Designing Touch Panel Pages
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4" Color Touch Panels with Audio
Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button
1.
Press
BUTTON
on the Edit bar to open the
BUTTON
menu.
2.
Press
TEXT/IMAGE
to add text to the button. The
TEXT/IMAGE
operation bar appears.
3.
Press any button to open the Text/Image page.
4.
Go through each option and set as desired:
TEXT OFF
and
TEXT ON
sets the text for the button's Off and On state.
ICON OFF
and
ICON ON
sets the icon for the button's Off and On state.
BITMAP OFF
and
BITMAP ON
sets the bitmap for the button's Off and On state.
MAKE ON SAME AS OFF
sets the On and Off properties the same.
5.
Press
EXIT SAVE CHANGE
to close the Text/Image page and return to the Main page.
Creating a Bargraph and Joystick
Bargraphs are level monitors and adjustable level controls. These levels can be configured to
monitor and adjust audio outputs and lighting levels.
Joysticks are vertical and horizontal direction controllers you can use for things such as camera pan
and tilt control. Before starting, make sure to connect the touch panel to your Controller; otherwise,
the joystick will not work properly.
Adding a bargraph or joystick button
Create a new button using the Add operation bar in the
BUTTON
menu.
1.
Press
BUTTON
in the Edit bar to open the
BUTTON
menu.
2.
Press
PROPERTIES
in the Button menu to open the
PROPERTIES
operation bar.
3.
Press any button to open the Button Properties page.
4.
Press
BUTTON TYPE
to open the
BUTTON
menus. Choose a button type to open its Button
Properties page.
Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties
Use the Button Properties page to set channel, level, and button colors. Refer to the
Setting the
variable text code
section on page 32 and the
Setting the channel code
section on page 31 for
further information. Refer to the
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions
section on
page 32 for more information on colors for channel-off conditions.
You cannot create or edit buttons with Unicode fonts on the panel. Any use of the
TEXT/IMAGE button to alter or create Unicode font supported buttons must be done
in the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design Program.