Specifications

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Control Line Inputs

The iCOMPEL RS-232 port has 4 input lines that may be used to take in binary events such as contact closure or signals

from other devices. The available lines are:

Clear To Send (CTS)

Data Carrier Detect (DCD)

Data Set Ready (DSR)

Ring Indicator (RI)

The lines do not affect the operation of the RS-232 Send and Receive strings.

4.2.3 Touch screens

The iCOMPEL Touch Screen feature allows you to install a touch sensitive panel (connected to the iCOMPEL through a

USB port) over a display being driven by the same iCOMPEL media player. When a user touches the overlay panel the

iCOMPEL can respond in a number of different ways, for example by acting on Advance to or Change Layout

commands.

You can use the iCOMPEL web interface to configure the response to Touch Screen input. The response can be configured

at one or both of the following two levels:

Touch Screen Physical Interface

The iCOMPEL supports USB touch-screen overlays that report absolute X/Y coordinates, key up and key down events.

This interface is via USB into the iCOMPEL.

There is no support for a mouse-like device that sends relative movements, since this requires an on-screen cursor.

Calibration of the Touch Panel

From the menu bar select Setup, then Player Setup, then Interactivity. Select the Touch Screen tab and click

Calibrate.

For further details see Interactivity reference.

4.2.4 Configuring touch screen actions

You can configure actions in response to touch screen actions either at the Layout level, or at the Zone level. The

iCOMPEL passes the touch event to the Zone immediately under the location that was touched, and if that Zone does not

handle the touch action it passes it to the next Zone beneath it until it reaches a Zone that can handle it. If there is no Zone

that can handle the touch action, or if the touch event was over part of Layout not covered by a Zone, it is passed to the

Layout.

Layout sensitivity

In Layout sensitive mode the iCOMPEL is sensitive to a touch anywhere on the touch panel. The iCOMPEL can react by

changing a Layout or following an Advance to command to a new position within any of the Playlists associated with any of

the Zones in the current Layout.

Zone and Playlist sensitivity

In Zone and Playlist sensitive mode, the iCOMPEL reacts differently to touch on different parts of the screen that

correspond to Zones in the current Layout. The iCOMPEL response may also vary according to the item from the Zone's

Playlist that is currently active.

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