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

54 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels
5. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette.
6. Press white to set the fill color.
7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette.
8. Press red to set the text color.
9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the Button Properties page to store the new but-
ton properties into memory and return to the current page.
10. Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES operation bar.
Creating a Bargraph
Bargraphs (Figure 70) are level monitors and adjustable level controls. These levels
can be configured to monitor audio outputs, lighting levels, and adjust audio or light
levels. Before you start, make sure to connect the touch panel to your Controller; oth-
erwise, the bargraph may not work properly. Refer to the ViewPoint Wireless Touch
Panels - Program Reference instruction manual for detailed information.
Adding a bargraph to a page
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu.
3. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
4. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to open the PROPERTIES operation
bar shown in Figure 71.
5. Press the target button to open the Button Properties page.
Note
Joysticks actually use two
level numbers. The first is for
the X-axis and the second is
for the Y-axis. You only need
to specify the first level.
Note
Bargraphs only function on
VPN-CP/VPN-GS touch pan-
els.
Figure 70
Bargraph
Note
Bargraphs only function on
VPN-CP/VPN-GS touch pan-
els.
Figure 71
PROPERTIES operation bar