Native Fonts; Multibyte International Characters; Wav File Audio Messages - Crestron UPX-2 Reference Manual

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Native Fonts

The UPX-2 includes a variety of native (built-in) fonts that are listed below. These
fonts are all anti-aliased via the hardware, and produce good results in a VT Pro-e
project. The UPX-2 does not support anti-aliasing of non-native fonts.
UPX-2 Native Fonts
Arial
Arial Italic
Comic Sans MS Bold
Courier New Bold Italic
Crestron Transport Outline
Microsoft Sans Serif
Palatino Linotype
ST Black
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Italic
TP Gui Cons 01
Verdana

MultiByte International Characters

Most languages use a single byte of 8 bits to represent a character, e.g. English,
French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Thai, etc.
Multibyte character fonts require more than the usual 8 bits to specify a character.
This occurs when a language has more than 256 characters (2
example, Chinese fonts contain several thousand characters. Other multibyte
languages include Japanese and Korean.
There are two separate issues with multibyte characters - static text on buttons and
indirect text on buttons. No firmware changes are required in either case.
To place static text on a button, you must use VT Pro-e 3.0 or later.
Indirect text on a button is entered in VT Pro-e and the actual string to be displayed
is entered in SIMPL Windows. You must use VT Pro-e 3.0 or later to guarantee that
the full set of characters in the font is stored on the UPX-2. You must use SIMPL
Windows 2.03.11 or later to enter Chinese characters directly. As of this publication
date, only completely single byte or completely multibyte strings may be entered or
they will not be compiled correctly in SIMPL Windows. In other words, you cannot
enter Chinese character interspersed with numbers. You can enter Chinese characters
or numbers in separate strings. Crestron is scheduling time to fix this in the near
future and the release notes for SIMPL Windows will mention it.
For now, the workaround of showing a graphic that displays the string can be used,
but it is not dynamic.

WAV File Audio Messages

The UPX-2 is capable of playing audio messages as system prompts and responses.
These files are recorded as WAV files on a PC using an audio utility such as Sound
Recorder that is packaged with Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/XP/NT/ 2000™. Files
from other sources may also be converted to an acceptable format by using this or a
similar utility. Many other audio utilities are available commercially or as shareware.
The UPX-2 only accepts the following WAV file format: PCM, 8KHz to 44KHz,
mono or stereo, 8 bit or 16 bit. For more information about how to use Sound
Recorder, refer to its User's Guide and extensive help information provided with the
software.
Pre-recorded WAV files for voice prompts and responses are available from
Crestron. These files can be stored into and programmed for use in the UPX-2
Arial Bold Arial Bold Italic
BudHand Comic Sans MS
Courier New Courier New Bold
Courier New Italic Crestron Transport
Lucida Console Marlett
MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif
ST Bd Cn ST Bd Ex
ST Md Cn Symbol
Tahoma Bold Terminal
Times New Roman Bold Times New Roman Bold Italic
TP Black Condensed TP Black Extended
TP Gui Transports TP LCD
Webdings Wingdings
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