AMX G3 User manual

instruction manual
To u c h Pa n e l s a n d A c c e s s o r i e s
G3 Firmware
Touch Panel Design and Reference

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Table of Contents
Product Information .................................................................................................1
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts............................................... 1
Working with Unicode Fonts.............................................................................................. 2
Unicode in TPDesign ............................................................................................................... 2
Designing Touch Panel Pages ................................................................................5
Buttons .............................................................................................................................. 5
Activating Edit Mode.......................................................................................................... 6
Setting the Device Base .................................................................................................... 8
Setting the Device Used.................................................................................................... 8
Adding a Page................................................................................................................... 9
Setting the page color .............................................................................................................. 9
Adding a Button................................................................................................................. 9
Resizing a button ................................................................................................................... 10
Defining On-Screen and External Button Properties....................................................... 10
Setting the channel code........................................................................................................ 10
Setting the variable text code................................................................................................. 11
Setting the page flip ............................................................................................................... 11
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions ............................................................... 12
Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button ........................................................................... 12
Creating a Bargraph and Joystick ................................................................................... 12
Adding a bargraph button....................................................................................................... 13
Adding a joystick button ......................................................................................................... 13
Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties ....................................................................... 13
Setting the level code............................................................................................................. 13
Illumination, Sensor, and Audio Setup on a 4" Panel...................................................... 14
Feature Descriptions .............................................................................................................. 14
Adjusting the Sensors Setup Page ........................................................................................ 14
External CP4 PushButtons.............................................................................................. 17
Setting the External PushButton Illumination ......................................................................... 17
Illumination, Sensor, IR, and Audio Setup on a CP4/A Panel......................................... 18
Using the Adjust Sensors Setup Page on a CP4/A................................................................ 18
Using the Audio and IR Device Setup page on a CP4/A ....................................................... 20
External CP4/A PushButtons .......................................................................................... 22
Setting the pushbutton LED illumination ................................................................................ 22
CP4/A Feature Components ........................................................................................... 22
CP4/A Light Sensor................................................................................................................ 22

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CP4/A Passive Infrared Sensor ............................................................................................. 22
CP4/A IR Receiver................................................................................................................. 23
CP4/A Audio Tones................................................................................................................ 23
CP4/A Speaker Volume ......................................................................................................... 23
CP4/A Microphone ................................................................................................................. 23
Creating a Video Window on the AXB-TPI/3................................................................... 23
Adding a video window to a page .......................................................................................... 23
Setting the video window properties ...................................................................................... 24
Setting the input slot assignment ........................................................................................... 24
Fine Tuning the TPI/3 Video Window (RGB and VGA only) ........................................... 24
Adjusting the white balance ................................................................................................... 25
Adjusting horizontal size and tracking.................................................................................... 25
Adjust the image position on the screen ................................................................................ 26
Editor and Setup Reference ..................................................................................27
Setup Page ..................................................................................................................... 27
Protected Setup Page ..................................................................................................... 31
Edit Bar - Button Menu Options ...................................................................................... 37
Properties Page Features ............................................................................................... 42
General button types.............................................................................................................. 43
Joystick button types.............................................................................................................. 45
Vertical bargraph button types ............................................................................................... 46
Horizontal bargraph button types........................................................................................... 47
Brightness button types.......................................................................................................... 48
Time button types................................................................................................................... 49
Date button types................................................................................................................... 49
Keypad button types .............................................................................................................. 49
Keyboard button types ........................................................................................................... 49
Setup button types ................................................................................................................. 49
Video setup button types........................................................................................................ 50
Video window button types .................................................................................................... 51
Video joystick button types..................................................................................................... 51
RGB Setup button types ........................................................................................................ 52
Protected button types ........................................................................................................... 54
Sensor Setup button types..................................................................................................... 54
Properties Page - External Buttons................................................................................. 55
External buttons ..................................................................................................................... 55
Setting external button properties .......................................................................................... 55
Edit Bar - Page Menu options ......................................................................................... 55
Edit Bar - Quit Editor ....................................................................................................... 58

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Product Information
This manual contains information necessary to design touch panel pages using the on-board editor,
available on all touch panels equipped with G3 firmware. G3 refers to the touch panel firmware
version 3.xx or higher.
Using the on-board touch panel editor, you can create pages with buttons, icons, sliders, bargraphs,
time displays, joysticks, and background video.
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts
The TPDesign3 touch panel design program allows you to import bitmaps, icons, and fonts to your
touch panel from an existing touch panel project. Use the Download to Panel TPDesign3 feature to
download a project file to a touch panel.
The following steps describe how to download bitmaps, icons, and/or fonts from an existing
TPDesign3 project file.
1. Launch the TPDesign3 software program and open a project file containing the desired
bitmaps, icons, and fonts.
2. Select File > Download to Panel. This opens the Download to Panel dialog box.
3. Click the Comm Settings tab to set the communications port, baud rate, and other
communication settings.
4. Click the Actions tab to set the communication mode with the touch panel and select those
elements of the project file you want to download to the touch panel.
5. In the What To Send area, select one or more of the available options (Bitmaps, Icons, Fonts).
6. Select the mode of communication with the touch panel (AXlink or RS-232). After clicking
Connect, the AXlink window opens. The AXlink window displays the AXlink ID and
Available Panels fields. Confirm that the correct panel is selected by verifying the ID values
with the Base Address assigned to the touch panel in the Protected Setup page.
! The AXlink ID field displays the selected AXlink address.
! The Available Panels field lists the device addresses that are available.
7. Click Begin to download the project file to the touch panel. The bargraph at the bottom of the
Download To Panel dialog box indicates the progress of the download.
8. After completing the download, copy and paste buttons as needed. The bitmaps, icons and
fonts are now accessible via the BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus of the project used in
the Download to Panel process.
The default communication speed is 38.4 K for the baud rate.

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Working with Unicode Fonts
Fundamentally, computers just deal with numbers. They store letters and other characters by
assigning a number for each one. Before Unicode was invented, there were hundreds of different
encoding systems for assigning these numbers. No single encoding could contain enough
characters. For example, the European Union alone requires several different encodings to cover all
of it's languages. Even for a single language like English, no single encoding was adequate for all
the letters, punctuation, and technical symbols in common use.
These encoding systems also conflict with one another. That is, two encodings can use the same
number for two different characters, or use different numbers for the same character. Any given
computer (especially servers) needs to support many different encodings; yet whenever data is
passed between different encodings or platforms, that data always runs the risk of corruption.
The design of Unicode is based on the simplicity and consistency of ASCII, but goes far beyond
ASCII's limited ability to encode only the Latin alphabet. The Unicode Standard provides the
capacity to encode all of the characters used for the written languages of the world. To keep
character coding simple and efficient, the Unicode Standard assigns each character a unique
numeric value and name.
The original goal was to use a single 16-bit encoding that provides code points for more than
65,000 characters. While 65,000 characters are sufficient for encoding most of the many thousands
of characters used in major languages of the world, the Unicode standard and ISO/IEC 10646 now
support three encoding forms that use a common repertoire of characters but allow for encoding as
many as a million more characters. This is sufficient for all known character encoding
requirements, including full coverage of all historic scripts of the world, as well as, common
notational systems.
Unicode can use up to double word (32 bit) values to assign numbers to characters. That allows
character locations in the millions. Most characters are assigned values in word (2 byte, or 16 bit)
values. If you have a 32 bit Operating System like Windows NT, 2000, or XP, you can view fonts
that have many characters beyond the basic ASCII set up to 128 and the extended ASCII up to 255
characters. The use of the Windows utility "Character Map" will show you that fonts like Arial and
Tahoma have Hebrew and Arabic characters, as well as our normal Latin (English) alphabet.
Unicode in TPDesign
TPD3 does not truly have full support for Unicode fonts. The challenge of displaying Unicode
characters on our touch panels was first addressed in TPDesign version 3.12. This version
supported a method to create a font containing a limited number of Unicode characters, primarily
from Far Eastern character sets. This and subsequent versions require a touch panel firmware
upgrade (version 3.20 or greater), and for Far Eastern character sets will require the use of a
localized version of Windows that includes an IME (Input Method Editor) for entering the foreign
language characters. The IME allows the user to select characters (glyphs) based on inputting some
identifying characteristics of the glyph, then selecting the correct glyph from the set that matches
the input.
TPDesign then rasterizes that character and stores it in a special font set created in the project. The
font set will have only the glyphs selected in the IME available for display on the panel. The touch
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exceeds the available font memory on all G3 panels. For this reason we are forced to load only the
selected glyphs, up to the space available in font memory.
Since TPD3 uses the IME for selecting and rasterizing the glyphs, this cannot be done on English
language based Operating Systems, which do not have IME. Most European languages also lack
this utility. Chinese, Japanese, and other Far Eastern language Operating System are those that
commonly utilize this method of character selection.

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Designing Touch Panel Pages
There are three ways to approach creating touch panel pages:
! TPDesign3 - Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program (Version 3.16 or higher)
instruction manual for more information.
! VPXpress - Refer to the VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software
Program (Version 1.01 or higher) instruction manual for more information.
! On-board editor (as described in this manual).
Buttons
Standard button types include rectangles and other geometric shapes you can create with the touch
panel editor. Buttons are set with various attributes that specify communication/feedback to and
from the Central Controller when you touch the button.
General buttons are part of the default touch panel program. You use general buttons to create or
revise pages, and specify panel communication parameters. The general button categories are
described in the table below.
General Button Categories
Selection buttons Selection buttons appear on touch panel pages and set communica-
tion parameters.
Information buttons (read-only) Information buttons contain serial numbers and firmware version
information. The properties of these buttons cannot be changed.
These buttons have a dark fill and light text.
Adjustment buttons You can use the UP and DN buttons to set adjustment buttons. The
adjustment button example sets the baud rate for the connection
from the touch panel to the computer.
Keypad buttons The keypad button opens a keypad so you can enter a password or
value assignment. All keypad buttons are interactive except for the
entry display.
Decision buttons Decision buttons appear when an operation has two options and
requires verification before an action is performed.

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Activating Edit Mode
Before designing touch panel pages and buttons, you must activate Edit mode on the panel (via the
Setup page). Once activated, use the EDIT button to enter Edit mode. This mode has options to add
and configure touch panels, pages, and buttons. When powering up the touch panel, (by default) the
first page is the Main page (FIG. 1). Note that the Edit button is not available initially. If you have a
pre-programmed panel, you may not see the Main page.
To activate the Edit mode:
1. Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page (FIG. 2).
General Button Categories (Cont.)
Status buttons (read-only) Status buttons always have a dark fill with light letters and only
display panel information.
Operation bars Operation bars appear in the place of the Editor bar, after selecting a
button or page edit operation. The operation bar indicates which edit
function is currently active. When an edit operation is selected, it
remains active until you press EXIT.
Touch to Continue buttons "Touch to Continue" buttons appear when an operation requires user
acknowledgement.
Joystick buttons Joysticks are vertical and horizontal direction controllers for use with
pan and tilt camera controllers.
Bargraph buttons Bargraph buttons display a dynamic bargraph (vertical or horizontal).
An example is the Battery level indicator button.
FIG. 1 Main page

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The Black/White (LC) touch panels display the information buttons with a black fill. The
Electroluminescent (EL+) touch panels display yellow and black information buttons with a triple
border. The following table lists the output resolutions for the various touch panels.
Refer to the RGB Setup button types section on page 52 for more information output resolution and
refresh rates.
2. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the keypad.
3. Enter 1988 (default password) in the keypad and press ENTER to open the Protected Setup
page. If you press ENTER after typing an incorrect password, you are immediately returned to
the previous page.
4. Press EDITOR to enable Edit mode. The EDITOR button is highlighted in the Protected Setup
page when enabled, as shown in FIG. 3.
5. Press EDITOR to enable the edit mode. The EDITOR button is highlighted in the Protected
Setup page when enabled.
FIG. 2 Setup page
Information buttons
Firmware version
Only available with WAV-PK(M) or
SMT-PK(M) wireless battery packs
(also used for the wireless
devices incorporated into the
ViewPoint touch panels)
Only video capable touch panels display Video and RGB Setup menu buttons on the
Setup page. Electroluminescent panels and the AXB-TPI/3 do not have a Brightness
button on the Setup page. Only 4-inch panels display an Adjust Sensors page (refer
to the Adjusting the Sensors Setup Page section on page 14).
Touch Panel Output Resolutions
Panel types Output resolution
AXB-TPI/3 Touch Panel Interface • 640 x 480 (HV) pixels
• 800 x 600 (HV) pixels
• 1024 x 768 (HV) pixels
10.4" Color-Active LCD Touch Panels 640 x 480 (HV) pixels
8.5" Color-Passive LCD Touch Panels 640 x 480 (HV) pixels
8.5" Black/White LCD Touch Panels 640 x 480 (HV) pixels
8.5" Electroluminescent LCD Touch Panels 640 x 400 (HV) pixels
6.0" Color Video Wall Panel 320 x 240 (HV) pixels
5.5" Black/White LCD Touch Panels 320 x 240 (HV) pixels
5.5" Color-Active LCD Touch Panels 320 x 240 (HV) pixels
5.5" Color-Passive LCD Touch Panels 320 x 240 (HV) pixels
5.5" ViewPoint Wireless LCD Touch Panels 320 x 240 (HV) pixels
4.0" Color Touch Panels 240 x 320 (HV) pixels

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6. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page (now in Edit mode).
7. Press EXIT again to return to the Main page. The EDIT button appears at the top of the page
indicating Edit mode is active.
8. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar containing the BUTTON and PAGE options, in the Edit bar
(FIG. 4). These options allow you to design and modify button and page settings on the panel.
Setting the Device Base
1. Press the DEVICE BASE option, in the Protected Setup page (FIG. 3), to assign a base (starting)
device address to the touch panel.
2. Enter the base address for the touch panel. The base address range is from 1 - 255. Standard
device addresses begin at 128.
3. Press ENTER to save.
Setting the Device Used
Use the DEVICE USED option in the Protected Setup page (FIG. 3) to assign a value for the number
of devices being controlled by the touch panel.
1. Press DEVICE USED to open the keypad and enter the panel’s device number from 1 - 4. Each
device number supports up to 255 programmable channel codes. The multiple device settings
allow you to create up to four unique touch panel buttons and/or pages. This value is used to
determine the current device numbers being used by the panel.
2. Enter the number of devices being used by the touch panel.
FIG. 3 Protected Setup page with the inactive Wireless Settings button (pack attached)
FIG. 4 Main page with Edit bar
Only appears active if you have a wireless
battery pack attached to the touch panel or
if you are using a two-way
wireless ViewPoint touch panel (VPN series)
Edit bar

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3. Press ENTER to save the value.
Adding a Page
1. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu.
2. Press ADD to open the keyboard and enter a name for the new page.
3. Press EXIT CHANGE to save, close the keyboard, and open the new page.
Setting the page color
1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar on the newly created page.
2. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu.
3. Press PAGE COLOR to open the color palette.
4. Select a color from the palette; the page automatically changes to the new color.
Adding a Button
To add a button to the current page:
1. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
2. Press ADD to open the ADD BUTTON operation bar. On the panel, touch and drag to create a
button. The first touch point is the upper-left corner of the button.
Page names can be up to 20 characters. Page naming does not allow you to change
the font type (this feature is only available for buttons).
CG10 panels are capable of receiving a VGA signal. These VGA signals can only
be displayed on a touch panel as a background image and NOT within a video
button. From the Edit bar, go to Page > Page Color > VGA Page. This sets the
background color to display the VGA signal.
Refer to the G3 Firmware instruction manual for more detailed information.
The Mini-Color Video Active-Matrix touch panel (MCV) replaces the NONE button
with VIDEO PAGE. This button on the color palette allows the entire background to
display the incoming video signal.
On a PowerTilt/PowerTouch panel, the NONE button will display VGA PAGE when
opened in a CG10 panel.
On an AXB-TPI/3 Touch Panel Interface, the NONE button will display SLOT1,
SLOT2, and SLOT3 to allow you to select the video source.
A Video In signal can only be displayed within a Video WIndow Button.
From the Edit bar, go to Button > Add. Touch the screen to size the button. Open
Button > Properties and select Video Window from the Button Type section. Refer to
the G3 Firmware instruction manual for more detailed information.

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Resizing a button
1. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
2. Press RESIZE.
3. Touch any edge of the button and drag. Removing your finger from the panel saves the button
dimensions.
4. Press EXIT on the Edit bar to exit Edit mode.
Defining On-Screen and External Button Properties
External pushbuttons are configured with features similar to on-screen buttons. Their functionality
can be set just as any other button on the touch panel.
Use the PROPERTIES option of the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to set button borders, page flips,
button colors for channel on/off conditions, channel/variable text codes, and string/macro
assignments.
Although the Border and Color sections of this page appear, they do not apply to external
pushbuttons.
To set button properties:
1. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu options.
2. Press PROPERTIES to open the PROPERTIES operation bar.
3. Press the new button to open the Button Properties page.
4. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menu.
5. Choose a button type for the selected button to open the associated Button Properties page.
Each button type has its own Button Properties page with settings specific to the button type.
6. Press BORDER to open the Button Border page.
7. Select a border to set for the button and return to the Button Properties page. The BORDER
button changes to show the selected border type.
Setting the channel code
The channel button sets the device and button channel codes.
1. In the Button Properties page, press DEV to open the keypad and set the touch panel’s device
number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4in the keypad. The programming software uses device codes 1- 4 to identify
the touch panel.
On non-color panels like the EL+, button borders such as 3D NEON GREEN do not
reflect their true color features. The EL+’s color palette only consists of: black, yellow,
and transparent. Refer to the Border Names and Styles table on page 39 for more
information on the different types of borders.
Channel codes and variable text codes work the same for all button types, including
joysticks, and bargraphs.

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3. Press ENTER to save the device number, close the keypad, and return to the Button Properties
page.
4. Press CHAN to open the keypad and enter a channel value of 1 - 255. The source code uses the
channel code number to identify the button and its programmed operations. The channel code
for non-active buttons is 0.
5. Press ENTER to save the channel number, close the keypad, and return to the Button Properties
page.
Setting the variable text code
The variable text buttons set the device and button channel codes for the buttons. Variable text
codes work the same for all button types (including joysticks and bargraphs).
1. Press DEV to open the keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4in the keypad. The source code uses device codes 1 - 4 to identify the touch
panel.
3. Press ENTER to save, close the keypad, and return to the Button Properties page.
4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and set the channel number.
5. Enter a channel value of 1 - 255 in the keypad. The source code uses the channel code number
to identify the button and its operations.
6. Press ENTER to save the channel number, close the keypad, and return to the Button Properties
page.
Setting the page flip
1. Press the Page FLIP STANDARD type button (FIG. 5) in the Button Properties page to open the
PAGE FLIP TYPE menu.
2. Select a Page Flip type. If you select FLIP PREVIOUS in the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu, the
FLIP TO PAGE button appears in both the Page FLIP type and Flip to Page buttons. This causes
the button to be able to send you back the previously viewed page.
3. Select STANDARD from the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu.
4. Press the FLIP TO PAGE button to open a list of all the saved touch panel pages. If the desired
page is not present in the menu, check to verify the page has been saved. If the desired page is
not present in the menu, verify the page has been saved.
5. Select the target page for the page flip.
If DEVICE USED is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Controller recognizes
bus devices 128 - 131.
The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED
without first displaying a decision box asking if you accept the new selection or not.
FIG. 5 Page FLIP Type button
Flip to Page button
Page FLIP
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Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions
1. Press any button to open the Button Properties page.
2. Press BORDER under CHANNEL OFF in the Button Properties page. The color palette appears.
Select a color to set as the border (non-color panels have black, white, and transparent
available on their color palette).
3. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the palette. Select a color to set as
the fill.
4. Press the TEXT button to open the palette. Select a color to use for the text.
5. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE in the Button Properties page to save the new button properties and
return to the current page.
Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button
1. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
2. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar appears.
3. Press any button to open the Text/Image page.
4. Go through each option and set as desired:
! TEXT OFF and TEXT ON sets the text for the button's Off and On state.
! ICON OFF and ICON ON sets the icon for the button's Off and On state.
! BITMAP OFF and BITMAP ON sets the bitmap for the button's Off and On state.
! MAKE ON SAME AS OFF sets the On and Off properties the same.
5. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to close the Text/Image page and return to the Main page.
Creating a Bargraph and Joystick
Bargraphs are level monitors and adjustable level controls. These levels can be configured to
monitor and adjust audio outputs and lighting levels.
Joysticks are vertical and horizontal direction controllers you can use for things such as camera pan
and tilt control. Verify the connection from the touch panel to your Controller; otherwise, the
joystick will not work properly.
Color and video application settings do not apply to the Black/White and EL+ touch
panels.
You cannot create or edit buttons with Unicode fonts on the panel. Any use of the
TEXT/IMAGE button to alter or create Unicode font supported buttons must be done
in the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design Program.
Button types related to video ONLY function on the CV10, MCV, and AXB-TPI/3 panels.
One-way ViewPoints do not support bargraphs, joysticks, sliders, VGA, or video.
Bargraphs and joysticks require an interaction between the panel and device that is
unavailable with only one-way communication.

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Adding a bargraph button
Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu.
1. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
2. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to open the PROPERTIES operation bar.
3. Press any button to open the Button Properties page.
4. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menu.
5. Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH to open the Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs.
6. Select the type of vertical bargraph you need from BUTTON OPTIONS menu.
7. Once the button option is selected, press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save the information and
return to the Properties operation bar on the Main page.
Adding a joystick button
Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu.
1. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu.
2. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to open the PROPERTIES operation bar.
3. Press any button to open the Button Properties page.
4. Press BUTTON TYPE to open the BUTTON TYPE menu and select JOYSTICK.
5. Press BUTTON OPTIONS on the Button Properties page to open the BUTTON OPTION menu for
Joysticks.
6. From this menu option, choose to either set the position of the joystick or align the crosshair.
7. Once the button option is selected, press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save the information and
return to the Properties operation bar on the Main page.
Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties
Use the Button Properties page to set channel, level, and button colors. You are now able to position
the joystick cross-hair in the Button Properties page. Refer to the Setting the variable text
code section on page 11, Setting the channel code section on page 10, and Setting the button colors
for channel-off conditions section on page 12 for more information.
Setting the level code
Level buttons set the device and number codes for the touch panel.
1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number.
2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4in the keypad. The programming software uses device codes
1 - 4 to identify the touch panel.
3. Press ENTER to save the level device number, close the keypad, and return to the Button
Properties page.
4. Press NUM to open a keypad and set the level number assigned to the device.
Joysticks use two level numbers. The first is for the X-axis and the second for the
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5. Enter a number 1– 8. Each device can have from 1 – 8 levels except joysticks, where the range
is 1– 7.
6. Press ENTER to save, close the keypad, and return to the Button Properties page.
Illumination, Sensor, and Audio Setup on a 4" Panel
The following section provides firmware feature descriptions and setup information for features
specific to the 4" Color Touch Panels (AXT/AXD-CP4). Refer to the 4" Color Touch Panels
instruction manual for more detailed information about these panels.
Feature Descriptions
The following table lists the different features available on the CP4 color Touch Panels.
Adjusting the Sensors Setup Page
The button illumination, infrared, and light sensors on the CP4 panels come factory defaulted with
values that can be changed by each user to suit their needs. Refer to the Programming section in the
4" Color Touch Panels instruction manual for more detailed information on commands.
This page is used to calibrate and configure the various features of and parameters for the CP4
panel sensors. To access the Sensors Setup page:
1. From the Main page press the SETUP button.
2. Press ADJUST SENSORS from the Setup page (FIG. 6 on page 15).
3. Choose from any of the sensor setup buttons on the Adjust Sensors page (FIG. 6).
4. Calibrate the following sensors before the system is used.
Joysticks actually use two level numbers. The first is for the X-axis and the second is
for the Y-axis. You only need to specify the first level. That is what joysticks can only
have a maximum of seven levels because the 8th is reserved for the alternate axis (a-
axis would be 7 and the y-axis would be 8).
CP4 Touch Panel Features
Feature Description
Passive Infrared
Sensor (motion
sensor)
The on-board infrared sensor provides motion detection that either "wakes-up" the
CP4 (Infrared Wake) or sends an I/O signal to the AXlink program on the Central Con-
troller (Infrared Push/Release). This sensor is mostly used for the illumination/non-illu-
mination of the LCD, external backlit pushbuttons, and use in the Push/Release
control of room lights. The Adjust Sensors page displays a level indicator and buttons
that allow the user to change the following PIR settings: Infrared Wake, Infrared Push/
Release, Activation threshold.
Audio Tones The CP4 is equipped with a piezoelectric speaker that gives the panel the ability to
produce six different audible tones. The tones are enabled through the use of the
BEEP AXlink Send_Command. Refer to the Beep n s information in the Axcess Pro-
gramming section in the CP4 instruction manual for more detailed information about
the tones and their specifications.
Light Sensor The CP4 is equipped with a photo-sensitive sensor that gives the panel the ability to
automatically switch the brightness of the display’s backlight between two settings:
Normal Room (NRM) and Dim-Room (DRM). The panel’s backlight is the amount of
light emanating from the buttons and LCD display.
•Normal-Room mode is equal to the brightness of the backlight directly selectable
from the SET BRIGHTNESS button in the Setup page.
•Dim-Room mode allows the user to directly select the brightness value of the
backlight from the Sensors Setup page > ADJUST SENSORS button.

Designing Touch Panel Pages
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G3 Firmware Design and Reference
! PIR SENSOR adjusts the effective sensitivity (physical detection range) of the Passive
Infrared Sensor. The activation threshold range of the PIR sensor is 1 - 17. An adjustment
to the PIR activation threshold is also achieved through the use of the IRSL AXlink
Send_Command.
Setting the value to zero forces the value to 1. Disabling of the PIR is done by disabling
both the Infrared Push/Release and the Infrared Wake features. Refer to the INFRARED
PUSH/RELEASE and WAKE button descriptions for more information.
! INFRARED STATUS displays the activity of the infrared sensor. This button toggles
between the available On/Off states; depending on whether there is an activation of the
sensor. When an object crosses the activation range of the sensor, the button turns to the
On state.
! INFRARED PUSH/RELEASE enables an Input/Output change that is sent to the AXlink
program. This feature is independent of the other infrared features such as INFRARED
WA K E . This can be disabled by entering an INFRARED CHANNEL value of zero or
through the use of the IRPU AXlink Send_Command. A sample use for this feature
includes the illumination control of room lights.
The following occurs when this feature is active:
! On the initial detection of motion within the range of the PIR, an I/O change of TRUE
(Push) is sent to the AXlink program.
! If motion has been detected and the PIR no longer senses motion for a period of over
thirty seconds; an I/O change of FALSE (Release) is sent to the AXlink program.
! The PIR I/O change is always disabled when in the Adjust Sensors Mode.
! INFRARED WAKE turns On the backlight of the display when the PIR detects motion.
This feature is disabled through the use of the IRWA AXlink Send_Command.
! DIM MODE BRIGHTNESS adjusts the brightness of the touch panel backlight for the
Dim-Room (DRM) mode operation. The Dim-Room brightness level range is 1- 8. You
can also adjust the Dim-Room brightness level via the use of the BRDM AXlink
Send_Command.
FIG. 6 Adjust Sensors page

Designing Touch Panel Pages
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! LIGHT DIM MODE sets the Light Sensor to automatically switch the touch panel display
backlight between a Normal-Room (NRM) or Dim-Room (DRM) setting (active when the
LIGHT DIM MODE button is pressed). This feature is disabled through the use of the
LSDM AXlink Send_Command. Refer to the LS Level # definition below for more
information.
! In the Normal-Room mode (NRM), the brightness of the panel is the same as the
value set in the Setup > Set Brightness page.
! In the Dim-Room mode (DRM), the brightness of the backlight is user selectable
through the DIM MODE BRIGHTNESS level setting on the Adjust Sensors page.
! INFRARED DEVICE # assigns a device number to the Passive Infrared sensor. You can
also adjust the Infrared Device value via the IRPU Send_Command. CP4 Device
numbers are also configured through TPDesign3. Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel
Design instruction manual for more information.
! INFRARED CHANNEL # assigns a channel number to the Passive Infrared sensor. You
can also adjust the Infrared Channel value via the IRPU Send_Command. CP4 Channel
numbers are also configured through TPDesign3. Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel
Design instruction manual for more information.
! LS DEVICE # assigns a device number to the Light sensor. You can also adjust the Light
value via the LSDM Send_Command. CP4 Device numbers are also configured through
TPDesign3. Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design instruction manual for more
information.
! LS LEVEL # assigns a level number to the Passive Infrared sensor. You can also adjust the
Infrared Light Level value via the LSDM Send_Command. CP4 Channel numbers are
also configured through TPDesign3. Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design
instruction manual for more information.
! PIR BUTTON ILLUMINATION mode sets the pushbuttons to illuminate when the Passive
Infrared Sensor (PIR) detects motion. When the PIR no longer detects motion (after
thirty seconds), the pushbutton illumination turns Off. You can also adjust this mode via
the PBIL Send_Command.
PIR Button Illumination is dependent only on the PIR. It does not matter whether the
panel is in Wake/Sleep mode or whether the Light Sensor is set to Dim-Room mode
(DRM) or Normal-Room mode (NRM).
! LS BUTTON ILLUMINATION mode sets the pushbuttons to illuminate when the light
sensor (LS) falls below its specified threshold value. In the case of a Dim-Room (DRM),
refer to the light sensor section above for more information about the definition of a Dim
vs. Normal Room. When the LS rises above its hysteresis (turn-on) value, in the case of a
Normal-Room, the pushbutton illumination turns Off. You can also adjust this mode via
the PBIL Send_Command.
If Light Sensor levels are scaled to values of 1 - 127, it indicates a Dim Room Mode.
Values of 128 - 255 indicate a Normal Room Mode.