Setting Device Properties
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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
- Click inside the text field to enable Up and Down arrows to allow scaling
the selected button text up or down, in .10% increments (default = 1.0, or 100%).
Device Properties - Third-party Devices
Third-party devices are (non-AMX) controlled devices, selected via the Devices tab of the Toolbox.
There are two types of Third-Party devices:
Module-Supported Devices
- Devices that are listed by name in the Devices tab are module-
supported. These devices are supported by Duet Modules that are packaged with VA that
provide device and control information.
DDDP Devices
- Every device category in the Devices tab of the Toolbox contains a listing for
"DDDP Device".
DDDP stands for Dynamic Device Discovery Protocol. DDDP devices are automatically
detected by the NetLinx Master when they are connected and powered-up. The following
properties are displayed for DDDP devices.
The following display-only properties are available for third-party devices:
Name
- This is the (default) system name for the selected device. Click inside this row to edit
the element name; note that the device Name cannot contain any Unicode characters.
Comments
- Click inside this row to add any developer's comments regarding this device.
There is a maximum of 10 characters per button.
By default, DDDP Devices always connect to the NetLinx Master via Ethernet 10/
100T connection, as indicated in the Connection Type field of the Device Properties
window. You can select another Ethernet connection type, or RS-232 as the
Connection Type for DDDP devices.