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SmartPad LCD
™
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BUILDING A PAGE (WORKING WITH GTL’S)
A
GTL
(Graphical Touch Link) is in plain terms, a
graphical button
that can be pressed to initiate a macro of IR
and/or RS232 commands or to call up a page of additional GTL’s. A
Source GTL
will
always
call up a page of
Function GTL’s
and can also have a Macro associated with it if so desired. A
Function GTL
can initiate a
macro, call up an
additional
page of Function GTL’s, or
do both
with the same touch of the GTL. (i.e. Creating a
Menu GTL
can initiate a macro to call up a menu screen from a DVD player or Media Server to be displayed on
a video monitor,
AND
call up an additional page on the SPLCD screen containing the Cursor GTL Buttons used
to navigate the DVD Menu.)
NOTE:
When programming a
SPLCD64v
, the
Full Screen Video Mode
can be modified to display an actual
DVD
or
Media Server Menu
on the
SPLCD
and overlay
Transparent Button GTL’s
allowing control of the
actual
DVD
or
Media Server Menu
from the
SPLCD64v
.
Placing Source GTL’s
1.
With the
Background
placed in the
System Window
, in the
Graphics Palette,
click the
Sources Tab
to
display the
Source Buttons
associated with the selected
Background Style
. If using a
different style
Source GTL
, select the
Source GTL Style
from the
pull-down
. The
Source Button
options
for a given
Style
will be displayed in the
Graphics Palette
, with the
Image Attributes
of a selected
Source Button
indicated directly below.
(Figure 22)
2.
In the
System Window
, click the
Grid Icon
to activate the
GTL Alignment Grid
. If desired, (and highly
recommended), also click the
Snap-to Grid Icon
. This will automatically snap same size/shape buttons into
horizontal and vertical alignment on the grid for a professional look.)
3.
Select a desired
Source Button
(i.e. DVD, SAT, MSRV etc.) and
drag-and-drop
the
Source GTL
onto the
Background.
NOTE:
If a
Source Button
with a particular legend (DVD, SAT, etc.) is
not
shown in the list, select a
Blank
Source Button
(no lettering on the GTL) and drag it onto the Background.
Blank GTL’s
can be edited and
customized for text and color. See Section:
Editing GTL Properties
below for instructions.
4.
Once on the
Grid
, the
GTL
can be placed anywhere on the screen. To move the
GTL
either click and drag
to the proper placement, or simply select the
GTL
with the mouse and then use the
arrow keys
on the
PC
Keyboard
to move the
GTL
to the proper placement.
NOTE: GTL X/Y Coordinates
are displayed in the
Information Bar
at the bottom of the Universal Dragon
Screen. The
Snap-to Grid
will align same-size/same-shape GTL’s, but when mixing GTL’s of
different
styles, sizes and shapes, it is sometimes more effective to turn the Snap-to function
off
and use the
X/Y
Coordinates
for reference in aligning
GTL’s
. For fine movement of GTL’s, click a
GTL
and use the
arrow
keys
on the
PC Keyboard
.
5.
Repeat
Steps 3-4
for all
Source Buttons
.
NOTE:
When a
Source GTL
is placed on the screen, a new
Page
is automatically inserted for placing
Function GTL’s
associated with that
Source
. Multiple pages can be inserted for a single source as
needed. Individual Pages are shown in the
Product Overview Window Tree View
. (See Section:
Inserting Pages
for additional information
.
)
Home Page
When placing
Function Button GTL’s
, it is very important to plan the locations of buttons that will be used on
all
pages, such as
Volume, Mute
and
Power
. The easiest way to do this is to click the
Home Page Icon
in the
System Window
. This will change what is displayed in the
System Window
to the top level of the SPLCD
Project showing only
Source GTL’s
and
Function GTL’s
that are to appear on
all
pages. Place these types of
buttons first, and then select a
Source
and place the specific
Function GTL’s
for the
Source Page
being
configured, so you don’t have to go back and rearrange work that has already been done.
Page Up
and
Page
Down
will not necessarily appear on all pages, but plan ahead and leave a consistent space on each page for
these important navigation buttons when needed.
NOTE 1: Function GTL’s
placed on the
Home Page
appear on
all
Pages.
Any change
to a
GTL
on the
Home
Page
will affect that
GTL
on
all
Pages. If a
particular
Function GTL
is
not
to appear on
all
Pages,
do not
place
it on the
Home Page
, rather
manually
place and position that
Function GTL
on the
desired
Pages.
Source
GTL’s
will
always
appear on
all
pages except as indicated in
NOTE: 2
.
NOTE 2:
All
Source
and
Function GTL’s
placed on the
Home Page
are
turned off
in
Full Screen Video Mode
on the
SPLCD64v
.