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Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of 3 years from date of purchase from AMX, with the following exceptions: Electroluminescent and LCD control panels are warranted for a period of 3 years, except for the display and touch overlay compo­nents, which are warranted for a period of 1 year. Disk drive mechanisms, pan/tilt heads, power supplies, modifications, MX Series products, and KC Series products are warranted for a period of 1 year. Unless otherwise specified, OEM and custom products are covered for a period of 1 year. AMX software products are warranted for a period of 90 days. Batteries and incandescent lamps are not covered.
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Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels
Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................. 1
Overview 1 Features 2 Related AMX Instruction Manuals 3 Sample Product Application 3 What’s in this Manual 4 What’s New 4
Installing Mini-Touch Panels.................................................. 5
Overview 5 Mounting the Mini-Touch Panels 5
UniMount- / Decor-style panels with low-profile Back Boxes 5 UniMount- / Decor-style panels and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box (solid surfaces) 9 UniMount- / Decor-style panels and BB-MTP Back Box (plasterboard) 12 Rack-mount panels 16
Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels 17
Preparing captive wires 18 Wiring guidelines 18 Using the AXlink mini-XLR connector for data and power (TiltScreen) 19 Using the AXlink mini-XLR connector and external 12 VDC power supply (TiltScreen) 19 Using the AXlink connector for data and power 20 Using the AXlink four-pin connector and external 12 VDC power supply 20
Cleaning the Touch Panel LCD 21
Touch Panel Basics.............................................................. 23
Overview 23 Touch Panel Pages 23 Standard Buttons 24 General Buttons 24
Selection buttons 24
Table of Contents i
Information buttons 25 Adjustment buttons 25 Keypad buttons 25 Decision buttons 26 Status buttons 26 Operation bars 26
Designing Touch Panel Pages ............................................. 27
Overview 27 Activating the Edit Button 27 Creating a Page 31
Adding a page 31 Setting the page color 33
Creating a Button 33
Adding a button 33 Resizing a button 35
Button Properties 35
Setting the button properties 35 Setting the button type 36 Setting the button border 37 Setting the channel code 38 Setting the variable text code 39 Setting the page flip 39 Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions 41 Adding text to a button 42 Adding an icon to a button 43
Adding a bitmap to a button 44 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons and Fonts 45 Button Properties for External Pushbuttons 48 Creating a Joystick 48
Adding a joystick to a page 49
Setting the joystick properties 50
Setting the channel code 50
Setting the level code 51 Creating a Bargraph 52
Adding a bargraph to a page 52
Setting the bargraph properties 53
Setting the channel code 54
Setting the level code 54
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Linking the New Page to the Main Page 55 Exiting Edit Mode 58
Touch Panel Program Reference ......................................... 61
Overview 61 Setup Page 61
Beep 62 Display timer 62 Set time and date 63 Double beep 64 AXlink, output resolution, vX.XX, and serial number 64 Set brightness 64 Protected setup 65 Show palette 66 Wireless status (optional WAV-PKM) 66 Wireless status (optional SMT-PKM) 68
Protected Setup Page 69
Baud 70 Device base 70 Device used 71 Setup password 71 Mouse button 71 Power up page 73 Wake up message 73 Auto assign 73 Page password 74 Calibrate 74 Power up message 74 System page 75 Editor 78 Page tracking 78 Sleep message 79 Function show 79 Wireless settings (optional WAV-PKM) 80 Wireless settings (optional SMT-PKM) 80 Edit button 81
Edit Bar — Button Menu Options 83
Add 83 Copy image 84 Move 84
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Resize 84
Delete 85
Text/image 85
Properties 89
Save 98
Paste 98
Save default 98
Set default 99
Put on top 100 Properties Page — Button Types 100
General button 101
Joystick button 105
Vertical bargraph button 106
Horizontal bargraph button 108 Properties Page — External Buttons 110
External buttons 111
Setting the external button properties 114 Edit Bar — Page Menu Options 114
Add 114
Copy 115
Rename 116
Delete 116
Page color 116
Go to 117
Popup on 117
Popup off 118
Move edit 119
Snap grid 119 Edit Bar — Quit Editor option 120
AXCESS Programming ....................................................... 123
Overview 123 AXCESS Programming Changes 123 System Send_Commands 124 Video Send_Commands 129 Colors and Programming Numbers 130 Font Styles and Programming Numbers 131 Border Styles and Programming Numbers 131 Shorthand Send_Commands 131 Color Send_Commands 136
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Variable Text Send_Commands 138 Shorthand Variable Text Commands 140 Button String Commands 143
Replacing the Lithium Batteries......................................... 145
Overview 145 AXT-MCA (/PB) and AXT-MCV (/PB) 145 AXU-MCA (/PB), AXU-MCV (/PB), AXM-MCA (/PB), AXM-MCV (/PB), AXD-MCA (/PB), and AXD-MCV (/PB) 147
Upgrading from G2 to G3 Firmware................................... 149
Overview 149 Preparing the Touch Panel for Communication 149 Backing up Touch Panel Pages 152
Configuring your communications 153 Uploading the touch panel pages 154
Upgrading the Firmware 158
Replacing the EPROMs on various TiltScreen circuit boards 158 Replacing the memory chips in
typical touch panels 160 Calibrating the Touch Panel 162 Using TPDesign3 to Convert the File 164 Using TPDesign3 to Download the File 166
Memory Upgrade................................................................ 169
Operation 169 AXT-MCA (/PB) and AXT-MCV (/PB) 169 AXU-MCA (/PB), AXU-MCV (/PB), AXM-MCA (/PB), AXM-MCV (/PB), AXD-MCA (/PB), and AXD-MCV (/PB) 170
Color Guidelines ................................................................. 173
Overview 173 Colors 173
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Specifications..................................................................... 175
Overview 175 AXT-MCA (/PB) and AXT-MCV (/PB) 175 AXU-MCA (/PB) AXU-MCV (/PB), AXD-MCA (/PB), and AXD-MCV (/PB) 177 AXM-MCA (/PB) and AXM-MCV (/PB) 179
Contacting AMX Sales/Technical Support......................... 181
Overview 181 U.S. AMX Sales and Technical Support Teams 181 International AMX Sales and Support Teams 182 AMX Technical Support 183 AMX Technical Support BBS 184 AMX Technical Publications 184
Index.................................................................................... 185
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Introduction
sions 2.xx or lower.
isting panels.
Note
This manual describes proce­dures and software related to the new G3 firmware touch panels. G3 refers to firmware version 3.xx or higher. G2 or lower refers to firmware ver-
Figure 1
AXD-MCV/PB TiltScreen
Note
Decor-style (AXD) touch pan­els consist of a faceplate and overlay that fit on top of ex-
Overview
The Color Active-Matrix Mini-Touch Panels contain a 5.5" (139.70 mm) 256-color mini-color liquid crystal display (LCD). The self-contained enclosures use a micro­processor to control a wide range of multimedia equipment. Using the TPDesign3 Touch Panel design program, you create custom pages with buttons, icons, sliders, bargraphs, time displays, logos, and drawings. Figure 1 shows an AXD-MCV/PB TiltScreen.
Figure 2 lists the panel types and product names described in this manual.
Introduction 1
Figure 2
G3 firmware pages.
sign Program.
Color Mini-Touch Panel types and product names
Color Mini-Touch Panel types and product names
Non-Video Panels Video Panels
Panel types Standard Pushbuttons Standard Pushbuttons Decor-style AXD-MCA AXD-MCA/PB AXD-MCV AXD-MCV/PB TiltScreen AXT-MCA AXT-MCA/PB AXT-MCV AXT-MCV/PB Rack-mount AXM-MCA AXM-MCA/PB AXM-MCV AXM-MCV/PB UniMount AXU-MCA AXU-MCA/PB AXU-MCV AXU-MCV/PB
Features
The touch panel features include:
5.5" (139.70 mm) diagonal display — 3.05" x 4.06" (77.5 mm x 103.1 mm)
HW LCD
256-color active-matrix mini-touch-sensitive LCD
320 x 240 pixel (HV) screen resolution
512 KB of base memory
An angle-adjustable TiltScreen panel for personal viewing convenience
Note
TPDesign3 is used to convert G2 or lower panel pages into
Note
Characters for middle-eastern languages such as Arabic are not supported within the Unicode fonts because they are bi-directional. Buttons with Unicode fonts can only be created and edited using TPDesign3 Touch Panel De-
Decor-style touch panels provide a secured faceplate to prevent tamper-
ing
12 programmable pushbuttons (six on each side)
512 KB of memory
Microsoft
Panel programming, pages, and drawings are uploaded and downloaded
using TPDesign (Windows
®
mouse compatible (UniMount and rack-mount models)
®
) 16-bit or TPDesign3 (Windows) 32-bit touch
panel design programs
PAL- , SECAM-, and NTSC- compatible video input port (optional)
Internal four-pin header for mouse control (UniMount and rack-mount
models only)
Unicode
®
character support for far-eastern languages such as Chinese
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Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXU-MCA/PB
(optional)
AXlink cable
Central Controller (rear)
Television
VCR
Lighting
Camera
<<<< Factory-installed connection
Figure 3
Touch Panel application
Sample AXU-MCA/PB Mini-
Related AMX Instruction Manuals
These instruction manuals contain additional information that relates to the Color Ac­tive-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels.
TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program
WAVE 2-Way Wireless Accessories and Adapters for Touch Panels
SmartPacks for TiltScreen Touch Panels
AXCESS Programming Language
OpenAXCESS Configuration and Diagnostic Program
Sample Product Application
The mini-touch panels control a wide variety of equipment connected to the AXCESS Central Controller. Figure 3 shows a sample AXU-MCA/PB Mini-Touch Panel and Central Controller configuration.
Serial mouse
Note
The mouse can be used to design touch panel pages and then be removed before in­stallation.
Introduction 3
What’s in this Manual
This manual contains these sections:
Installing Mini-Touch Panels Describes installing, wiring, and cleaning
the mini-touch panels.
Touch Panel Basics Describes the basics of the touch panel operating
system, button types, messages, and editor operations.
Designing Touch Panel Pages Describes creating touch panel pages,
buttons, joysticks, and bargraphs.
Touch Panel Program Reference Describes all touch panel operations.
AXCESS Programming Describes the AXCESS programming commands
that are used to program touch panel functions and generate feedback to a Central Controller.
Replacing the Lithium Batteries Describes replacing the lithium bat-
teries in the touch panel.
Upgrading from G2 to G3 Firmware Describes upgrading the touch
panel firmware.
Memory Upgrade Describes upgrading the memory ICs (Integrated Cir-
cuits) in the touch panel.
Color Guidelines Describes methods you can use to choose the best Mini-
Touch Panel colors.
Specifications Describes the physical and operating characteristics of the
touch panels.
Contacting AMX Sales/Technical Support Identifies contact informa-
tion for AMX technical support and technical publications, such as phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and internet locations.
What’s New
New information added to this manual includes:
Installing Decor-style touch panels
Touch panel system page and menu illustrations
Upgrading the Firmware
Contacting AMX Sales/Technical Support
Revisions are identified with vertical margin bars as shown next to this paragraph.
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Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels
Installing Mini-Touch Panels
Overview
This section describes mounting, wiring, and cleaning the mini-touch panels. Mounting information includes the cutout dimensions necessary to install the differ­ent panel types into various surfaces. The wiring guidelines subsection includes in­structions about preparation, length, and connector pinouts.
Mounting the Mini-Touch Panels
The following paragraphs describe mounting the Decor, UniMount and rack-mount touch panels. TiltScreen touch panels can be placed on any flat surface.
UniMount- / Decor-style panels with low-profile Back Boxes
These instructions describe installing the UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels listed in Figure 4.
Figure 4
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
UniMount Decor-style
AXU-MCA (/PB) AXD-MCA (/PB) AXU-MCV (/PB) AXD-MCV (/PB)
Figure 5 shows a sample AXU-MCA (/PB) and low-profile Back Box.
Installing Mini-Touch Panels 5
Figure 5
file Back Box slot located at the bottom.
is called the faceplate.
AXU-MCA (/PB) and low-pro-
Low profile Back Box
AXU-MCA bezel
Note
The touch panel must always be installed with the release
Note
The front cover of a UniMount touch panel is called the backing plate. The front cover of a Decor-style touch panel
Engraved overlay
Release slot
1. For UniMount–style (AXU) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimen-
sions shown in Figure 6. For Decor-style (AXD) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimensions shown in Figure 7.
2. Carefully insert a flat-blade screwdriver into the release slot on the touch panel’s
faceplate and remove the engraved overlay.
3. Place the touch panel into the cutout and mark the screw insert positions as
shown for the UniMount (Figure 6) or the Decor-style panel (Figure 7).
4. Remove the touch panel and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded
insert into each hole.
5. Disconnect the AXlink connector from the Central Controller.
6. Thread the incoming AXlink and optional RCA video connectors through the
low-profile Back Box.
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Figure 6
without removing the overlay.
UniMount (AXU) and low­profile Back Box cutout di­mensions
Note
The touch panel must always be installed with the release slot located at the bottom.
Note
Refer to the Wiring the Mini­Touch Panels subsection for
de-tailed information.
Note
RCA connectors are used with video capable mini-touch panels.
Note
Once attached to the Decor­style faceplate, the security screws can’t be replaced
7. Fasten the low-profile Back Box to the surface using the #6-32 machine screws
supplied with the enclosure.
8. Attach the AXlink and optional RCA video connectors to the mini-touch panel.
Refer to Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and pinout descrip­tions.
9. Test the connection by reconnecting the AXlink connector to the Central Con-
troller and the optional RCA video connectors to the source equipment.
10. Disconnect the above connections until the installation of the panel is complete.
11. Fasten the touch panel and low-profile Back Box to the surface using the #6-32
machine screws supplied with the enclosure.
12. Place the UniMount backing plate or Decor-style faceplate onto the bezel. You
can optionally secure the Decor faceplate to the bezel using the four Phillips flat­head security screws.
Installing Mini-Touch Panels 7
Figure 7
mensions
Decor-style (AXD) and low­profile Back Box cutout di-
13. Remove the backing from the adhesive tape strips located on the front of the
panel.
14. Press the engraved overlay onto the UniMount or Decor-style faceplate.
15. Reconnect the AXlink and video wiring to the mini-touch panel. Refer to Wiring
the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and printout descriptions. The touch panel will beep when you apply power.
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UniMount- / Decor-style panels and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box (solid sur­faces)
These instructions describe how to install the UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels listed in Figure 8.
Figure 8
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
Figure 9
AXD-MCA/PB and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box (solid surfaces)
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
UniMount Decor-style
AXU-MCA (/PB) AXD-MCA (/PB) AXU-MCV (/PB) AXD-MCV (/PB)
Figure 9 shows a sample AXD-MCA/PB and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box for solid surfaces.
BB-MTP UniMount Back Box enclosure
Solid surface mounting
flanges Knockout AXD-MCA/PB
faceplate
Stud mounting holes
Engraved overlay
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Figure 10
stud mounting holes.
slot located at the bottom.
UniMount (AXU) and) and BB­MTP cutout dimensions
Note
The BB-MTP can also be mounted to wood or metal studs using the pre-drilled
Note
The touch panel must always be installed with the release
1. For UniMount–style (AXU) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimen-
sions shown in Figure 10. For Decor-style (AXD) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimensions shown in Figure 11.
2. Carefully insert a flat-blade screwdriver into the release slot on the touch panel’s
bezel and remove the engraved overlay.
3. Lay the touch panel facedown onto a soft cloth and remove the screws from the
low-profile Back Box. Remove the Back Box and discard.
4. Place the BB-MTP into the cutout and mark the threaded insert positions as
shown for the UniMount (Figure 10) or the Decor-style panel (Figure 11).
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Figure 11
Decor-style (AXD) and BB­MTP cutout dimensions
5. Remove the BB-MTP and drill eight holes as shown for the UniMount
(Figure 10) or the Decor-style panel (Figure 11). Then, place #6-32 threaded in­serts into the four holes marked ‘B’ in the cutout dimensions illustration.
6. Disconnect the AXlink connector from the Central Controller and optional video
wiring from the video source. Remove one or more knockouts to accommodate the wiring as required.
7. Remove one or more knockouts to accommodate the wiring as required.
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Note
pinout descriptions. without removing the overlay.
Refer to Wiring the Mini- Touch Panel subsection for
8. Thread the incoming AXlink and optional video wiring through the BB-MTP
knockouts.
9. Fasten the BB-MTP to the solid surface using the supplied mounting screws.
10. Connect the AXlink and optional video wiring to the mini-touch panel. Refer to
Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and pinout descriptions.
11. Test the connection by reconnecting the AXlink connector to the Central Con-
troller and optional video wiring to the video source. The panel beeps when you apply power.
12. Disconnect the above connections until the installation of the panel is complete.
13. Fasten the mini-touch panel to the BB-MTP using the #6-32 screws supplied with
the panel.
14. Place the UniMount backing plate or Decor-style faceplate onto the bezel. You
can optionally secure the Decor faceplate to the bezel using the four Phillips flat­head security screws.
15. Remove the backing from the adhesive tape strips on the touch panel.
Note
Once attached to the Decor­style faceplate, the security screws can’t be replaced
Figure 12
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
16. Press the engraved overlay onto the UniMount or Decor-style faceplate.
17. Reconnect the AXlink and video wiring to the mini-touch panel. Refer to Wiring
the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and printout descriptions. The touch panel will beep when you apply power.
UniMount- / Decor-style panels and BB-MTP Back Box (plasterboard)
These instructions describe how to install the UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels listed in Figure 12.
UniMount- / Decor-style touch panels
UniMount Decor-style
AXU-MCA (/PB) AXD-MCA (/PB) AXU-MCV (/PB) AXD-MCV (/PB)
Figure 13 shows a sample AXD-MCV/PB and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box for plas­terboard.
1. For UniMount–style (AXU) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimen-
sions shown in Figure 14. For Decor-style (AXD) touch panels, cut out the surface using the dimensions shown in Figure 15.
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Figure 13
slot located at the bottom.
AXD-MCV/PB and BB-MTP UniMount Back Box (plaster­board)
BB-MTP UniMount Back Box enclosure
Plasterboard surface mounting flanges
Knockout
Expansion clips
Stud mounting holes
AXD-MCV/PB faceplate
Engraved overlay
Note
The touch panel must always be installed with the release
2. Carefully insert a flat-blade screwdriver into the release slot on the touch panel’s
faceplate and remove the engraved overlay.
3. Lay the touch panel facedown onto a soft cloth and remove the screws from the
low-profile Back Box. Remove the Back Box and discard.
4. Place the BB-MTP into the cutout and mark the threaded insert positions as
shown for the UniMount (Figure 14) or the Decor-style panel (Figure 15).
5. Remove the BB-MTP and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded in-
sert (or screw anchor) into each hole.
6. Remove the BB-MTP and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded in-
sert (or screw anchor) into each hole.
7. Disconnect the AXlink connector from the Central Controller and optional video
wiring from the video source.
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Figure 14
UniMount (AXU) and BB-MTP cutout dimensions for plaster­board
8. Remove the BB-MTP and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded in-
sert (or screw anchor) into each hole.
9. Disconnect the AXlink connector from the Central Controller and optional video
wiring from the video source.
Note
Refer Wiring the Mini-Touch Panel subsection for pinout
descriptions.
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10. Remove one or more knockouts to accommodate the wiring as required.
11. Thread the incoming AXlink and optional video wiring through the BB-MTP
knockout.
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Figure 15
Decor-style (AXD) and BB­MTP cutout dimensions for plasterboard
12. Fasten the BB-MTP to the plasterboard using the expansion screws supplied with
the enclosure.
13. Connect the AXlink and optional video wiring to the mini-touch panel. Refer to
Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and printout descriptions.
14. Test the connection by reconnecting the AXlink connector to the Central Con-
troller and optional video wiring to the video source. The panel beeps when you apply power.
15. Disconnect the above connections until the installation of the panel is complete.
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16. Fasten the mini-touch panel to the BB-MTP with the #6-32 screws supplied.
without removing the overlay.
17. Place the UniMount backing plate or Decor-style faceplate onto the bezel. You
can optionally secure the Decor faceplate to the bezel using the four Phillips flat­head security screws.
Note
Once attached to the Decor­style faceplate, the security screws can’t be replaced
Figure 16
Rack-mount touch panel
Figure 17
AXM-MCA/PB rack mount
18. Remove the backing from the adhesive tape strips.
19. Press the engraved overlay onto the UniMount or Decor-style faceplate.
20. Reconnect the AXlink wiring to the Central Controller, and video wiring to the
video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power.
Rack-mount panels
These instructions describe installing the rack-mounted touch panels listed in Figure 16.
Rack-mount touch panel
UniMount
AXM-MCA (/PB) AXM-MCV (/PB)
Figure 17 shows an AXM-MCA/PB rack-mount touch panel.
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1. Thread the incoming AXlink and video wiring through the opening in the
AXlink
Video In
equipment rack.
2. Disconnect the AXlink connectors from the Central Controller and optional video
wiring from the video source.
3. Connect the AXlink and video wiring to the mini-touch panel circuit card. Refer
to Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and pinout descriptions.
4. Insert the touch panel into the equipment rack. Line up the top-left and bottom-
right screw holes and start the #6-32 screws. Then, start screwing the bottom-left then top-right screws. Tighten all the screws after you start all the screws.
5. Connect both the AXlink wiring to the Central Controller and video wiring to the
video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power.
Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels
The Mini-TiltScreen Touch Panels use a mini-XLR connector to supply power / data communications, and an optional RCA connector to display PAL-, SECAM-, or NTSC- compatible video. The UniMount and rack-mount mini-touch panels use a four-pin AXlink connector for power and data, and an optional RCA connector to display PAL- or NTSC-compatible video. Figure 18 shows the rear panel AXlink and optional RCA connectors on the Mini-TiltScreen Touch Panels.
Figure 18
Mini-TiltScreen Touch Panel connectors (rear view)
Rear view
RCA video connector (optional)
Mini-XLR four-pin AXlink and power connector
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Figure 19
after installation is complete.
the connector.
UniMount- / Decor-style mini­touch panel connectors (top view)
Figure 19 shows the rear panel AXlink and optional RCA connector on the rack­mount mini-touch panel.
Caution
Do not connect power to the touch panel until the wiring is complete. If you are using a 12 VDC power supply, apply power to the touch panel only
Caution
Do not over-torque the screws. Doing so can bend the seating pin and damage
Top view
Four-pin AXlink connector RCA video connector (optional)
Preparing captive wires
You will need a wire stripper, soldering iron, and flat-blade screwdriver to prepare and connect the captive wires.
1. Strip 0.25 inch of wire insulation off all wires and apply a light coat of solder to
the ends using a soldering iron.
2. Insert each wire into the appropriate opening on the connector according to the
wiring diagrams and connector types described in this subsection.
3. Turn the flat-blade screws clockwise to secure the wire in the connector.
Wiring guidelines
The touch panels require 12 VDC power to operate properly. The Central Controller supplies power via the AXlink cable or external 12 VDC power supply. The maxi­mum wiring distance between the Central Controller and touch panel is determined by power consumption, supplied voltage, and the wire gauge used for the cable. Figure 20 lists wire sizes and the maximum lengths allowable between the mini-touch panel and Central Controller. The maximum wiring lengths for using AXlink power are based on a minimum of 13.5 volts available at the Central Controller’s power supply. For more information on power requirements, see the Specifications section.
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1
234
1 - GND (-)
3 - AXP
2 - AXM
4 - PWR (+)
GND (-)
2
1
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
3
4
Control system
4-pin mini-XLR connector
Figure 20
of each device.
Wiring guidelines
Note
Refer to the Specifications section for information on the maximum power consumption
Figure 21
Wiring guidelines for MCA (750 mA)
Wire-size Maximum wiring
length
18 AWG 156.5 feet (44.70 m) 18 AWG 146.7 feet (44.71 m) 20 AWG 99. feet (30.18 m) 20 AWG 92.8 feet (28.29 m) 22 AWG 61.7 feet (18.80m) 22 AWG 57.9 feet (17.65 m) 24 AWG 38.9 feet (11.86 m) 24 AWG 34.5 feet (10.52 m)
Wiring guidelines for MCV (800 mA)
Wire-size Maximum wiring
length
If you install the mini-touch panel farther from the Central Controller than recom­mended in Figure 20, connect an external 12 VDC power to the touch panel as shown in the wiring diagrams and pinout descriptions in this section.
Using the AXlink mini-XLR connector for data and power (TiltScreen)
Connect the Central Controller’s AXlink connector to the mini-XLR connector (male) on the rear panel of the TiltScreen touch panel for data and 12 VDC power as shown in Figure 21.
Mini-XLR connector to Central Controller wiring diagram
Using the AXlink mini-XLR connector and external 12 VDC power supply (TiltScreen)
Connect the Central Controller’s AXlink connector to the mini-XLR connector and external 12 VDC power supply to the rear panel of the mini-touch panel as shown in Figure 22.
Installing Mini-Touch Panels 19
1
234
1 - GND (-)
3 - AXP
2 - AXM
4 - PWR (+)
4-pin mini-XLR connector
PWR (+)
Control system
GND (-)
2
1
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
3
4
GND (-)
12 VDC power supply
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
GND (-)
AXlink connector
Central Controller
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
GND (-)
Figure 22
gram
AXlink wiring diagram before wiring the touch panel.
Mini-XLR connector to exter­nal 12 VDC power supply, and Central Controller wiring dia
Figure 23
Using the AXlink connector for data and power
Connect the Central Controller’s AXlink connector to the AXlink connector (male) on the rear panel of the touch panel for data and 12 VDC power as shown in Figure
23.
Caution
If you are using power from AXlink, disconnect the wiring from the Central Controller
UniMount or rack-mount
Using the AXlink four-pin connector and external 12 VDC power supply
Connect the Central Controller’s AXlink connector to the AXlink connector on the rear panel of the touch panel as shown in Figure 24.
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Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
GND (-)
PWR (+)
AXM
AXP
GND (-)
AXlink connector
Central Controller
12 VDC power supply
PWR (+)
GND (-)
Figure 24
AXlink and external 12 VDC power supply, and Central Controller wiring diagram
UniMount or rack-mount
Use a 12 VDC power supply when the distance between the Central Controller and mini-touch panel exceeds the limits described in Figure 20. Make sure to connect only the GND wire on the AXlink connector when using a 12 VDC power supply. Do not connect the PWR wire to the AXlink connector’s PWR (+) terminal.
Cleaning the Touch Panel LCD
You should clean the LCD after installing the touch panel:
1. Disconnect all connectors from the touch panel.
2. Using one of two cotton cloths, spray a small amount of cleaning solution con-
sisting of 50% isopropyl alcohol and 50% water onto the cloth.
3. Wipe the touch overlay. Then wipe dry with the other clean cloth.
4. Reconnect all connectors to the touch panel.
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22 Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels
Figure 25
Sample touch panel page
Touch Panel Basics
Overview
This section contains descriptions and illustration examples of touch panel pages (Figure 25), buttons, message bars, and keypads. You can use the touch panel’s on­board editor or the TPDesign3 software program to create custom pages.
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Touch Panel Pages
You create buttons, bargraphs, sliders, and drawings when the touch panel editor is active. The number of objects depends on the type and quantity of external devices you want to control with the touch panel and Central Controller. When you create multiple pages, you must link them with buttons. Figure 26 shows how five touch panel pages are linked to the Main page. Each page has a button that flips to the next page, and one that flips back to the previous page.
Main Page
Page
Page 2
Main
Page 3
Page 1
Page 4
Page 2
Page 5
Page 3
Main
Page 4
Page 1
Figure 26
linked buttons
Touch Panel pages with
Setup
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Standard Buttons
Standard buttons types are rectangles, rectangle variations, and other geometric shapes that you can create with the touch panel editor. Buttons are set with attributes, which means there is feedback for the Central Controller when you touch the button.
General Buttons
General buttons are part of the mini-touch panel program and cannot be changed. You use general buttons to specify panel communication parameters and create or revise pages. Button examples include selection buttons, information buttons, ad­justment buttons, and operation bars. Each type of General button is described in the following paragraphs.
Selection buttons
Selection buttons (Figure 27) appear on touch panel pages and set communication pa­rameters.
24 Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels
Figure 27
changed.
Information button example
Adjustment button example
Selection button example
Note
These button types will be displayed in black and yellow to indicate that they are only for information and can’t be
Figure 28
Figure 29
Information buttons
Information buttons are read-only buttons that contain serial numbers, firmware ver­sions, and hardware status information. Figure 28 shows the serial number informa­tion button in the Setup page.
Adjustment buttons
You can use the UP and DN buttons to set adjustment buttons. The adjustment but­ton example in Figure 29 sets the baud rate for the RS-232 connector on the touch panel.
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Keypad buttons
The keypad button opens a keypad (Figure 30) so you can enter a password or value assignment. All buttons on the keypad are interactive except for the entry display.
Figure 30
Decision button example
Operation bar example
Keypad entry (0 - 9)
CLEAR – Resets the entry to 0
ENTER – Processes the entry
Keypad example
Figure 31
Entry display
Decision buttons
Decision buttons (Figure 31) appear when an operation has two options and re­quires you to verify the action before it is performed.
Status buttons
Figure 32
Status button example
Figure 33
Status buttons (Figure 32) appear when you try to perform operations that do not function correctly.
NO COMMUNICATION
TOUCH SCREEN TO CONTINUE
Operation bars
Operation bars (Figure 33) appear when you try to perform an action selected from either the BUTTON or PAGE pull-down menus.
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Designing Touch Panel Pages
Main page.
Overview
These step-by-step instructions describe creating touch panel pages, buttons, joy­sticks, bargraphs, and setting page color attributes. For in-depth information on all the operations available on the touch panel, read through the Touch Panel Program Reference section to learn about all operations and techniques available to design touch panel pages.
Activating the Edit Button
Note
If you have a pre-programmed panel, you may not see the
Figure 34
Main page
Before designing a touch panel page, activate the EDIT button which contains options to add and configure touch panels and buttons. When powering up the mini-touch panel, the first page is the Main page shown in Figure 34. Refer to the Edit button and Go to subsections within the Touch Panel Program Reference section if the Main page does not appear.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 27
Figure 35
Setup page tons.
keypad
Note
Color Active-Matrix mini-touch panel information buttons are displayed with a black fill. These buttons can’t be al­tered and are only used to display information. Examples of these are the AXlink, OUTPUT RESOLUTION, vX.XX, and SERIAL # but-
1. Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page shown in Figure 35.
Firmware version
2. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the password keypad shown in Figure 36.
Figure 36
Setup page and password
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Note
returned to the current page.
active EDITOR button
If you press ENTER after typing in an incorrect pass­word, you are immediately
Figure 37
Protected Setup page with the
3. Enter 1988 in the keypad and press ENTER to open Protected Setup page
(Figure 37). For information on changing the password, refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section. If you enter a wrong number, press CLEAR and re-
enter the number.
4. Press EDITOR to enable the Edit mode. The EDITOR button is highlighted when
enabled (Figure 37).
5. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page in Edit
mode.
6. Press EXIT again to return to the Main page. The EDIT button appears at the top
of the Main page indicating that Edit mode is active (Figure 38).
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 29
Figure 38
Main page and Edit bar
Main page and EDIT button
7. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar. BUTTON and PAGE in the Edit bar
(Figure 39) are used to design and modify button and page settings.
Figure 39
Edit bar
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Figure 40
PAGE menu
Creating a Page
Use the PAGE menu in the Edit bar to create a touch panel page.
Adding a page
1. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu shown in Figure 40.
2. Press ADD to open the keyboard (Figure 41) and enter the name for the new
touch panel page.
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Figure 41
Keyboard
tons.
Note
Page naming does not allow you to change the font type, as is only available for but-
Figure 42
3. Enter NEW PAGE (Figure 42) using the keyboard. A page name can be up to 20
characters.
Keyboard: NEW PAGE
4. Press EXIT CHANGE to add NEW PAGE to touch panel memory, close the key-
board, and open the new page.
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Figure 43
Color palette
the incoming video signal.
Note
The VIDEO PAGE button on the color palette will allow the entire background to display
Setting the page color
1. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar onto the newly created page.
2. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu.
3. Press PAGE COLOR to open the color palette shown in Figure 43.
4. Select a page color from the color palette. The page automatically changes to the
selected color.
Creating a Button
Use the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel buttons.
Adding a button
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu shown in Figure 44.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 33
Height
Touch Point
Figure 44
ADD BUTTON operation bar
Add a button example
tion.
BUTTON menu
Figure 45
3. Press ADD to open the ADD BUTTON operation bar (Figure 45).
Figure 46
Note
Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add multiple buttons. You have to close the ADD BUTTON op­eration bar before you can continue with another opera-
4. Touch and drag your finger horizontally down the LCD screen to create the but-
ton as shown in Figure 46. The first touch point is the upper-left corner of the button.
Width
5. Release your finger from the panel to store the button dimensions into panel
memory.
6. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar.
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resize.
Figure 47
bar
buttons.
RESIZE BUTTON operation
Resizing a button
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
3. Press RESIZE to open the RESIZE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 47).
4. Push the edge of the button, and drag your finger horizontally across the screen
and down to resize the button (Figure 48).
Figure 48
Resizing a button
Note
The same steps apply to set­ting properties for external
Touch any edge or corner and drag to
5. Release your finger from the panel to store the button dimensions into the panel
memory.
6. Press EXIT in the Edit bar.
Button Properties
Use the PROPERTIES option of the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to set button bor­ders, page flips, button colors for channel on and off conditions, and channel and variable text codes.
Setting the button properties
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 35
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu options.
3. Press PROPERTIES to open the PROPERTIES operation bar shown in Figure 49.
Figure 49
PROPERTIES operation bar
Button Properties page
GENERAL type button.
Figure 50
Note
The contents of the Button Properties page will change according to the type of but­ton selected. The example shown here is for a
4. Press the button you just added to open the Button Properties page shown in
Figure 50. This page lists the properties for the active button.
Setting the button type
1. Press BUTTON TYPE in the Button Properties page. This opens the BUTTON
TYPE menu, shown in Figure 51. Press MORE at the bottom of the first page of Button Types options to view the next page of options. Press PREV to view the first page.
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Figure 51
pages
Button Types menu
2. Select a button type for the selected button to open the associated Button Proper-
ties page for the selected button type. Each button type has its own Button Prop­erties page with settings specific to the button type. For example, select GENERAL from the menu to set the selected button as a general button. This opens the GENERAL Button Properties page, shown in Figure 50.
Figure 52
BUTTON BORDER menu
Setting the button border
1. Press BORDER in the Button Properties page to open the BUTTON BORDER
pages shown in Figure 52. These menu pages appear individually and can all be viewed by using the MORE and PREV buttons.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 37
2. Press 3D RECTANGLE 1 to set the button border to 3D RECTANGLE 1 style and
129, 130, and 131.
CHANNEL code buttons
previous value.
255.
129, 130, and 131.
return to the Button Properties page. The BORDER button in the Button Proper­ties page changes to show the active border type. In this case, the button changes to the 3D-rectangle border.
Note
If DEVICE USED is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Central Controller recognizes bus devices 128,
Figure 53
Note
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to de­cide whether you accept the new selection or default to the
Note
The channel code for non­active buttons is 0 and for active buttons is 1 through
Setting the channel code
The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 53. Refer to Figure 159 for more information on DEV and CHAN.
1. Press DEV to open the keypad and set the touch panel’s device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device
codes 1 through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section for detailed information.
3. Press ENTER to store the device number into memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in the
keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to iden­tify the button and its’ programmed operations.
5. Press ENTER to store the channel number in memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
Note
If DEVICE USED is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Central Controller recognizes bus devices 128,
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Figure 54
the previous value.
buttons is 1 through 255.
Flip to page button
Page FLIP type button
VAR TEXT code button
Setting the variable text code
The variable text buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 54.
Note
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to decide whether you accept the new selection or default to
Note
The channel codes for non­active buttons is 0, and active
Figure 55
1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device
codes 1 through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section in this manual for detailed information.
3. Press ENTER to store the device number in memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and set the channel number.
5. Enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in the keypad. The AXCESS software
program uses the channel code number to identify the button and its opera­tions.
6. Press ENTER to store the channel number into memory, close the keypad, and
return to the Button Properties page.
Setting the page flip
1. Press the left FLIP box in the Button Properties page (Figure 55) to open the
PAGE FLIP TYPE menu (Figure 56).
Page FLIP boxes
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 39
2. Press FLIP STANDARD.
3. Press the left page FLIP box (Figure 55) to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu
(Figure 56).
Figure 56
PAGE FLIP TYPE menu pears.
Note
When selecting FLIP PREVI­OUS in the Page FLIP type button, the PAGE menu ap-
Figure 57
4. Press the right FLIP to Page to open a list of all the touch panel pages stored into
memory. If the desired page is not present in the PAGE flip destination menu (Figure 57), then it has not been created.
PAGE flip destination menu
5. Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the Main page.
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Figure 58
Color palette
CHANNEL OFF/ON COLOR settings box
Figure 59
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions
1. Press the button to open the Button Properties page.
2. Press BORDER in the CHANNEL OFF subsection of the Button Properties page
(Figure 58).
3. The color palette (Figure 59) appears.
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4. Press black to set the border color.
5. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette.
6. Press white to set the fill color.
7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette.
8. Press red to set the text color.
9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the Button Properties page to store the new but-
ton properties into memory and return to the current page.
10. Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES operation bar.
Figure 60
TEXT/IMAGE operation bar
Figure 61
Text/image page
Adding text to a button
Use the BUTTON option in the Edit bar to add text to buttons, joysticks, and bar­graphs.
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text into the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation
bar shown in Figure 60 appears.
4. Press the target button to open the Text/image page shown in Figure 61.
5. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard shown in Figure 62.
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Figure 62
Keyboard
pages.
Panel Design Program.
Note
The CHANGE FONT button only appears when changing the font of a function button and does not apply to popup
6. Enter MAIN PAGE. The text appears in the message box at the top of the key-
board. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the message to fit in the space provided. Change the size of the button or reduce the font size to compensate.
Note
You can’t create or edit but­tons with Unicode fonts within the on-board editor. Any use of the TEXT/IMAGE button to alter or create Unicode font supported buttons must be done in TPDesign3 Touch
7. Press EXIT CHANGE to close the keyboard and return to the Text/image page.
8. Press MAKE ON SAME AS OFF to set the text for both TEXT ON and TEXT OFF
states of the button.
9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to close the Text/image page and return to the Main
page.
10. Press EXIT in the Edit bar to exit Edit TEXT/IMAGE mode.
Adding an icon to a button
Use the BUTTON option in the Edit bar to add icons to buttons, joysticks, bargraphs, and video windows.
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar
appears.
4. Press the button to open the Text/image page.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 43
Figure 63
ICONS menu example
5. Press ICON OFF to set the icon for the OFF state of the selected button. This
opens the ICONS menu. The ICONS menu contains a list of all the icons cur­rently available to the project. An example ICONS menu is shown in Figure 63.
6. Select an icon from the icon menu. This sets the icon for the selected button’s Off
state.
7. On the Text/image page, press MAKE ON SAME AS OFF to set the icon for both
On and Off states of the button.
8. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to set the button text and close the Text/image page
and return to the NEW page.
9. Press EXIT in the Edit bar to exit Edit Text/Image mode and close the Edit bar.
Adding a bitmap to a button
Use the BUTTON option in the Edit bar to add bitmaps to buttons, joysticks, bar­graphs, and video windows.
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu (Figure 44).
3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar
shown in Figure 60 appears.
4. Press the button to open the Text/image page shown in Figure 61.
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Figure 64
BITMAPS menu example
5. Press BTMP OFF to set the bitmap for the OFF state of the selected button. This
opens the BITMAPS menu. The BITMAPS menu contains a list of all the bitmaps currently available to the project. An example BITMAPS menu is shown in Figure 64.
6. Select a bitmap from the bitmap menu. This sets the bitmap for the selected but-
ton’s Off state.
7. On the Text/image page, press MAKE ON SAME AS OFF to set the bitmap for
both On and Off states of the button.
8. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to set the button text and close the Text/image page
and return to the NEW page.
9. Press EXIT in the Edit bar to exit Edit Text/Image mode and close the Edit bar.
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons and Fonts
The TPDesign3 touch panel design software program allows you to import bitmaps icons and fonts into your touch panel from an existing touch panel program. Use the Download to Panel feature of TPDesign3 to download a project file. For detailed in­structions on using TPDesign3, refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program instruction manual.
The following steps describe how to download bitmaps, icons and/or fonts from an existing TPDesign3 project file.
1. Launch the TPDesign3 software program and open a project file that contains the
desired bitmaps, icons and fonts.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 45
Figure 65
TPDesign3 File menu
2. Select File from the menu bar to open the File menu, shown in Figure 65.
3. In the File menu, click on Download to Panel. This opens the Download to Panel
dialog boxes shown in Figure 66 and Figure 67. Use the Comm Settings tab (Figure 66) to set the communications port, baud rate, and other communication settings.
Figure 66
Download to Panel dialog box: Comm Settings tab
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Figure 67
Sample Download To Panel dialog box: Actions tab
4. Use the Actions tab (Figure 67) to set the communication mode with the touch
panel and to select which elements of the project file you want to download to the touch panel.
5. In the What To Send area, select one or more of the available options (Bitmaps,
Icons, Fonts).
6. Select the mode of communication with the touch panel. After clicking on Con-
nect, the AXlink window opens, as shown in Figure 68. The AXlink window dis­plays the AXlink ID and Available Panels fields.
7. The AXlink ID field displays the selected AXlink address. The Available Panels
field the device addresses that are available.
8. Once you have selected which elements to download, and set the communica-
tions mode and AXlink device settings, click Begin to begin downloading the project file into the touch panel. The bargraph at the bottom of the Download To Panel dialog box indicates the progress (in percent) of the download.
Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 47
Figure 68
erties’ page features.
Sample Download To Panel dialog box with AXlink window
9. After completing the download, cut, copy and paste buttons as needed. The
bitmaps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now accessible via the BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus.
Note
Although these pushbuttons don't appear on-screen, their functionality can be set just as any other button on the touch panel. Refer to the Button Properties subsection for fur­ther information on the Prop-
Figure 69
Joystick
Button Properties for External Pushbuttons
If your touch panel comes with external pushbuttons, these can be configured with features similar to on-screen buttons. Refer to Creating a Button, Button Properties, and Properties Page — External Buttons for detailed information. Use the PROPERTIES op­eration bar to assign properties to external pushbuttons. The BUTTON options and VARIABLE TEXT features within the Properties page will not appear. Although the Border and Color sections of this page appear, they are of no use to external pushbut­tons since they do not appear on-screen.
Creating a Joystick
You can create a joystick with the BUTTON TYPE operation bar in the Button Proper­ties page. Joysticks (Figure 69) are vertical and horizontal direction controllers (pan and tilt) you can use for camera operations.
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Figure 70
PROPERTIES operation bar
Before you start, make sure to connect the touch panel to your Central Controller. Otherwise, the joystick may not work properly. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Ref- erence section in this manual for more information.
Adding a joystick to a page
1. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu as de-
scribed in Creating a Button subsection.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the Button menu.
3. Press PROPERTIES to open the PROPERTIES operation bar shown in Figure 70.
4. Press the target button to open the Button Properties page for the selected button.
5. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menu.
6. Press JOYSTICK to set the target button as a joystick.
Figure 71
BUTTON OPTION menu for Joysticks
7. Press BUTTON OPTIONS on the Button Properties page to open the BUTTON
OPTION menu for Joysticks shown in Figure 71.
8. Press CROSSHAIR CENTER to set a crosshair in the center of the joystick button
and return to the Button Properties page.
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Figure 72
Joysticks
Properties page appears.
129, 130, and 131.
CHANNEL code buttons
Button Properties page for
Note
If you followed the instructions for Adding a joystick to a page subsection, this button's
9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to return to the Main page.
10. Press EXIT to exit from the PROPERTIES operation bar.
Setting the joystick properties
1. Press EDIT, BUTTON, and the PROPERTIES operation bar.
2. Press the target button to open the Button Properties page.
3. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menu (Figure 77).
4. Press JOYSTICK in the BUTTON TYPE menu to open the Button Properties page
shown in Figure 72.
Note
If DEVICE USED is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Central Controller recognizes bus devices 128,
Figure 73
Setting the channel code
The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 73.
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Note
previous value.
255.
LEVEL code buttons
previous value.
to specify the first level.
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to de­cide whether you accept the new selection or default to the
Note
The channel code for non­active buttons is 0 and for active buttons is 1 through
Figure 74
1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the joystick’s device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The device number specifies the device number
that the selected channel’s feedback displays.
3. Press ENTER to store the device number into memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
4. Press CHAN to open the keypad and enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in
the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to identify the button and its’ programmed operations.
5. Press ENTER to store the channel number in memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
Setting the level code
The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 74.
Note
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to de­cide whether you accept the new selection or default to the
Note
Joysticks actually use two level numbers. The first is for the X-axis and the second is for the Y-axis. You only need
1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device
codes 1 through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section for detailed information.
3. Press ENTER to store the level device number in memory, close the keypad, and
return to the Button Properties page.
4. Press NUM to open a keypad and set the level number assigned to the device.
5. Enter 1 in the keypad.
6. Each device can have from 1 through 8 levels except for joysticks where the range
is from 1 through 7.
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Figure 75
PROPERTIES operation bar
Bargraph
Creating a Bargraph
Bargraphs (Figure 75) are level monitors and adjustable level controls. These levels can be configured to monitor audio outputs, lighting levels, and adjust audio or light levels. Before you start, make sure to connect the touch panel to your Central Con­troller. Otherwise, the bargraph may not work properly. Refer to the Touch Panel Pro- gram Reference section for detailed information.
Adding a bargraph to a page
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
2. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu.
Figure 76
3. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
4. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to open the PROPERTIES operation
bar shown in Figure 76.
5. Press the target button to open the Button Properties page.
6. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menus shown in Figure 77.
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Figure 77
BUTTON TYPE menus
Figure 78
Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs
7. Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH to open the Button Properties page for Vertical
Bargraphs shown in Figure 78.
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Setting the bargraph properties
Use the Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs shown in Figure 78 to set channel, level, and button colors.
Figure 79
buttons
previous value.
255.
LEVEL code buttons
previous value.
Bargraph CHANNEL code
Note
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to de­cide whether you accept the new selection or default to the
Setting the channel code
The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 79.
1. Press DEV to open the keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device
codes 1 through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section for detailed information.
3. Press ENTER to store the device number into memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
Note
The channel code for non­active buttons is 0 and for active buttons is 1 through
Figure 80
Note
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED with­out first displaying a decision box. This box asks you to de­cide whether you accept the new selection or default to the
4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in the
keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to iden­tify the button and its’ operations.
5. Press ENTER to store the channel number into memory, close the keypad, and
return to the Button Properties page.
Setting the level code
The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 80.
1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device
codes 1 through 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference in this manual for detailed information.
3. Press ENTER to store the level device number into memory, close the keypad,
and return to the Button Properties page.
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Figure 81
ton
TEXT/IMAGE operation bar
that resides in the Main page.
Active page button
Edit bar with active page but-
4. Press NUM to open a keypad and set the level number assigned to the device.
5. Enter 1 in the keypad.
6. Press ENTER to store the level number into memory, close the keypad, and re-
turn to the Button Properties page.
7. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE, then EXIT to return to the New page with the EDIT
button.
Linking the New Page to the Main Page
Use the Attributes page to link buttons to pages. This operation requires changing the button text and setting a page flip. Refer to Adding a page, Creating a Button, Go to, and Setting the page flip for detailed information.
1. Open the Edit bar, press the active page button shown in Figure 81. Refer to the
Go to subsection for information on the use of the active page button.
Figure 82
Note
This refers to the MAIN button
2. Press MAIN PAGE from the PAGE GOTO menu (Figure 192).
3. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
4. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
5. Press TEXT/IMAGE to change the Main page button text. The TEXT/IMAGE
operation bar (Figure 82) appears.
6. Press the MAIN button to open the Text/image page.
7. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard and delete MAIN.
8. Enter NEW PAGE. The text appears in the keyboard window as shown in
Figure 83.
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Figure 83
Keyboard: NEW PAGE
9. Press EXIT CHANGE to close the keyboard and return to the Text/image page.
10. Press MAKE ON SAME AS OFF to set the text for the button’s TEXT ON and
TEXT OFF states.
11. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to close the Text/image page and return to the Main
page.
Figure 84
PROPERTIES operation bar
12. Press EXIT to exit the TEXT/IMAGE mode.
13. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.
14. Press BUTTON to open the BUTTON OPTIONS menu.
15. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON OPTIONS menu to open the PROPERTIES
operation bar shown in Figure 84.
16. Press the NEW PAGE button to open the Button Properties page.
17. Press the page FLIP buttons (Figure 85) to set the page flip properties for the but-
ton.
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Figure 85
Page FLIP buttons
Figure 86
PAGE FLIP TYPE menu
18. Press the left page FLIP box to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu (Figure 86).
19. Press FLIP STANDARD to set the page flip type and return to the Button Proper-
ties page.
Figure 87
PAGE menu
20. Press the right Flip to page button to set the destination page (Figure 87).
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Figure 88
Edit bar
Figure 89
Setup page
21. Press NEW PAGE to set the page flip and return to the Button Properties page.
22. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save changes, close the Button Properties page,
and return to the Main page.
23. Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES operation bar to close the Edit bar.
Exiting Edit Mode
This subsection describes how to exit the EDIT mode once you finish designing touch panel pages.
1. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar (Figure 88).
2. Press SETUP to open the Setup page shown in Figure 89.
3. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the Protected Setup page shown in
Figure 90.
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Figure 90
Protected Setup page
4. Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode off.
5. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page
(Figure 89).
6. Press EXIT to close the Setup page and return to the Main page.
Another method of exiting the EDIT mode is to use the QUIT EDITOR button on the Edit bar. Refer to the Edit Bar — Quit Editor option subsection for detailed information on exiting the EDIT mode using this method.
To exit the EDIT mode using the QUIT EDITOR button:
1. Press EXIT to open the Edit bar shown in Figure 88.
2. Press the QUIT EDITOR button to open the Quit the On-Board Editor decision
button.
3. If you select YES, the current page will appear without the Edit bar.
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SETUP
Figure 91
Main page
Setup page flowchart
Touch Panel Program Reference
Overview
Use the Setup and Protected Setup pages to configure how the touch panel operates. This section contains operation flowcharts, instructions, and menu option descrip­tions. The buttons shown in Figure 91 appear when you power up the touch panel.
Figure 92
Setup Page
The flowchart in Figure 92 shows the buttons you press to access the Setup page.
MAIN
PAGE
From the Main page, press the SETUP button to open the Setup page shown in Figure 93.
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Figure 93
Setup page
the touch panel.
BEEP button overriding.
control systems.
Note
The WIRELESS STATUS button appears when a WAV­PK or SMT-PK is attached to
Optional WIRELESS STATUS button for WAV-PKM and SMT-PKM wireless
Beep
The BEEP button (Figure 94) sets the audible beep duration when you touch the screen.
Figure 94
Note
You can set the beep value setting using the 'ADBEEP' Send_ Commands described in the AXCESS Programming section. The
'QBEEP' command is used for
'ABEEP' and
Set the BEEP button to 0 to disable the beep sound. Press the UP and DN buttons to set beep time in .10-second increments. The minimum beep time setting is 0 and the maximum is 5 (0.5-second duration).
Display timer
The DISPLAY TIMER button (Figure 95) sets the length of time the touch panel can be idle before activating screen-saver mode.
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Figure 95
DISPLAY TIMER button
out and will always remain on.
Note
The DISPLAY TIMER button can now be set to zero. In this case, the panel will never time
Figure 96
Set Time And Date page
When the touch panel goes into screen-saver mode, the LCD is powered-down. With a setting of 5, the panel goes into screen-saver mode if there is no activity for 5 min­utes. Press the UP and DN buttons to set the DISPLAY TIMER. The minimum time is 1 minute and as long as there is power, with a setting of 0 there is no maximum.
Set time and date
Press SET TIME AND DATE to open the page shown in Figure 96.
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Set the year, hour, month, minute, day, second, day/month, and clock display.
YEAR Press the UP and DN buttons to set the year.
HOUR Press the UP and DN buttons to set the hour.
MONTH Press the UP and DN buttons to set the month.
MIN Press the UP and DN buttons to set the minute.
Figure 97
DOUBLE BEEP button overriding.
ples
DAY Press the UP and DN buttons to set the day.
SECOND Press the UP and DN buttons to set the seconds.
DISPLAY MONTH/DAY, DAY/MONTH Press to set the order of the month
and day display.
DISPLAY 12:00/24:00 Press to set the clock display to a 12- or 24-hour
format. For example, the 12-hour clock format changes from 12:00 to 1:00, and the 24-hour clock changes from 12:00 to 13:00.
Double beep
Press the DOUBLE BEEP button (Figure 97) to toggle the double beep ON or OFF. The double beep sounds each time you press the screen.
Note
You can set the beep value setting using the 'ADBEEP' Send_ Commands described in the AXCESS Programming section. The 'QBEEP' command is used for
Figure 98
AXlink, OUT RES, vX.XX, and SERIAL # button exam-
'ABEEP' and
Set the BEEP button (described earlier) to 0 to disable the double-beep sound.
AXlink, output resolution, vX.XX, and serial number
The AXlink, OUTPUT RESOLUTION, vX.XX, and SERIAL # buttons shown in Figure 98 are information buttons (display only).
The AXlink button is an AXCESS communication indicator that blinks once every second when the Central Controller is connected to the touch panel. The OUTPUT RESOLUTION button shows the screen resolution. The vX.XX button shows the cur­rent firmware version installed in the touch panel. The SERIAL # button shows the serial number for the touch panel.
Set brightness
Press SET BRIGHTNESS in the SETUP page to open the page shown in Figure 99.
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Figure 99
setting exceeds 5.
(highlighted)
Set Brightness page
Note
When the panel is attached to an optional battery source, a lower brightness settings in­formation button appears in the lower right-hand of the screen when the brightness
Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LCD brightness and contrast on the touch panel. The maximum brightness level is 8. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons are disabled on this page. When an optional WavePack/SmartPack is attached to a panel, a lower brightness message (Figure 100) will appear to suggest brightness set­tings for longer battery life.
Figure 100
Lower brightness information message
Figure 101
PROTECTED SETUP button
Protected setup
The PROTECTED SETUP button opens the Protected Setup page where you set touch panel passwords, mouse control, communications parameters, etc. The PROTECTED SETUP button is highlighted when enabled, as shown in Figure 101. Because there are many operations associated with Protected Setup page, they are described in the Pro- tected Setup Page subsection.
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Show palette
TIMEOUT for the touch panel.
WAV-PKM page
the mini touch panels. back of the Mini-WavePack.
Press SHOW PALETTE to open the color palette. Pressing the screen again will cause you to leave the Show Palette page.
Note
The WAV-PKM page provides information about the Wave­Pack. The only setting which can be changed is the SLEEP
Figure 102
Note
The mini touch panels require different types of battery packs than the 8.5” and 10.4” touch panels. The WAV-PKM and SMT-PKM are made for
Wireless status (optional WAV-PKM)
The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when an AXR-WAVES Wireless AXlink Virtual Emulator Server is connected to the touch panel. The WAV­PKM provides wireless two-way RF spread-spectrum touch panel control and con­tains a lead-acid rechargeable battery that supplies independent power to the panel. Refer to the WAVE 2-Way Wireless Accessories and Adapters for Touch Panels instruction manual for detailed setup information. Press the WIRELESS STATUS button to open the WAV-PKM page shown in Figure 102.
The Mini-Wave-Pack page shows the following information:
Note
All mini-touch panels wake by pushing the button on the
SLEEP TIMEOUT Press the UP and DN buttons to set the sleep time-out.
The minimum time-out is 1 minute and maximum is 120 minutes. When the touch panel goes to sleep, all communication and battery discharge stops. If the time-out is set to 5, the panel goes into sleep mode if there is no activity for 5 minutes. The touch panel automatically wakes up when you touch the screen for more than .5 seconds.
Wave-Pak Not Locked/Locked Appears when an optional WAV-PKM
is connected to the touch panel. Not locked indicates the touch panel is not communicating with the AXR-WAVES. Locked indicates the touch panel is
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Note
for detailed information.
The GROUP ID number can be set from the Wireless Set­tings page in the Protected Setup page. Refer to the Wireless settings subsection
Note
Both Network Eff. XXX% and Device Eff. XXX% are the best indicators of communi­cation.
locked on (communicating) to the AXR-WAVES connected to the Central Controller.
Battery Voltage XX.X Shows the voltage level of the lead-acid recharge-
able battery in the WAV-PKM.
RSSI XXX% Shows the strength of the AXR-WAVES signal received by
the touch panel. The signal strength fluctuates between 0% and 100% as shown by a horizontal gauge moving from left to right.
GROUP ID Shows the GROUP ID number on the touch panel used to
communicate with the wireless AXR-WAVES with the same group ID num­ber. The group ID range is 0 – 15. The group ID setting overrides the DIP switch setting on the WAV-PKM.
Module Version vX.XX Shows the firmware version installed in the
WAV-PKM.
Fully Charged/Not Charging/Charging Fully Charged appears when
the battery in the WAV-PKM is fully charged. Not Charging appears when the lead-acid battery is not charging. Charging appears when the lead-acid battery is charging. The shaded area is a horizontal gauge moving from left to right as the battery voltage level increases.
Network Eff. XXX% Shows the communication efficiency of bidirectional
RF transmissions between the touch panel and AXR-WAVES. The efficiency percentage (0–100%) is determined by the number of retries required to complete a panel operation.
Device Range Shows the device range that your server can recognize.
Devices outside that range will not be recognized.
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Server Devices XXX Shows the group address for the AXR-WAVES
communicating with the touch panel.
Server Version Shows the firmware version installed in the AXR-
WAVES.
Supply Voltage vX.XX Shows the voltage level of the external power
supply (optional) connected to the WAV-PKM.
Device Eff. XXX% Shows the strength of the AXR-WAVES signal re-
ceived by the touch panel. The shaded area in the horizontal gauge moves from left to right as the RF signal intensity increases. The shaded area fluctu­ates between 0% and 100%.
Note
TIMEOUT for the touch panel.
SMT-PKM page
set the RF and IR.
This SMT-PKM page provides information about the Smart­Pack. The only setting which can be changed is the SLEEP
Figure 103
Wireless status (optional SMT-PKM)
The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when a SmartPack is con­nected to the touch panel. Press the WIRELESS STATUS button to open the optional page shown in Figure 103.
Note
Refer to the Wireless status (optional WAV-PKM) subsec-
tion for information on how to
Refer to the SmartPacks for TiltScreen Touch Panels instruction manual for detailed in­formation. The Mini-SmartPack page shows the following information:
SLEEP TIMEOUT Press the UP and DN buttons to set the time-out. The
minimum time-out is 1 minute and maximum is 120 minutes. When the panel goes to sleep, all communication and battery discharge stops. If the time-out is set to 5, the panel goes into sleep mode if there is no activity for 5 minutes. The panel wakes up when you touch the screen.
Smart-Pak Not Locked/Locked Appears when an optional SMT-PKM
is connected to the panel. Not locked indicates the panel is not communicat­ing with the AXR-RF RF receiver. Locked indicates the panel is locked on to the AXR-RF connected to the Central Controller.
Battery Voltage XX.X Shows the voltage level of the lead-acid recharge-
able battery in the SMT-PKM.
Module Version vX.XX Shows the firmware version installed in the
SMT-PKM.
Fully Charged/Not Charging/Charging Fully Charged appears when
the battery in the SMT-PKM is fully charged. Not Charging appears when
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the lead-acid battery is not charging. Charging appears when the lead-acid
BUTTON
chart
Protected Setup page.
battery is charging. The shaded area is a horizontal gauge moving from left to right as the battery voltage level increases.
AMX RF ON/OFF Shows RF transmission on or off.
Supply Voltage vX.XX Shows the voltage level of the external power
supply (optional) connected to the SMT-PKM.
IR 38 kHz/455 kHz/OFF Shows the IR transmitting frequency to 38
kHz, 455 kHz, or OFF.
Protected Setup Page
The Protected Setup page allows you to set passwords, mouse control, and communi­cations parameters. The flowchart in Figure 104 shows how to access the Protected Setup page, which is password-protected. When you press the PROTECTED SETUP button on the Setup page, a number keypad appears.
Figure 104
Protected Setup page flow-
Note
When the Edit bar is enabled, you do not have to enter the password when opening the
MAIN
PAGE
SETUP
BUTTON
PROTECTED SETUP
TYPE
1988
Enter 1988, which is the system default password, and press ENTER to open the Pro­tected Setup page. (You can change the password, as explained in the Setup password subsection.) If you enter a wrong number, press CLEAR and re-enter the number. The Protected Setup page (Figure 105) appears when you enter the correct number.
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Figure 105
Protected Setup page
BAUD button ternal RS-232 device.
Baud
The BAUD button (Figure 106) sets the baud rate for the DB-9 connector at the rear of the touch panel. The baud rate is automatically set to 1,200 when you activate the MOUSE button. The RS-232 communication automatically defaults to Figure 106 if you disable the MOUSE ON button.
Figure 106
Note
Make sure to match the baud transmission rate for the ex-
BAUD Press the UP and DN buttons to set the data communication speed
for the touch panel’s RS-232 (DB-9) port. Available baud rates are 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2 KB, and 38.4 KB.
Device base
Press the DEVICE BASE button (Figure 107) to open a keypad and set the base ad­dress for the touch panel. The base address range is from1 through 255.
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Figure 107
DEVICE BASE button
and 131 consecutively.
DEVICE USED button
SETUP PASSWORD button vide you with the password.
mouse control is active.
MOUSE button
Note
If four devices are used, and the base address is 128, then the touch panel will use de­vice numbers 128, 129, 130,
Figure 108
Figure 109
Device used
Press the DEVICE USED button (Figure 108) to open a keypad and set the panel’s de­vice number from 1 through 4. Each device number supports up to 255-channel code button assignments. The multiple device settings allow you to create up to four unique touch panel buttons and/or pages. This value is used to determine the current device being used by the panel.
Setup password
Press the SETUP PASSWORD button (Figure 109) to open a keypad and set the nu­meric SETUP password.
Warning
The password number range is 1 through 5,999. (Do not use zero.) Do not change the Setup page password unless you are concerned about unauthorized access to the
If you change the password number, record the new num­ber and keep it in a secure place. If you change the password, AMX cannot pro-
touch panel pages.
CLEAR Press to clear the number in the keypad display.
ENTER Press to enter the new password into touch panel memory and
close the keypad.
Note
You can still control the touch panel with your finger when
Figure 110
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Mouse button
Press the MOUSE button (Figure 110) to open the Mouse Setup page shown in Figure 111.
Figure 111
Mouse Setup page
MOUSE SPEED Press the UP and DN buttons to set the mouse pointer
speed. The minimum (slowest) speed is 1 and the maximum (fastest) is 10.
MOUSE ACTIVE Press to activate the mouse pointer. The active mouse
pointer appears in the top-left corner of the LCD. When the MOUSE ACTIVE button is active (Figure 112), this button below it will display the type of mouse that is attached to the touch panel
Figure 112
MOUSE ACTIVE button
NO MOUSE Indicates that there is no mouse selected for the touch panel.
Mouse Active button
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Figure 113
and example PAGE menu
WAKE UP MESSAGE button
POWER UP PAGE button
Power up page
Press the POWER UP PAGE button to open the PAGE menu (Figure 113).
Select a page to designate as the first page to appear when you power up the touch panel. Select NONE to disable this option. If none is selected, the last selected page will be the first active page the next time the touch panel is used.
Figure 114
Wake up message
Press WAKE UP MESSAGE (Figure 114) to open the touch panel keyboard, and enter an ASCII string to be sent to the Central Controller when the touch panel wakes up. You can program the Central Controller to perform specific operations when the message is received. Refer to the AXCESS Programming section for detailed pro­gramming information.
Auto assign
Press AUTO ASSIGN (Figure 115) to enable the automatic channel assignment. This option sets the touch panel to prompt you to manually or automatically assign a channel number (1 through 255) to a new button. Once selected, the touch panel as­signs the lowest unused channel number to the button. Press the AUTO ASSIGN again to disable.
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Figure 115
AUTO ASSIGN button
PAGE PASSWORD button
Protected Setup page.
mode.
screen.
Figure 116
Page password
Press the PAGE PASSWORD button (Figure 116) to open a keypad and assign a
page’s numeric password.
Note
This numeric password ap­plies to the touch panel pages only, and is separate from the SETUP PASSWORD button that sets up the numeric password for access to the
Note
Press and hold for 2 seconds to enter Calibration Test
Figure 117
CALIBRATE decision button
Note
The crosshair for calibration is first shown at the top-left corner of the touch panel
If you try to open a password-protected page, the keypad appears, and you must
enter the correct password number to open the new page. The page password
range is 1–5,999.
CLEAR Clears the number in the keypad display.
ENTER Sets the page password number, closes the keypad, and returns
to the Protected Setup page.
Calibrate
Press CALIBRATE to open the CALIBRATE decision button shown in Figure 117
and reset the vertical and horizontal touch points on the LCD.
YES Starts the calibration process. Carefully press each crosshair that
appears using your finger or dull pointer. When the calibration process is
complete, press the screen to return to the Protected Setup page.
NO Cancels the calibration process.
Power up message
Press POWER UP MESSAGE (Figure 118) to open the keyboard, and enter an ASCII
string to be sent to the Central Controller when the touch panel is powered up. The
Central Controller can be programmed to perform specific operations when the
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Figure 118
SYSTEM PAGE button System page
from panel memory.
button
POWER UP MESSAGE but­ton
Figure 119
Figure 120
Warning
The System page should only be used to purge unwanted buttons, bitmaps, icons, fonts, and stored touch panel set­tings. Before using this page, make sure you have a backup copy of the touch panel pro­gram stored in the TPDesign3 software program. If you press YES on any of the DELETE buttons, the stored data is permanently erased
sage is received. Refer to the AXCESS Programming section for detailed programming information.
System page
Press the SYSTEM PAGE button (Figure 119) to open the System page (Figure 120).
DELETE ALL BUTTONS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 121.
Press YES to clear all touch panel buttons or NO to cancel the operation.
Figure 121
Delete All Buttons decision
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MEM FREE Shows the memory available to store buttons in 1,024-byte in-
crements.
Figure 122
button
ton
button
Delete All Bitmaps decision
Figure 123
Delete All Icons decision but-
Figure 124
Delete All Fonts decision
DELETE ALL BITMAPS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 122.
Press YES to clear all the bitmaps or NO to cancel the operation.
DELETE ALL ICONS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 123.
Press YES to clear all the icons or NO to cancel the operation.
DELETE ALL FONTS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 124.
Press YES to clear all the fonts or NO to cancel the operation.
Figure 125
BITMAPS menu
SHOW BITMAPS ID’S Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 125) that lists
bitmap files stored in touch panel memory.
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Figure 126
FONTS menu
variable fonts into the panel.
erased.
ICONS menu
SHOW ICONS ID’S Opens the ICONS menu (Figure 126) that lists icons
stored in touch panel memory.
MORE Forwards the menu listing.
ABORT Cancels the menu process and returns to the current page.
Figure 127
Note
You can use the TPDesign3 software program to import
Warning
You should only use the FACTORY RESET button to erase all stored data in the touch panel. The data cannot be recovered after it is
SHOW FONTS ID’S Opens the FONTS menu (Figure 127 lists fonts
stored in touch panel memory.
FACTORY RESET Opens the decision button shown in Figure 128. Press
YES to clear all touch panel memory or NO to cancel the operation.
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Figure 128
EDITOR button
tion for detailed information.
EDIT button
Edit bar PAGE TRACKING button
CLEAR MEMORY decision button
Figure 129
Editor
Press EDITOR (Figure 129) in the Protected Setup page to activate the EDIT mode.
Note
You can exit from the on­board editor by pressing the QUIT EDITOR button on the Edit bar. Refer to the Edit Bar — Quit Editor option subsec-
Figure 130
Figure 131
When you exit the Protected Setup page, the EDIT button (Figure 130) appears on the top or bottom of the LCD. You can press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar (Figure 131) and create buttons, pages, popup pages, and set a wide variety of touch panel settings. The active touch panel page name also appears in the active Edit bar. For example, the Edit bar sample in Figure 131 shows the current page name is Main page. Because there are so many operations associated with the EDIT button, they are described in the Edit button subsection.
Page tracking
Press PAGE TRACKING (Figure 132) to toggle the page tracking ON or OFF. When page tracking is enabled, the touch panel sends page data back to the Central Con­troller or vice versa depending on how you set the touch panel. Page tracking data can be used to control pages in multiple touch panels.
Figure 132
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PANEL
3, 132
1,255
Button
Slider
number
device number
2, 255
2, 1
number
Text channel
Level channel
number
Figure 133
SLEEP MESSAGE button
FUNCTION SHOW button
Figure 134
Sleep message
Press SLEEP MESSAGE (Figure 133) to open a keyboard and enter a message to ap­pear when the touch panel goes into sleep mode. Refer to Display Timer to set the touch panel’s screen-saver mode.
Function show
Press FUNCTION SHOW (Figure 134) to display channel code numbers and variable text code numbers on touch panel buttons, joysticks, sliders, and bargraphs.
As shown in Figure 135, the upper-left corner of a button shows a base device num­ber followed by a channel code number. The bottom-right corner of a button shows the variable text number followed by the variable text channel.
Figure 135
Function show button and slider example
Base device
Variable text
Channel code
LIGHT
Level device
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Figure 136
ton
detailed information.
WIRELESS SETTINGS but-
Figure 137
Wireless Settings page
Note
The GROUP ID can be al­tered. Once changed, the value is reflected in the GROUP ID button located in the WAV-PKM page. Refer to the Wireless status (optional WAV-PKM) subsection for
Wireless settings (optional WAV-PKM)
Press the WIRELESS SETTINGS button (Figure 136) that appears in the Protected Setup page to open the Wireless Settings page (Figure 137) for the Mini-Wave-Pack. The GROUP ID button allows you to change the Group ID number that is used to communicate with the wireless AXR-WAVES with the same group ID number. The group ID range is 0 – 15. Refer to the Wireless status (optional WAV-PKM) subsection for detailed information of the buttons in Figure 137
Wireless settings (optional SMT-PKM)
Press the WIRELESS SETTINGS button that appears in the Protected Setup page to open the Wireless Settings page (Figure 138) for the Mini-Smart-Pack. The Smart-Pk module button will appear to remind you what type of wireless device is currently connected and whether it is Locked/Not Locked. The radio frequency and infrared buttons can be modified on-screen and can work together. Refer to the Wireless status (optional SMT-PKM) subsection for detailed information of the buttons in Figure 138
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SETUP
PAGE
SETUP
BUTTON
BUTTON
1988
BUTTON
Figure 138
page for SMT-PKM
for detailed information.
chart
the Protected Setup page.
Sample Wireless Settings
Note
The AMX RF and AMX IR can function simultaneously. Refer to the Wireless status (op- tional SMT-PKM) subsection
Edit button
Press EDITOR in the Protected Setup page to enable EDIT mode. The Protected Setup page remains open until you press EXIT. Then, the EDIT button appears on every page. The flowchart in Figure 139 shows the sequence to activate the EDIT button.
Figure 139
EDIT button activation flow-
Note
You can use the QUIT EDI­TOR button to exit the Edit mode and avoid re-entering
MAIN
EXIT
EXIT
PROTECTED
TYPE
EDITOR
Press EDITOR to activate Edit mode (Figure 140). Press EXIT twice to return to the Main page.
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Figure 140
the Protected Setup page
detailed information.
Edit mode
Enabled EDITOR button in
Note
The position of the EDIT but­ton depends on whether you have at any time selected MOVE EDIT from the PAGE menu. Refer to Move Edit for
Figure 141
When the Edit mode is enabled, the EDIT button (Figure 141) appears on the top or bottom of each touch panel page.
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Figure 142
imported to the touch panel.
ADD BUTTON operation bar
SIZE operation bars.
Edit bar — BUTTON menu
Edit Bar — Button Menu Options
Press EDIT to open the Edit bar and BUTTON to open the menu shown in Figure 142.
Note
Buttons with Unicode fonts can only be created and ed­ited within TPDesign3 then
Figure 143
Note
You can adjust the button po­sition with the MOVE and RE-
You can use the BUTTON menu to create, configure, and revise touch panel button settings. Buttons containing usable fonts can not have their text or images altered be­cause their code is locked. The Edit bar also shows the current page name. The Edit bar in Figure 142 shows Main is the current page.
Add
Press ADD to add a button when the ADD BUTTON operation bar (Figure 143) ap­pears on the LCD. The first touch point is the upper-left corner of the button.
Drag your finger horizontally across the screen and down to set the height and width of the button. When the new button appears on the page, the message bar shows you the X/Y page-position coordinates and the X/Y resolution size.
Press the EXIT button in the Edit bar to exit. Use the PROPERTIES operation bar to set the button color, border style, and configuration settings.
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Figure 144
COPY BUTTON operation bar
bar
bar
Copy image
Press COPY IMAGE to copy an existing button onto a touch panel page when the COPY BUTTON operation bar (Figure 144) appears.
Touch the target button and drag the new button to another position. When you start dragging the new button, the message bar shows you the current X/Y page-position coordinates and the X/Y resolution size. Press EXIT on the COPY BUTTON operation bar to exit.
Move
Press MOVE to move a button when the MOVE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 145) appears. Then, drag the button to the new position. When you start moving the but­ton, the message bar shows you the current X/Y page-position coordinates and the X/Y resolution size. Press EXIT on the MOVE BUTTON operation bar to exit.
Figure 145
MOVE BUTTON operation
Figure 146
RESIZE BUTTON operation
Resize
Press RESIZE to resize a button when the RESIZE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 146) appears.
Drag your finger horizontally across the screen and down to resize the height and width of the button.
Press EXIT on the RESIZE BUTTON operation bar to exit. When you resize a button, the operation bar shows the current X/Y page-position coordinates and the X/Y resolution size. If you add text to a button, the button size must be large enough to accommodate the text string.
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Figure 147
bar
TEXT/IMAGE operation bar
DELETE BUTTON operation
Figure 148
DELETE button decision box
Delete
Press DELETE to delete a button when the DELETE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 147) appears.
Then, touch the button you want to delete which opens the decision box shown in Figure 148.
YES Deletes the button and returns to the current page.
NO Cancels the deletion process and returns to the current page.
Figure 149
Text/image
Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text into a button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar shown in Figure 149 appears.
Then, press the target button to open the Text/image page shown in Figure 150. This feature allows you to set the text, icons, and bitmap files for the current but­ton.
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Figure 150
Text/image page
TEXT OFF Opens the keyboard (Figure 151) where you enter the text to
appear on the Off-state of the button.
TEXT ON Opens the keyboard (Figure 151) where you enter the text to ap-
pear on the On-state of the button.
Figure 151
Keyboard
The text appears in the window at the top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the message to fit in the space provided. Change the size of the button or reduce the font size to compensate.
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Figure 152
FONTS menu
able fonts into the panel.
Note
Use can the TPDesign3 soft­ware program to import vari-
CHAR CAPS Sets the keyboard to uppercase characters.
CHAR LOW Sets the keyboard to lowercase characters.
CHAR NUMS Sets the keyboard to numeric characters.
CHAR MORE Toggles the keypad to special characters.
SPACE Enters a blank space.
DEL Deletes a space or character where the flashing cursor appears.
LT, RT, UP, DN Moves the flashing cursor position left, right, up, and
down.
CHANGE FONT Opens the FONTS menu (Figure 152) where you can
select a text font (typeface).
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ABORT Closes the FONTS menu and returns to the Text/image page.
EXIT CHANGE Saves current settings, closes the keyboard, and returns
to the Text/image page.
ICON OFF Opens the ICONS menu (Figure 153) where you can select an
icon to appear on the Off-state button. Select MORE to view more icons or ABORT to exit and return to the Text/image page.
ICON ON Opens the ICONS menu (Figure 153) where you can select the
icon to appear on the On-state button. Select MORE to view more icon files, or the ABORT button to exit and return to the Text/image page.
Figure 153
ICONS menu
BITMAP OFF Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 154) where you can se-
lect the bitmap to appear on the Off-state of the button. Select MORE to view more bitmap files or ABORT to exit and return to the Text/image page.
BITMAP ON Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 154) where you can se-
lect the bitmap to appear on the On-state of the button. Select MORE to view more bitmap files or ABORT to exit and return to the Text/image page.
Figure 154
BITMAPS menu
SET TEXT ALIGNMENT Sets the text alignment on the button. Figure 155
shows the SET TEXT ALIGNMENT menu textually for each button. The text references do not appear on the actual Set Text Alignment page.
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Figure 155
SET TEXT ALIGNMENT page
MAKE ON SAME AS OFF Copies the Off-state text, icon, and/or bitmap
settings to the On-state buttons.
EXIT SAVE CHANGE Saves the current settings, exits the Text/image
page, and returns to the current page.
EXIT NO CHANGE Cancels the current settings and returns to the current
page.
Properties
Select PROPERTIES and a button to open the Properties page (Figure 156). Then, you can set the border style, channel/variable options, button type, button options, flip type, string, and channel Off/On attributes.
Figure 156
Properties page
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Figure 157
BUTTON BORDER menus external pushbuttons.
Note
This feature doesn’t apply to
BORDER Opens the BUTTON BORDER menu (Figure 157) where you
select the border style. Figure 158 shows the border names and styles.
Figure 158
Border names and styles
Border names and styles
Name Style Name Style Name Style
No border
No border
special
Single line Double
Double line 3D rectangle 1 3D round 2
Triple line 3D rectangle 2 3D neon 1
Single
rounded
Double
rounded
Double line 2 3D rectangle 1
Double line 3 3D rectangle 2
3D round 1
shadow
3D round 1 3D neon 2
3D round 2 3D neon blue
Single raised 3D neon 1 3D neon green
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Note
formation.
130, and 131.
Touch panel
Base devices
DEVICE #1
CHAN #1
CHAN #25
CHAN #50
CHAN #100
DEVICE #2
DEVICE #3
DEVICE #4
CHAN = 1-255
CHAN #135
CHAN #149
CHAN #200
CHAN #255
ranges
All new buttons are automati­cally set to Double-Raised.
Figure 159
Device and channel assign­ments
Border names and styles (Cont.)
Name Style Name Style Name Style
Double raised 3D neon 2 Single dia-
mond
Triple Raised 3D neon blue Double dia-
mond
The channel code allows a button to have AXCESS code statements like Push and Release associated with specific functions. Figure 159 shows the relationship between the device and channel numbers. Each device can have a channel range from 1 to 255 per device.
Note
In order to use channels for DEV 2 through 4, DEVICE USED on the Protected Setup page must be set to 2 through 4 respectively. Refer to the
Protected Setup Page: Device used subsection for more in-
Note
If the value in the DEVICE USED button is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Central Controller recog­nizes bus devices 128, 129,
DEVICE = 1-4
Channel code
CHANNEL DEV Referred to as the Base device number, The device range
(from 1–4) doesn’t represent actual hardware devices but instead provides up to four different touch panel bus devices that can be assigned with chan­nel values from 1 through 255. Opens the keypad where you set the device number for the current button or touch panel page.
CHANNEL CHAN Referred to as the channel code number and repre-
sents the button channel assignments recognized by the Central Controller. Opens the keypad where you set the channel code for the current button. The channel code range is from 1 through 255. Record the channel code set­tings if you want to create duplicate buttons and functions on another page. If AUTO ASSIGN is enabled in the Protected Setup page, the touch panel prompts you to automatically or manually assign the channel code. Select YES to allow the touch panel to assign the lowest unused channel number.
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As shown in Figure 160, the upper-left corner of a button shows a base device num-
PANEL
3, 132
1,255
Button
Slider
number
device number
2, 255
2, 1
number
Text channel
Level channel
number
slider example
firmware.
button types).
ber followed by a channel code number. The bottom-right corner of a button shows the variable text number followed by the variable text channel.
Figure 160
Function show button and
Note
Refer to the Function show subsection for more informa­tion.
Note
This allows up to 1020 button combinations in the new G3
Base device
LIGHT
Variable text
Channel code
Level device
The new G3 firmware is designed to allow you up to 255 channels per device layer.
VAR TEXT DEV Opens the keypad where you set the device number for
the current button and touch panel page. The device range is 1 through 4.
VAR TEXT CHAN Opens the keypad where you set the variable text
channel code for the current button. The channel code range is from 1 through 255. Record the channel code settings if you want to create duplicate buttons and their functions on another page. If AUTO ASSIGN is enabled in the Protected Setup page, the touch panel prompts you to automatically or manually assign the channel code. Select YES to allow the touch panel to automatically assign the lowest available channel number.
LEVEL DEV Opens the keypad where you set the device number for the
Note
Level settings apply only to Joystick buttons (Joystick and Video Joystick button types), and Bargraph buttons (Hori­zontal and Vertical Bargraph
current button and touch panel page. The device range is 1 through 4.
LEVEL NUM Opens the keypad where you set the number codes for the
current button. The number code range is 1 through 8 except for bargraphs and joysticks, where the range is from 1 through 7. Joysticks actually use two level numbers. The first is for the X-axis and the second is for the Y-axis. You only need to specify the first level. Record the channel code settings if you want to create duplicate buttons and their functions on another page.
BUTTON TYPE Opens the BUTTON TYPE menus (Figure 161) where you
select the button type. After you select a button type, the Properties page re­sets with specific options according to that button type. For example, if you select the button type GENERAL, the BUTTON OPTIONS, FLIP, and STRING operation bars appear in the Properties page.
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