OpenPV Developer Toolkit — User Guide

The OpenPV Developer Toolkit, freshly opened
The OpenPV Developer Toolkit, freshly opened

This guide covers the OpenPV Developer Toolkit: the sign-in screen you see before you're connected to an account, the main toolbar at the top of the main window (split into two groups, Packaging Tools and Utilities), the Configuration Panel that appears once a project is open, and the online Projects workflow.

General

Sign-In

Shown while signed out

Packaging Tools

New...

Requires: signed in

Open...

Requires: signed in

Two more buttons, Save... and Close, appear here only while a project is open.

Once a project is open, its own second-level toolbar also appears — see Configuration Panel for what's on it.

Utilities

Console

No project needed

Plugins

Requires: internet connection

Targets

Requires: signed in

Projects

Requires: internet connection

Account

Always enabled

Docs

Always enabled

Updates

Requires: internet connection

Sign-in and connectivity

Several buttons are disabled until the app reaches a certain state at startup:

ButtonEnabled when
New..., Open..., Save..., CloseSigned in to an account
TargetsSigned in to an account
Projects, Plugins, UpdatesConnected to the internet
Console, Account, Theme, DocsAlways enabled
Note: if you aren't signed in yet, a sign-in screen appears automatically on startup — see Sign-In. Actually signing in must be completed by a person.