AMX MVP-8400i manual

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    Operation/Reference Guide Touch Panels MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero ® ViewPoint ® Touch Panel with Intercom Last Revised: 1/4/2013[...]

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    AMX Limited Warranty and Disclaimer This Limited W arranty and Disclaimer extends only to products purchased directly from AMX or an AMX Authorized Partn er which include AMX Dealers, Distributors, VIP’s or other AMX authorized entity . AMX warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) ye a[...]

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    AMX Software License and Warranty Agreement • LICENSE GRANT . AMX grants to Licensee the non-exclusive right to use the AMX Software in the manner described in this License. The AMX Software is licensed, no t sold. This license does not grant Licensee the right to create derivative wor ks of t he AMX Software. The AMX Software consists of general[...]

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    FCC Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operati on is subject to the fol lowing two condition s: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference rece ived; in cluding in terference that may cause undesi red operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement T[...]

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    Table of Contents i MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel w ith Intercom Table of Contents MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless To uch Panel With Intercom ................. 1 Overview ..................... .................... .................... ........................ .................... ......... 1 Specifications ...............[...]

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    ii MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel wit h Intercom Table of Contents USB........... ............. ................. ............. ............. ................ ............. ............. ............... . ... 24 Prepare your PC for U SB communica tion with the panel .......... ................. ................ ... 24 Configur[...]

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    Table of Contents iii MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel w ith Intercom Calibrate Page ...................................... ................... ......................... .................... .. 72 G4 Web Control Settings Page ....... .................... ................... ......................... ....... 73 Other Settings ...[...]

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    iv MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel wit h Intercom Table of Contents Page Commands ............... ......................... ................... .................... ...................... 95 @APG .............. ........... ............ ............ ............... ........... ............ ............ ............ ............ [...]

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    Table of Contents v MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel w ith Intercom ^BRD ............. ............ ............ ............ .............. ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ......... 115 ^BSF ........... ............... ............ ............ ........... ............... ............ ..........[...]

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    vi MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel wit h Intercom Table of Contents ?BCF ............. ........... ............ ............ ............... ........... ............ ............ ............ ............. .......... 128 ?BCT ............. ........... ............ ............ ............... ........... ............ ..........[...]

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    Table of Contents vii MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel w ith Intercom ^KPS... .............. ............ ............ ............... ........... ............ ............ ............... ........... ...... ...... .... 141 TPAGEON .............. ............ ............ .............. ............ ............ ............ ...[...]

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    viii MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel wit h Intercom Table of Contents $BX .............. ........... ............ ............ ............... ........... ............ ............ ............ ............. .......... 149 $BY... ............ ........... ............ ............... ............ ........... ............ .......[...]

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    Table of Contents ix MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel w ith Intercom Input mask output e xamples ......... ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ .... 160 URL Resources ............. .................... .................... ........................ .................... ..... 161 Special e[...]

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    x MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel wit h Intercom Table of Contents[...]

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    MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless Touch Panel With Int ercom 1 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless Touch Panel With Intercom Overview The MVP-8400i Modero V iewpoint W ireless T ouch Panel ( FIG. 1 ) is a 8 .4", 802.11-based wireless handheld G4 touch panels, pre-installed w[...]

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    MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless Touch Panel With Interco m 2 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Specifications  The MVP-8400i panel utilizes an 8. 4" Color Activ e LCD to display an 800 x 600 pixel resolution usin g 256K colors. FIG . 2 MVP Touch Panels MVP-8400i Specifications (FG 5965-04) Dimensions[...]

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    MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless Touch Panel With Int ercom 3 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom MVP-8400i Specifications (FG5965-04) (Cont.) Wei g ht : 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg) • with 1 battery: 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg) • with 2 batteries: 2.65 lbs (1.20 kg) MVP-8400i LCD  Specifications: • Aspect ratio: 4 x 3 • [...]

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    MVP-8400i Modero Viewpoint Wireless Touch Panel With Interco m 4 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom MVP-8400i Specifications (FG 5965-04) (Cont.) Included Accessories: • MVP-BP Power Pack ( FG5965-20 ): 2 included • 8021 1xCF Wireless Interface Compact Flash card (Type 1) - pre-installed • PS4.4 Power Supply ([...]

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    MVP-BP Power Pack 5 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom MVP-BP Power Pack Overview The MVP-BP Po wer Pack ( FG5965-20 ) i s a rechar geable Lithi um-Ion battery used to pro vide power to the MVP touch panels. T wo MVP-BPs are included with each MVP-8400i touch panel. MVP-BPs can be charged with either a T able T op D[...]

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    MVP-BP Power Pack 6 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. T o replace the battery compartment cover , use the alignmen t guide holes to align the cov er with the edges of the battery compart ment, and sl ide it back i nto place until it snaps shut. FIG . 4 Installing MVP-BP batteries in to the MVP battery slots Batt[...]

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    NXA-CFSP Compact Flash 7 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom NXA-CFSP Compact Flash Overview Every MVP panel is shipped with a 128 MB Compact Flash card. Compact Flash Card - Security All security user names and passwords (for the docking station) ar e stored in the Compact Flash c ard. After installing the Compact F[...]

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    NXA-CFSP Compact Flash 8 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 3. Grasp the bottom rim of the rear housing just abo ve the MVP interface connector , and carefully pull the bottom rim away from the IR Emitter and up, to e xpose the internal components. 4. Remov e the trim from the top ri m of the ci rcuit board ( FIG. 5[...]

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    NXA-CFSP Compact Flash 9 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 6. Insert the ne w card firmly into the slot opening connector ( FIG. 7 ) until t he contact pins a re completely insi de the card and secure ly attached t o the pin sock ets. FIG . 7 Removing/installing a Compact Flash Memory card Any new Compact Flash car[...]

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    NXA-CFSP Compact Flash 10 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom[...]

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    Panel Calibration 11 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Calibration This section outlines the steps fo r calibrating the touch panel. It is r ecommended that you ca librate the panel both befor e its initial use and after completing a firmwar e download. Modero panels are factory setup with specific demo touch[...]

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    Panel Calibration 12 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Testing your Calibration 1. Press the Calibrate b utton on the to enter t he Calibrate page ( FIG. 10 ). 2. Press anywhere on this page to confirm the on-screen crossh airs match your touch points. 3. If the crosshairs do not appear directly belo w your LCD tou[...]

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    Configuring Communications 13 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Configuring Communications Communication between the MVP and the Master consists of us ing ei ther W i reless Ethernet (DHCP , Static IP) or USB. References to Ethernet in this manual focus on the use of W irel ess Ethernet vi a the MVP’ s W iFi Card[...]

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    Configuring Communications 14 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Before selecting Ethernet as the Master Connection T ype you must se tup the parameters of the wireless card. The Wir eless Access Point communication para meters must match those of the pre- installed wireless CF car d inside the MVP . The MVP touch p[...]

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    Configuring Communications 15 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. Press Done after you are f inished assigning the alpha-numeric string of the host name. 5. The remaining gre yed-out f ields in the IP Settings section cannot be al tered manually . Once the panel is rebooted, these values are obtained by the unit a[...]

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    Configuring Communications 16 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Simple versus Enterprise Configuration The Information/Configur ation section of the W ireless S ettings page includes two options for security , depending upon the intended network. The Simple setting is intended for small netw orks, su ch as with res[...]

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    Configuring Communications 17 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  When selecting WEP as a Security T ype, the button to the right of the Security T ype may be toggl ed between 64 and 128. While the Pa s s w o r d and Curr ent Ke y f ields are greyed out, t he WEP keys are enabled: press each one to open the ap[...]

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    Configuring Communications 18 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Using the Site S urvey tool This tool allo ws a user to "snif f-out" all tra nsmitting W ireless Access Points within the detection range of the interna l NXA-WC80211GCF . Once pressed, the panel displays the Site Surve y page, which contains[...]

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    Configuring Communications 19 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. Select a desired Access Poin t by touching the corresponding ro w . The up ar ro w and down arro w will be grayed out if there are ten or less access points de tect ed. If there are mo re, then the y will be enabled as appr opriate so that t he user[...]

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    Configuring Communications 20 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. Press the red SSID f ield to display the on-screen Network Name (SSID) ke yboard. 5. In this keyboard, enter the SSID name used on your tar get Wireless Access Point ( case sensitiv e ).  The card should be gi ven the SSID used by the tar get [...]

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    Configuring Communications 21 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Automatically set SSID In the Pr otected Se tup page: 1. Select Wir eless Settings . 2. Press the Site Survey button. 3. Select a WEP secured W AP from within the W ire less Site Surve y page, and press the Connect button. 4. Write do wn the SSID name [...]

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    Configuring Communications 22 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 3. Press the Simple b utton to open the W ir eless Security: Simple Mode windo w ( FIG. 22 ). 4. Press the SSID f ield and from the Network Name (SSID) keyboard, enter the SSID name you are using on your target W ireless Access Point ( case sensitive )[...]

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    Configuring Communications 23 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 8. If y ou are ente ring a Curr ent K ey generated eit her by y our target W AP or another Moder o panel , within th e WEP K eys section, touch the K ey # button to launch the WEP K e y # ke yboard ( FIG. 23 ), ente r the charact ers and press Don e wh[...]

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    Configuring Communications 24 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Step 3: Choose a Master Connection Mode The panel requires you establish the type of conne ction you want made betw een it and your master . In the Pr otected Setup page: 1. Select System Settings. 2. Select T ype to toggle between the Master Connectio[...]

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    Configuring Communications 25 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. T oggle the blue Ty p e field ( from the Master Connection sect ion ) until the choice cycles to USB . Refer to the System Settings P age section on page 55 for information about th e fields on this page. 5. Press the Back button to ret urn to th e [...]

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    Configuring Communications 26 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Configure a Vir tual NetLinx Maste r using NetLinx Stu dio A V irtual NetLinx Master (VNM) is used when the target panel is not connected to a physical NetLi nx Master . In this situation, the PC takes on the functions of a Master via a V i rtual NetLi[...]

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    Configuring Communications 27 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Ethernet 1. When using Ethern et , press the listed Mode to toggle through the a vailable connection modes: 2. Select the Master P ort Number to open the ke ypad and change this v alue. The default setting for the port is 1319 . 3. Set your Master Port[...]

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    Configuring Communications 28 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  From the C:> command line, enter ipconf ig to display the IP Address of th e PC. This information is entered into the Master IP/URL field on the panel. 9. Click OK three times to close the open dial ogs, save your settings, and return to the[...]

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    Configuring Communications 29 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 18. Click Done to accept the n ew v alue and return to th e System Settings page. 19. Do not alter the Master Port Number v alue ( this is the default value used by NetLinx ). 20. Press the Back button to open the Pr otected Setup page. 21. Press the o[...]

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    Configuring Communications 30 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 9. From the W eb Name keyboard, enter a uniqu e alpha-numeric string to identify this panel. This informat ion is used by the NetLinx Se curity W eb Server to display on-screen links to the panel. The on-scr een links use the IP Addr ess of the panel a[...]

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    Configuring Communications 31 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Using your NetLinx Master to control the G4 panel Refer to your particular NetLinx Master’ s instruct ion manual for detailed information on how to download the latest firmw a re from www .amx.com . This f irmware b uild enables SSL certi fic ate ide[...]

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    Configuring Communications 32 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 8. In some cases, you might get a Connection Details dialog ( FIG. 34 ) requesting a VNC Server IP Address. This is the IP Address not the IP of the Master but of the target touch pa nel. Depending on which method of communication you are using, it can[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmw are 33 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Upgrading MVP Firmware Except for the MVP-KS (Kickstand for MVP Panels), all MVP panels and their accessories hav e on-board firmware which is upgradeable through the use of the latest NetLinx Studio. The MVP ac ts as a bridge between the NetLinx Studio p[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmware 34 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Step 1: Configure the panel fo r a USB Connec tion Type 1. After the installat ion of the USB driv er has been comple ted, conf irm the proper installation of the large T ype-A USB connector to the PC's USB port, and restart yo ur machine. 2. After th[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmw are 35 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 6. Click the Edit Settings b utton ( on the Communications Settings dialog ) to open the V irtual NetLinx Master Settings dialog ( FIG. 35 ). 7. From within this dialog enter the System number (default is 1 ). 8. Click OK three times to close the open dia[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmware 36 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 7. Select T ools > Firmware T ransfers > Se nd to NetLinx Device from the Main menu to open the Send to NetLinx Device dialog ( B in FIG. 37 ). V erify the panel’ s Sy stem and Device number valu es match those v alues listed within the System fold[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmw are 37 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 2. After the panel po wers-up, press and hold the two lo wer buttons on both sides of the display for  3 seconds to continue with the setup pro ce ss and proceed to the Setup page. 3. Press the Batteries button to open the Batteries page ( FIG. 39 ). S[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmware 38 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 7. Select T ools > Firmware T ransfers > Se nd to NetLinx Device from the Main menu to open the Send to NetLinx Device dialog ( FIG. 40 ) . V erify the panel’ s Sy stem and De vice number v alues match those value s listed within the System folder [...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmw are 39 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Although firmware up grades can be done over wireless Etherne t; it is recommended that firmware KIT fil es be transferred o ver a direct USB connecti on and only when the panel is connected to a power supply . If battery power or wireless connectio n fai[...]

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    Upgrading MVP Firmware 40 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom[...]

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    Setup Pages 41 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Setup Pages AMX Modero panels feature on- board Setup pages. Use the options in the Setup pages to access panel information and make v arious configuration changes. T o acce ss the Setup pages, press the two lower extern al pushb uttons on either side of the panel si[...]

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    Setup Pages 42 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Setup Pages The Setup page ( FIG. 43 ) allows quick access to sev e ral basic panel properties: Features on this page include: FIG . 43 MVP-8400 Setup page Setup Page Navigat ion Butto ns: The buttons along on the left side of the page provide access to secondary Set[...]

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    Setup Pages 43 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Protected Settings The Pr otected Settings page and its contents are co v ered in more detail in the Pr otected Setup P ages on page 52. Information The Information b utton provides a menu to select either the Pr oject Information P age section on page 44 or the P an[...]

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    Setup Pages 44 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Project Informati on Page The Project Information page displays th e project properties of the TPDesign4 proj ect file currently loaded on the panel ( FIG. 45 ). Features on this page include: FIG . 45 Project In formation page Project Information Page Back: Saves al[...]

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    Setup Pages 45 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Infor mation Pag e The Pan el Information page pro vides detailed panel info rmation ( FIG. 46 ). Project Information Page (Cont.) AMX IR 455K Port: Displays the AMX 455 kHz IR channel port used by the IR Emitter on the panel. IR User Def 1 Port: Displays the U[...]

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    Setup Pages 46 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Features on this page include: Panel Information Page Back: Saves all changes and returns to the previous page. WiFi/Wired icon: T he icon to the left of the Connection S tatus Icon displays whether the current  connection to the Master is Wir ele ss (image of a r[...]

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    Setup Pages 47 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Time & Date Settings The options on the T ime & Date Settings page ( FIG. 47 ) allo w you to set and adjust tim e and date information on the NetLinx Master . If the time and/or date on the Mast er is modified, all c onnected de vices will be updated to refle[...]

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    Setup Pages 48 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Audio Settings The MVP-8400i provides an A udio Settings page ( FIG. 48 ) with options that allow you to adjust v olume levels, set intercom sound and microphone le vels, and set panel sounds. Features on these pages include: Time & Date Settings Page (Cont.) Set[...]

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    Setup Pages 49 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom En vironmental acoustics, personal voice le vel and ambient noi se a re all deciding f actors wh en setting your mic, in tercom and panel sound lev els. Consider your en vironment when adjus ting intercom and sound le vels and use caution so as not to damage the spea[...]

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    Setup Pages 50 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Battery Settings The options on this page allo w you to set power warning prefer ences, monitor batter y status information, and adjust the display times for battery warnings. This page is populated with inf ormation from MVP-BP batterie s in the panel, as we ll as b[...]

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    Setup Pages 51 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Battery Settings Page (Cont.) Panel Shutdown: This value determines the number of minutes that would need to pass before the panel automatically shuts-down. Once shutdown, the unit would have to be restarted. The UP/DN buttons alter the ti meout value (in min utes). [...]

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    Setup Pages 52 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Protected Setup Pages The Pr otected Setup page ( FIG. 50 ) provides secured acce ss to adv anced panel conf igurati on options, including communication and se curity settings. Enter the factory default password ( 1988) into the passwo rd keypad to access this page. [...]

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    Setup Pages 53 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Protected Setup Page (Cont.) Device Information The fields and buttons in this section con trol the device name and number  information. • Device Number - opens a keypad used to view/set the device number of the panel. • Device Name - Opens a keypad used to vi[...]

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    Setup Pages 54 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Protected Setup Navigation Buttons The Protected Setup Navig ation Buttons ( FIG. 52 ) appear on the left of the panel sc reen when the Protected Setup page is currently acti ve. FIG . 51 Function Show ex ample FIG . 52 Protected Setup Navigation Buttons Channel Code[...]

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    Setup Pages 55 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom System Settings Page The System Settings page ( FIG. 53 ) displays sets the NetLinx Master’ s communication settings. The elements of thi s page include: FIG . 53 System Setting s page System Settings Page Elements Back: Saves all changes and returns to the previou[...]

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    Setup Pages 56 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Refer to the Step 3: Choose a Master Connection Mode section on page 24 for more detailed in formation on using the System Settings page. System Settings Page Elements Master Connection (Cont.): Mode Cycles between the connection modes: URL, Listen, and Auto. (Ethern[...]

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    Setup Pages 57 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Wireless Settings Page Use the options on the W ireless Settings page ( FIG. 54 ) to conf igure communication settings for the wireless CF card (802.11g), and read the de vice number assigned to the panel. Features on this page include: FIG . 54 Wireless Settings pag[...]

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    Setup Pages 58 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Pressing the Simple or Enter prise b uttons at the bottom of the Information/Configur ation section open an appropriate W ireless Security window for Si mple Mode or Enterprise Mode . Simple Mode is best used for smaller instal lations that use a single Master , such[...]

  • Page 73

    Setup Pages 59 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom FIG . 55 Wireless Security: Sim ple Mode Wireless Security: Simple Mode Security T ype: This field may be switched between WEP , WP A-PSK, and Open. If WEP is selected, the button to the right may be switched between 64 and 128 . • WEP security requires that both a[...]

  • Page 74

    Setup Pages 60 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom FIG . 56 Wireless Se curity: Enterpr ise Mode Wireless Security: Enterprise Mode Security T ype: Pressing this field changes the secu rity type being used between EAP-PEAP , EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, EAP-LEAP , and EAP-F AST . • EAP-PEAP security is designed for wireless [...]

  • Page 75

    Setup Pages 61 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Wireless Settings The options on the W i r e less Security: Simple Mode and W ire less Security: Enterprise Mode windo ws allo w you to select from the wireless security methods supported by th e NXA-WC80211GCF W i-Fi card. These security methods incorporate WP A , W[...]

  • Page 76

    Setup Pages 62 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Open Settings Open security does not utilize an y encr yption methodology , but require s an SSID (alpha-numeric) entry . This entry must match the Network Name (SSID) entry of the target W AP so the panel kno ws what device it is usi ng to communicate with the netwo[...]

  • Page 77

    Setup Pages 63 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom WEP Settings (Cont.) Generate (Passphrase): This button displays an on-screen keyboard which allow s you to enter a passphrase. The panel then automatically generates four WEP keys (compatible only with Modero panels). En ter these WEP keys into the target WA P . Whe[...]

  • Page 78

    Setup Pages 64 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Refer to the Conf iguring a W ir eless Network Access section on page 14 for f urther detail s on these securit y options.  Refer to the Using the Site Surve y tool section on page 18 for more information on using th is feature. WPA-PSK Settings WP A-PSK[...]

  • Page 79

    Setup Pages 65 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom EAP-LEAP Se ttings EAP (Extensible Authentication Pr otocol) is an Enterprise au thentication protocol that ca n be used in both wired and wireless network en vironments. EAP requires the use of an 802.1x Authenticati on Server , also known as a Radius serv er . The [...]

  • Page 80

    Setup Pages 66 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom EAP-FAST Settin gs EAP-F AST (Flexible Authentication via Secure T unneling) security was designe d for wireless en vironments where security and ease of setup are equally desirable. EAP-F AST uses a ce rtificate file, ho we ver it can be conf igured to do wnload the[...]

  • Page 81

    Setup Pages 67 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Refer to the EAP Authentication section on page 166 for further details on these security options.  Refer to the Using the Site S urve y tool section on page 18 for more information on using this feature. EAP-PEAP Settings PEAP (Protected Exte nsible Aut[...]

  • Page 82

    Setup Pages 68 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Refer to the EAP A uthentication section on page 166 for further details on th ese security options.  Refer to the Using the Site Surve y tool section on page 18 for more information on using th is feature. EAP-TTLS Setting s TTLS (EAP T unneled Transpor[...]

  • Page 83

    Setup Pages 69 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Refer to the EAP Authentication section on page 166 for further details on these security options.  Refer to the Using the Site S urve y tool section on page 18 for more information on using this feature. EAP-TTLS Settings (Cont.) Identity: Opens an on-s[...]

  • Page 84

    Setup Pages 70 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom EAP-TLS Settings TLS (T ransport Layer Security) was the original standard wire less LAN EAP authenticati on protocol. TLS requires additional work during the deplo yment pha se but pro vides additional security since even a compromised passw ord is not enough to bre[...]

  • Page 85

    Setup Pages 71 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Refer to the EAP Authentication section on page 166 for further details on these security options.  Refer to the Using the Site S urve y tool section on page 18 for more information on using this feature. Client certif icate config uration There are se v[...]

  • Page 86

    Setup Pages 72 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Calibrate Page This page ( FIG. 57 ) allo ws you to cali brate the touch panel for accu rate b utton selection.  Press and hold the tw o lower button on both sides of th e display for 6 seconds to access the Calibration page (see FIG. 8 on page 11 ).  Pre[...]

  • Page 87

    Setup Pages 73 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom G4 Web Control Settings Page An on-board VNC (V irtual Network Comput ing) server allo ws the panel to c onnect to any remo te PC running a VNC client. Once connected, the client can vi ew and control the panel remotely . The opt ions on this page allo w you to enabl[...]

  • Page 88

    Setup Pages 74 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Other Settings The Other Settings button prov ides a menu to select the Im age C achi ng page, P asswor d Setup page, or SIP Settings page. Select any option to access its page . Cache Settings Page The Cache Settings page ( FIG. 60 ) conf igures the allocation of me[...]

  • Page 89

    Setup Pages 75 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom times when RAM cache is easily e xhausted and the time take n to access Flash memory woul d be f a ster than network latency . For e xample, when large d ynamic images ar e being used o ver slo w wireless links, putting the images into Flash memory can help the situa[...]

  • Page 90

    Setup Pages 76 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Setting the image cache In the Pr otected Setup page: 1. Press the Cache but ton in the Pr otected Setup Navigation Buttons section. This opens t he Cache Settings page. 2. Set the cache e xpiration in the f ield Flash/RAM Cache Expir es . The Up and Down arro ws inc[...]

  • Page 91

    Setup Pages 77 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Press the Cach e button in the Pr otected Setup Navigation Buttons section. This opens the Image Cache page. All status information is l ocated in th e Imag e Cache Status section of the page. Password Settings Page The options on the P assword Settings page enable y[...]

  • Page 92

    Setup Pages 78 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom SIP Settings Page The options on the SIP Settings page ( FI G. ) enable you to establish ne tw ork settings for using your touch panel as an IP phone. W ith a CSG SIP Communications Gatew ay ( FG2182-01, -02, -03 ), you can use your touch panel to make and receiv e l[...]

  • Page 93

    Setup Pages 79 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Features on this page include: SIP Settings Page Back: Saves all changes and returns to the previous page. WiFi/Wired icon: The icon to t he left of the Connection S tatus Icon displays whether the current  connection to the Master is Wir ele ss (image of a radio [...]

  • Page 94

    Setup Pages 80 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Tools The T ools button provides a menu to select either the P anel Connection Logs P age section on page 80 , the P anel Statistics P age section on page 82 , or the Co nnection Utility P age section on page 83 . Select an y of the options to access that page. Panel[...]

  • Page 95

    Setup Pages 81 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Features on this page include: Checking the Panel Conn ection Logs 1. Press the T ools button in the Pr otected Setup Navigation Buttons section. This opens the T ools menu. 2. W ithin the T ools menu, press the Pa nel L ogs button. All connection data is contained i[...]

  • Page 96

    Setup Pages 82 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Statisti cs Page The options on the Panel Statistics page allo w you to track the conne ction status for the panel. The P anel Statistics page tracks ICSP messages, Blin k messages, Ethe rnet connection statistics, and W ireless connection st atistics ( FIG. 61[...]

  • Page 97

    Setup Pages 83 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Checking the Panel Sta tistics 1. Press the T ools button in the Pr otected Setup Navigation Buttons section. This opens the T ools menu. 2. W ithin the T ools menu, press the Panel Statis tics button. All co nnection statistics ar e contained o n this page, e.g., Re[...]

  • Page 98

    Setup Pages 84 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Features on this page include: Using the Connection Utility 1. Press the T ools button in the Pr otected Setup Navigation Buttons section. This opens the T ools menu. 2. W ithin the T ools menu, press the Connection Utility button. This launches the Connection Utilit[...]

  • Page 99

    EAP Security & Server Certifica tes 85 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom EAP Security & Server Certificates Overview The follow ing EAP types all support a server certificate:  EAP-PEAP  EAP-TTLS  EAP-TLS All three of these certificat e-using security methods are documented in th e follo w[...]

  • Page 100

    EAP Security & Server Certificates 86 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom[...]

  • Page 101

    Full Duplex Intercom 87 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Full Duplex Intercom Overview V oIP technology gi ves users the ability to in stantly create a high-qu ality , digital home/off i ce intercom network with no additional equipment require d. By utilizing V oIP intercom , system integrat i on is simple a nd ca[...]

  • Page 102

    Full Duplex Intercom 88 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 3. Press Exit when you are finished. Setting Intercom Auto Answer 1. Select th e Setup button on your intercom page. 2. Press the button beneath A uto-Answer to toggle the option. The butt on indicates its current state. 3. Press Exit when you are finished. [...]

  • Page 103

    Full Duplex Intercom 89 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 4. Press the button beneath Allow This P anel to be Monitor ed to toggle the option. The button indicates its current state. ( FIG. 71) 5. Press Back to return to the intercom setup page s. 6. Press Exit when you are finished. Allowing a panel to monitor 1. [...]

  • Page 104

    Full Duplex Intercom 90 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Sample Intercom Page The module for duplex intercom capab le panels includes user pages. While you ca n create your o wn intercom directory page (see Cr eating Inter com P ages section on page 93 ), it is possible to use the pane l with the page belo w . FIG[...]

  • Page 105

    Full Duplex Intercom 91 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Sample Intercom Page (Cont.) No. Name Description Channel  P or t:Code Address  Por t : C od e Lev el  Port:Code 8 Panel Directory Room Name The name of a panel in the intercom directory . Y ou can call the panel, enact privacy against the panel and[...]

  • Page 106

    Full Duplex Intercom 92 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Answering an incoming cal l The provided in tercom page s include an answering popu p windo w . The popup page indicates the name of the panel calling and two options:  Answer - Pressing this b utton opens the in tercom session with the other panel. ?[...]

  • Page 107

    Full Duplex Intercom 93 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Creating Intercom Pages The easiest method of creating your o wn intercom pages is to start with the pages provided by AMX in the module download .ZIP f ile. Y ou can change the ae sthetics of the pages as long as the ch annel, address, le ve l and li nks re[...]

  • Page 108

    Full Duplex Intercom 94 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom[...]

  • Page 109

    Programming 95 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Programming Overview Y ou can program the touch panel, using the commands in this section, to perform a wide v ariety of operations using Send_Commands and v ariable te xt commands. A device must first be defined in th e NetLinx programming language with values f or [...]

  • Page 110

    Programming 96 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Page Commands (Cont. ) @DPG Delete a specific popup page from  specified popup group if it exists. Syntax: "'@DPG-<popup page name>;<popup group name>'" Va r i a b l e : popup page name = 1 - 50 ASCII characters. Name of the popup p[...]

  • Page 111

    Programming 97 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Page Comm ands (Cont .) @PP A Close all popups on a specified page. If the page name is empty , the current page is used. Same as the ’Clear Page’ command in TPDesign4. Syntax: "'@PPA-<page name>'" V ariable: page name = 1 - 50 ASCII cha[...]

  • Page 112

    Programming 98 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Page Commands (Cont. ) @PPM Set the modality of a specific popup page to Modal or  NonModal. A Modal popup page, when active, only allows you to use the buttons and featur es on that popup page. All other buttons on the panel page are inactivated. Syntax: "&a[...]

  • Page 113

    Programming 99 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Page Comm ands (Cont .) @PSP Set the show effect position. Only 1 coordinate is ever needed for an effe ct; however , the command will specify both. This command sets the location at which the effect will begin at. Syntax: "'@PSP-<popup page name>;<[...]

  • Page 114

    Programming 100 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Page Commands (Cont. ) PPOG T oggle a  specific popup page on either a specified page or the current page. If the page name is empty , the current page is used (see example 2). T oggling refers to the  activating/deactivating (On/Off) of a popup page. This com[...]

  • Page 115

    Programming 101 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Programming Numbers The follow ing information provides the program ming numbers for colors, fonts, and borders. Colors can be used to set the colors on buttons, sliders, and pages. The lo west color number represents the light est color- specific display; the highe[...]

  • Page 116

    Programming 102 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom RGB Values for all 88 Basic Colors (Cont.) Index No . Name Re d Green Blue 38 Cyan 0 191 191 39 Medium Cyan 0 159 159 40 Dark Cya n 0 127 127 41 V ery Dark Cyan 0 95 95 42 V ery Light Aqua 0 128 255 43 Light Aqua 0 11 2 223 44 Aqua 0 96 191 45 Medium Aqua 0 80 159 4[...]

  • Page 117

    Programming 103 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Font Styles and ID Number s Font styles can be u sed to program th e te xt fonts on buttons, slid ers, and pages. Th e following chart sho ws the default font type and their respecti ve ID numbers generated by TPDesig n4. RGB Values for all 88 Basic Colors (Cont.) I[...]

  • Page 118

    Programming 104 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Border Styles and Programming Numbers Border styles can be used to program borde rs on buttons, sliders, and popup pages. The TPDesign4 T ouch Panel Design program has pr e-set border styles that are user select able. Y ou cannot use the following number v alues for[...]

  • Page 119

    Programming 105 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom TPD4 Border Styles by Name (Cont.) No. Border styles No. Border styles 49 Diamond 145 99 Menu T op Rounded 15 50 Diamond 155 100 Menu T op Rounded 25 51 Diamond 165 101 Menu T op Rounded 35 52 Diamond 175 102 Menu T op Rounded 45 53 Diamond 185 103 Menu T op Rounded[...]

  • Page 120

    Programming 106 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands These Button Commands are used in Ne tLinx Studio and are case insensitive. All commands that begin with " ^ " ha ve the capability of assigning a variable te xt address range and bu tton state range. A device must f irst be d[...]

  • Page 121

    Programming 107 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BA T Append  non-unicode text. Syntax: "'^BAT-<vt addr range>,<button states range>,<new text>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for mult[...]

  • Page 122

    Programming 108 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^BCF Set the fill color to the specified color . Only if the specified fill color is not the same as the cu rrent color . Note : Color can be assigned by color name (without spaces), number or R,G ,B value (RRGGBB or RRGGBBAA).[...]

  • Page 123

    Programming 109 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BFB Set the feedback type of the button. ONL Y works on General-type buttons. Syntax: "'^BFB-<vt addr range>,<feedback type>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. feedback type = ([...]

  • Page 124

    Programming 110 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^BMC Button copy  command.  Copy attributes of the source button to all the  destination  buttons. Note that the source is a single button state. Each state must be copied as a separate command. The <codes> se[...]

  • Page 125

    Programming 111 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BMF Set any/all button parameters by sending  embedded codes and data. Syntax: "'^BMF-<vt addr range>,<button states range>,<data>'" V ariables: variable text address char array = 1 - 40[...]

  • Page 126

    Programming 112 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^BMF  (Cont.) For some of these commands and values, refer to theRGB V alues for all 88 Basic Colors table on page 101. ’%CF<on fill color >’ = Set Fill C olor . ’%CB<on border color>’ = Set Bord er Color[...]

  • Page 127

    Programming 113 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BMI Set the button mask image. Mask image is used to crop a borderless butt on to a no n-square shape. This is typically used with a bitmap. Syntax: "'^BMI-<vt addr range>,<button states range>,<mask im[...]

  • Page 128

    Programming 114 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^BNC Clear current  Ta k e N o t e  annotations. Syntax: "'^BNC-<vt addr range>,<command value>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. command value = (0= clear , 1= cle[...]

  • Page 129

    Programming 115 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BOR Set a border to a specific border style associated with a border value for those  buttons with a defined address range. Refer to the Border Styles and Programming Numbers table on p age 104 for more  information. Synt[...]

  • Page 130

    Programming 116 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^BSF Set the focus to the text area. Note : Select one button at a time (single vari able text address). Do not assign a variable text address range to set focus to multiple buttons. Only one variable text address can be in foc[...]

  • Page 131

    Programming 117 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^BVN Set the network name for the specified address. Syntax: "'^BVN-<vt addr range>,<network name>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. network name = 1 - 50 ASCII characters. Exam[...]

  • Page 132

    Programming 118 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^DPF Delete page flips from button if it already exists. Syntax: "'^DFP-<vt addr range>,<actions>,<page name>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. actions = Stan [dard[...]

  • Page 133

    Programming 119 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^GDI Change the  bargraph drag increment. Syntax: "'^GDI-<vt addr range>,<bargraph drag increment>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. bargraph drag increment = The default dra[...]

  • Page 134

    Programming 120 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^GRU Change the  bargraph  ramp-up time in  1/10th of a  second. Syntax: "'^GRU-<vt addr range>,<bargraph ramp up time>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. barg[...]

  • Page 135

    Programming 121 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^IRM Set the IR  channel. Pulse the given IR channel for onTime in tenths of seconds. Delay offT ime in tenths of a second before the next IR pulse is allowed. ^IRM allows the command itself to specify the port number . ^IRM [...]

  • Page 136

    Programming 122 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^JST Set text  alignment using a numeric keypad layout for those buttons with a defined address range. The alignment of 0 is followed by ',<left>,<top> '. The left and top coordinates are rela tive to t[...]

  • Page 137

    Programming 123 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont.) ^SKT Enable socket touch Syntax: "'^SKT'" Example: SEND COMMAND Panel,"'^SKT'" Example: Press,34,203 Release,34,21 Move,30,20 Opens up a listening TCP socket on port s pecified by send_com[...]

  • Page 138

    Programming 124 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom "^" Button Commands (Cont .) ^TOP Enables/disables touch output to Master If enabled, Press/Move/Release events are sent to the Master as string events. Syntax: "'^TOP-<state>'" <state> is 0(disable) 1(presses/releas es), 2([...]

  • Page 139

    Programming 125 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Miscellaneous MVP String s back to the Master The follow ing two strings are sent by the MV P panel back to the communicating Master: MVP Panel Lock Passcode commands These commands are used to maintain a passcode list. From certain panels a password must be entered[...]

  • Page 140

    Programming 126 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Text Effects Names The follo w ing is a listing of text ef fects names (associated with the ^TEF command on page 123 ). Text Effects • Glow -S • Medium Drop Shadow 1 • H ard Drop Shadow 1 • Glow -M • Medium Dro p Shadow 2 • Hard Drop Shadow 2 • Glow -L[...]

  • Page 141

    Programming 127 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands Button Query commands reply b ack with a custom e vent. There will be one custom ev ent for each button/state combination. Each query is assi gned a unique custom ev ent type. The follo wing example is f or debug purposes only: NetLinx Example:[...]

  • Page 142

    Programming 128 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom These f ields are popula ted dif ferently for each query com mand. The te xt length (String Encode) field is not used in an y command. Button Query Commands ?BCB Get the current border color . Syntax: "'?BCB-<vt addr range>,<button states range>[...]

  • Page 143

    Programming 129 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?BCT Get the current text color . Syntax: "'?BCT-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons (0 = All s[...]

  • Page 144

    Programming 130 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?BOP Get the overall button opacity . Syntax: "'?BOP-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons [...]

  • Page 145

    Programming 131 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?BWW Get the current word wrap flag status. Syntax: "'?BWW-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons [...]

  • Page 146

    Programming 132 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?FON Get the current font index. Syntax: "'?FON-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons (0 = [...]

  • Page 147

    Programming 133 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?JSB Get the current bitmap  justification. Syntax: "'?JSB-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" V ariable: variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state butto[...]

  • Page 148

    Programming 134 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?JST Get the current text justification. Syntax: "'?JST-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state butto[...]

  • Page 149

    Programming 135 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?ST A Dump XML Panel St a t s Syntax: "'?STA'" Returned in MUL TIPLE Custom events (size of strings are limited per message). V alues in Custom event will state the number of messages and how many total bytes of xml [...]

  • Page 150

    Programming 136 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?TEF Get the current text effect name. Syntax: "'?TEF-<vt addr range>,<button states range>'" Va r i a b l e : variable text address range = 1 - 4000. button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons[...]

  • Page 151

    Programming 137 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Runtime Operations Serial Comm ands are used in the AxcessX T erminal Em ulator mode. These commands ar e case insensi tiv e. Button Query Commands (Cont.) ?VOL Show the Master Vo l u m e  information. Syntax: ?VOL-<volume value> V ariable: V alue1=ma[...]

  • Page 152

    Programming 138 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Runtime Operatio n Commands (Cont.) AKEYR Remove the  Keyboard/  Keypad. Remove keyboard or keypad that was displayed using ' AKEYB', 'AKEYP', 'PKEYP', @AKB, @AKP , @ PKP , @EKP , or @ TKP commands. Syntax: "'AKEYR[...]

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    Programming 139 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Runtime Operat ion Commands (Cont.) @EKP Extend the  Keypad. Pops up the keypad icon and initializes the text string to that specified. The Prompt T ext is optional. Syntax: "'@EKP-<initial text>;<prompt text>'" V ariables: i[...]

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    Programming 140 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Runtime Operatio n Commands (Cont.) @SOU Play a sound file. Syntax: "'@SOU-<sound name>'" Va r i a b l e s : sound name = Name of the sound file. Supported sound file formats are: WAV & MP3. Example: SEND COMMAND Panel,"&apos[...]

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    Programming 141 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Input Commands These Send Commands are case insensiti ve. Panel Runtime Operat ion Commands (Cont.) TP AGEON T urn On page tracking. This command turns On page tracking, whereby when the page or popups change, a string is sent to the Master . This st ring may be cap[...]

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    Programming 142 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Input Comm ands (Cont .) ^MBT Set the mouse button mode for the virtual PC. Syntax: "'^MBT-<0-3>'" Va r i a b l e : 0 = None. 1 = Left. 2 = Middle. 3 = Right. Example: SEND COMMAND Panel,"'^MBT-1'" Sets the mouse button [...]

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    Programming 143 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Embedded codes The follow ing is a list of G4 compatible embedded codes: Embedded Codes Decimal numbers Hexidecimal values Vir tual keystrok e 8 ($08) Backspace 13 ($0D) Enter 27 ($1B) ESC 128 ($80) CTRL key down 129 ($81) AL T key down 130 ($82) Shift key down 131 [...]

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    Programming 144 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Setup Commands These commands a re case insensi tiv e. Panel Setup Commands CLOCK Sets the time and date on the panel. Syntax: “’CLOCK mm-dd-yy hh:mm:ss’” V ariables: mm = Month dd = Day yy = Y ear hh = Hour mm = Minute ss = Second Example: SEND_COMMAN[...]

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    Programming 145 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Setup Commands (Cont.) ^CFSM Sets the Flash cache to the maximum  available size allowed for backup Flash cache. (determined by taking 75% of free Flash space) Syntax: “’^CFSM’” V ariable: There is no parameter for this command. Example: SEND_COMMAN[...]

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    Programming 146 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Setup Commands (Cont.) ^ICM-SPEAKERLEVEL Set the speaker level during an intercom call. Syntax: "'^ICM-SPEAKERLEVEL,<level>'" V ariables: 0 - 100 volume levels Example: SEND_COMMAND Panel, “^ICM-SPEAKERLEVEL,55” Sets the speaker v[...]

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    Programming 147 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Dynamic Image Commands The follow ing table describe s Dynamic Image Commands. Dynamic Image Commands ^BBR Set the bitmap of a button to use a particular resource. Syntax: "'^BBR-<vt addr range>,<button states range>,<resource name>'[...]

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    Programming 148 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom ^RAF, ^RMF - Embedded Codes The ^RAF and ^RMF commands add and modify any and all resource paramete rs by sending embedde d codes and data: "'^RAF-<resource name>,<data>'" "'^RMF-<resource name>,<data>'"[...]

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    Programming 149 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Escape Sequences The ^RAF and ^RMF commands support the replacement of an y special escape sequences in the f ilename (specified by the %F embedded code) with the correspondi ng data obtained from the system as outlined in the table belo w: For i ns t an ce , http:/[...]

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    Programming 150 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Intercom Commands The follo wing is a listing and descri ptions of panel intercom commands. Intercom Co mmands ^ICE Ends an  intercom call . Syntax: "'^ICE'" Example: SEND_COMMAND Panel,"'^ICE'" Ends a call. ^ICM Modifies a[...]

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    Programming 151 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom SIP Commands The follow ing table lists and de scribes SIP commands that are generated from the touch panel. SIP Commands ^PHN- AUTOANSWER Provides the state of the auto-answer feature. Syntax: "'^PHN-AUTOANSWER, <state>'" V ariable: state [...]

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    Programming 152 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom The follo wing table lists an d describes SIP commands that are sent to the touch panel to manage calls. SIP Commands (Cont.) ^PHN- MSGW AIT ING Indicates the number of messages waiting the user ’s voice mail box. Syntax: "'^PHN-MSGWAITING, <messages&[...]

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    Programming 153 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom SIP Commands (Cont.) ?PHN- AUTOANSWER Queries the st ate of the auto-answer feature. The panel responds with the ^PHN-AUTOANSWER, <st ate> message. Syntax: "’?PHN-AUTOANSWER’" Example: SEND_COMMAND Panel,"'?PHN-AUTOANSWER'" ^P[...]

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    Programming 154 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom The follow ing table lists and describes SIP setup commands. Using an y of thes e commands causes the c urrent user to go offline. SIP Commands (Cont.) ^PHN-REDIAL Redials the last number . Syntax: "’^PHN-REDIAL’" Example: SEND_COMMAND Panel,"&apo[...]

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    Programming 155 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom SIP Commands (Cont.) ^PHN-SETUP- USERNAME Sets the user name for authentication with the proxy server . Syntax: "’^PHN-SETUP-USERNAME,<username>’" V ariable: username = The user name (u sually the phone extension) Example: SEND_COMMAND Panel,&quo[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatti ng 157 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Appendix A: Text Formatting Text Formatting Codes for Bargraphs/Joysticks T ext formatting codes for bar graphs provide a mechanism to allow a portion of a bar graphs text to be dynamically provide d information about the current status of the le ve[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatting 158 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Text Area Input Masking T ext Area Input Masking can be used to limit the allowed/correct charac ters that are entered into a text area. For example, in wor king with a zip code, a user could limit the entry to a max length of only 5 characters but ,[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatti ng 159 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Input mask ranges These ranges al low a user to specify t he minimum and maximum nume ric v alue for a f ield. Only one range is allowed per field. Using a range im plies a numeric entry ONLY . An exam ple from the ab ov e table: [0|255] This allo w[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatting 160 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom ev aluated. Overflo w continues to work unt il a field with no o verflo w value is set or there are no more fiel ds left (i.e. reached first f ield). If a character is typed and that character appears in the Next Field list, the ke yboard should mo v[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatti ng 161 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom URL Resources A URL can be broken into sev eral parts. For example: the URL http ://www .amx.com/c ompany-info-home .asp . This URL indicates that the protocol in use is http (HyperT ext T ransport Protocol) and that the information resides on a hos[...]

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    Appendix A: Text Formatting 162 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom[...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 163 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Appendix B - Wireless Technology Overview of Wireless Technology  802.11b/2.4 GHz and 802.11a/5 GHz are the two m ajor WLAN standard s and both operate using radio frequency (RF) technology . T ogether the two standards are together called[...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 164 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  Short for Advanced Encryption Sta ndard, is a cipher currently appr o ved by the NSA to protect US Gov ernment documents cl assified as T op Secret. The AES cipher is the f irst cipher protecting T op Secret information a vailable to the [...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 165 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  The 802.11i architecture contains th e following components: 80 2.1X for authentication (entailing the use of EAP and an authentication server), RSN for keepi ng track of associations, and AES-based CCMP to provide conf identiality , inte[...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 166 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom EAP Authentication EAP (Extensible Authentication Prot ocol) is an Enterprise auth entication protocol that can be used in both a wired and wireless network en vironment. EAP require s the use of an 802.1x Authentication Se rver , also known as [...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 167 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom 1. The client (panel) establishe s a wireless connection with th e W AP specified by the SSID. 2. The W AP opens up a tunnel between itse lf and the RADIUS server configur ed via the access point. This tunnel means that packets c an flow between[...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 168 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom The Certificate Upload Util ity recognizes the following certificate f ile types:  CER (Certif icate File)  DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules)  PEM (Pri vacy Enhan ced Mail)  PFX (Normal W indows generated certif icate) ?[...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 169 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  It may tak e a minute for the panel to detect the ne w connection and send a signal to the PC (indicated by a green System Connection icon). If this is your fi rst time installing the US B dri ver , a USB driv er installation popup windo [...]

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    Appendix B - Wireless Technology 170 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom  12. Select the target devices which be uploaded with the selected ce rtific ate. These c an either be:  indi vidually selected by toggling the box next to the Send entry (with the T ype column).  selected as a group by clicking o[...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 171 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Appendix C: Troubleshooting This section describes the solutions to possible hardw are/fir mware issues that could arise during the common operation of a Modero touch panel. Checking AMX USBLAN Devi ce Connections via Wi ndows Device Manager AMX USBL[...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 172 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom If there is a yellow e xclamation point next to the AMX US B LAN LINK de vice (within the hardware devices section of the Unplug or Eject Hardware windo w), stop and close the USB operation. Reconne ct the USB cable to the panel and repeat the se t u[...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 173 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom USB Driver Symptom: My USB driver has a yello w e xclamation point and doesn’ t appear to be working. The USB driv er was incorrectly inst alled and should be re-installed: 1. Power up the panel without connecting the USB cable. 2. Plug in the USB [...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 174 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Batteries Will Not Hold or Take a Charge Symptom: Batteries will not hold or take a ch ar ge and there is no indica tion of char ging, on the bargr aphs or in the Batteries Setup page . T o keep the batteries from being damaged (from operating at too[...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 175 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom NetLinx Studio Only Detects One of My Connected Masters Each Master is gi ven a De vice Address of 00000. Only one Master can be assigned to a particular System number . If you want to work with multiple Masters, open different instances of NetLi nx [...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 176 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touc h Panel with Intercom Panel Fails to Charge in MVP-WDS Should the panel fail, either the unit h as no display or fails to boot passed the AMX logo, or does not charge in th e MVP- WDS follo w these steps: 1. One person must hold do wn the blue bu tton on the front of the [...]

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    Appendix C: Troubleshooting 177 MVP-8400i 8.4" Modero® ViewPoint® Touch Panel with Int ercom[...]

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