Defining the Navigation for UI Devices
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Be sure to use one of the exit nodes on the Mode and Navigation elements to connect back to
the Start Device. This will provide the end-user with a button that brings them back to the
Start page (FIG. 99).
Connecting UI Elements - Features
Features elements are panel pages containing buttons that represent specific device functions.
Features elements (in the Touch Panel UI diagram) provide the end user the ability to access a specific
set of features for a third-party controlled device.
Connecting UI Elements - Placeholders
Placeholder elements (in the Touch Panel UI diagram) provide empty pages to which
functionality can be added in TPDesign4 after the panel project is generated (FIG. 100).
Placeholders can be thought of as specialized device interfaces that have no function. As such,
you can include one or more of these in their project as if it were a device interface.
Placeholders can only be connected between Navigation elements and Features and/or Sub-
Features elements.
FIG. 98
Each Mode Providing Access A Separate Navigation Element
FIG. 99
Using One Of The Exit Nodes On The Mode And Navigation Elements To Connect Back To The Start Device
FIG. 100
Placeholder Element
Each placeholder must be named uniquely.