AMX Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) - Manuals

Page 3 - Limited Warranty and Disclaimer

Limited Warranty and Disclaimer AMX Inc. warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of three years from date of purchase from AMX Inc., with the following exceptions. Electroluminescent and LCD control panels are warranted for a period of ...

Page 5 - Table of Contents

AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Table of Contents i Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................. 1 Overview 1 ViewPoint Models 1 Features 2 Related Instruction Manuals 2 What’s in this Manual 3 What’s New 3 Connections, Cleanin...

Page 11 - Introduction; Overview; There are four models of the ViewPoint touch panels:; Figure 1

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Introduction 1 Introduction Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels are hand-held, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels that allow you to control devices remotely. Figure 1 shows some of the available ViewPoints. ViewPoint Models Th...

Page 12 - TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program; Note

2 Introduction ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Features The other features of the ViewPoint touch panels are: • All panels have 6-inch diagonal (153.9 mm), 320 x 240 (HV) pixel screens • VPW-CP has a 256 color passive-matrix LCD screen • VPW-GS has a 16-shade grayscale LCD screen • Four external pro...

Page 13 - PowerTilt and PowerTouch Panels (Firmware version G3 or higher); What’s in this Manual; Contacting Sales and Technical Support; What’s New

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Introduction 3 • PowerTilt and PowerTouch Panels (Firmware version G3 or higher) What’s in this Manual This manual contains the following sections: • Installation Contains cabling, connections, and connectors as well as cleaning of the touch panel overlay, power suppl...

Page 15 - AXlink

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 5 Connections, Cleaning, and Charging Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels do not require hardware installation. This section describes how to connect, clean, and charge the ViewPoint panels. Application Figure 2 illustrates an example RF applicat...

Page 16 - Figure 3

6 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l Connectors All ViewPoints have two connectors, as shown in Figure 3. The power jack is for connecting an external 12 VDC power supply for ViewPoint operation and charging. The programming jack is a three-wire, 2.5 mm stereo jack. The required cable an...

Page 17 - Cleaning the Touch Overlay; Two clean, soft texture cotton cloths; ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 7 The VPW-CP/VPW-GS operates on 2.4 GHz for two-way RF communications with the AXR-WAVES Server. It also provides one-way IR using other manufacturers IR codes. If you plan to use multiple one-way ViewPoints within the same locals, it is strongly recommen...

Page 18 - Figure 4

8 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l Power Supply ViewPoints are furnished with a modular wart type Power Supply (Figure 5), which requires an input of 110 VAC and provides an output of 12 VDC at 1500 mA. The power supply can be used separately from the VPA-CHG to operate the ViewPoint. ...

Page 19 - Figure 5

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 9 Figure 5 VPA-CHG (power supply and VPT-CP Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP) 12 VDC Power Supply Green LED indicates battery is charged VPA-CHG Fast Cycle battery charger Power supply connection Red LED indicates charging Charging pins

Page 20 - ViewPort Docking Station; Figure 6

10 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l ViewPort Docking Station The ViewPort Docking Station (Figure 6) provides a built-in battery charger and an angled desk docking station to cradle your ViewPoint touch panel. When a ViewPoint is placed in the docking station's cradle, the ViewPoint ma...

Page 21 - Battery Charging; Rear view

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Installation 11 Battery Charging When a ViewPoint touch panel is not cradled on the docking station, an optional extra battery can be placed in the charging compartment. The optional battery is fully charged in four hours when the optional power supply is plugged-in t...

Page 23 - Touch Panel Basics; Figure 8

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Basics 13 Touch Panel Basics Overview This section contains descriptions and illustration examples of Touch panel pages (Figure 8), buttons, message bars, and keypads. You can use the TPDesign3 software program to create custom pages and download them to t...

Page 24 - Figure 9

14 Touch Panel Basics ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Pages You can download objects like buttons and drawings to a touch panel page. The number of objects depends on the type and quantity of external devices you want to control with the touch panel and AXCESS Control System. When you cr...

Page 27 - Touch to Continue buttons

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Basics 17 Touch to Continue buttons Touch to Continue buttons (Figure 17) appear when an operation requires user acknowledgement. An example of an operation that requires user acknowledgement is resetting the factory defaults. Figure 17 Touch to Continue b...

Page 29 - Designing Touch Panel Pages; Touch Panel Program; Activating the Edit button; Edit button

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 19 Designing Touch Panel Pages Overview These step-by-step instructions describe creating touch panel pages, buttons, joysticks, bargraphs, and setting page color attributes. For in-depth information on all the operations available on the t...

Page 33 - Creating a Page; Use the PAGE menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel pages.; Adding a page; Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu shown in Figure 24.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 23 Creating a Page Use the PAGE menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel pages. Adding a page 1. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu shown in Figure 24. 2. ADD to open the keyboard. 3. Enter NEW PAGE (Figure 25) using the key...

Page 34 - Press EXIT CHANGE to add; NEW PAGE; to touch panel memory, close the; Setting the page color; Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar on the newly created page.

24 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 4. Press EXIT CHANGE to add NEW PAGE to touch panel memory, close the keyboard, and return to the new page. Setting the page color 1. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar on the newly created page. 2. Press PAGE on the Edit bar to ...

Page 35 - Creating a Button; Use the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel buttons.; Adding a button; Press EDIT to open the Edit bar.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 25 4. Select a page color from the palette. The page automatically changes to the new color. Creating a Button Use the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel buttons. Adding a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press B...

Page 36 - Press EXIT to close the Edit bar.; Resizing a button

26 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Width Height Touch Point 5. Release your finger from the panel to store the button dimensions into panel memory. 6. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar. Resizing a button 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar t...

Page 37 - Button Properties; Setting the button properties; Press EDIT to open the Edit.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 27 Button Properties Use the PROPERTIES option of the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to set button borders, page flips, button colors for channel on and off conditions, and channel and variable text codes. Setting the button properties 1. Pres...

Page 38 - Setting the button type

28 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Setting the button type 1. Press BUTTON TYPE in the Button Properties page. This opens the BUTTON TYPE menu, shown in Figure 34. Press MORE at the bottom of the first page of Button Types options to view the next page of options. Press P...

Page 39 - Setting the channel code; Press DEV to open the keypad and set the touch panel’s device number.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 29 2. Press 3D RECTANGLE 1 to set the button border to 3D RECTANGLE 1 style and return to the Button Properties page. The BORDER button in the Button Properties page changes to show the active border type. In this case, the button changes t...

Page 40 - Setting the variable text code

30 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels b. For 2-way ViewPoints, AMX IR is not supported (38 KHz and 455 KHz) but other manufacturer’s IR codes are supported by assigning ViewPoint device numbers 2, 3, and 4 for IR codes. 3. Press ENTER to store the device number into memory, ...

Page 41 - Setting the page flip; Press FLIP STANDARD to select a standard page flip.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 31 Setting the page flip 1. Press the left PAGE FLIP box in the Button Properties page (Figure 38) to open the Page Flip Type list (Figure 39). 2. Press FLIP STANDARD to select a standard page flip. 3. Press the right PAGE FLIP box (Figure ...

Page 42 - Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the Main page.; Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions; Press the target button to open the Button Properties page

32 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5. Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the Main page. Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions 1. Press the target button to open the Button Properties page 2. Press BORDER in the CHANNEL OFF subsection of the Button Prop...

Page 43 - Adding text to a button

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 33 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette 8. Press red to set the text col...

Page 44 - MAIN PAGE; The text appears in the message box at the; Adding an icon to a button

34 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5. Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard. 6. Enter MAIN PAGE in the keyboard. The text appears in the message box at the top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the message to fit in the space prov...

Page 45 - Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps,; Adding a bitmap to a button

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 35 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing icons into your touch panel. 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. 3. Press TEXT/IMAGE to add ...

Page 46 - Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts

36 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing bitmaps into your touch panel. 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu (Figure 27). 3. Press TEXT...

Page 47 - Select File from the menu bar to open the File menu.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 37 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts TPDesign3 allows you to import bitmaps, icons and fonts into your touch panel from an existing touch panel program. Use the Download to Panel command to download a project file. To do...

Page 49 - Button Properties for External Pushbuttons; and; Creating an IR Macro Button; AXCESS

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 39 9. After completing the download, cut, copy and paste buttons as needed. The bitmaps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now accessible via the BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus. Button Properties for External Pushbuttons If your touc...

Page 50 - Pulse command; Example

40 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Turn On a VCR and select TV. • Turn On a satellite receiver. Pulse command Figure 50 shows a sample pulse command format and description of the variables. • Sample Format : $P <device number> <channel number> <time pulse...

Page 51 - Wait command; This parameter represents the length of time between

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 41 This command will transmit the IR code at device 3, channel 15 for 1 second. Then, the macro will pause 10 seconds before executing the next command or before finishing the macro if no other commands exist. Wait command The wait command ...

Page 53 - What happens when the example macro executes

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 43 $P 2 9 5 1 <CR> $P 2 24 5 1 <CR> $P 3 27 5 1 <CR> $P 4 9 5 1 <CR> 1. Create a button and label it Video Start. 2. Select EDIT, BUTTON, PROPERTIES. 3. In the PROPERTIES dialog, select BUTTON TYPE, and then select G...

Page 54 - Creating a Joystick; Touch Panel; Adding a joystick to a page

44 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels If the screen is touched to cancel macro execution, all touch panel activity stops until another button press occurs. Creating a Joystick You can create a joystick with the BUTTON TYPE operation bar in the Button Properties page. Joystic...

Page 55 - Press JOYSTICK to set the target button as a joystick.; Setting the joystick properties; Press the target button to open the Button Properties page.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 45 5. Press JOYSTICK to set the target button as a joystick. 6. Press BUTTON OPTIONS on the Button Properties page to open the BUTTON OPTION menu for Joysticks shown in Figure 56. 7. Press CROSSHAIR CENTER to set a crosshair in the center o...

Page 56 - Press DEV to open a keypad and set the joystick’s device number.

46 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Setting the channel code The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 58. 1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the joystick’s device number. 2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keyp...

Page 57 - Setting the level code; Setting the joystick colors/shades for channel-off conditions

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 47 Setting the level code The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 59. 1. Press DEV to open a keypad and set the device number. 2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The AXCESS software...

Page 58 - Creating a Bargraph

48 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open the palette. 8. Press red to set the text co...

Page 59 - Adding a bargraph to a page

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 49 Adding a bargraph to a page 1. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. 2. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu. 3. Press BUTTON in the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. 4. Press PROPERTIES in the BUTTON menu to ope...

Page 61 - Setting the bargraph colors/shades for channel-off conditions

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 51 4. Press CHAN to open a keypad and enter a channel value of 1 through 255 in the keypad. The AXCESS software program uses the channel code number to identify the button and its’ operations 5. Press ENTER to store the channel number into ...

Page 62 - Linking the New Page to the Main Page; Adding a page, Creating a Button

52 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 3. The color palette (Figure 42) appears. 4. Press black to set the border color. 5. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. 6. Press white to set the fill color. 7. Press the TEXT button to open th...

Page 65 - Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES operation bar to close the Edit bar.; Exiting Edit Mode; Press SETUP to open the Setup page shown in Figure 77.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 55 21. Press NEW PAGE to set the page flip and return to the Button Properties page. 22. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save changes, close the Button Properties page, and return to the Main page. 23. Press EXIT on the PROPERTIES operation bar t...

Page 66 - Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode Off.

56 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 3. Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the Protected Setup page shown in Figure 78. 4. Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode Off. 5. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page (Figure 77). 6. Press EXIT to close the S...

Page 67 - Edit Bar – Quit Editor option

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 57 Another method of exiting the EDIT mode is to use the QUIT EDITOR button on the Edit bar. Refer to the Edit Bar – Quit Editor option subsection for detailed information on exiting the EDIT mode using this method. 1. Press EXIT to open th...

Page 69 - Touch Panel Program Reference

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 59 Touch Panel Program Reference Overview This section contains operation flowcharts, instructions, and menu option descriptions. The buttons shown in Figure 79 appear when you power up the touch panel. Setup Page Press the SETUP button f...

Page 71 - Set time and date; Press SET TIME AND DATE to open the page shown in Figure 83.; YEAR; Press the UP and DN buttons to set the year.; HOUR; Press the UP and DN buttons to set the hour.; MONTH; Press the UP and DN buttons to set the month.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 61 When the touch panel goes into screen-saver mode, the LCD is powered-down. With a setting of 5, the panel goes into screen-saver mode if there is no activity for 5 minutes. Press the UP and DN buttons to set the DISPLAY TIMER. The mini...

Page 72 - Double beep

62 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • MIN Press the UP and DN buttons to set the minute. • DAY Press the UP and DN buttons to set the day. • SECOND Press the UP and DN buttons to set the seconds. • DISPLAY MONTH/DAY, DAY/MONTH Press to toggle the order of the month and d...

Page 73 - Protected setup

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 63 Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LCD brightness and contrast on the touch panel. The maximum brightness level is 5 and the maximum contrast level is 12. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons are disabled for this page. When an option...

Page 74 - Show palette; WAVE 2-Way Wireless Accessories and Adapters for Touch Panels; SLEEP TIMEOUT; Press the UP and DN buttons to set the sleep time-out.

64 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Show palette Press SHOW PALETTE to open the color palette. Pressing the screen again will cause you to leave the Show Palette page. Wireless status (optional WAV-PK) The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when an AXR-WAVE...

Page 76 - SmartPacks for TiltScreen Touch Panels

66 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels from left to right as the RF signal intensity increases. The shaded area fluctuates between 0% and 100%. Wireless status (optional SMT-PK) The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when a SmartPack is connected to the touch ...

Page 78 - ViewPoint Module

68 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 5 minutes. The touch panel wakes up when you touch the screen for more than .5 seconds. • ViewPoint Module Not functional at this time. • Module Version VX.XX Shows the ROM firmware version installed in the ViewPoint. • Battery Voltage...

Page 79 - Module version

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 69 Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Module version Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Server version Identifies the operating version of the AXR-WAVES WaveServer firmware. RSSI Rad...

Page 80 - Protected Setup Page; Type

70 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Device range Indicates the assignable device number range (for RF operation) available for the VPW-CP or VPW-GS. Server devices Identifies the device numbers of the devices communicating with the AXR-WAVES WaveServer. Protected Setup P...

Page 81 - Baud; BAUD; Press the UP and DN buttons to set the data communication speed; Device base

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 71 Baud The BAUD button (Figure 95) sets the baud rate. The baud rate is automatically set to 38.4. The BAUD rate is for communicating with your PC when downloading a program or new firmware. • BAUD Press the UP and DN buttons to set the ...

Page 82 - CLEAR; Press to clear the number in the keypad display.; ENTER; Press to enter the new password into touch panel memory and; Power up page; Press the POWER UP PAGE button to open the PAGE menu (Figure 99).

72 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Device used Press the DEVICE USED button (Figure 97) to open a keypad and set the panel’s device number from 1 through 4. Each device number supports up to 255-channel code button assignments. The multiple device settings allow you to ...

Page 83 - Wake up message; AXCESS Programming; Auto assign

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 73 Select a page to designate as the first page to appear when you power up the touch panel. Select NONE to disable this option. If none is selected, the last selected page will be the first active page the next time the touch panel is us...

Page 84 - Page password; Clears the number in the keypad display.; Calibrate; Cancels the calibration process.; Power up message

74 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Page password Press the PAGE PASSWORD button (Figure 102) to open a keypad and assign a page’s numeric password. If you try to open a password-protected page, the keypad appears, and you must enter the correct password number to open t...

Page 85 - System page; DELETE ALL BUTTONS; Opens the decision button shown in; Warning

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 75 message is received. Refer to the AXCESS Programming section for detailed programming information. System page Press the SYSTEM PAGE button (Figure 105) to open the System page (Figure 106). • DELETE ALL BUTTONS Opens the decision butt...

Page 87 - SHOW ICONS ID’S

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 77 • SHOW ICONS ID’S Opens the ICONS menu (Figure 112) that lists icons stored in touch panel memory. — MORE Forwards the menu listing. — ABORT Cancels the menu process and returns to the current page. • SHOW FONTS ID’S Opens the FONTS me...

Page 88 - FACTORY RESET; Opens the decision button shown in Figure 114. Press; Editor

78 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • FACTORY RESET Opens the decision button shown in Figure 114. Press YES to clear all touch panel memory or NO to cancel the operation. Editor Press EDITOR (Figure 115) in the Protected Setup page to activate the EDIT mode. When you ex...

Page 89 - Display Timer; Function show

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 79 Page tracking Press PAGE TRACKING (Figure 117) to toggle the page tracking ON or OFF. When page tracking is enabled, the touch panel sends page data back to the Central Controller or vice versa, depending on how you set the touch panel...

Page 91 - RSSI

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 81 Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. RSSI Radio signal strength indicator showing the relative signal strength in percent and visual horizontal bargraph. Network Eff. Operating efficiency (shown in p...

Page 94 - Edit Bar - Button Menu Options; Add

84 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Edit Bar - Button Menu Options Press EDIT to open the Edit bar and press BUTTON to open the Button menu shown in Figure 126. You can use the BUTTON menu to create, configure, and revise touch panel button settings. Buttons containing u...

Page 96 - Delete; YES; Deletes the button and returns to the current page.

86 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Delete Press DELETE to delete a button when the DELETE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 131) appears. Then, touch the button you want to delete, which opens the decision box shown in Figure 132. • YES Deletes the button and returns to the ...

Page 97 - TEXT OFF; TEXT ON; Opens the keyboard (Figure 135) where you enter the text to

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 87 • TEXT OFF Opens the keyboard (Figure 135) where you enter the text to appear on the Off-state of the button. • TEXT ON Opens the keyboard (Figure 135) where you enter the text to appear on the On-state of the button. The text appears ...

Page 99 - BITMAP OFF; BITMAP ON; Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 138) where you can; SET TEXT ALIGNMENT; Sets the text alignment on a button.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 89 • BITMAP OFF Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 138) where you can select the bitmap to appear on the Off-state of the button. Select MORE to view more bitmap files or ABORT to exit and return to the Text/Image page. • BITMAP ON Opens the ...

Page 100 - MAKE ON SAME AS OFF; Saves the current settings, exits the Text/Image; EXIT NO CHANGE; Cancels the current settings and returns to the current; Properties

90 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • MAKE ON SAME AS OFF Copies the Off-state text, icon, and/or bitmap settings to the On-state buttons. • EXIT SAVE CHANGE Saves the current settings, exits the Text/Image page, and returns to the current page. • EXIT NO CHANGE Cancels ...

Page 101 - BORDER; Opens the BUTTON BORDER menus (Figure 141) where you; Border names and styles

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 91 • BORDER Opens the BUTTON BORDER menus (Figure 141) where you can select the border style. Figure 142 shows border names and styles. Border names and styles Name Style Name Style Name Style No border Double line 2 3D rectangle 1 No bor...

Page 102 - Name Style Name Style Name Style; Opens the keypad where you set the device number for

92 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Border names and styles (Cont.) Name Style Name Style Name Style Double raised 3D neon 2 Single diamond Triple Raised 3D neon blue Double diamond The channel code allows a button to have AXCESS code statements like Push and Release ass...

Page 104 - For a description of each button type, refer to the; BUTTON OPTIONS; Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, in which you

94 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels select the button type GENERAL, the BUTTON OPTIONS, FLIP, and STRING operation bars appear in the Properties page. For a description of each button type, refer to the Properties Page-Button Types subsection. • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the ...

Page 107 - STRING; Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent; CHANNEL OFF and CHANNEL ON COLOR; ABORT Closes the color palette and returns to the PROPERTIES page.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 97 • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the Central Controller via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. • CHANNEL OFF and CHANNEL ON...

Page 108 - EXIT SAVE CHANGE; Closes the PROPERTIES page, saves the new; Closes the PROPERTIES page, ignores the new; Save

98 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • EXIT SAVE CHANGE Closes the PROPERTIES page, saves the new settings, and returns to the current touch panel page. • EXIT NO CHANGE Closes the PROPERTIES page, ignores the new settings, and returns to the current touch panel page. Sav...

Page 109 - Properties Page - Button Types; Button Types

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 99 — BORDER Select this option and a button to store the default border in touch panel memory. The default border is automatically applied to all new buttons. — SIZE Select this option and a button to store the button size in touch panel ...

Page 110 - General

100 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Button Types (Cont.) Button Type Description Vertical Bargraph Sets the button to a vertical bargraph or slider. Feedback for bargraph or slider response comes from the Central Controller. Horizontal Bargraph Sets the button to a hori...

Page 111 - Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, shown in

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 101 • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, shown in Figure 155. Use this menu to set the feedback type. Press ABORT to close the menu. — NONE Sets the button feedback Off. This option also sets the button border, fill, and text co...

Page 114 - Joystick; Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu(Figure 161)

104 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • STRING Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to the Central Controller via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. For a description of the ot...

Page 115 - Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent to

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 105 — JOYSTICK NON-CENTER Sets the button to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick. When you remove your finger from the screen, the control stick and external device stay in that position. — JOYSTICK CENTER Sets the button to a f...

Page 116 - Vertical Bargraph; Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu (Figure 163)

106 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Vertical Bargraph Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Vertical Bargraph button (VPW-CP/VPW-GS only). The button type VERTICAL BARGRAPH and associated options appear in the Button Propert...

Page 117 - Horizontal Bargraph

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 107 — BARGRAPH DISPLAY Sets the bargraph as a vertical indicator for external devices. Indicator levels must be defined in the AXCESS software program. — BARGRAPH ACTIVE Sets the bargraph as a vertical controller for external devices. Ind...

Page 118 - Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu (Figure 165)

108 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • BUTTON OPTIONS Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu (Figure 165) where you set the button type. Press ABORT to close the menu. — BARGRAPH DISPLAY Sets the bargraph as a vertical indicator for external devices. Indicator levels must be defin...

Page 119 - Brightness

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 109 When a control level is set on the horizontal bargraph, control data is sent to the Central Controller to control an external device. — BARGRAPH CENTERING Sets the bargraph as a vertical controller with a default control level. Levels...

Page 121 - Time; et time and date; Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu (Figure 169) that

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 111 The maximum Brightness level is 8 and a the maximum Contrast level is 13. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons are disabled for this page. Time Select TIME from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Time button. A Time bu...

Page 122 - COLON ALWAYS ON Sets the colon in the displayed time to never blink.; Date

112 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — COLON BLINK Sets the colon in the displayed time to blink once/second. — COLON ALWAYS ON Sets the colon in the displayed time to never blink. For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Dat...

Page 123 - Keypad

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 113 For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Keypad Select KEYPAD from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Keypad button. The button type KEYPAD and associated options appear...

Page 124 - For a description of the keyboard page, refer to the; Setup Page

114 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels This sets the button to open the keypad so you can enter a password or value assignment. All the keypad buttons are interactive except for the entry field. For a description of the other items in the Button Properties: Keypad page, re...

Page 125 - Video Setup

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 115 Video Setup Select VIDEO SETUP from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Video Setup button. The button type VIDEO SETUP and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 173. This sets th...

Page 126 - Video Window; For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the; Video Joystick

116 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Video Window Select VIDEO WINDOW from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Video Window button. The button type VIDEO WINDOW and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 175. This set...

Page 127 - Opens the JOYSTICK BUTTON OPTION menu,

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 117 Sets the button to a video joystick that displays the incoming video signal, and a control stick. When you move the control stick, the touch panel sends feedback (data) to the Central Controller and to the external device to perform a...

Page 128 - RGB Setup

118 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — JOYSTICK NON-CENTER Sets the button to a four-quadrant joystick with a control stick. When you move the control stick, the touch panel sends feedback (data) to the Central Controller and to the external device to perform a pre-progr...

Page 129 - Protected

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 119 This sets the button to open the RGB Setup page so that you can adjust the incoming video signal on the touch panel. Without RGB support, the PGB Setup page displays a NO RGB HW button (Figure 179). Protected Select PROTECTED from the...

Page 130 - Properties Page - External Buttons; subsection for detailed

120 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels This sets the button as a Protected button. Protected buttons are similar to General type buttons, except that they require the user to enter a password to flip to the specified destination page. Pressing a Protected button opens the ...

Page 131 - External buttons

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 121 External buttons External buttons are recognized by the touch panel as external button numbers. The panel recognizes eight buttons per side for total of 16 buttons. Refer to the Button Properties subsection for detailed information ab...

Page 133 - Setting external button properties; Refer to the

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 123 — FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button action to open the previous touch panel page on the panel. — FLIP STANDARD Sets the button action to open a touch panel page. Use the FLIP menu button to open the PAGE menu (Figure 185), and select the ...

Page 134 - Page Menu Options; Press EDIT and PAGE to open the PAGE menu as shown in Figure 186.

124 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Page Menu Options Press EDIT and PAGE to open the PAGE menu as shown in Figure 186. The PAGE menu includes operations to add, copy, rename, delete, change the page color, go to a page, turn popup pages on/off, move the Edit button, an...

Page 135 - Copy

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 125 • CHAR CAPS Sets the keyboard to uppercase characters. • CHAR LOW Sets the keyboard to lowercase characters. • CHAR NUMS Sets the keyboard to numeric characters. • CHAR MORE Toggles the keypad to special characters. • SPACE Enters a b...

Page 136 - Rename; Deletes the page and returns to the Main page.; Page color; NONE; Sets the page color to no color.; ABORT; Cancels the color selection process and returns to the current

126 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Rename Press RENAME to rename the active page. This command opens the keyboard. Use the keyboard to rename the current page. Press EXIT CHANGE to store the new page name in memory. Delete Press DELETE to delete the current page. This ...

Page 137 - Go to; Cancels the Go To process and returns to the current page.; Popup on

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 127 Go to Press GO TO to open the PAGE GOTO menu (Figure 190) and select the target page. • ABORT Cancels the Go To process and returns to the current page. Pressing the active page button (Figure 191) in the Edit bar will display the PAG...

Page 138 - Provides more Popup On page choices.; Cancels the POPUP ON process and returns to the current page.; Popup off; Press POPUP OFF to open the POPUP OFF menu shown in Figure 193.; MORE; Provides more Popup Off page choices.; Cancels the POPUP OFF process and returns to the current page.

128 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • MORE Provides more Popup On page choices. • ABORT Cancels the POPUP ON process and returns to the current page. Popup off Press POPUP OFF to open the POPUP OFF menu shown in Figure 193. Press a popup page in the menu to close the se...

Page 140 - Cancels the SNAP GRID process and returns to the current page.; Edit Bar - Quit Editor option; Press EXIT to open the Edit bar shown in Figure 196.

130 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Set the movement increment in pixels. Select 1, 2, 4, or 8 PIXEL to set the grid and return to the current page. • ABORT Cancels the SNAP GRID process and returns to the current page. Edit Bar - Quit Editor option The QUIT EDITOR butt...

Page 144 - Programming the ViewPoint; AXCESS Programming Changes; ICONS features

134 AXCESS Programming ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Programming the ViewPoint You can program the ViewPoint to perform a wide variety of operations using AXCESS Send_Commands and variable text commands. Use the commands described in this section along with the AXCESS Programming Language instruct...

Page 145 - System Send_Commands

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 135 System Send_Commands System Send_Commands (Figure 201) are stored in the AXCESS Control System and direct the Touch Panel to perform various operations. System Send_Commands Command Description "'ABEEP'" Output one panel beep even if the...

Page 146 - Command Description

136 AXCESS Programming ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'AKEYR'" Close the touch panel keyboard or keypad opened with the 'AKEYB', 'AKEYP', or 'PKEYP' commands. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'AKEYR'" Closes the keyboard or keypad opened us...

Page 151 - Gray Scale and Programming Numbers

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 141 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'WAKE'" Deactivate screen-saver mode and reset sleep timer. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'WAKE'" Deactivates the touch panel screen-saver mode and resets the sleep timer. "'XMTO ...

Page 152 - Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers; Colors and programming numbers; Font Styles and Programming Numbers; Font styles and programming numbers; Border Styles and Programming Numbers

142 AXCESS Programming ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers The colors and their programming numbers are listed in Figure 202, and can be used to set the colors on buttons, sliders, gauges, and pages. The lowest color number represents the lightest color-spec...

Page 153 - Shorthand Send Commands; Shorthand Send_Commands

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 143 Border styles and programming numbers No. Border styles No. Border styles 0 No border 11 Double shadow 1 No border special 20 3-dimensional rectangle 1 2 Single line 21 3-dimensional rectangle 2 3 Double line 22 3-dimensional round 1 4 Triple li...

Page 161 - Variable Text Send Commands; Variable text Send_Commands

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 151 Variable Text Send Commands Use variable text Send_Commands (Figure 207) to set the borders, fonts, and text. Variable text Send_Commands Command Description " '!B',<variable text address 1-255>, <ON/OFF 0-1>" Set a specific ...

Page 163 - Shorthand Variable Text Commands

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 153 Variable text Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description " 'ICON,<variable text address>-<border style>'" Change the border style of a specific button. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <border style> = See Figure ...

Page 167 - Buttons String Commands; Touch

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels AXCESS Programming 157 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command Description "'@TXT',<variable text address>,'<text>'" Add text on a button. Use the | character to display text on multiple lines. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <button text&g...

Page 168 - Button Macro Commands; The two commands are identified and defined in Figure 210.

158 AXCESS Programming ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Buttons string commands Command Description "'$ID<group ID>'" Set the WAV-PK group ID number on VPW panels. <group ID > = 0 (off) - 15 Example: $ID15 Sets the touch panel button group ID to 15. "'$SL'" Activate sleep ...

Page 172 - ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels; To use the IRLIB Files listing:; Pathway to IR Library

162 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels To use the IRLIB Files listing: 1. Choose Start, then Programs and follow the pathway shown in Figure 212. 2. Click IR Library Database List to open the IRLIB infrared library program PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader will then launch itsel...

Page 173 - Loading an IR File; Click IRLIBX to open the IRLIB infrared library program.; Alt; to view the IRLIB program in a smaller

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 163 3. Scan through the listing and select the manufacturer and model number of the device you want to control. Make note of the data provided. Loading an IR File The following steps guide you through the process of loading an IR file into ...

Page 175 - on your keyboard. The IRLIB program locates the IRLIB; Creating Database

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 165 8. Type in the directory path and name for the location of the IRLIB files on your computer. Press Enter on your keyboard. The IRLIB program locates the IRLIB directory and compiles a database of all IR files available. 9. After the Cre...

Page 176 - Alt D; and then enter; Alt C; . You have cleared the DCU Function

166 Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels 11. Once the IR file has loaded into your computer and the loading dialog disappears, press F3. Click Modify and press ENTER. The Modify dialog will appear (Figure 220). 12. Enter Alt D and then enter Alt C . You have cleared the DCU Fu...

Page 177 - Esc; IR Memory Check; Enter Device Number

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Loading Infrared (IR) Files 167 13. Press Esc on your keyboard (exits the Modify dialog) and press F3 (shows menu selections for DCU/IRS ). Select Program and press Enter on your keyboard. The IR file is downloaded to your touch panel. IR Memory Check To verify the am...

Page 179 - Upgrading the Firmware; To update the firmware in the touch panels:; Caution

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Firmware Upgrade 169 Upgrading the Firmware Overview In this section, you’ll see how to upgrade the firmware in the PosiTrack 30 using the SOFTROM software program. Your PC must be connected to the PROGRAM DB-9 connector on the Central Controller or camera control uni...

Page 180 - Configuration; To configure the communication setting for the SOFTROM program:; Downloading the Firmware; To download the firmware:

170 Firmware Upgrade ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Configuration To configure the communication setting for the SOFTROM program: 1. Press F1 and the screen in Figure 225 appears. 2. Using the up/down arrow keys, select the communications port you are using to interface with the controller and pres...

Page 181 - Press F10 to exit the SOFTROM program.

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Firmware Upgrade 171 6. Press F5 to refresh the screen. Verify that the selected device has the correct firmware version. If any devices still appear with an old version of the firmware, repeat steps 3 through 5 until it appears with the correct version. 7. Press F10 ...

Page 183 - Specifications; ViewPoint specifications

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Specifications 173 Specifications Overview Figure 227 shows a ViewPoint touch panel and Figure 228 lists the specifications for the ViewPoint models. ViewPoint specifications Weight: VPT-CP/VPT-GS VPW-CP/VPW-GS 1.8 lbs (0.8 kg) with battery, 1.6 lbs (0.7 kg) without b...

Page 185 - VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery; VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery specifications

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Specifications 175 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Figure 229 shows the VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery. Figure 230 shows the specifications. VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery specifications Battery voltage Type Amp hour (Ah) Weight Dimensions 7.2 VDC ...

Page 187 - VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Specifications

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Specifications 177 VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Specifications Power supply: Input Output Indicators: Red LED Green LED Buzzer Enclosure Dimensions (HWD): Charging stand Weight: Charging stand Power supply 110 VAC, 60 Hz 12 VDC, 1500 mA Indicates batt...

Page 188 - ViewPort Docking Station specifications

178 Specifications ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels ViewPort Docking Station specifications Dimensions (HWD) 4.83" x 8.26" x 7.62" (122.7 mm x 209.8 mm x 193.4 mm) Environmental operating range: Temperature 50 F to 95 F (10 C to 35 C) Humidity 0% to 95% non-condensing Power requirement 12...

Page 189 - Telephone

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Contacting Sales and Technical Support 179 Contacting Sales and Technical Support Overview Customer service and satisfaction is our highest priority here at AMX Incorporated. If you are experiencing any problems or have a question about your product, please contact Te...

Page 190 - Figure 238 lists AMX International offices.; AMX International Offices; Technical Support; Your name, company name, mailing address, and telephone number

180 Contacting Sales and Technical Support ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Other AMX contacts Telephone Fax E-mail Special Projects 800-452-6945 972-907-6200 [email protected] Synergy 800-952-6995 972-644-1291 [email protected] PHAST 800-979-9637 801-264-8271 [email protected] Internationa...

Page 191 - identify the equipment/; If your problem is with a software program; identify the program you

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Contacting Sales and Technical Support 181 • If you are having a problem with hardware ⎯ identify the equipment/ firmware version you are using, what you were doing when the problem occurred, and any troubleshooting you've tried (if any). • If your problem is with a s...

Page 193 - Index

VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software Program Index 183 Index A Activate the Editor Bar, 19 Add, 84, 124 Add a button, 25 Add a joystick on a page, 44 Add a page, 23 Adding a bargraph to a page, 49 Adding a bitmap to a button, 35 Adding an icon to a button, 34 Adding text to a button...

Page 194 - mm

184 Index VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software Program 'CALIBRATE', 136 'CALL<variable text address>- <data>', 148 'CBOFF<variable text address>- <color _number >', 149 'CBON<variable text address>- <color _number>', 149 'CFOFF<variable text ad...

Page 195 - Horizontal Bargraph, 107

VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software Program Index 185 Delete, 86, 126 Designing a Touch Panel Page, 19 Device and channel assign-ments, 92 Device base, 71 Device Eff., 69, 81 Device range, 70, 81 Device used, 72 Display timer, 60 Double beep, 62 E Edit Bar — Button Menu Options, 84...

Page 196 - General Buttons

186 Index VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software Program Protected, 119 Protected setup, 63 Put on top, 99 R Related Instruction Manuals, 2 Rename, 126 Resize, 85 Resizing a button, 26 RGB Setup, 118 RGB Setup page without hardware support, 119 RSSI, 69, 81 S Save, 98 Save default, 98...

Page 197 - ViewPoint Color Wireless Touch

VPXpress ViewPoint System Design/Programming Software Program Index 187 ViewPoint Color Wireless Touch Panels, 1 ViewPoint Models, 1 ViewPoint Specifications, 173 ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels, 1 ViewPort Docking Station, 10 Specifications, 177 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Specifications, 175...