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device being tested for the proper communication settings). Click on PREFERENCES and verify
the proper Com Port is selected of the PC for communicating with the SPLCD Display)
4. Click on the command string to be tested on the left-hand side of the RS232 Palette Editor.
Note:
Only commands with the
icon will be able to be tested.
5. The Device or Component connected should respond accordingly. If not, check the command string
entered and port settings in the Test RS232 Settings window. If still having problems see the
Trouble Shooting section to verify RS232 communication.
6. Test all Command Stings in this fashion before placing into a Palette File.
CREATING AN RS232 PALETTE FILE
A Palette File is a file of learned commands that is ready to be placed onto the SPLCD Display under a GTL
button. These files can be shared with the MRC-88 system as well as all future versions of Dragon Drop-IR™
RS232 capable products. Therefore the procedure of learning and testing these commands and creating the
Palette file for an individual source component only needs to be done once. This file can now be added to a
library of files that you create or download from our web site and used at any time in the future for later projects.
1. After Dragon has learned the commands for that Source, select “ADD>>”. The ADD button text will turn
red.
2. Click on a function (i.e. PLAY) to be added to the palette. A “NEW PALETTE” window will open. Type in
a file name (i.e. Escient-CD) and click “SAVE”.
3. “PLAY”
will
appear in the right-hand side of the Palette Editor window with the
icon.
4. Click on all functions to be added to ESCIENT-CD Command Palette
5. Click the “CLOSE” button on Palette Editor. Palette Editor will close. ESCIENT-CD.RSL will be saved to
the hard drive.
7. Repeat steps 1-9 in ‘Using the RS232 Palette Editor’ and steps 1-5 in ‘Creating an RS232 Palette
File’ for all RS232 components to be used with SmartPAD LCD™.
Figure 26: Creating an RS232 Palette File