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Remote Button Properties
When you select a button in a Remote UI diagram, the following additional Remote Button Properties
fields appear in the Properties window:
Button Name
- 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).
Engraving Text
- Enter the text that you want to have engraved on the selected button in this
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 button text and click
OK to save.
Engraving Font
- Select AMX Icon 2 (for symbols), or Arial, Arial Narrow or Arial Unicode
MS for text from the drop down menu.
AMX Icons2 provides various control-oriented icons that can be engraved on the buttons.
Click here for a character map for AMX Icon 2.
The VA Engraving module supports the fonts included in the supported OS (System)
languages. You must have the language loaded on you OS and then use Arial Unicode
MS to render the text on the button.
Supported System Languages
English (US)
French
Spanish
German
Russian
Engraving Scale
- Select a scale factor to apply to the engraved text on the selected keypad
button (default = 1.0, or 100%).
0.5 = 50%
0.6 = 60%
0.7 = 70%
0.8 = 80%
0.9 = 90%
1.0 = 100% (default)
FIG. 113
Remote Button Properties Window
There is a maximum of 10 characters per button.