Specifications

Intelligent Building Series C-Touch Programming Reference

Connections

This tab contains the settings for connections between the PC and both the C-

Touch unit and the C-Bus network. The options for connection to C-Bus are via

a serial connection and via a C-Gate server on any IP address. If an old style

PC interface is being used, (version 2.x) then the “Version 1 PC Interface” tick

box from the “Other” tab of the Options | Program Options menu selection

should be ticked.

Note that the software works best with PC Interfaces of

version 3.12 or later.

The options for connections to the C-Touch unit are via another serial port with

a dedicated cable (the recommended approach) or via the C-Bus network (very

slow but doesn’t require the removal of the C-Touch unit from the wall).

Other

By default, when the right mouse button is clicked on a component, the action

for that component is executed. You can alternatively have a pop-up menu

appear when the right mouse button is clicked.

5.2 Grid

It can be difficult to get Components to line up exactly when they are placed on

a page. To make this easier, the components are placed on a “grid” which is set

to a spacing of every 8 pixels by default. This means that a component can only

be placed every 8 pixels, making them easier to line up. When dragging a

component, it will jump from one grid point to the next, so that the top left corner

is always on a grid point.

The grid can be set to between 1 and 32 pixels by selecting the Options | Grid |

[a pixel count] where the pixel count can be 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32.

There are two other options under this menu. The Snap Size to Grid makes the

size a multiple of the grid, rather than having the bottom right corner of the

component actually on the grid.

The Snap All To Grid item puts all components on the page back on the grid.

This is used if you have changed the grid size.

5.3 Command-Line Parameters

Although the C-Touch configuration software would normally be started from the

Start Menu, (Start | Programs | Clipsal | C-Touch | C-Touch Program) the

C-Touch Configuration program can be started from the command line (in an

operating system which supports the command prompt, i.e. not Windows XP)

with various properties already set.

These same parameters can be used in a shortcut for the program, such as

when the program is set to automatically start when the computer is started (by

having the shortcut to the program in the Windows™ StartUp folder).