Extron electronics TouchLink Series Best Practices Manual

Best Practices Guide

Extron TouchLink™

Touchpanel Configuration

TouchLink™ Touchpanel Best Practices

Contents

INTRODUCTION .................................................. 3

GETTING STARTED

1. Know Your AV System............................................ 4

2. Upgrade Your Firmware........................................... 4

3. Upgrade Your Software ........................................... 5

4. Update Your Device Drivers ........................................5

CONFIGURATION

5. Initial Setup .................................................... 6

6. Save Unused Pages and Pop-ups in GUI Configurator ................... 6

7. Include Location in Your Naming Convention........................... 7

8. Use Master Pages............................................... 7

9. Use Modal Pop-up Pages ......................................... 8

10. Be Consistent With Button Placement................................ 8

11. Use Contrasting Colors With Your Text and Backgrounds .................9

12. Use Alignment Tools .............................................9

13. Use the Copy Properties Tool ...................................... 9

14. ID Management................................................ 10

15. Time Delay Requirements ........................................ 10

16. Use Feedback ................................................. 11

17. Use Front Panel Lock – Executive Mode ............................. 11

18. Use Side Buttons Appropriately .................................... 11

19. Button Naming For Global Viewer .................................. 11

TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

20. Test with Global Viewer .......................................... 11

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TouchLink™ Touchpanel Best Practices

INTRODUCTION

TouchLink is the first fully configuration-based touchpanel. When combined

with an Extron IP Link® Control Processor, TouchLink has the power to handle

the control needs of single display rooms, dual display rooms, divisible rooms,

multi-image systems, and video conference suites.

To deploy TouchLink Touchpanels, Global Configurator - GC and GUI

Configurator - GUIC software are required. These software products are used

to configure your AV control system and set up your TouchLink Touchpanel

interface.

This document is a collection of best practices designed to ensure a quick

and successful installation of your Extron TouchLink Touchpanel-based control

system.

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TouchLink™ Touchpanel Best Practices

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GETTING STARTED

The first step in setting-up your TouchLink Control System

1. Know Your AV System

Become familiar with the components of your AV system. This knowledge is necessary to determine the pages, pop-ups,
and buttons that should be a part of the graphical user interface on your TouchLink Touchpanels.

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2. Upgrade Your Firmware

Your TouchLink or IP Link products may benefit from periodic firmware updates that enable new features and capabilities.
Firmware can be found on the Extron website at: http://www.extron.com/firmware. Please read all applicable release
notes before upgrading firmware. For detailed instructions, and to verify your current firmware version, refer to the

Firmware Upload FAQ Guide. Upgrades from some older firmware versions call for a device reset and for re-uploading

of your original Global Configurator and/or GUI Configurator project files.

Firmware Loader

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