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Electroluminescent LCD Touch Panels
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Product Information .................................................................................................1
Specifications .................................................................................................................... 1
Installation .................................................................................................................3
Mounting the Touch Panel ................................................................................................ 3
Decor style panels with low-profile Back Boxes....................................................................... 3
Installing touch panels and a BB-TP1 Back Box (solid surface) .............................................. 4
Installing touch panels and a BB-TP1 Back Box (plasterboard) .............................................. 6
Rack-mount panels .................................................................................................................. 7
Wiring the Touch Panel ..................................................................................................... 8
Preparing captive wires............................................................................................................ 8
Wiring guidelines...................................................................................................................... 8
Using AXlink for data and power.............................................................................................. 9
Using the AXlink for data with a 12 VDC power supply ........................................................... 9
Using the (DB-9) RS-232 connector for mouse control or data ............................................. 10
Designing Touch Panel Pages ..............................................................................11
Buttons ............................................................................................................................ 11
Activating Edit Mode........................................................................................................ 12
Setting the Device Base .................................................................................................. 14
Setting the Device Used.................................................................................................. 14
Adding a Page................................................................................................................. 14
Setting the page color ............................................................................................................ 14
Adding a Button............................................................................................................... 14
Resizing a button ................................................................................................................... 14
Defining On-Screen and External Button Properties....................................................... 15
Setting the channel code........................................................................................................ 15
Setting the variable text code................................................................................................. 16
Setting the page flip ............................................................................................................... 16
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions ............................................................... 16
Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button ........................................................................... 17
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts............................................. 17
Creating a Bargraph and Joystick ................................................................................... 18
Adding a bargraph or joystick button\..................................................................................... 18
Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties ....................................................................... 18
Setting the level code............................................................................................................. 18
Programming ..........................................................................................................19
System Send_Commands............................................................................................... 19