Instruction manual
Table Of Contents
- ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels
- Introduction
- Product Pics and Specs
- Connections, Cleaning, and Charging
- Touch Panel Basics
- Designing Touch Panel Pages
- Overview
- Activating the Edit button
- Setting the Device Base
- Setting the Device Used
- Creating a Page
- Creating a Button
- Button Properties
- Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts
- Button Properties for External Pushbuttons
- Creating an IR Macro Button
- Creating a Joystick
- Creating a Bargraph
- Linking the New Page to the Main Page
- Exiting Edit Mode
- Programming
- Overview
- PC to ViewPoint Connections
- Programming the ViewPoint
- Programming Changes
- Serial Commands
- System Send_Commands
- Gray Scale and Programming Numbers
- Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers
- Font Styles and Programming Numbers
- Border Styles and Programming Numbers
- Shorthand Send Commands
- Color/Gray Scale Send_Commands
- Variable Text Send_Commands
- Shorthand Variable Text Commands
- Buttons String Commands
- Button IR Macro Commands
- Loading Infrared (IR) Files
- Upgrading the Firmware
- Contacting Sales and Technical Support
- Index

34 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels
2. Press 3D RECTANGLE 1 to set the button border to 3D RECTANGLE 1 style and
return to the Button Properties page. The BORDER button in the Button Proper-
ties page changes to show the active border type. In this case, the button changes
to the 3D-rectangle border.
Setting the channel code
The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels
are shown in Figure 43. Refer to the ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel – Program Refer-
ence instruction manual for more information on DEV and CHAN.
1. Press DEV to open the keypad and set the touch panel’s device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The programming software uses device codes 1
through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels
- Program Reference instruction manual for detailed information. The ViewPoint
has a four-device capability.
a. For one-way ViewPoints (VPT touch panels), use device number 1 for AMX
IR and RF. Use device numbers 2, 3, and 4 for other manufacturer’s (OM) IR
codes (at frequencies other than the supported 38 KHz and 455 KHz).
Figure 42
BUTTON BORDER menu
pages
Note
If DEVICE USED is set to 4
and Base Device Number is
128, the Controller recognizes
bus devices 128
-
131.
Figure 43
CHANNEL code butto
ns
Note
The panel does not allow you
to enter a device number
greater than the DEVICE
USED without first displaying
a decision box. This box asks
you to decide whether you
accept the new selection or
default to the previous value.