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

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Programming 75
System Send_Commands (Cont.)
Command Description
"'WAKE'"
Deactivate screen-saver mode and reset sleep timer.
Example:
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'WAKE'"
Deactivates the touch panel screen-saver mode and resets the
sleep timer.
"'XMTO <number>'"
Set the new network communication delay for the panel and
SOFTROM.
number = 4 - 30 ASCII characters
Example:
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'XMTO 5'"
Sets the new delay time to 5 seconds.
"'XMRT <number>'"
Set the new network communication retry value for the panel
and SOFTROM.
number = 1 - 15 ASCII characters
Example:
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'XMRT 9'"
Sets the number of retries to 9.
"'ZAP!'"
Clear all memory and erase buttons, pages, drawings, and
symbols.
Example:
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'ZAP!'"
Clears all memory and erases all buttons, pages, drawings,
and symbols.
Gray Scale and Programming Numbers
Gray scale shades for the VPT-GS are obtained by using color programming numbers
72-86. These numbers correspond to the basic 16 shades of gray.
Warning
You should only use the ZAP!
command to erase all the
stored data in the touch panel.
The data cannot be recovered
after it is erased.