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Designing Touch Panel Pages
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5.5" Color Passive Mini-Touch Panels
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions
1.
Press any button to open the Button Properties page.
2.
Press
BORDER
under
CHANNEL OFF
in the Button Properties page. The color palette appears.
Select a color to set as the border.
3.
Press the
FILL
button in the Button Properties page to open the palette. Select a color to set as
the fill.
4.
Press the
TEXT
button to open the palette. Select a color to use for the text.
5.
Press
EXIT SAVE CHANGE
in the Button Properties page to save the new button properties and
return to the current page.
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.
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts
TPDesign3 allows you to download bitmaps, icons, and fonts into your touch panel from an
existing touch panel program. Touch Panel programs are created in the TPDesign3 software
program. Refer to the
TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program
instruction manual for more information.
Use the
Download to Panel
button to download a project file.
To download bitmaps, icons and/or fonts from an existing TPDesign3 project file:
1.
Launch the TPDesign3 software program and open a project file that contains the desired
bitmaps, icons, and fonts.
2.
Select
File
from the menu bar to open the File menu.
3.
In the File menu, click on
Download to Panel
; this opens the Download to Panel dialog box.
4.
Click on the Comm Settings tab to set the communications port, baud rate, and other
communication settings.
5.
Then, click the Actions tab to set the communication mode and select which elements of the
project file you want to download to the touch panel.
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.