Defining the Navigation for UI Devices
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Repeat this process to add all of the events that you want to control from this keypad.
Consider using separators to drop a horizontal line between events on the Sub Menu, to separate
functions or sets of functions:
To add a separator, click on
[Add Menu Item]
in the Sub Menu window (of the Keypad Fixed Menu
Editor dialog).
1.
Click
Add
to open the Add Sub Menu Item dialog.
2.
Select the
Separator
radio button (note that a horizontal line is indicated in the Item Caption field).
3.
Click
OK
.
Generating The KeypadBuilder Project (*.KPB) File For Keypads
1.
With a Keypad UI tab selected, select
Keypad > Generate KeypadBuilder Project
(or click the
toolbar button).
This selection opens the Generate KeypadBuilder Project dialog, where you can edit the name and
target directory for the resulting KPB project file.
By default, the KPB file is named as follows:
VA Project Name - Keypad Name.KPB
2.
Edit the file name and target directory as desired, and click
Save
to generate the KPB project file.
Once it has been created, this project file can be opened and edited in the KeypadBuilder
application (available for free download from www.amx.com). Select the Open Project In
KeypadBuilder option to automatically open the resulting file once it is generated.
Refer to the KeypadBuilder on-line help for details.
Defining Remote Control Button Properties
Once you have added a Remote to the system diagram, a Remote UI tab is created for that keypad. Note
that when you select a Remote UI tab, the Remote Toolbar is displayed.
The Remote UI tab displays an image that indicates the button layout, for the six customizable buttons
available on the remotes. Note that the button layout is identical for both remotes (click below for
example):
·Mio R-1, Mio R-2
To define the button properties for Remotes, use the Button Properties fields in the Device Properties
Window to assign a Button Name and specify the Text to be presented on each button:
1.
Click on a button in the Remote UI diagram. This action displays the properties for the selected
button in the Device Properties window.
2.
Enter a text label for the selected button in the
Button Name
field of the Device Properties window.
The button name is for use within VA only, and is intended to assist in developing unique
descriptive names. This is not the text that will be engraved on the button (see Engraving Text
below).
3.
Enter the text that you want to have engraved on the selected button in the
Engraving Text
field. To
enter text, click inside the text field and type directly into the field. Alternatively, click on the
browse button (...) to access the Enter Text dialog - enter the desired text and click
OK
to save.
4.
Select the font to use for the engraved text from the
Engraving Font
drop-down menu (AMX Icon
2 (for symbols), Arial, Arial Narrow or Arial Unicode MS).
There is a maximum of 10 characters per button.
