Programming
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8.5" Black and White Touch Panels
Button String Commands
The table below lists string commands you can assign to buttons by using the touch panel editor.
Select the PROPERTIES option in the Edit bar, press the target button, and
enter the string
command with the Touch Panel keyboard
.The string command is sent to the control system
when you press the button.
Button String Commands
$ID
Sets the group ID
number (including
that of the Wave-
Pack).
Syntax:
"$ID,<group ID>"
Variables:
group ID = 0 (Off) - 15
Example:
$ID 15
Sets the Group ID to 15.
$CU
Turns the cursor
display On and
Off.
Syntax:
"$CU <cursor value>"
Variable:
cursor value = 0 (Off) and 1 (On)
Example:
$CU 0
Turns the cursor Off.
$SC
Sends a serial
port
send_command
within a panel, as
if sent from
Axcess.
Syntax:
"$SC <device offset>,"’<send_command>,<variable
text #>,<data>’""
Variables:
device offset = Device number
variable text # = The variable text number value on the touch panel.
data = 0 - 59 characters
Example:
$SC 1,"’@TXT’,2,’TEXT’"
The string sends the command to put text on a button with a variable text value of 2.
Its crucial that all the correct ’ and " be placed with no spaces after commas.
$SL
Activates sleep
mode on the
touch panel.
Syntax:
"$SL"
Example:
$SL
Activates sleep mode on the touch panel.
$ST
Sets the idle time
to activate sleep
mode for a touch
panel in 1-minute
increments.
When the touch panel’s input time matches the sleep time, the panel goes to sleep.
Syntax:
"$ST<sleep timeout>"
Variable:
sleep timeout = 1 (Off) - 120 (in minutes)
Example:
$ST 5
Sets the touch panel’s sleep time to 5 minutes.
