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 Introduction 3
What's in this Manual
This manual contains the following sections:
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Installation Contains cabling, connections, and connector information.
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Connections, Cleaning, and Charging Describes how to connect,
clean, and charge the ViewPoint panels.
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Touch Panel Basics Contains descriptions and illustration examples of
touch panel pages.
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Designing a Touch Panel Pages Contains step-by-step instructions to
create a touch panel page, button, joystick, bargraph, and set a page
color/shade.
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Program Reference Describes touch panel operations, flowcharts, and
button options.
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Programming Describes the programming commands that are used to
program touch panel functions and generate feedback to an AXCESS
®
Cen-
tral Controller.
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Loading Infrared (IR) Files Contains instructions for loading IR files in
your ViewPoint touch panel.
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Upgrading the Firmware Explains how to connect the ViewPoint to
your PC for ViewPoint firmware upgrade using SOFTROM.
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Specifications Describes the physical and operating characteristics of
the touch panels.
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Contacting Sales and Technical Support Identifies contact infor-
mation for technical support and technical publications, including phone
numbers, e-mail addresses, and Internet locations.
What's New
Additions and revisions to this release of the manual include:
• Added and updated graphics.
• Added a section for Serial Commands to the Programming section.
• Added information about the VPN-CP/GS NetWave touch panels.
• Added information about the AXR-NWS NetWave Server.
• Added the ability to do ON-PANEL Send_Commands that are directly en-
tered on the touch panel through the on-screen keyboard.
Note
These Send_Commands are
entered manually into the
firmware through the use of
the on
-
screen keyboard.