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RCP-QE User Guide (v02) Setting Up the RCP-QE • 4–17
The Button Configuration Box
The available button functions are listed in the Button configuration box. Click a button on the simulated panel to
open the Button configuration box. Selecting a function from the button list will display the configurable aspects of
that particular function to the right of the list. The following universal fields are also available in the Button
configuration box:
Auto-Advance — select this check box to automatically select the next button on the panel. This function advances
across the panel from left to right, top to bottom.
Maintain Selection — select the this check box if the Auto-Advance check box is selected and you wish to remain
on the selected button.
Quick Find — type a function into the box to rapidly access that function from the button list.
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• the available functions, refer to Table 4.3 .
Breakaway A predefined group of router levels assigned to a button. You select a breakaway as part of making a
switch. For more information see, “
Setting Up Breakaways ” on page 4–12 and “ Assigning a
Breakaway Button ” on page 4–20.
If a level button is assigned for one or all of the router levels in a breakaway, then the level buttons
corresponding to the router levels in the breakaway are illuminated when the breakaway button is
selected. The level buttons do not illuminate when the default breakaway is selected.
The breakaway button displays a breakaway warning when a switch that causes a breakaway error is
made, except for the default breakaway (Breakaway 1).
If you change the level pattern in DashBoard, a breakaway button must be pressed on the panel for
the new level assignment to take effect.
If you want to view the levels used in the current breakaway, hold the breakaway button (see
“
Viewing the Breakaways Assigned to an RCP-QE ” on page 5–2). For help reading the levels
from the hexadecimal expression, see Table 7.1 .
Macro A sequence of events (e.g. switches) that are assigned to a button. For more information, see
“
Assigning a Macro Button ” on page 4–21.
Menu Link A link that accesses a predefined menu via a single button. For more information, see “ Setting Up
Menus ” on page 4–13 and “ Assigning a Menu Link Button ” on page 4–25.
Menu Navigate A specific menu destination assigned to a button. You can set the button to return to Menu Number
1 ( Home ), the next or previously visited menu, or go up or down a menu as defined on the Menu
Details tab in the Panel Configuration editor.
If XPoint Layer is selected, you can cycle through the current breakaway, destination, and source on
any visible crosspoint buttons by repeatedly pressing the navigation button. The navigation button
shows the current layer.
For more information, see “
Assigning Menu Navigation to a Button ” on page 4–25.
Display A status report that is displayed on a button. For example, if you choose to display the current
output, then this button shows the output label for the currently selected destination. For more
information see “
Assigning a Display to a Button ” on page 4–26.
Clear Key A label ( UN-ASN ) indicating that the button does not have any of the button functions assigned to it
and therefore does nothing when pressed. Select it to clear a button of any function assignment. For
more information, see “
Clearing a Function from a Button ” on page 4–27.
Salvo A salvo is a predefined list of switch events and is executed when a salvo button is pressed. Note that
salvos are only applicable if the RCP-QE is connected to an Ultrix router.
Table 4.3 Functions that can be assigned to buttons on the RCP-QE (Continued)
Function Description