AMX G3 manual

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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 co[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Table of Contents i Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................... 1 Overview 1 Features 2 Applications 3 What’s in this Manual 3 What’s New 4 Installing Touch Panels .......................................................... 5 Overview 5 Mounting t[...]

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    ii Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Decision buttons 22 Status buttons 22 Designing a Touch Panel Page ............................................ 23 Overview 23 Activating the Edit Button 23 Creating a Page 27 Adding a page 27 Setting the page color 29 Creating a Button 30 Adding a button 30 Resizing a button 32 Button Prope[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Table of Contents iii Setup Page 59 Beep 60 LCD timer 60 Set time and date 61 Double beep 62 AXlink, serial number, and vX.XX 62 Set brightness 63 Protected Setup 63 Show palette 63 Wireless settings (optional WAV-PKM) 64 Wireless settings (optional SMT-PK) 66 Protected Setup Page 67 Baud 68 Device base 68 Devic[...]

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    iv Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Set default 97 Put on top 97 Properties Page — Button Type: General 97 Properties Page — Button Type: Joystick 101 Properties Page — Button Type: Vertical Bargraph 105 Properties Page — Button Type: Horizontal Bargraph 107 Edit Bar — Page Menu Options 109 Add 110 Copy 111 Rename 11[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Table of Contents v Color Guidelines ................................................................ 151 Overview 151 Colors 151 Specifications .................................................................... 153 Overview 153 AXT-CA and AXT-CV 153 AXU-CA(/PB) and AXU-CV(/PB) 154 AXM-CA(/PB) and AXM-CV(/PB) [...]

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    vi Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Introduction 1 Introduction Overview This manual describes procedures and software related to the new G3 firmware installed in these panels. The Color Active-Matrix Touch Panels (CATPs) contain a 640 x 480 (HV) pixel, dedicated 256-color active-matrix liquid crystal display (LCD). These self-contained enclosures[...]

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    2 Introduction Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Features Touch Panel features include: • 5.25" x 6.96" (133.45 mm x 176.89 mm) visible screen • 256-color active-matrix 640 x 480 (HV) pixel LCD • 12 programmable pushbuttons (8 on each side - except for the AXT series ) • Microsoft ® mouse compatible (UniMount and rack-mount mo[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Introduction 3 Applications The AMX Color Active-Matrix Touch Panels control a wide variety of equipment connected to an AXCESS Control System. Figure 3 shows a sample AXU-CA Touch Panel and AXCESS Control System configuration. AXU-CA Serial Mouse (optional) AXlink cable AXCESS CardFrame Television VCR Lighting [...]

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    4 Introduction Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • AXCESS Programming Describes commands used to integrate Touch Panel features into an AXCESS Control System. • Replacing the Lithium Batteries Shows how to replace the lithium batteries in the CATP. • EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade Gives step-by-step instructions to install the required EXM-1MB Mem[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 5 Installing Touch Panels Overview The section describes how to mount, wire, and clean Touch Panels. Mounting the Touch Panels The following paragraphs describe how to mount the UniMount and rack-mount Touch Panels. The TiltScreen Touch Panel can be placed on any flat surface. AXU-CV(/PB)[...]

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    6 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 1.48 1.79 .23 .125 MAX RADIUS IN CORNERS 11.85 (FRAME) 11.40 12.60 CUTOUT (FRAME) 6.88 6.00 6.50 .25 INSERTS AT LOCATIONS OF #6-32 THREADED SUGGEST INSTALLATION FOUR #6-32 SCREWS. UNIT INSTALLS WITH SHOWN INSTALLATION METHOD INSTALLED AS SINGLE "DROP-IN" FRAME AND LOW PROFILE [...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 7 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (solid surfaces) Mount the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 ( Figure 6 ) into a solid surface: Release slot Solid surface mounting flanges Knockout BB-TP1 UniMount Back Box enclosure AXU-CV/PB or AXU-CA/PB bezel Engraved overlay Stud mounting h[...]

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    8 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels APPD MFG APPD QC APPD ENG CHECKED DRAWN THIRD ANGL used as the basis for manufacture may not be reproduced, copied or previously established. This drawing the extent the information has been known shall be confidential except to contained herein that is not generally of AMX CORPORATION.[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 9 3. Lay the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) facedown onto a soft cloth and remove the four screws from the low-profile back box. Remove the back box and discard. 4. Place the BB-TP1 into the cutout and mark the threaded insert positions as shown in Figure 7 . 5. Remove the BB-TP1 and drill ei[...]

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    10 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU/CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (plasterboard) Mount the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 ( Figure 8 ) into a plasterboard surface (or equivalent). IN CORNERS .125 MAX RADIUS CUTOUT .187 DIA 4 HOLES TWO .170 DIA HOLES PROVIDED ON ALL SIDES OF BACK BOX FOR STUD MOUNTING. STUD[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 11 .125 [3.2 MM] MAX CUTOUT TWO .170 [4.3 MM] DIA HOLES PROVIDED ON 2.94 1.70 1.70 .125 4.25 7.10 7.46 7.80 .35 .170 .52 3.22 (FRAME) (FRAME) [74.7 MM] [8.9 MM] [180.3 MM] 8.187 4.50 2. Insert a flat head screwdriver into the release slot on the AXU-CV(/PB)’s or AXU-CA(/PB)’s bezel an[...]

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    12 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 8. Fasten the BB-TP1 to the plasterboard using the expansion screws supplied with the enclosure. 9. Connect the AXlink and RS-232 wiring to the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) circuit card. Refer to Wiring the Touch Panel for complete wiring information. 10. Fasten the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 13 4. Insert the AXM-CV(/PB) or AXM-CA(/PB) into the rack. Line up the top left and right screw holes and start the #6-32 screws. Then, start the bottom left and right screws. Tighten all the screws after you start all the screws. 5. Connect the AXlink wiring to the AMX Central Controller[...]

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    14 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 2. Insert each wire into the appropriate opening on the connector according to the wiring diagrams and connector types described in this section. 3. Turn the flat-blade screws clockwise to secure the wire in the connector. Wiring guidelines Touch Panels require regulated 12 VDC power t[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 15 Using the AXlink connector for data and power Connect the control system’s AXlink connector to the AXlink connector on the rear of the Touch Panel for data and 12 VDC power as shown in Figure 14 . PWR (+) AXM AXP GND (-) AXlink connector Control system PWR (+) AXM AXP GND (-) Using t[...]

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    16 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Using the UniMount and rack-mount 4-pin header for mouse control Figure 16 shows the location of the four-pin header on the UniMount and rack- mount Touch Panels. The four-pin header supports Microsoft serial mouse control devices. Figure 17 for DB-9 wiring diagram. Figure 18 lists the[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Installing Touch Panels 17 Four-pin header and DB-9 connector pinouts Four- pin header Signal Function DB-9 connector (male) pins 1 PWR +12 VDC power 4 and 7 (strap) 2 TXD Transmit data 3 3 RXD Receive data 2 4 GND Ground 5 Cleaning the Touch Overlay After installing the Touch Panel, you should clean the touch o[...]

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    18 Installing Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Basics 19 Touch Panel Basics Overview This section contains descriptions and illustration examples of Touch Panel pages ( Figure 19 ), buttons, message bars, and keypads. You can use the Touch Panel’s onboard editor or the TPDesign 3 software program to create custom pages. Touch Panel Pages You ca[...]

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    20 Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Main Page Main Page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 2 Main Page 3 Page 1 Page 4 Page 2 Page 5 Page 3 Main Page 4 Page 1 Standard Buttons S tandard buttons are rectangles, rectangle variations, and other geometric shapes that you can create with the Touch Panel. B uttons are set with[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Basics 21 Information buttons Information buttons contain serial numbers and firmware version information. Figure 22 shows the serial number information button in the Setup page. Adjustment b utton s You can use the UP and DN buttons to set adjustment buttons. The adjustment button example in Figure [...]

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    22 Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Entry display Keypad entry (0 - 9) CLEAR – Resets entry to 0 ENTER – Processes entry if correct Decision b uttons Decision buttons ( Figure 25 ) appear when an operation has two options. Decision buttons appear when y ou send or receive a drawing, designate a communication protocol or p[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 23 Designing a Touch Panel Page Overview Use the step-by-step instructions to create Touch Panel pages, buttons, joysticks, bargraphs, and set page color attributes. For in-depth information on all the operations available on the Touch Panel, read through the Touch Panel Program Refe[...]

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    24 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 1. Press SETUP in the MAIN page to open the SETUP page shown in Figure 28 . 2. In the above page, press PROTECTED SETUP to open the password keypad shown in Figure 29 . Figure 28 SETUP page Figure 29 SETUP page and password keypad[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 25 3. Type 1988 in the keypad, and press ENTER to open the PROTECTED SETUP page ( Figure 30 ). For information on changing the password, refer to Touch Panel Program Reference section. If you enter a wrong number, press CLEAR and re-enter the number. 4. Press EDITOR to enable the Edi[...]

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    26 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 6. Press EXIT twice to return to the MAIN page. The EDIT button appears at the top of the MAIN page, indicating that the Editor mode is active ( Figure 32 ). 7. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar, which appears at the top of the page ( Figure 33 ). Figure 31 Active EDITOR [...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 27 Edit bar Creating a Page Use the PAGE menu option in the Edit bar to create Touch Panel pages. Adding a page 1. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the Page menu options( Figure 34 ). Figure 33 MAIN PAGE and Edit bar Figure 34 PAGE menu options[...]

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    28 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 2. Press the ADD option to add a new Touch Panel page. This command opens the keyboard ( Figure 35 ). Use the keyboard to enter a name for the new page. 3. Type NEW PAGE ( Figure 36 ) using the keyboard. A page name can be up to 20 characters. Figure 35 Keyboard Note Page naming d[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 29 4. Press EXIT CHANGE to add NEW PAGE to Touch Panel memory, close the keyboard, and return to the NEW page. 5. Press EXIT on the Edit bar. Setting the page color 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar shown in Figure 37 . 2. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu options sho[...]

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    30 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 4. Select a page color from the palette. The page automatically changes to the new color. Creating a Button Use the BUTTON menu option in the Edit bar to create Touch Panel buttons. Adding a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar ( Figure 37 ). 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar t[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 31 3. Press ADD to add a button to the new page. The message bar shown in Figure 41 appears. Touch and drag to add a button. The first touch point is the upper- left corner of the button. 4. Push on the panel and drag your finger horizontally and down across the screen to set the hei[...]

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    32 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Resizing a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the menu options shown in Figure 43 . 3. Press the RESIZE option to resize the button when the message bar ( Figure 44 ) appears. 4. Push the edge of the button, and drag your finger hori[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 33 5. Release your finger from the panel to record 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 condit[...]

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    34 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Setting the border 1. Press BORDER in the BUTTON PROPERTIES page to open the BUTTON BORDER options pages shown in Figure 49 . Figure 48 BUTTON PROPERTIES page Note Use the MORE button to view other button border options. Figure 49 BUTTON BORDER options pages[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 35 2. Press 3D RECTANGLE 1 to set the button border to 3D RECTANGLE 1 style. The BORDER button in the BUTTON PROPERTIES page reflects the selected border type. In this case, the button changes to the 3D rectangle border. Setting the channel code 1. The two fields to be set for the bu[...]

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    36 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 3. Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The device number specifies the device for which the selected channel’s feedback is displayed. 4. Press ENTER to store the device number in memory, close the keypad, and return to the BUTTON PROPERTIES page. 5. Press CHAN to open a keypad and[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 37 2. Press FLIP STANDARD. 3. Press the right page FLIP box ( Figure 52 ) to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE list ( Figure 53 ). 4. Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the MAIN page. Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions 1. Press the button to open the BUTTON PROPERTIES pa[...]

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    38 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 4. Press black to set the border color to black. 5. Press the FILL button in the BUTTON PROPERTIES page to re-open the color options. 6. Press white to set the fill color to white. 7. Press the TEXT button to re-open the color options. 8. Press red to set the text color to red. 9.[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 39 3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text in the selected button. The message bar shown in Figure 58 appears. 4. Press the on-screen button to open the TEXT/IMAGE page shown in Figure 59 . Figure 57 BUTTON menu options Figure 58 TEXT/IMAGE message bar Figure 59 TEXT/IMAGE page[...]

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    40 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 5. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard shown in Figure 60 . 6. Type MAIN PAGE . The text appears in the message box at the top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the Touch Panel generates an error message. Change the size of the button or reduce the text strin[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 41 Button Properties for External Buttons If your Touch Panel comes with external buttons, these can be configured with features similar to on-screen buttons, for more information see the Creating a Button subsection. Use the PROPERTIES option to assign properties to external pushbut[...]

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    42 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 3. Press the PROPERTIES option to open the message shown in Figure 63 . 4. Next press the new button. 5. Press BUTTON TYPE ( Figure 64 ) to open the BUTTON TYPE list shown in Figure 65 . Figure 62 BUTTON menu options Figure 63 PROPERTIES message bar[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 43 6. Press JOYSTICK to set the selected button as a joystick. 7. Press BUTTON OPTION on the BUTTON PROPERTIES page to open the list of joystick button options as shown in Figure 66 . Figure 64 BUTTON PROPERTIES page Figure 65 BUTTON TYPE menu[...]

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    44 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 8. Press CROSSHAIR CENTER to set a crosshair in the center of the joystick button and return to the BUTTON PROPERTIES page. 9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to return to the MAIN page. Figure 66 JOYSTICK BUTTON OPTIONS list[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 45 Setting the joystick properties 1. Press EDIT, BUTTON, and select PROPERTIES. 2. Press the new button you just created to open the Button Properties page ( Figure 67 ). 3. Press BUTTON TYPE to open Figure 65 . 4. Press the JOYSTICK button in the BUTTON TYPE list to open the BUTTON[...]

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    46 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Setting the channel code 1. The two fields to be set for the joystick channel code are DEV (device) and CHAN (channel) as shown in Figure 69 . 2. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the joystick’s device number. 3. Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The device number specifies the[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 47 7. Press ENTER to store the channel code in memory, close the keypad, and return to the BUTTON PROPERTIES page. Setting the level code 1. There are two fields in the LEVEL section: DEV (device) and NUM (number), as shown in Figure 70 . 2. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the dev[...]

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    48 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 3. Press the FILL button in the Joystick PROPERTIES page to open the color options again. 4. Press white to set the fill color. 5. Press the TEXT button to open the color options again. 6. Press red to set the text color. 7. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the BUTTON PROPERTIES page to [...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 49 Adding a bargraph to a page 1. Create a new button using the ADD option in the BUTTON menu as described earlier in this section. 2. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar ( Figure 37 ). 3. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu options shown in Figure 74 . 4. Press PROPERTI[...]

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    50 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 6. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE list shown in Figure 77 . 7. Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH to open the VERTICAL BARGRAPH PROPERTIES page shown in Figure 78 . Figure 76 BUTTON PROPERTIES page Figure 77 BUTTON TYPE menu[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 51 Setting the bargraph properties Use the VERTICAL BARGRAPH PROPERTIES page shown in Figure 78 to set channel, level, and button colors. Setting the channel code 1. The two fields to be set for the bargraph channel code are DEV (device) and CHAN (channel) as shown in Figure 79 . 2. [...]

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    52 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 6. Type in a channel value of 1 to 255 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to identify the button and its operations. 7. Press ENTER to store the channel code in memory, close the keypad, and return to the VERTICAL BARGRAPH PROPERTIES page. Sett[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 53 2. Press black in the color palette ( Figure 82 ) to set the border color. 3. Press the FILL button in the BARGRAPH PROPERTIES page to re-open the color options. 4. Press white to set the fill color. 5. Press the TEXT button to re-open the color options. 6. Press red to set the te[...]

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    54 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 4. Press TEXT/IMAGE to change the MAIN PAGE button text when the message bar ( Figure 84 ) appears. 5. Press the MAIN button to open the TEXT/IMAGE page shown in Figure 85 . Figure 83 BUTTON menu options Figure 84 Message bar Figure 85 TEXT/IMAGE page[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 55 6. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard. 7. Press DEL four times to delete MAIN . 8. Type NEW PAGE . The text appears in the keyboard window shown in Figure 86 . 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 t[...]

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    56 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 16. In the BUTTON PROPERTIES page, use the page FLIP boxes ( Figure 88 ) to set the page flip for the button. 17. Press the left page flip box to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu shown in Figure 89 . 18. Press FLIP STANDARD to set the PAGE FLIP TYPE and return to the BUTTON PROPERTIES[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 57 20. Press NEW PAGE to set the page flip and return to the BUTTON PROPERTIES page. 21. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save changes, close the BUTTON PROPERTIES page, and return to the Main page. 22. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar. Exiting Edit Mode After you finish designing Touch Pan[...]

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    58 Designing a Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 3. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the PROTECTED SETUP page shown in Figure 93 . 4. Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode off. 5. Press EXIT to close the PROTECTED SETUP page and return to the SETUP page ( Figure 92 ). 6. Press EXIT to close the Setup page and return to the Main page (Fi[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 59 Touch Panel Program Reference Overview You use the SETUP and PROTECTED SETUP pages to configure the Touch Panel operates. This section contains operation flowcharts, instructions, and menu option descriptions. The buttons shown in Figure 94 appear when you power up the Touch Pane[...]

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    60 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Optional WIRELESS SETTINGS button for WAV-PK and SMT-PK wireless control systems. B eep The BEEP button ( Figure 97 ) sets the audible beep duration when you press the screen. Set the BEEP button on 0 to disable the beep sound. Press the UP and DN buttons to set beep time in .10-[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 61 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 change the time that the timer screen turns on when the Touch Panel is i[...]

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    62 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • • 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. • • DAY Press the UP and DN buttons to set the day. • • SECOND Press the UP and DN buttons to s[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 63 SERIAL NUMBER button shows the serial number for the Touch Panel, and the vX.XX button shows the current firmware version installed in the Touch Panel. Set brightness Press SET BRIGHTNESS in the SETUP page to open the page shown in Figure 102 . Press the UP and DN buttons to set [...]

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    64 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Wireless settings (optional WAV-PKM) The WIRELESS SETTINGS button appears on the SETUP page when a WAV-PK WavePack is connected to the Touch Panel. The WAV-PK provides wireless two- way RF spread-spectrum Touch Panel control and contains a lead-acid rechargeable battery that supp[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 65 • Wave-Pak Not Locked/Locked Appears when an optional WAV-PK 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 locked on (communicating) to the AXR-WAVES connected to the control sy[...]

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    66 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • Network Eff. XXX% Shows the communication efficiency of bi-directional 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. Wireless settings (optional SMT-P[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 67 communicating with the AXR-RF RF Receiver. Locked indicates the panel is locked on to the AXR-RF connected to the control system. • Battery Voltage XX.X Shows the voltage level of the lead-acid rechargeable battery in the SMT-PK. • AMX RF ON/OFF Toggles RF transmission on or [...]

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    68 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Baud The BAUD button ( Figure 107 ) sets the baud rate through a factory installed port at the rear of the Touch Panel. The baud rate is automatically s et to 1 , 200 when you activate the MOUSE button. The RS-232 communication automatically defaults to the factory preset baud if[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 69 Device used Press the DEVICE USED button to open the keypad ( Figure 109 ) and set the panel’s device number from 1 – 4. Each device number supports up to 255 channel code button assignments. The multiple device setting option allows you to create up to four unique Touch Pane[...]

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    70 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • 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. P ower up pa[...]

  • Page 79

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 71 Select a page to designate the first page to appear when you power up the Touch Panel. Select NONE to disable this option. If none is selected, the POWER UP page will be the last active page the next time the touch panel is used. Wake up message Press WAKE UP MESSAGE ( Figure 114[...]

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    72 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Page password Press the PAGE PASSWORD button ( Figure 116 ) to open the keypad and assign a numeric page password to a specific page. 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 pa[...]

  • Page 81

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 73 Power up message Press POWER UP MESSAGE ( Figure 118 ) to open the keyboard, and enter an ASCII string to be sent to the AXCESS Central Controller when the Touch Panel is powered up. The control system can be programmed to perform specific operations when the message is received.[...]

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    74 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • 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. • BUTTON MEM FREE Shows the memory available to store buttons in 1,024-byte increments. • DELETE ALL BITMAPS Opens the decision but[...]

  • Page 83

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 75 • SHOW BITMAPS ID'S Opens the BITMAPS menu ( Figure 125 ) which shows you a listing of the available bitmaps. • SHOW ICONS ID'S Opens the ICONS menu ( Figure 126 ) which shows you a listing of the available icons. — MORE Forwards the menu listing by providing furt[...]

  • Page 84

    76 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • SHOW FONTS ID'S Opens the FONTS menu ( Figure 127 ) which shows you a listing of the available fonts. • FACTORY RESET Opens the decision button shown in Figure 128 . Press YES to clear all Touch Panel memory or NO to cancel the operation. Editor Press EDITOR ( Figure 1[...]

  • Page 85

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 77 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. Becau[...]

  • Page 86

    78 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 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 , a channel code number appears in the upper- left corner of the button, and a variabl[...]

  • Page 87

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 79 Press EXIT in the PROTECTED SETUP page ( Figure 137 ) to return to the MAIN page. Press EDITOR to activate the Edit bar shown in Figure 138 . When the Edit bar is enabled, it appears on the top or bottom of each Touch Panel page. Edit bar Figure 137 Enabled EDITOR button in the P[...]

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    80 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Edit Bar — Button Menu Options Press EDIT and BUTTON to open the menu shown in Figure 139 . You can use the BUTTON menu to create, configure, and revise Touch Panel button settings. The Touch Panel can however use the other BUTTON menu features on them. The Edit bar also shows [...]

  • Page 89

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 81 Press the EXIT button in the Edit bar to exit. Use the PROPERTIES option to set the button color, border style, and configuration settings. Copy image Press COPY IMAGE to copy a button when the COPY BUTTON message ( Figure 141 ) appears on the LCD. Touch the target button and dra[...]

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    82 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Drag your finger horizontally across the screen and down to resize the height and width of the button. Press EXIT in the message bar to exit. When you resize the button, the message bar shows you the current X/Y page-position coordinates, and the X/Y resolution size. If you add t[...]

  • Page 91

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 83 • TEXT OFF Opens the keyboard ( Figure 147 ) where you enter the text to appear on the OFF-state button. The text appears in the window at the top of the keyboard. If the text string exceeds the space in the button, the Touch Panel generates an error message. Change the size of[...]

  • Page 92

    84 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — 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 [...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 85 • ICON OFF Opens the ICONS menu ( Figure 149 ) where you 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 149 ) where you select the icon to appear on t[...]

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    86 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • SET TEXT ALIGNMENT Sets the text alignment on the button. Figure 151 shows the alignment option textually for each button. The text references do not appear on the actual SET TEXT ALIGNMENT buttons. • MAKE ON SAME AS OFF Copies the OFF-state text, icon, and/or bitmap settin[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 87 Properties Select PROPERTIES and a button to open the PROPERTIES page ( Figure 152 ). Then, you can set the border style, channel/variable text device and channel numbers, button type, button options, flip type, string, and channel OFF/ON state attributes. • BORDER Opens the BU[...]

  • Page 96

    88 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Border names and styles Name Style Name Style No border Single raised No border special Double raised Single line Triple raised Double line Double line 2 Triple line Double line 3 Single rounded 3D neon blue Double rounded 3D neon green Single diamond 3D round 1 Double diamond 3D[...]

  • Page 97

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 89 • CHANNEL DEV: Opens the keypad where you set the device number for the current button or Touch Panel page. The device range is 1 –4. • CHANNEL CHAN: Opens the keypad where you set the channel code for the current button. The channel code range is 1–255 . Record the chann[...]

  • Page 98

    90 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — GENERAL Sets the button to automatically send a message to the AXCESS Central Controller via the AXlink connector, PC via the factory installed port connector, or with WAVE wireless communication. Refer to Properties Page— Button Type: General in this section for more infor[...]

  • Page 99

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 91 — TIME Sets the button to open the TIME/DATE page shown in Figure 157 . Refer to S et time and date described in this section for more information. — DATE Sets the button to open the TIME/DATE page shown in Figure 157 . Refer to S et time and date described in this section fo[...]

  • Page 100

    92 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — KEYPAD Sets the button to open the keypad ( Figure 158 ) so you can enter a password or value assignment. All the keypad buttons are interactive except for the entry display. — KEYBOARD Sets the button to open the keyboard so you can enter a name or string. All the keyboard[...]

  • Page 101

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 93 — VIDEO SETUP Sets the button to open the VIDEO SETUP page ( Figure 161 ) so you can set the incoming video display on the Touch Panel. BRIGHT Press UP or DN to increase or decrease the brightness level of the LCD. The brightness range is 0–255. You can also press SET TO DEFA[...]

  • Page 102

    94 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels CONTRAST Press the UP button to increase or DN button to decrease the contrast of the LCD. The contrast range is 0–255. Press SET TO DEFAULT to automatically set the contrast level to 100 (factory setting). SET TO DEFAULT Resets the VIDEO SETUP page to factory default settings.[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 95 • • CHANNEL OFF and CHANNEL ON Sets the border, fill, and text colors for the button’s Off and On states. Press the BORDER, FILL, and TEXT buttons to open the color palette shown in Figure 162 . Then, select a color to set the channel colors and return to the PROPERTIES pag[...]

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    96 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Save default Press SAVE DEFAULT to open the EFFECT WHAT menu shown in Figure 163 . Then, select a default option to store in Touch Panel memory. The stored default settings are automatically used for all new buttons, and can be applied to existing buttons using the SET DEFAULT op[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 97 — ALL Select this option and a button to store the default color, border, and size in Touch Panel memory. These default settings are automatically applied to all new buttons. Set default Press the SET DEFAULTS option and a button to automatically reset the button’s color, bor[...]

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    98 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu ( Figure 165 ) where you set the button type. Press ABORT to close the menu. — NONE Sets the button feedback off. This option also sets the button border, fill, and text colors to match the CHANNEL OFF color options in the PRO[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 99 — MOMENTARY Sets the button border, fill, and text colors to match the CHANNEL ON color options in the PROPERTIES page when you touch the button regardless of the assigned function. — BLINK Sets the button to toggle between on and off states. • FLIP <FLIP TYPE> Opens [...]

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    100 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels  FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button action to open the previous Touch Panel page on the panel. — FLIP STANDARD Sets the button action to open a Touch Panel page. Use the FLIP menu button to open the PAGE menu ( Figure 169 ), and select the target Touch Panel page. Figure 168 POP[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 101 • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the control system via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. Properties Page — Button Type: Joystick Sets the button type to a joysti[...]

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    102 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — JOYSTICK NON-CENTER Sets the button to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick. When you move the control stick, the Touch Panel sends feedback (data) to the control system and to the external device to perform a pre-programmed operation. When you remove your finger fr[...]

  • Page 111

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 103 a pre-programmed operation. When you remove your finger from the screen, the control stick and external device stay in that position. • FLIP < FLIP TYPE> Opens the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu ( Figure 172 ) where you set the page flip action for the button. Press ABORT to close [...]

  • Page 112

    104 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — FLIP POPUP OFF Sets the button action to close a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button ( Figure 172 ) to open the POPUP PAGE menu ( Figure 173 ), and select a popup page to close. — FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button action to open the previous Touch Panel page on the Touch P[...]

  • Page 113

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 105 • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the control system via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. Properties Page — Button Type: Vertical Bargraph Sets the button type to[...]

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    106 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu ( Figure 171 ) where you set the button type. Press ABORT to close the menu. — BARGRAPH DISPLAY Sets the bargraph as a vertical indicator for external devices. Indicator levels are defined in the AXCESS software program. — BARG[...]

  • Page 115

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 107 — SLIDER CENTERING Sets the slider as a horizontal controller with a default control level. Control levels are defined in the AXCESS software program. When a control level change is sent to the control system, the external device changes accordingly until the control data inpu[...]

  • Page 116

    108 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels — BARGRAPH DISPLAY Sets the bargraph as a vertical indicator for external devices. Indicator levels are defined in the AXCESS software program. — BARGRAPH ACTIVE Sets the bargraph as a vertical controller for external devices. Indicator levels are defined in the AXCESS softw[...]

  • Page 117

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 109 program. When a control level change is sent to the control system, the external device changes accordingly until the control data input stops. Then the control level on the graph returns to the default position and the external device returns to its default control position. ?[...]

  • Page 118

    110 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Add Press ADD to add a new Touch Panel page. This command opens the keyboard ( Figure 181 ) so you can name your new page. The text appears in the window at the top of the keyboard. If the text string exceeds the space in the page button of the Edit Bar, the Touch Panel generate[...]

  • Page 119

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 111 — EXIT CHANGE Returns you to the previous screen while effecting the change that was made within the keyboard. Copy Press COPY to make a copy of the current page . This command opens the keyboard ( Figure 181 ). Use the keyboard to give the copied page a new name. Choose EXIT [...]

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    112 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Page Color Press PAGE COLOR to open the color palette shown in Figure 183 , and set the page • TRANSPARENT Sets the page color to transparent (no color). • ABORT Cancels the color selection process and returns to the current page. Figure 183 Color palette Note This option wi[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 113 Go to Press GO TO to open the PAGE GOTO menu ( Figure 184 ), and select the target page. • ABORT Cancels the Go To process and returns to the current page. Figure 184 PAGE GOTO list[...]

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    114 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Popup On Press POPUP ON to open the POPUP ON menu shown in Figure 185 . Press a popup page in the menu to open the popup page and return to the current page. • MORE Provides more options from the POPUP ON page. • ABORT Cancels the POPUP ON process and returns to the current [...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 115 Popup Off Press POPUP OFF to open the POPUP OFF menu shown in Figure 186 . Press a popup page in the menu to close the selected popup page and return to the current page. • MORE Provides more options from the POPUP OFF page. • ABORT Cancels the POPUP OFF process and returns [...]

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    116 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Move Edit Press MOVE EDIT in the PAGE menu to move the Edit bar to the bottom of the page. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar as shown in Figure 187 . Press MOVE EDIT again to move the EDIT button back to its original position at the top of the page. Figure 187 Main page[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 117 Snap Grid Press SNAP GRID to set up an invisible grid on the page. The grid allows you to easily align buttons on the page. This command opens the SNAP GRID list shown in Figure 188 . Set the grid frequency in pixels. Select the 1, 2, 4, or 8 PIXEL option to set the grid and ret[...]

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    118 Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 119 AXCESS Programming Overview You can program the Touch Panel to perform a wide variety of operations using AXCESS Send_Commands and variable text commands. Use the commands described in this section along with the AXCESS Programming Language instruction manual to program the Touch Panel. Sy[...]

  • Page 128

    120 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels System Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'AKEYP-<number string>' Open the Touch Panel keypad and initialize the number string entry. The keypad string is set to null during power-up and is stored until power-down. <number string> = 0 - 9999 Example: SEND_COMMA[...]

  • Page 129

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 121 System Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'CLOCK <mm-dd-yy> <hh:mm:ss>' Set the time and date. <mm = 01 - 12, dd = 01 - 31, yy = 00 - 99 hh = 00 - 23, mm = 00 - 59, ss = 00 - 59> Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'CLOCK 02-08-95 19:16:00' Sets the Touch [...]

  • Page 130

    122 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels System Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'PPON - <page name>' Open a specific popup page. <page name> = 1 - 50 ASCII characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'PPON-Popup Page 1' Opens Popup Page 1. 'RESET' Clear panel status (same as power up). [...]

  • Page 131

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 123 System Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'TPAGEON' Activate page tracking. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'TPAGEON' DEFINE_DEVICE TP1 = 128 (*AMX Touch Panel*) TP2 = 129 (*AMX Touch Panel*) DEFINE_VARIABLE TP1_BUFFER[100] (*Buffer for TP1*) TP2_BUFFER[100] (*Buffer fo[...]

  • Page 132

    124 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels System Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description IF(FIND_STRING(TP2_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1)) { TRASH=REMOVE_STRING(TP2_BUFFER,'PAGE- ',1) SEND_COMMAND TP1,"'PAGE-', TP2_BUFFER" CLEAR_BUFFER TP2_BUFFER } } In this program, the command string is sent to the [...]

  • Page 133

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 125 Colors and Programming Numbers The colors and their programming numbers are listed in Figure 190 , and can be used to set the colors on buttons, sliders, gauges, and pages. The lowest color number represents the lightest color-specific display, and the highest number represents the darkest[...]

  • Page 134

    126 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Font Styles and Programming Numbers Figure 191 lists the font styles and their numbers you can use to program the text fonts on buttons, sliders, gauges, and pages. The programming numbers are assigned consecutively when they are downloaded to the Touch Panel. For more information on varia[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 127 Shorthand Send_Commands Figure 193 lists the shorthand send commands you can use with the Touch Panels. The shorthand command data is one-byte, non-ASCII format except for pages, passwords, text, and bitmap names. Shorthand Send_Commands Command Description "'@CBF',<varia[...]

  • Page 136

    128 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description “’@CFN’,<variable text address>,<color_number >” Set the ON feedback fill color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 190 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,”’@CFN?[...]

  • Page 137

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 129 Shorthand Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description "'@CTN',<variable text address>,<color_number >" Sets the ON feedback text color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 190 Example: SEND_COMMAND T[...]

  • Page 138

    130 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description '@PPF-<popup page name>;<page name>' Deactivate a popup page on a Touch Panel page. <popup page name> = target popup page name <page name> = target Touch Panel page name Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'@PP[...]

  • Page 139

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 131 Shorthand Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description '@PWD-<page flip password>' Set the password for the Page Flip on the Touch Panel. <page flip password> = 0 through 9999 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'@PWD-1988' Sets the page flip password to 1988. '@SSL-[...]

  • Page 140

    132 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Color Send_Commands Use the color Send_Commands ( Figure 194 ) to set the colors for text, buttons, and pages. Color Send_Commands Command Description 'CALL<variable text address>-<data>' Set the colors for a variable text button. See Figure 190 for color numbers. <[...]

  • Page 141

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 133 Color Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'CBON<variable text address>-<color _number>' Set the ON feedback border color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 190 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'CBON1-48[...]

  • Page 142

    134 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Color Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description 'CTOFF<variable text address>-<color _number>' Set the OFF feedback text color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 190 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'CTOFF1-4[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 135 Variable text Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description "'BTOF',<variable text address> Set a specific button's active state to off. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'BTOF 255' Sets the state for button 255 to off. "[...]

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    136 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Variable text Send_Commands (cont.) Command Description "'!I',<variable text address>,'<border style>'" Shorthand version of ' ICON ' command. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <border style> = See Figure 192 Example: SEND_COM[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 137 Shorthand Variable Text Commands Figure 196 lists the shorthand variable text commands you can use with the Touch Panels. The shorthand command data is one-byte, non- ASCII format except for pages, passwords, text, and bitmap names. Shorthand variable text commands Command Description &quo[...]

  • Page 146

    138 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Shorthand variable text commands (cont.) Command Description '%C1',<on-state fill color> = See Figure 190 for color numbers '%C2',<off-state fill color> = See Figure 190 for color numbers '%C3',<on-state border color> = See Figure 190 for col[...]

  • Page 147

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 139 Shorthand variable text commands (cont.) Command Description "'@ICO',<variable text address>,<icon>" Assign an icon to a button. The icon files are imported into the TPDesign 3 software program, and their numbers are assigned by the Touch Panel during the do[...]

  • Page 148

    140 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Shorthand variable text commands (cont.) Command Description "'@JUS',<variable text address>,<text alignment>" Set the text alignment on a button. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <text alignment> = 1 - 9 as shown in alignment chart Example: SEN[...]

  • Page 149

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 141 Button String Commands Figure 197 lists string commands you can assign to buttons using the Touch Panel editor. You select the PROPERTIES option in the Edit bar, press the target button, and enter the string command with the Touch Panel keyboard. Then, the string command is sent to the con[...]

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    142 AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active Touch Panels Firmware Upgrades 143 Firmware Upgrades Overview Firmware upgrades allow you to install the latest available operating system for your touch panel(s). This section provides the information required for removing old firmware ICs (Integrated Chips) and installing new firmware upgrade ICs. You will need a Phillips screwdriver[...]

  • Page 152

    144 Firmware Upgrades Color Active Touch Panels ODD EVE 199 CORP. 50-0940 AXT- P P G P J JP JP JP Memory IC sockets Erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) sockets for firmware 5. Carefully pry the ICs out of their socket connectors with a non-conducting flat- blade tool and insert the two upgrade firmware ICs into the sockets indicated in F[...]

  • Page 153

    Color Active Touch Panels Firmware Upgrades 145 5. Flip the touch panel facedown onto a soft cloth. Figure 199 shows the connectors on the circuit card. EVEN ODD 8 1 1 5 J1 CORP. 1996 50-0941 REV.A AXU-CV 5 1 JP1 JP2 JP3 JP6 JP5 U3 U6 U4 U5 U21 U20 U22 U1 Y3 U11 U7 U9 U8 U10 P4 P3 U19 P5 SPKR1 Memory expansion IC sockets Erasable programmable read [...]

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    146 Firmware Upgrades Color Active Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 1MB Memory Upgrade 147 EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade Operation You must replace the CATP’s 256KB integrated circuit (IC) with the EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade ICs to increase the storage capacity for control pages and symbols. The EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade consists of two 512KB memory ICs. You will need a Phillips screwdriver[...]

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    148 1MB Memory Upgrade Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 5. Carefully pry the 256KB IC out of the socket connector with a non-conducting flat-blade tool and insert the two 512KB ICs in the sockets indicated in Figure 200 . 6. Rotate the circuit card back to the original position and place it in the CATP housing. 7. Place the bottom panel onto th[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels 1MB Memory Upgrade 149 EVEN ODD 8 1 1 5 J1 CORP. 1996 50-0941 REV.A AXU-CV 5 1 JP1 JP2 JP3 JP6 JP5 U3 U6 U4 U5 U21 U20 U22 U1 Y3 U11 U7 U9 U8 U10 P4 P3 U19 P5 SPKR1 Memory expansion IC sockets Erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) sockets 6. Carefully pry the 256KB IC out of the socket connector labeled[...]

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    150 1MB Memory Upgrade Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Color Guidelines 151 Color Guidelines Overview Use the guidelines in this section to determine the best colors to use for the Touch Panel pages you create. Colors Use any of the 88 colors shown in Figure 202 when you create Touch Panel pages to ensure the objects on the pages are visible and easy to see. The ste[...]

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    152 Color Guidelines Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels • Avoid using adjacent colors or background shades. When you use the same colors or shades, the objects or text may be hard to see or read. The example in Figure 204 shows good and bad contrasts. Bad contrast Good contrast • Do not use bright or intense colors for buttons that display fo[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Specifications 153 Specifications Overview This section describes the specifications for all Color Active-Matrix Touch Panels. AXT-CA and AXT-CV Figure 205 is a drawing of the AXT-CV and AXT-CA TiltScreen CATP. Figure 206 lists the specifications. AXT-CA(/PB) and AXT-CV(/PB) specifications Enclosure TiltScreen t[...]

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    154 Specifications Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXM-CA(/PB) and AXM-CV(/PB) specifications (cont.) Without SmartPack / WavePack Base Dim. (WD) Display height • 11.46" x 9.46" (291.00 mm x 240.30 mm) • • 3.40" (86.40 mm) fully lowered, 8.45" (214.60 mm) fully raised Screen Dim (HW) 5.25" x 6.96" (133.45 mm[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Specifications 155 AXU-CA(/PB) and AXU-CV(/PB) specifications Enclosure UniMount; metal with white or black matte finish Pushbuttons Eight on each side of display for AXU-CA(/PB) and AXU-CV(/PB) Dimensions (HWD) 6.88" x 12.60" x 1.79" (174.80 mm x 320.00 mm x 45.50 mm) Screen Dim. (HW) 5.25" [...]

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    156 Specifications Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels AXM-CA(/PB) and AXM-CV(/PB) specifications Enclosure One UniMount; metal with white or black matte finish Pushbuttons Eight on each side of display for AXM-CA(/PB) and AXM- CV(/PB) Dimensions (HWD) 7.00" x 19.00" x 1.72" (177.80 mm x 482.60 mm x 43.70 mm) Screen Dim. (HW) 5.25&q[...]

  • Page 165

    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Technical Support 157 Technical Support Overview Prior to calling AMX for assistance, check your AXlink, power, and cable connections, and the integrity of your software operating system. Reload the software to see if something in the program is causing the problem. If the problem is not resolved, reload the pro[...]

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    158 Technical Support Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Index 159 Index 1 1MB Memory Upgrade AXT-CV and AXT-CA, 147 A Adding a bargraph to a page, 49 Adding a button, 30 Adding a joystick on a page, 41 Adding a page, 27 Adding text to a button, 38 Applications, 3 AXCESS Programming Button String Commands, 141 $SL, 141 $VI<interlace mode>, 141 Color Send_Command[...]

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    160 Index Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels System Send_Commands ABEEP, 119 ADBEEP, 119 AKEYB, 119 AKEYP, 120 AKEYR, 120 BEEP, 120 BRIT=<level>, 120 CALIBRATE, 120 CLOCK, 121 DBEEP, 121 PAGE, 121 PKEYP, 121 PPOF - <page name>, 121 PPON - <page name>, 122 RESET, 122 SETUP, 122 SLEEP, 122 TPAGEOFF, 122 TPAGEON, 123 VIDI-<inter[...]

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    Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Index 161 External Pushbuttons, 41 E Edit Bar Button Menu Options Add, 80 Copy image, 81 Delete, 82 Move, 81 Paste, 95 Properties, 87 Properties Page—Button Type: General, 97 Properties Page—Button Type: Horizontal Bargraph, 107 Properties Page—Button Type: Joystick, 101 Properties Page—Button Type: Vert[...]

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    162 Index Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels T Technical Support, 157 Touch Panel Basics Standard Buttons, 20 Touch Panel Basics, 19 General Buttons, 20 Adjustment button, 21 Decision buttons, 22 Information button, 21 Keypad buttons, 21 Selection button, 20 Status buttons, 22 Touch Panel Pages, 19 Touch Panel Program Reference Protected Setup Pa[...]

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