Programming
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4" Color Touch Panels with Audio
Programming
You can program the touch panel, using the commands in this section, to perform a wide variety of
operations using Axcess Send_Commands and variable text commands. Use the commands
described in this section to program the touch panel.
Serial Commands
Serial Commands are used in the AxcessX Terminal Emulator mode. These commands are not case
sensitive.
Serial Commands
?LSCV
Displays the dim
room cutoff value.
Syntax:
"?LSCV"
Example:
?LSCV
Requests the value currently set for the upper limit assigned to a dim room. A room with a
light level above this, is categorized as a normal lit room. The default value is set at 66 and
the range is 0-255.
?PAR
Returns panel
parameters to the
PC terminal.
Panel parameters include: firmware version, device number, mouse type, output
resolution, number of devices, cursor enable, brightness, and contrast.
Syntax:
"?PAR"
Example:
?PAR
Requests the information.
$SC
Sends a serial
port
send_command
within a panel, as
if sent from
Axcess.
Syntax:
"$SC <device offset>,"’<send_command>,<variable
text #>,<data>’""
Variables:
device offset = Device number
variable text # = The variable text number value on the touch panel.
Example:
$SC 1,"’@TXT’,2,’TEXT’"
The string is sends the command to put text on a button with a variable text value of 2. It is
crucial that all the correct ’ and " be used with no spaces after the commas.
Example:
$SC 1,"’SLEEP’"
Sets a touch panel to sleep.
CALIBRATE
Starts touch panel
calibration.
Syntax:
"CALIBRATE"
Example:
CALIBRATE
Starts the calibration sequence mode on the touch panel.
