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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and Accessories ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) Instruction Manual[...]

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Limited W arranty and Disclaimer AMX Inc. warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of three years from date of purchase from AMX Inc., with the following ex ceptions. Electroluminescent and LCD control panels are warranted for a period of three years, except for the display and touch ov[...]

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AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Table of Contents i T able of Contents Introduction .............................................................................. 1 Overview 1 ViewPoint Models 1 Features 2 Related Instruction Manuals 2 What’s in this Manual 3 What’s New 3 Connections, Cleaning, and Chargi ng ............................[...]

ii Table of Contents AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Designing Touch Panel Page s ................................................. 19 Overview 19 Activating the Edit button 19 Creating a Page 23 Adding a page 23 Setting the page color 24 Creating a Button 25 Adding a button 25 Resizing a button 26 Button Properties 27 Setting the button pr[...]

AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Table of Contents iii Setting the bargraph colors/shades for channel-off conditions 51 Linking the New Page to the Main Page 52 Exiting Edit Mode 55 Touch Panel Program Reference ............................................. 59 Overview 59 Setup Page 59 Beep 60 Display timer 60 Set time and date 61 Double bee[...]

iv Table of Contents AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Editor 78 Page tracking 79 Sleep message 79 Function show 79 Wireless Settings for VPW-CP and VPW-GS 80 Wave-Pak not locked 81 RSSI 81 Network Eff. 81 Device Eff. 81 Device range 81 Server devices 81 Wireless settings (option al SMT-PKM) 81 Edit button 82 Edit Bar - Button Menu Options 84[...]

AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Table of Contents v RGB Setup 118 Protected 119 Properties Page - Extern al Buttons 120 External buttons 121 Setting external button properties 123 Page Menu Options 124 Add 124 Copy 125 Rename 126 Delete 126 Page color 126 Go to 127 Popup on 127 Popup off 128 Move edit 129 Snap grid 129 Edit Bar - Quit Edito[...]

vi Table of Contents AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Upgrading the Firmware .......................................................... 169 Overview 169 Configuration 170 Downloading the Firmw are 170 Specifications .......................................................................... 173 Overview 173 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Ba tt[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Introduction 1 Introduction Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels are hand- held, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels th at allow you to control devices remotely. Figure 1 shows some of the available ViewPoints. ViewPoint Models There are four models of the ViewPoint touch panel[...]

2 Introduction ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Features The other features of the ViewPoint touch panels are: • All panels have 6-inch diagonal (153.9 mm), 320 x 240 (HV) pixel screens • VPW-CP has a 256 color passive-matrix LCD screen • VPW-GS has a 16-shade grayscale LCD screen • Four external programmable push buttons • Programmable fi[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Introduction 3 • PowerTilt and PowerTouch Panels (Firmware version G3 or higher) What’s in this Manual This manual contains the following sections: • Installation Contains cabling, connections, and connectors as well as cleaning of the touch panel overlay, power supply, and battery information. • Touch Panel [...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 5 Connections, Cleaning, and Charging Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels do no t require hardware installation. This section describes how to connect, clea n, and charge the ViewPoint panels. Application Figure 2 illustrates an example RF application for ViewPoint models AXlink One-way I R Card[...]

6 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l Connectors All ViewPoints have two connectors, as shown in Figure 3. The power jack is for connecting an external 12 VDC power supply for ViewPoint operation and charging. The programming jack is a three-wire, 2. 5 mm stereo jack. The req uired cable and power supply comes furnished with the ViewPoin[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 7 The VPW-CP/VPW-GS operates on 2.4 GHz for two-way RF communications with the AXR-WAVES Server. It also provides one-way IR using other manufacturers IR codes. If you plan to use multiple one-way ViewPoin ts within the same locals, it is strongly recommended that each unit be ordered for operation on di[...]

8 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l Power Supply ViewPoints are furnished with a modular wart type Power Supply ( Figure 5), which requires an input of 110 VAC and provid es an output of 12 VDC at 1500 mA. The power supply can be used separately from the VPA-CHG to operate the ViewPoint. VPA-CHG FastCycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP The[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 9 Figure 5 VPA-CHG (power supply and VPT-CP Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP) 12 VDC Power Supply Green LED indicates battery is charged VPA-CHG Fast Cycle battery charger Power supply connection Red LED indicates charging Charging pins[...]

10 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l ViewPort Docking Station The ViewPort Docking Station (Figure 6) provides a built-in battery charger and an angled desk docking station to cradle your ViewPoint touch panel. When a ViewPoint is placed in the docking station' s cradle, the ViewPoint makes contact with the charging pins and the d[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 11 Battery Charging When a ViewPoint touch panel is not cradle d on the docking station, an optional extra battery can be placed in the charging compartment. The optional battery is fully charged in four hours when the optional po wer supply is plugged-in to the rear of the docking station ( Figure 7). T[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch P anels Touch Panel Basics 13 T ouch P anel Basics Overview This section contains descriptions and illust ration examples of Touch panel pages ( Figure 8), buttons, message bars, and keyp ads. You can use the TPDesign3 software program to create custom pages and downlo ad them to the touch panel. Or you can use the ViewPoin[...]

14 Touch Panel Basics ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Pages You can download objects like buttons and drawings to a touch panel page. The number of objects depends on the type and quantity of external devices you want to control with the touch panel and AXCESS Control System. When you create multiple pages, you must link them with butto[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch P anels Touch Panel Basics 15 Selection buttons Selection buttons ( Figure 10) appear on touch panel pages and set communication parameters. Information buttons Information buttons contain serial numbers and firmware version information. The properties of these buttons cannot be changed. Figure 11 shows the serial number in[...]

16 Touch Panel Basics ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Decision buttons Decision buttons ( Figure 14) appear when an operat ion has two options and requires you to verify the action before it is performed. Decision buttons appear when you exit the Editor bar, send or receive a drawing, designate a communication protocol, or make an operation error. [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch P anels Touch Panel Basics 17 Touch to Continue buttons Touch to Continue buttons ( Figure 17) appear when an operation requires user acknowledgement. An example of an operat ion that requires user acknowledgement is resetting the factory defaults. Figure 17 Touch to Continue button example[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 19 Designing T ouch P anel P ages Overview These step-by-step instructions describe creating touch panel pages, buttons, joysticks, bargraphs, and setting page color attributes. For in-depth information on all the operations available on the touch panel, read through the Touch Panel Progra[...]

20 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 1. Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page shown in Figure 19. 2. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the password keypad shown in Figure 20. Figure 19 Setup page Note Viewpoint touch panel information buttons are displayed with a black fill. These buttons can’t be altered and [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 21 3. Enter 1988 in the keypad and press ENTER to open Protected Setup page ( Figure 21). For information on changing the password, refer to Touch Panel Program Reference section. If you enter a wron g number, press CLEAR and re- enter the number. 4. Press EDITOR to enable the Edit mode. T[...]

22 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 7. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. BUTTON and PAGE in the Edit bar ( Figure 23) are used to design and modi fy button and page settings. Figure 22 Main page with EDIT button Figure 23 Main page and Edit bar Edit bar[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 23 Creating a Page Use the PAGE menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel pages. Adding a page 1. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PA GE menu shown in Figure 24. 2. ADD to open the keyboard. 3. Enter NEW PAGE ( Figure 25) using the keyboard. Page names can be up to 20 characters. Fi[...]

24 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 4. Press EXIT CHANGE to add NEW PAGE to touch panel memory, close the keyboard, and return to the new page. Setting the page color 1. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar on the newly created page. 2. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the P AGE menu. 3. Press PAGE COLOR to open [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 25 4. Select a page color from the palette. Th e page automatically changes to the new color. Creating a Button Use the BUTTON menu in the Edit ba r to create touch panel buttons. Adding a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu sh[...]

26 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Width Height Touch Point 5. Release your finger from the panel to store the button dimensions into panel memory. 6. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar. Resizing a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. 3. Press RESIZE to open t[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 27 Button Properties Use the PROPERTIES option of the BUTTO N menu in the Edit bar to set b utton borders, page flips, button colors for cha nnel on and off conditions, and channel and variable text codes. Setting the button properties 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit. 2. Press BUTTON on the[...]

28 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Setting the button type 1. Press BUTTON TYPE in the Button Prop erties page. This opens the BUTTON TYPE menu, shown in Figure 34. Press MORE at the bottom of the first page of Button Types options to view the next page of options. Press PREV to view the first page. 2. Select a button t[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 29 2. Press 3D RECTANGLE 1 to set the button border to 3D RECTANGLE 1 style and return to the Button Properties pa ge. The BORDER b utton in the Button Properties page changes to show the active bor der type. In this case, the button changes to the 3D-rectangle border. Setting the channel [...]

30 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels b. For 2-way ViewPoints, AMX IR is not supported (38 KHz and 455 KHz) but other manufacturer’s IR codes are suppo rted by assigning ViewPoint device numbers 2, 3, and 4 for IR codes. 3. Press ENTER to store the device number into mem ory, close the keypad, and return to the Button Pr[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 31 Setting the page flip 1. Press the left PAGE FLIP box in the Button P roperties page ( Figure 38) to open the Page Flip Type list ( Figure 39). 2. Press FLIP STANDARD to select a standard page flip. 3. Press the right PAGE FLIP b ox ( Figure 38) to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu ( Figure [...]

32 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5. Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the Main page. Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions 1. Press the target button to open the Button Pr operties page 2. Press BORDER in the CHANNEL OFF subsec tion of the Button P roperties page ( Figure 41). 3. The color palette[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 33 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Proper ties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette 8. Press red to set the text color 9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the Button Proper[...]

34 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard. 6. Enter MAIN PAGE in the keyboard. The text appears in the message box at the top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the message to fit in the space provided. Change the size of the button or reduce the[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 35 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing icons into your touch panel. 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. 3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar a[...]

36 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing bitmaps into your touch panel. 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu (Figure 27). 3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 37 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts TPDesign3 allows you to import bitmaps, icons and fonts into your touch panel from an existing touch panel program. Use the Download to Panel command to download a project file. To download bitmaps, icons and/or fonts from an existin[...]

38 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5. I n the What To Send area, select one or more of the available options (Bitmaps, Icons, Fonts). 6. Select the mode of communication with the touch panel. After clicking on Connect, the AXlink window opens, as shown in Figure 49. The AXlink window displays the AXlink ID and Available[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 39 9. After completing the download, cut, co py and paste buttons as needed. The bitmaps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now accessible via the BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus. Button Properties for External Pushbuttons If your touch panel comes with external pushbuttons, these ca[...]

40 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Turn On a VCR and select TV. • Turn On a satellite receiver. Pulse command Figure 50 shows a sample pulse command fo rmat and description of the variables. • Sample Format : $P <device number> <channel number> <time pulse on> <time delay after pulse><[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 41 This command will transmit the IR code at device 3, channel 15 for 1 second. Then, the macro will pause 10 seconds before executing the next command or before finishing the macro if no other commands exist. Wait command The wait command is used as a delay betw een pulses. This command s[...]

42 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels IR codes and functions IR code # Television VCR Satellite 1-8 9 Power Power 10 0 Input select 0 11 1 1 12 2 2 13 3 3 14 4 4 15 5 5 16 6 6 17 7 7 18 8 8 19 9 9 21 Enter 22 Channel up ∧ Channel up ∧ 23 Channel down ∨ Channel down ∨ 24 Volume ∨ Main volume ∧ Volume up ∧ 25 V[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 43 $P 2 9 5 1 <CR> $P 2 24 5 1 <CR> $P 3 27 5 1 <CR> $P 4 9 5 1 <CR> 1. Create a button and label it Video Start. 2. Select EDIT, BUTTON, PROPERTIES. 3. In the PROPERTIES dialog, select BUTTON TYPE, and then select GENERAL. 4. In the BUTTON OPTIONS field, select NON[...]

44 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels If the screen is touched to cancel macro ex ecution, all touch panel activity stops until another button press occurs. Creating a Joystick You can create a joystick with the BUTTON TYPE operation bar in the Button Properties page. Joysticks ( Figure 54) are vertical and horizontal dire[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 45 5. Press JOYSTICK to set the target button as a joystick. 6. Press BUTTON OPTIONS on the Button Pr operties page to open the BUTTON OPTION menu for Joysticks shown in Figure 56. 7. Press CROSSHAIR CENTER to set a crosshair in the center of the joystick button and return to the Button Pr[...]

46 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Setting the channel code The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 58. 1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the joystick’s device number. 2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The device numb er specifies the device num[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 47 Setting the level code The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 59. 1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number. 2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses device codes 1 through 4 to identify[...]

48 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Proper ties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette. 8. Press red to set the text color. 9. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the Button Pro[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 49 Adding a bargraph to a page 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu. 3. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. 4. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to open the PROPERTIES operation bar shown in Figure 63.[...]

50 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Setting the bargraph properties Use the Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs shown in Figure 65 to set channel, level, and button colors. Setting the channel code The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 66. 1. P[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 51 4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to identify the button and its’ operations 5. Press ENTER to store the channel number into memor y, close the keypad, and return to the But[...]

52 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 3. The color palette ( Figure 42) appears. 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Proper ties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette. 8. Press red to set the text color. [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 53 1. Open the Edit bar, press the active page button shown in Figure 70. Refer to the Go to subsection for information on th e use of the active page button 2. Press MAIN PAGE from the PAGE GOTO menu. 3. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 4. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON m[...]

54 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 16. Press the NEW PAGE button to open the Button Proper ties page. 17. Press the page FLIP buttons ( Figure 73) to set the page flip properties for the button. 18. Press the left Flip Type box in the Button Properties page to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu ( Figure 74). 19. Press FLIP ST[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 55 21. Press NEW PAGE to set the page flip an d return to the Button Proper ties page. 22. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save chan ges, close the Button Properties page, and return to the Main page. 23. Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES oper ation bar to close the Edit bar. Exiting Edit Mode This s[...]

56 Designing Touch Panel Pages Vi ewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 3. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the Protected Setup page shown in Figure 78. 4. Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode Off. 5. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page ( Figure 77). 6. Press EXIT to close the Setup page and return to the Main page. Figure 77[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 57 Another method of exiting the EDIT mode is to use the QUIT EDITOR button on the Edit bar. Refer to the Edit Bar – Quit Editor option subsection for detailed information on exiting the EDIT mode using this method. 1. Press EXIT to open the Edit bar shown in Figure 76. 2. Press the QUIT[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 59 T ouch P anel P rogram R eference Overview This section contains operation flowch arts, instructions, and menu option descriptions. The buttons shown in Figure 79 appear when you power up the touch panel. Setup Page Press the SETUP button from the Main page, to open the Setup page sho[...]

60 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Beep The Beep button sets the duration of the audible beep provided by the touch panel. The values are 0 to 5. Using 0 turns the beep tone off and 1 through 5 provide the audible beep and gradually in crease the beep duration. Display timer The DISPLAY TIMER button ( Figure 82) sets t[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 61 When the touch panel goes into screen-sav er mode, the LCD is power ed-down. With a setting of 5, the panel goes into screen-s aver mode if there is no activity for 5 minutes. Press the UP and DN buttons to set the DISPLAY TIM ER. The minimum time is 1 minute and the maximum is 240 mi[...]

62 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • 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 set the seconds. • DISPLAY MONTH/DAY, DAY/MONTH Press to toggle the order of the month and day display. • DISPLAY 12:00/24:00 Press [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 63 Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LC D brightness and contrast on the touch panel. The maximum brightness level is 5 an d the maximum contrast level is 12. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons are disabled for this page. When an optional WavePack/SmartPack is atta ched to the panel,[...]

64 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Show palette Press SHOW PALETTE to open the color pale tte. Pressing the screen again will cause you to leave the Show Palette page. Wireless status (optional WAV-PK) The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when an AXR-WAVES Wireless AXlink Virtual Emulator Server is conn[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 65 • Wave-Pak Not Locked/Locked Appears when an optional WAV-PKM is connected to the touch panel. Not locked indicates the touch panel is not communicating with the AXR-WAVES. Lo cked indicates the touch panel is locked on (communicating) to the AXR-WAVES connected to the Centr al Cont[...]

66 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels from left to right as the RF signal intensity increases. The shaded area fluctuates between 0% and 100%. Wireless status (optional SMT-PK) The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when a SmartPack is connected to the touch panel. Press th e WIRELESS STATUS button to open t[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 67 • Module Version vX.XX Shows the firmware version installed in the SMT-PK. • Fully Charged/Not Charging/Charging Fully Charged appears when the battery in the SMT-PK is fully charged. Not Charging appear s when the lead-acid battery is not charging. Ch arging appears when the lead[...]

68 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5 minutes. The touch panel wakes up when you touch the screen for more than .5 seconds. • ViewPoint Module Not functional at this time. • Module Version VX.XX Shows the ROM firmware ver sion installed in the ViewPoint. • Battery Voltage XX.X Shows the voltage level of the Nickel[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 69 Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Module version Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Server version Identifies the operating version of the AXR-WAVES WaveServer firmware. RSSI Radio signal strength indicator showing the relative [...]

70 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Device range Indicates the assignable device number range (for RF operation) available for the VPW-CP or VPW-GS. Server devices Identifies the device numbers of the devices communicating with the AX R-WAVES WaveServer. Protected Setup Page The Protected Setup page allows you to set pa[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 71 Baud The BAUD button ( Figure 95) sets the baud rate. The baud rate is automatically set to 38.4. The BAUD rate is for communicati ng with your PC when downloading a program or new firmware. • BAUD Press the UP and DN buttons to set the data communication speed with the . Available [...]

72 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Device used Press the DEVICE USED button ( Figure 97) to open a keypad and set the panel’s device number from 1 through 4. Each device number supports up to 255-channel code button assignments. The multiple device settings allow you to create up to four unique touch panel buttons an[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 73 Select a page to designate as the first pa ge to appear when you power up the touch panel. Select NONE to disable this option. If none is selected, the last selected page will be the first active page the next time the touch panel is used. Wake up message Press WAKE UP MESSAGE ( Figur[...]

74 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Page password Press the PAGE PASSWORD button ( Figure 102) to open a keypad and assign a page’s numeric password. If you try to open a password-protected page, the keypad appears, and you must enter the correct password number to open the new page. The page password range is 1–5,9[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 75 message is received. Refer to the AXCESS Programming section for detailed programming information. System page Press the SYSTEM PAGE bu tton ( Figure 105) to open the System page ( Figure 106). • DELETE ALL BUTTONS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 107. Press YES to clear al[...]

76 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • BUTTON MEM FREE Shows the memory available to store bu ttons in 1,024-byte increments. • DELETE ALL BITMAPS Opens the decision button shown in Figure 108. Press YES to clear all the bi tmaps or NO to cancel the operation. • BITMAP MEM FREE Shows the memory available to store b[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 77 • SHOW ICONS ID’S Opens the ICONS menu ( Figure 112) that lists icons stored in touch panel memory. — MORE Forwards the menu listing. — ABORT Cancels the menu process and returns to the current page. • SHOW FONTS ID’S Opens the FONTS menu ( Figure 113) that lists fonts sto[...]

78 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • FACTORY RESET Opens the decision button shown in Figure 114. Press YES to clear all touch panel memory or NO to cancel the operation. Editor Press EDITOR ( Figure 115) in the Protected Setup pa ge to activate the EDIT mode. When you exit the Protected Setup page, the EDIT button a[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 79 Page tracking Press PAGE TRACKING ( Figure 117) to toggle the page tracking ON or OFF. When page tracking is enabled, the touch pane l sends page data back to the Central Controller or vice versa, depending on ho w you set the touch panel. Page tracking data can be used to control pag[...]

80 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels LIGHT P ANE L 3, 132 1, 255 But t o n Sl ider Channel c ode number Variabl e tex t dev ic e number 2, 255 2, 1 Bas e dev ic e T ex t c hannel Lev el c hannel Le v e l d e v ic e number Wireless Settings for VPW-CP and VPW-GS The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page. The Vi[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 81 Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. RSSI Radio signal strength indicator showing the relative signal strength in percent and visual horizontal bargraph. Network Eff. Operating efficiency (shown in percenta ge) of the current network which the VPW- [...]

82 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Edit button Press EDITOR in the Protected Setup page to enable EDIT mode. The Protected Setup page remains open until you press EXIT. Then, the EDIT button appears on every page. The flowchart in Figure 123 shows the sequence to activate EDIT mode. SETUP MAIN PAGE PROTECTED SETUP EXIT[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 83 When the Edit mode is enabled, the EDIT button ( Figure 125) appears on the top or bottom of each touch panel page. Figure 124 Enabled EDITOR button in the Protected Setup page Note The position of the EDIT button depends on whether you have, at any time, selected MOVE EDIT from the P[...]

84 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Edit Bar - Button Menu Options Press EDIT to open the Edit bar and pre ss BUTTON to open the Button menu shown in Figure 126. You can use the BUTTON menu to create, co nfigure, and revise touch panel button settings. Buttons containing usable fonts cannot have their text or images alt[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 85 Copy image Press COPY IMAGE to copy an existing button onto a touch panel page when the COPY BUTTON operation bar ( Figure 128) appears. Touch the target button and drag the new bu tton to another position. When you start dragging the new button, the message bar shows you the current [...]

86 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Delete Press DELETE to delete a button when th e DELETE BUTTON operation b ar ( Figure 131) appears. Then, touch the button you want to delete, which opens the decision box shown in Figure 132. • YES Deletes the button and returns to the current page. • NO Cancels the deletion pro[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 87 • TEXT OFF Opens the keyboard ( Figure 135) where you enter the text to appear on the Off-state of the button. • TEXT ON Opens the keyboard ( Figure 135) where you enter the text to appear on the On-state of the button. The text appears in the window at the top of the keyboard. If[...]

88 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — CHAR CAPS Sets the keyboard to uppercase character s. — CHAR LOW Sets the keyboard to lowercase characters. — CHAR NUMS Sets the keyboard to numeri c characters. — CHAR MORE Toggles the keypad to special characters. — SPACE Enters a blank space. — DEL Deletes a space or [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 89 • BITMAP OFF Opens the BITMAPS menu ( Figure 138) where you can select the bitmap to appear on the O ff-state of the button. Select MORE to view more bitmap files or ABORT to exit and r eturn to the Text/Image page. • BITMAP ON Opens the BITMAPS menu ( Figure 138) where you can se[...]

90 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • MAKE ON SAME AS OFF Copies the Off-state text, icon, and/or bitmap settings to the On-state buttons. • EXIT SAVE CHANGE Saves the current settings, exits the Text/Image page, and returns to the current page. • EXIT NO CHANGE Cancels the current settings and returns to the curr[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 91 • BORDER Opens the BUTTON BORDER menus ( Figure 141) where you can select the border style. Figure 142 shows border names and styles. Border names and styles Name Style Name Style Name Style No border Double line 2 3D rectangle 1 No border special Double line 3 3D rectangle 2 Single[...]

92 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Border names and styles (Cont.) Name Style Name Style Name Style Double raised 3D neon 2 Single diamond Triple Raised 3D neon blue Double diamond The channel code allows a button to ha ve AXCESS code statements like Push and Release associated with specific functions. Figure 143 shows[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 93 As shown in Figure 144, the upper-left corner of a button shows a base device number followed by a channel code numb er. The bottom-right corner of a button shows the variable text number followed by the var iable text channel. LIGHT P ANE L 3, 132 1, 255 But t o n Sl ider Channel c o[...]

94 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels select the button type GENERAL, the BUTTON OPTIONS, FLIP, and STRING operation bars appear in the Properties page. For a description of each button type, refer to the Properties Page-Button Types subsection. • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, in which you set the button [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 95 — NONE Sets the button feedback o ff. This selection also sets the button border, fill, or text colors to match the CHANNEL OFF color palette in the Properties page. — CHANNEL Sets the button border, fill, or text colors to match the CHANNEL ON color palette in the A ttributes pag[...]

96 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — FLIP POPUP ON Sets the b utton ac tion to open a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button ( Figure 148) to open the POPUP PAGE menu ( Figure 149) and select a popup page. — FLIP POPUP OFF Sets the bu tton ac tion to close a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button ( Figure 148) to[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 97 • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the Central Controller via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. • CHANNEL OFF and CHANNEL ON COLOR Sets the border, fill, and text colors [...]

98 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • EXIT SAVE CHANGE Closes the PROPERTIES page, saves the new settings, and returns to the current touch panel page. • EXIT NO CHANGE Closes the PROPERTIES page, ignores the new settings, and returns to the current touch panel page. Save Press SAVE and a button to copy the butto n [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 99 — BORDER Select this option and a button to store the default b order in touch panel memory. The default border is automatically applied to all new buttons. — SIZE Select this option and a butto n to store the button size in touch panel memory. Then, use the SET DEFAULT option to [...]

100 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Button Types (Cont.) Button Type Description Vertical Bargraph Sets the button to a ve rtical bargraph or slider. Feedback for bargraph or slider response comes from the Central Controller. Horizontal Bargraph Sets the button to a horizontal bargraph or slider. Feedback for bargraph [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 101 • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, shown in Figure 155. Use this menu to set the f eedback type. Press ABORT to close the menu. — NONE Sets the button feedback O ff. This option also sets the bu tton border, fill, and text colors to match the CHANNEL OFF color palette[...]

102 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — CHANNEL Sets the button border, fill, and text colors to match the CHANNEL ON color options in the A ttributes page when the assigned button function is on. — INVERTED CHANNEL Sets the butto n border, fill, and text colors to match the CHANNEL ON color options in the Properties[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 103 — FLIP POPUP OFF Sets the bu tton ac tion to close a popup page. Select the FLIP menu buttons ( Figure 157) to open the POPUP PAGE menu ( Figure 158) and select a popup page to close. — FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button ac tion to open the pr evious touch panel page on the panel. —[...]

104 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the Central Controller via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. For a description of the other items in th e Button Properties: GENERAL pag[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 105 — JOYSTICK NON-CENTER Sets the b u tton to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick. When you remove your finger from the screen, the control stick and external device stay in that position. — JOYSTICK CENTER Sets the butto n to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick [...]

106 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Vertical Bargraph Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Vertical Bargraph button (VPW-CP/VPW-GS only). The butt on type VERTICAL BARGRAPH and associated optio ns appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 162. • BUTTON OPTI[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 107 — BARGRAPH DISPLAY Sets the bargraph as a vertical indicator for external devices. Indicator levels must be defined in the AXCESS softwar e program. — BARGRAPH ACTIVE Sets th e bargraph as a vertical controller for external devices. Indicator levels must be defined in the AXCESS [...]

108 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu ( Figure 165) 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 must be defined in the AXCESS softwar e program. — BARGR[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 109 When a control level is set on the horizo ntal bargraph, control data is sent to the Central Controller to control an external de vice. — BARGRAPH CENTERING Sets the bargraph as a vertical controller with a default control level. Levels must be defined in the AXCESS software progra[...]

110 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LC D brightness and contrast on the touch panels. The Brightness page allows you to set the touch panel’s LCD light level. This sets the button to open the BRIGHTNESS page shown in Figure 167. The BRIGHTNESS page displays the color palette. No[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 111 The maximum Brightness level is 8 and a the maximum Contrast level is 13. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons ar e disabled for this page. Time Select TIME from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Time button. A Time button sets the button to display the cur rent time[...]

112 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — COLON BLINK Sets the colon in the displayed time to b link once/second. — COLON ALWAYS ON Sets the colon in the displayed tim e to never blink. For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Date Select DATE from the Button Types menu to [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 113 For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Keypad Select KEYPAD from the Butto n Types menu to set the selected button as a Keypad button. The button type KEYPAD and asso ciated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figur[...]

114 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels This sets the button to open the keypad so you can enter a password or value assignment. All the keypad buttons are in teractive except for the entry field. For a description of the other items in th e Button Properties: Keypad page, refer to the Properties subsection. Keyboard Selec[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 115 Video Setup Select VIDEO SETUP from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Video Setup button. The button type VIDEO SETUP and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 173. This sets the button to open the Video Setup page shown in Fig[...]

116 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Video Window Select VIDEO WINDOW from the Button Type s menu to set the selected button as a Video Window button. The button type VIDEO WINDOW and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 175. This sets the button to display an incoming video signal;[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 117 Sets the button to a video joystick that displays the incoming video signal, and a control stick. When you move the control st ick, the touch panel sends feedback (data) to the Central Controller and to the external device to perfor m a pre-programmed operation, depending on the slot[...]

118 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — JOYSTICK NON-CENTER Sets the b u tton to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick. When you move the control stick, the touch panel sends feedback (data) to the Central Controller and to the external device to perform a pre-programmed operation. When you release the mouse bu[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 119 This sets the button to open the RGB Setup page so that you can adjust the incoming video signal on the touch panel. Without RGB support, the PGB Setup page displays a NO RGB HW button ( Figure 179). Protected Select PROTECTED from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as [...]

120 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels This sets the button as a Protected button. P rotected buttons are similar to Gener al type buttons, except that they require the user to enter a password to flip to the specified destination page. Pressing a Pr otected button opens the Keypad. Use the Keypad to enter the correct pas[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 121 External buttons External buttons are recognized by the touc h panel as external button numbers. The panel recognizes eight buttons per side for total of 16 buttons. Refer to the Button Properties subsection for detailed informatio n about external pushbuttons. The BUTTON TYPE button[...]

122 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — FLIP POPUP ON Sets the b utton ac tion to open a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button ( Figure 183) to open the POPUP PAGE menu ( Figure 184) and select a popup page. — FLIP POPUP OFF Sets the bu tton ac tion to close a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button ( Figure 183) t[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 123 — FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button ac tion to open the pr evious touch panel page on the panel. — FLIP STANDARD Sets the button ac tion to open a touch panel page. Use the FLIP menu button to open the PAGE menu ( Figure 185), and select the target touch panel page. • STRING Opens [...]

124 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Page Menu Options Press EDIT and PAGE to open the PAGE menu as shown in Figure 186. The PAGE menu includes operations to add, copy, rename, delete, change the page color, go to a page, turn popup pages on /off, move the Edit bu tton, and snap to a grid. Press EXIT on the Edit bar to [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 125 • CHAR CAPS Sets the keyboard to uppercase characters. • CHAR LOW Sets the keyboard to lowercase characters. • CHAR NUMS Sets the keyboard to numeric characters. • CHAR MORE Toggles the keypad to special characters. • SPACE Enters a blank space. • DEL Deletes a space or c[...]

126 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Rename Press RENAME to rename the active page. This command opens the keyboard. Use the keyboard to rename the current page. Press EXIT CHANGE to store the new page name in memory. Delete Press DELETE to delete the current page. This com mand opens the delete message shown in Figure [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 127 Go to Press GO TO to open the PAGE GOTO menu ( Figure 190) and select the target page. • ABORT Cancels the Go To proce ss and returns to the current page. Pressing the active page button ( Figure 191) in the Edit bar will display the PAGE GOTO menu ( Figure 190) where you can selec[...]

128 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • MORE Provides more Popup On page choices. • ABORT Cancels the POPUP ON proce ss and returns to the current page. Popup off Press POPUP OFF to open the POPUP OFF menu shown in Figure 193. Press a popup page in the menu to close th e selected Popup page and return to the current [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 129 Move edit Press MOVE EDIT in the PAGE menu to move the Edit button to the bo ttom of the page. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar as shown in Figure 194. Press MOVE EDIT again to move the EDIT bu tton back to its original position at the top of the page. Snap grid Press SNAP [...]

130 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Set the movement increment in pixels. Select 1, 2, 4, or 8 P IXEL to set the grid and return to the current page. • ABORT Cancels the SNAP GRID proc ess and returns to the current page. Edit Bar - Quit Editor option The QUIT EDITOR button is located on the Edit bar . This button al[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 131 3. If you select YES, the page will appear as shown in Figure 198 without the Edit bar. Figure 198 Main page without Edit bar[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 133 A XCESS P rogramming Overview This section outlines how to connect your PC to the ViewPoint for programming the ViewPoint. Also, programming commands for the new AMX G3 software is included. PC to ViewPoint Connections Figure 199 shows the connections required for connecting the ViewPoint to yo[...]

134 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Programming the ViewPoint You can program the ViewPoint 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 ViewPoint. AXCESS Progr[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 135 System Send_Commands System Send_Commands ( Figure 201) are stored in th e AXCESS Control System and direct the Touch Panel to perform various operations. System Send_Commands Command Description "'ABEEP'" Output one panel beep even if the Beep value is set to 0 in the Setup[...]

136 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'AKEYR'" Close the touch panel keyboard or keypad opened with the 'AKEYB', 'AKEYP', or 'PKEYP' commands. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'AKEYR'" Closes the keyboard or keypad open[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 137 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 02-08-98 19:16:00 ' S[...]

138 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'PPOF - <page name>'" Close a specific popup page. <page name> = 1 - 50 ASCII characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'PPOFF-Popup Page 1'" Closes Popup Page 1. "'PPON - <page name&g[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 139 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'TPAGEOFF'" Deactivates page tracking. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'TPAGEOFF'" Deactivate the page tracking option. "'TPAGEON'" Activate page tracking. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, ' TP[...]

140 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description CREATE_BUFFER TP2,TP2_BUFFER SEND_COMMAND TP1,'TPAGEON' SEND_COMMAND TP2,'TPAGEON' DEFINE_PROGRAM IF(LENGTH_STRING(TP1_BUFFER)) { IF(FIND_STRING(TP1_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1)) { TRASH=REMOVE_STRING(TP1_BUFFER,'PAGE-&ap[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 141 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'WAKE'" Deactivate screen-saver mode and reset sleep timer. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'WAKE'" Deactivates the touch panel screen-saver mode and resets the sleep timer. "'XMTO <number>'[...]

142 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers The colors and their programming numbers are listed in Figure 202, and can be used to set the colors on buttons, sliders, ga uges, and pages. The lowest color number represents the lightest color-specific display , and the highest number represents[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 143 Border styles and programming numbers No. Border styles No. Border styles 0 No border 11 Double shadow 1 No border special 20 3-dimensi onal rectangle 1 2 Single line 21 3-dimensi onal rectangle 2 3 Double line 22 3-dimensional round 1 4 Triple li ne 23 3-dimensional round 2 5 Single rounded 24[...]

144 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@CFF',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" Set the OFF feedback fill color to the s pecified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 202 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,&[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 145 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@CTF',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" Set the OFF feedback text color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 202 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,&qu[...]

146 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@PPA-<page name>'" Remove all popup pages from a specified page. If no page is specified, the current page is used. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@PPA-Main Page'" If there were several popup pages [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 147 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@PPX-<popup page>'" Remove all popup pages from all pages in a panel. The group that needs to be turned Off must contain the popup page given. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@PPX-POP VCR2'" The popup[...]

148 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@SWK-<string>'" Change the Wakeup string sent to the Central Controller when the touch panel is activated. <string> = alphanumeric characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@SWK-Touch Panel Activated&ap[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 149 Color Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description BORDER COLOR ON = Red brightest BORDER COLOR OFF = Red brightest TEXT COLOR ON = White brightest TEXT COLOR OFF = Wh ite two shades from brightest "'CBOFF<variable text address>-<color _number>'" Set the OFF feedbac[...]

150 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Color Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'CFON<variable text address>-<color _number>'" Set the ON feedback fill color to the spec ified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 202 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"&[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 151 Variable Text Send Commands Use variable text Send_Commands ( Figure 207) to set the borders, fonts, and text. Variable text Send_Commands Command Description " '!B',<variable text address 1-255>, <ON/OFF 0-1>" Set a specific button to on or off. <variable tex[...]

152 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Variable text Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description " ' !C ' ,<variable text address>,<border style>,<font size>, ' <new button text> ' " Set the border, font, and text in one command. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <border [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 153 Variable text Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description " 'ICON,<variable text address>-<border style>'" Change the border style of a specific button. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <border style> = See Figure 204 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"&ap[...]

154 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Shorthand variable text commands Command Description "'@BMF',<variable text address>,'<attribute data>'" Set multiple attributes to a button, slider, or gauge. Thi s command allows you to program up to 12 attributes on one command line. <variable te[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 155 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@BMP',<variable text address>,'<bitmap>'" Add a bitmap file to a button. The bitmap files are i mported into the TPDesign3 software program, and their numbers are assigned by the touch panel during the [...]

156 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@ICO',<variable text address>,<icon>" Assign an icon to a button. The icon files are imported into the TPDesign3 software program, and their numbers are assigned by the touch panel during the download process. &[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 157 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@TXT',<variable text address>,'<text>'" Add text on a button. Use the | character to display text on multiple lines . <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <button text> = Enter button text to a[...]

158 AXCESS Programming ViewPoin t Wireless Touch Panels Buttons string commands Command Description "'$ID<group ID>'" Set the WAV-PK group ID number on VPW panels. <group ID > = 0 (off) - 15 Example: $ID15 Sets the touch panel button group ID to 15. "'$SL'" Activate sleep mode on the touch panel. [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 159 Macro Commands Command Description $P <dn> <cn> <tpo> <tdp><CR> Send a pulse command for a specified period of time. dn = device number 2, 3, or 4 cn = channel number 1-255 tp = time pulse on in tenths of a second (max. 65535) tdp = time delay after pulse in tenths[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 161 Loading Infrared (IR) Files Overview This section provides instructions for loadin g IR files in your ViewPoint touch panel using IRLIBX.EXE. The ViewPoint has 32 kB of memory specifically for IR file storage. To load IR files, you need a copy of the AMX Control Disk CD-ROM containing [...]

162 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels To use the IRLIB Files listing: 1. Choose Start, then Programs and follow the pathway shown in Figure 212. 2. Click IR Library Database List to open the IR LIB infrared library program PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader will then laun ch itself and open the PDF file ( Figure 213). Figure 21[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 163 3. Scan through the listing and select the manufacturer and model number of the device you want to control. Make note of the data provided. Loading an IR File The following steps guide you through the process of loading an IR file into a ViewPoint touch panel. To aid you, a So ny DVD P[...]

164 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 4. After the Database has been created, press F5 and select Configure. Figure 216 appears. 5. Select your computer’s Com port and ba ud rate that you wish to commu nicate with the ViewPoint touch panel. 6. Then, press F10. 7. When the Communications screen has disappeared, press F1 o[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 165 8. Type in the directory path and name for the location of the IRLIB files on your computer. Press Enter on your keyboard. The IRLIB program locates the IRLIB directory and compiles a database of all IR files available. 9. After the Creating Database dialog in Figure 218 disappears, pr[...]

166 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 11. Once the IR file has loaded into yo ur computer and the loading dialog disappears, press F3. Click Modify and press ENTER. The Modify dialog will appear ( Figure 220). 12. Enter Alt D and then enter Alt C . You have cleared the DCU Function Description and have copied the Sony RMT [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 167 13. Press Esc on your keyboard (exits the Modify dialog) and press F3 (shows menu selections for DCU/IRS ). Select Program and press Enter on your keyboard. The IR file is downloaded to your touch panel. IR Memory Check To verify the amount of memory available for IR files, when using [...]

168 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Figure 223 Device reports[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Firmware Upgrade 169 Upgrading the Firmware Overview In this section, you’ll see how to upgrade the firmwar e in the PosiTrack 30 using the SOFTROM software program. Your PC mu st be connected to the PROGRAM DB-9 connector on the Central Controller or camera control unit connector using a Programming Cable. If pow[...]

170 Firmware Upgrade ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Configuration To configure the communication setting for the SOFTROM progr am: 1. Press F1 and the screen in Figure 225 appears. 2. Using the up/down arrow keys, select th e communications port you are using to interface with the controller and press ENTER. 3. Using the right arrow key, move to [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Firmware Upgrade 171 6. Press F5 to refresh the screen. Verify th at the selected device has the correct firmware version. If any devices still appe ar with an old version of the firmware, repeat steps 3 through 5 until it appears with the correct version. 7. Press F10 to exit the SOFTROM program. Figure 226 Loading[...]

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Specifications 173 Specifications Overview Figure 227 shows a ViewPoint touch panel and Figure 228 lists the specifications for the ViewPoint models. ViewPoint specifications Weight: VPT-CP/VPT-GS VPW-CP/VPW-GS 1.8 lbs (0.8 kg) with battery, 1.6 lbs (0.7 kg) without battery 1.9 lbs (0.9 kg) with battery, 1.7 lbs (0.[...]

174 Specifications ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s ViewPoint specifications (Cont.) Display: VPT-CP/VPW-CP VPT-GS/VPW-GS 6” LCD (diagonal), 256 colors (153.9 mm) 6” LCD (diagonal), 16 gray shades (153.9 mm) Connectors: External power Programming 3/16” (6 mm) coax female power jack 1/8” (2.5 mm) three conductor female jack Memory Available:[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Specifications 175 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Figure 229 shows the VPA-BP Vi ewPoint Rechargeable Battery. Figure 230 shows the specifications. VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery specifications Battery voltage Type Amp hour (Ah) Weight Dimensions 7.2 VDC Rechargeable nickel metal hydride (Ni MH) 6-cell[...]

176 Specifications ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Figure 231 shows the VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger (charging stand and PS2.4 Power Supply) for VPA-BP and Figure 232 lists the specifications. Figure 231 VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger (charging stand and PS2.4 Power Supply) for VPA-BP 12 VDC [...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s Specifications 177 VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Specifications Power supply: Input Output Indicators: Red LED Green LED Buzzer Enclosure Dimensions (HWD): Charging stand Weight: Charging stand Power supply 110 VAC, 60 Hz 12 VDC, 1500 mA Indicates battery is charging Indicates battery is fully charge[...]

178 Specifications ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel s ViewPort Docking Station specifications Dimensions (HWD) 4.83" x 8.26" x 7.62" (122.7 mm x 209.8 mm x 193.4 mm) Environmental operating range: Temperature 50 F to 95 F (10 C to 35 C) Humidity 0% to 95% non-condensing Power requirement 12 VDC at 1.5 amp Indicators Yellow LED Indicate[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Contacting Sales and Technical Support 179 Contacting Sales and T echnical Suppor t Overview Customer service and satisfaction is our high est priority here at AMX Incorporated. If you are experiencing any problems or have a question about your product, please contact Technical Support or your regional Sales and Supp[...]

180 Contacting Sales and Technical Support ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Other AMX contacts Telephone Fax E-mail Special Projects 800-452-6945 972-907-6200 Special_projects@AMX.com Synergy 800-952-6995 972-644-1291 Synergy@AMX.com PHAST 800-979-9637 801-264-8271 Mi chael.taylor@AMX.com International Team +1 972-907-6247 or +1 800-222-0193 +1 972-[...]

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Contacting Sales and Technical Support 181 • If you are having a problem with hardware ⎯ identify the equipment/ firmware version you are using, what you were doing when the problem occurred, and any troubleshooting you've tried (if any). • If your problem is with a software program ⎯ identify the progra[...]

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VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Pr ogramming Software Program Index 183 Inde x A Activate the Editor Bar, 19 Add, 84, 124 Add a button, 25 Add a joystick on a page, 44 Add a page, 23 Adding a bargraph to a page, 49 Adding a bitmap to a button, 35 Adding an icon to a button, 34 Adding text to a button, 33 Adobe Acrobat, 161 Affected Send_Commands, [...]

18 4 Index VPXpress ViewPoint System De sign/Programming Software Program 'CALIBRATE', 136 'CALL<variable text address>- <data>', 148 'CBOFF<variable text address>- <color _number >', 149 'CBON<variable text address>- <color _number>', 149 'CFOFF<variable text addre[...]

VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Pr ogramming Software Program Index 185 Delete, 86, 126 Designing a Touch Panel Page, 19 Device and channel assign-ments, 92 Device base, 71 Device Eff., 69, 81 Device range, 70, 81 Device used, 72 Display timer, 60 Double beep, 62 E Edit Bar — Button Menu Options, 84 Edit Bar — Quit Editor option, 130 Edit butt[...]

18 6 Index VPXpress ViewPoint System De sign/Programming Software Program Protected, 119 Protected setup, 63 Put on top, 99 R Related Instruction Manuals, 2 Rename, 126 Resize, 85 Resizing a button, 26 RGB Setup, 118 RGB Setup page without hardware support, 119 RSSI, 69, 81 S Save, 98 Save default, 98 Server devices, 70, 81 Server version, 69 Set d[...]

VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Pr ogramming Software Program Index 187 ViewPoint Color Wireless Touch Panels, 1 ViewPoint Models, 1 ViewPoint Specifications, 173 ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels, 1 ViewPort Docking Station, 10 Specifications, 177 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Specifications, 175 VPA-CHG, 8 VPA-CHG FastCycle Battery Charger, 8 [...]

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