GENERAL
TOUCHDOWN® is a color LCD touch
panel that provides a stunning, dedi-
cated user interface to your Dataton
TRAX control system. Use TOUCH-
DOWN as a powerful controller, replac-
ing the Macintosh computer in the show
rig, or as a panel controlled by a TRAX
system.
You design the TOUCHDOWN user
interface in Dataton TRAX, available free
from www.dataton.com
When TOUCHDOWN replaces the com-
puter in a rig, the TRAX show is
stored on a SmartMedia card. The card
then slots into TOUCHDOWN. When
TOUCHDOWN is used as a panel
device in TRAX, functions are down-
loaded from TRAX via a SMARTPAX QC.
TOUCHDOWN can be loaded with up
to 99 panel pages of buttons, sliders,
indicators, and images. It offers VGA
resolution (640
×
480 pixels) with 8
bit color. The thin film transistor display
ensures high brightness and optimized
viewing angles.
TOUCHDOWN can play back MP3
audio with its built-in loudspeaker, and
source balanced audio to an amplifier.
You can also plug in earphones or a
headset to the TOUCHDOWN.
SMARTMEDIA CARD
The programmed SmartMedia card slots
into the TOUCHDOWN with the gold
surface face up. The card should not
be visible from the front of the TOUCH-
DOWN. To remove a card, push it down
into the slot again with the tip of your
fingernail or a small screwdriver. The
card will then pop up.
CONNECTION
Use TOUCHDOWN CABLE, article
number: 3467 to connect TOUCH-
DOWN to the Dataton system.
The TOUCHDOWN CABLE has three
connectors. Two of them provide bal-
anced audio to an amplifier. The third
may be used in two ways.
When TOUCHDOWN is used as the
show brain, the third connector plugs
into the IN jack on the first SMARTPAX
QC in the rig. If the TOUCHDOWN
is used as a panel device, the TOUCH-
DOWN CABLE connects to a SYSTEM
IN SMARTLINK (article no: 3477). The
SYSTEM IN SMARTLINK then plugs into
the device port on the SMARTPAX QC.
Extend with SYSTEM CABLE.
TOUCHDOWN PRODUCER KIT, article
no: 3651, includes accessory cables
and a SmartMedia writer/reader.
POWER SUPPLY
TOUCHDOWN will normally receive
power from SMARTPAX QC; from the
IN connector when the TOUCHDOWN
replaces the show computer, and from
the device port when TOUCHDOWN is
used as a controlled panel.
Supply power independently:
• When you have more than 5m
between the SMARTPAX QC and
the TOUCHDOWN.
• When you want to connect more
than one TOUCHDOWN to the same
SMARTPAX QC unit.
• When there are other devices con-
nected and powered from the same
SMARTPAX QC.
To supply power separately, use a 12V
DC ADAPTOR, article number 3334.
One end of the adaptor plugs into a
regular power outlet and the other into
the power jack on the upper edge of the
TOUCHDOWN.
25m maximum (80 feet
)
TOUCHDOWN
CABLE
TOUCHDOWN used to replace
TRAX show control computer
Plug into amp for
balanced audio
