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Encore — Configuration Manual 259
Configuring Encore Control Panels
defined Master panel group will behave according to the configuration of
the Master panel.
Once the panel is defined as an Expansion panel the Configuration Attributes
and Flags
screen title will change to Expansion panel of Panel Group Panel Group
Name
. The only available setting is Panel Group Name. All Expansion panels
belonging to a defined Master panel group will behave according to the
configuration of the Master panel.
Panel Group Identification
You can use the Panel Edit screen to verify which panels belong to a group.
All panels belonging to a panel group have the name of the panel group
pre-appended to the name of the panel. The Master panel of the group will
have the same name as the pre-appended group name (
Figure 160).
Figure 160. Panel Edit Screen
Another way to physically identify panels belonging to a panel group is to
flash all of the panel group’s buttons using the
Backlight button in the Master
panel’s
Control settings of Panel Group Panel Group Name screen. Clicking the Back-
light button will turn on and off the panel button lights on all the panels
belonging to the group. By observing the physical panels while performing
this step it will be easily recognizable which panels belong to the Master
panel being edited.
BPS + 48B Grouping Configuration Example
In a BPS + 48B configuration, the buttons of the 48B panel are treated as 48
extra buttons added to the 32 assignable buttons of the BPS panel.
The BPS feature which allows the operator to assign dynamically (from the
panel itself) Sources to buttons is supported by the 32 buttons of the BPS
panel and the 48 buttons of the 48B panel.