No Comment

Winning entries showcase exceptional projects and success stories utilizing D-Tools Award-winning System Integrator software. D-Tools MVP Partners Atlantic Technology, URC, and Atlona Technologies provided prizes as the contest sponsors.
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Sam Cavitt – 2 Full Day Courses at CEDIA Expo
07/17/2009 – 12:50 pm | Comments Off
Sam Cavitt – 2 Full Day Courses at CEDIA Expo

Founding D-Tools Certified Partner, Sam Cavitt, will teach 2 full day classes at CEDIA Expo 2009 in Atlanta, GA.  To register visit CEDIA’s website and search for the course codes listed in the descriptions below.  …

Removing Grouping settings from the Project DataMatrix
07/06/2009 – 12:47 pm | Comments Off
Removing Grouping settings from the Project DataMatrix

It is often handy to remove the Grouping settings within a project so that you can sort data.  The default Groupings in SI5.5 are first to group by Location then by Zone in addition to …

D-Tools Menu is Missing from the Visio Interface
07/01/2009 – 5:37 am | Comments Off
D-Tools Menu is Missing from the Visio Interface

Issue: The “D-Tools” menu is missing from the menu bar within the SI5.5 Visio interface.  You will very likely see a menu option named “Plan”.  This will be addressed in an upcoming Service Pack.

Invocation Error When Running Custom Reports
06/30/2009 – 10:37 am | Comments Off
Invocation Error When Running Custom Reports

Issue: You create a custom report off of an existing report for a Work Order, Task, etc…  and when you attempt to run the report you get hit with the following error:
Exception has been thrown …

Kimber Kable Joins D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program
06/30/2009 – 8:13 am | One Comment
Kimber Kable Joins D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program

Membership makes Kimber Kable detailed product specifications available to users of System IntegratorTM software

CONCORD, CA – JUNE 30, 2009 – D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that Kimber Kable, …

Invalid Character Error
06/26/2009 – 6:18 am | Comments Off
Invalid Character Error

Issue: You attempt to import a project and you get hit with the following error message (the actual value and position will vary on the error) ‘[]‘, hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character. …

Changing Page Size in Visio
06/24/2009 – 1:39 pm | Comments Off
Changing Page Size in Visio

Issue: you create a beautiful drawing within the SI5.5 Visio interface and then realize that the page size is too large and you wish to change to a smaller size for printing .  In the …

Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) New and Returning Members for June 2009
06/24/2009 – 11:26 am | One Comment
Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) New and Returning Members for June 2009

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

MED Launches 2 New D-Tools Add-on Products
06/24/2009 – 10:10 am | 2 Comments
MED Launches 2 New D-Tools Add-on Products

Certified Partner Media Environment Design has launched 2 new custom add-on products to its suite of customized options for D-Tools Si users. The products are designed to provide additional functionality for existing Si users.

James Loudspeaker Joins D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program
06/23/2009 – 3:55 pm | One Comment
James Loudspeaker Joins D-Tools  Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program

Membership makes James Loudspeaker detailed product specifications available to users of System IntegratorTM software

CONCORD, CA – JUNE 23, 2009 – D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that James Loudspeaker, …

That’s a Gross Distortion
06/22/2009 – 2:37 pm | Comments Off
That’s a Gross Distortion

D-Tools MVP member Steve Feinstein of Atlantic Technologies sets us straight on the concept of distortion.
The term “distortion” is used pretty frequently in audio, but it’s not understood particularly well. There are different kinds of …