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
44 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels
10. The AXlink ID field displays the selected AXlink address. The Available Panels
field the device addresses that are available.
11. Once you have selected which elements to download, and set the communica-
tions mode and AXlink device settings, click Begin to begin downloading the
project file into the AXB-TPI. The bargraph at the bottom of the Download To
Panel dialog box indicates the progress (in percent) of the download.
12. After completing the download, cut, copy and paste buttons as needed. The bit-
maps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now accessible via the
BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus.
Button Properties for External Pushbuttons
External pushbuttons are configurable with features similar to on-screen buttons. Re-
fer to Creating a Button, Button Properties, and Properties Page – External Buttons for de-
tailed information. Use the PROPERTIES operation bar to assign properties to exter-
nal pushbuttons. The BUTTON options and VARIABLE TEXT features within the
Properties page does not appear. Although the Border and Color sections of this page
appear, they are of no use to external pushbuttons since they do not appear on-
screen.
Creating an IR Macro Button
Creating an IR macro button allows you to control multiple devices with a single
touch panel button. You are only limited by touch panel IR memory (16 Kb). The fol-
lowing steps provide an example of creating an IR macro button controlling a televi-
sion, VCR, and a satellite tuner. Syntax for a macro command is (refer to the Pro-
gramming section for more information):
The IR macro button performs the following processes when pushed.
• Turn On a Television and set the audio volume.
• Turn On a VCR and select TV.
• Turn On a satellite receiver.
Note
Although these pushbuttons
don't appear on-screen, their
functionality can be set just as
any other button on the touch
panel. Refer to the Button
Properties subsection for fur-
ther information on the Prop-
erties’ page features.
Note
New functionality gives you
the ability to do on-panel
Send_Commands using the
Keyboard.