Adding Serial-Controlled Devices To The Project - AMX AXT-CA10 Instruction Manual

7. Use the up and down arrows to adjust the IR pulse time (in .10-second increments) in the IR
Pulse field. The default setting is .5 seconds.
8. Open the IR Mapping tab of the Device Configuration dialog to assign IR function/channels
to Touch Panel functions:
a. Click the Auto Assign button to automatically assign IR Functions to Touch Panel
functions. In most cases, this should be sufficient. However, you can use the IR Mapping
tab to manually assign IR Functions to Touch Panel functions.
b. Select the Touch Panel function that you want to associate an IR Function to (in the right-
hand table).
c. Select the IR Function that you want to assign to the selected Touch Panel function (in the
left-hand table), and click the right arrows button to copy the selected IR Function to the
selected Touch Panel function.
When adding multiple devices of similar type to a Project, in some cases the devices
could have very different requirements in terms of functionality and associated Touch
Panel pages/buttons. For example you could set up a high-end model DVD player
with full functionality and a second one with only basic DVD transport control. The
Design XPress - Professional TPD pages for both devices will show the same
number of buttons, but many buttons for the second DVD will not work, because
functions weren't mapped to them.
Try to keep the number of functions for multiple same-type devices as close as
possible, for ease-of-use for the end user.

Adding Serial-Controlled Devices to the Project

To add a Serial-controlled (RS-232) device to your system, click the Add button in the System
Information dialog. This opens the Device Configuration dialog - Device Data tab.
Be aware that the target NetLinx Master device being used by the project should be able to support
the number of Serial devices being added to the system. For example, if 4 Serial devices were
added to a System (where they directly connect to the Master), then an NI-700 would be greyed-out
out during the final compile process because an NI-700 only support 2 Serial connections. But if
the Serial devices (such as a Camera and Projector) were communicating to the Master via external
serial interfaces, then an NI-700 could be used in conjunction with an AXB-232++. The following
graphics provides a visual example of these scenarios:
DXP-PRO v1.1 - Programmer's Guide
Inversely, you can manually remove any IR functions from Touch Panel functions by
selecting a Touch Panel function (from the right-hand table), and click the left-arrows
button.
Using the DXP-PRO Wizard
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