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Touch Panels and Accessories

ViewPoint

Wireless Touch Panels (Extended Range)
(Firmware version G3)

Summary of Contents for ViewPoint NetWave Series

Page 1: ...instruction manual Touch Panels and Accessories ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Extended Range Firmware version G3...

Page 2: ...RMA is cancelled will be refused AMX is not responsible for products returned without a valid RMA number AMX Corporation is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its...

Page 3: ...ing the Device Used 8 Adding a page 8 Setting the page color 8 Adding a button 8 Resizing a button 8 Button Properties 9 Setting the channel code 9 Setting the variable text code 10 Setting the page f...

Page 4: ...turing IR functions Standard Capture mode 42 Capturing IR functions Special SP mode 42 Capturing difficult functions using P5 P7 modes 43 IRIS display characters and P1 P7 mode settings 43 Verifying I...

Page 5: ...ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels are shipped to operate on a standard frequency of 418 MHz RF and user selectable 38 KHz or 455 KHz IR frequencies The ViewPoints can be ordered for different RF operati...

Page 6: ...s hours with full back lighting VPN CP 5 continuous hours 13 5 VDC 2 8 A Power Consumption 1 3 A 13 5 VDC Operating Frequency RF VPT CP IR VPT CP RF VPN CP 418 MHz standard other frequencies available...

Page 7: ...ing jack on the side of the ViewPoint 2 Connect the DB 9 end of the programming cable FIG 2 to the female DB 9 connector on the DB 9 extension cable FG10 727 3 Connect the female DB 9 terminal end of...

Page 8: ...0 water FIG 2 ViewPoint connectors Power jack Programming jack Stereo plug male DB 9 connector Cable FG10 817 to cable FG10 727 ViewPoint to PC programming cable It is recommended that you do not atte...

Page 9: ...types include rectangles and other geometric shapes that you can create with the touch panel editor Buttons are set with attributes which means there is feedback for the Controller when you touch the...

Page 10: ...entry display Status buttons Status buttons always have a dark fill with light letters and have no functionality except to display information Operation bars Operation bars appear in the place of the...

Page 11: ...when enabled as shown in FIG 5 5 Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page now in Edit mode 6 Press EXIT again to return to the Main page The EDIT button appears at th...

Page 12: ...nter the number of devices being used by the touch panel 3 Press Enter to save the value Adding a page 1 Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu 2 Press ADD to open the keyboard and enter a n...

Page 13: ...Properties page press DEV to open the keypad and set the touch panel s device number 2 Enter 1 2 3 or 4 in the keypad The programming software uses device codes 1 4 to identify the touch panel The Vie...

Page 14: ...e PAGE FLIP Type button FIG 7 in the Button Properties page to open the Page Flip Type menu 2 Select a Page Flip type If you select FLIP PREVIOUS in the Page FLIP Type menu the FLIP to Page button app...

Page 15: ...ign3 project file 1 Then 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...

Page 16: ...ay not work properly Joysticks are vertical and horizontal direction controllers you can use for camera for pan and tilt control Adding a bargraph or joystick button Create a new button using the ADD...

Page 17: ...device number close the keypad and return to the Button Properties page 4 Press NUM to open a keypad and set the level number assigned to the device 5 Enter a number 1 8 Each device can range from 1...

Page 18: ...Designing Touch Panel Pages 14 VIewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

Page 19: ...ation 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...

Page 20: ...all IR codes from the panel Commands such as LZAP and ZAP can be used as both Serial Commands or Send_Commands RESET Cycles power on the touch panel Syntax RESET Example RESET Cycles the power on the...

Page 21: ...Clears all memory and erases all buttons pages drawings and symbols Only use the ZAP command to erase the saved data in the touch panel data cannot be recovered after it is erased System Send_Commands...

Page 22: ...the display AKEYR Closes opens the touch panel key board pad Syntax AKEYR Example SEND_COMMAND TP AKEYR Closes the keyboard keypad opened using the AKEYB AKEYP or PKEYP commands BAUD Sets the program...

Page 23: ...l s date to February 8 1998 and time to 7 16 p m DBEEP Gives a double beep output This command only works if the Double Beep value in the Protected Setup page is set to On Syntax DBEEP Example SEND_CO...

Page 24: ...a specific popup page Syntax PPOF page name Variable page name 1 50 ASCII characters Example SEND_COMMAND TP PPOF Popup Page 1 Closes Popup Page 1 PPON Opens a specific popup page Syntax PPON page na...

Page 25: ...P2 PAGE TP1_BUFFER CLEAR_BUFFER TP1_BUFFER IF FIND_STRING TP1_BUFFER PPON 1 OR FIND_STRING TP1_BUFFER PPOF 1 SEND_COMMAND TP2 TP1_BUFFER CLEAR_BUFFER TP1_BUFFER IF LENGTH_STRING TP2_BUFFER IF FIND_STR...

Page 26: ...he new net work communica tion retry value for the panel and SoftROM Syntax XMRT number Variable number 1 15 ASCII characters Example SEND_COMMAND TP XMRT 9 Sets the XMODEM wait for character retries...

Page 27: ...8 83 Aqua 30 35 More Grey 84 86 Cyan 36 41 Black 87 Royal 42 47 Transparent 255 Font Styles and Programming Numbers No Font styles No Font styles 1 Extra small 5 Extra large 2 Small 6 Hollow medium 3...

Page 28: ...specified color This works only if the specified background color is not the same as the current color Syntax CBN variable text address color_number Variables variable text address 1 255 color number...

Page 29: ...ack text color to the speci fied color This only works if the specified background color is not the same as the current color Syntax CTF variable text address color_number Variables variable text addr...

Page 30: ...port Control Laser Disc Control Page Deactivates the Laser Disc 2 Transport Control popup page on the Laser Disc Control Page If a page name is empty the current page is used If the popup page is part...

Page 31: ...h panel to redraw the screen SSL Changes the Sleep string sent to the Controller when the touch panel activates sleep mode Syntax SSL string Variable string alphanumeric characters Example SEND_COMMAN...

Page 32: ...F Red three shades from brightest BORDER COLOR ON Red brightest BORDER COLOR OFF Red brightest TEXT COLOR ON White brightest TEXT COLOR OFF White two shades from brightest CBOFF Sets the OFF feedback...

Page 33: ...lor to the specified color Syntax CPAGE color_number page name Variables color number See the Colors and Programming Numbers table on page 23 page name 1 50 ASCII characters page names are case sensit...

Page 34: ...to Off BTON Sets a specific button s active state to On Syntax BTON variable text address Variable variable text address 1 255 Example SEND_COMMAND TP BTON128 Sets the state for button 128 to On C Set...

Page 35: ...llow medium FONT Changes the font size or style of the text in a specific button Syntax FONT variable text address font size style Variables variable text address The number of the variable text butto...

Page 36: ...variable text address 1 255 new button text Enter button text to appear on button Example SEND_COMMAND TP TEXT2 VCR PLAY Sets the VCR and PLAY text on variable button 2 The character places VCR on a...

Page 37: ...n state fill color C2 off state fill color C3 on state border color C4 off state border color C5 on state text color C6 off state text color Example SEND_COMMAND TP BMF 255 T POWER ON B 4 C1 72 Sets t...

Page 38: ...riable text address 1 255 icon file number 1 255 Example SEND_COMMAND TP ICO 16 12 Adds icon 12 on button 16 Setting the icon value to 0 clears the appearance of the icon JUS Sets the text alignment o...

Page 39: ...ear on the button Example SEND_COMMAND TP TXT 2 VCR PLAY Sets the VCR and PLAY text on variable button 2 The character places VCR on a text line above PLAY on the button UNI Adds Unicode text to a but...

Page 40: ...ut actually puts a wavepack to sleep Syntax SL Example SL Activates sleep mode on a wireless touch panel ViewPoint or other panel using a SmartPack WavePack SP Sends data out through the serial port o...

Page 41: ...nd itself VPN panel issues WORKING to its serial port It will be sent as SP WORKING TPI receives the command and responds to the VPN panel by telling it to set the Main page background to white Thus c...

Page 42: ...keyboard P 2 9 5 1 CR P 2 24 5 1 CR P 3 27 5 1 CR P 4 9 5 1 CR Using this as a reference the following explains what happens when a section of the string is executed P 2 9 5 1 An IR push is sent to de...

Page 43: ...the new IR file When this option is selected the Manufacturer field is enabled and the File Name field is disabled since the generated file name will automatically contain the Manufacturer name refer...

Page 44: ...System Generated File Names are slightly different for IR files than for other System files If you are familiar with the IRLIB program you ll recognize that NetLinx Studio treats them the same way Gen...

Page 45: ...must be configured with the settings listed in the table below Set the PC s communication rate via the Com Properties dialog box select Master Comm Settings in the Tools menu and click Configure in t...

Page 46: ...hat the function has been captured Then 01 appears and the READY and VERIFY LEDs light 9 Hold the hand control approximately three inches from the IR capture window Press and hold the same key on the...

Page 47: ...SEND pushbuttons at the same time to toggle the selected P mode to ON The P modes are now set in the IRIS unit 4 Perform steps 7 through 9 underCapturing IR functions Standard Capture modethree times...

Page 48: ...e dialog box 3 By default the Device Port and System numbers are all set to zero You can change these values if necessary The Function and ID fields are read only displays of the selected IR Function...

Page 49: ...d IR File Double click any item in the Find IRL tab to open the selected IR file Right click to open the Find IRL context menu same as the Build Find and Diagnostics tabs with one exception use the Ad...

Page 50: ...attern toolbar buttons to go to the previous or next pulse pattern in the Waveform view These options are only available if the selected function contains more than one pulse pattern i e functions cap...

Page 51: ...e right arrow key move to the BAUD RATE column Then use the up down arrow keys to select the interface communications speed and press ENTER Be sure the BAUD RATE selections match the setting on the Co...

Page 52: ...Upgrading the Firmware 48 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

Page 53: ...iewPoint touch panel When a ViewPoint is placed in the docking station s cradle the ViewPoint makes contact with the charging pins and power is supplied by the docking station FIG 8 ViewPort Docking S...

Page 54: ...tery can be removed from the ViewPoint and placed into the battery compartment of the ViewPort Docking Station VPA DS Charging of the battery within the compartment and the battery within the ViewPoin...

Page 55: ...PSN2 8 power supply The RED LED does not turn Off when the ViewPoint is attached because the ViewPort is still charging the installed battery AND is still supplying voltage to the ViewPoint contacts...

Page 56: ...VPA DS ViewPort Docking Station 52 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

Page 57: ...nd the battery temperature is below a preset limit Usually this test only lasts for a couple of seconds If however the temperature is too high it will wait until the temperature is within specs to beg...

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