Working With The System Page Template - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

Working With the System Page Template

The System Page Template is a set of pages, popup pages and buttons that are pre-defined with
functions that allow you to view/edit various panel and system parameters. When you open the
System Page Template, TPDesign4 automatically selects the template that matches the panel and
resolution specified for the active project.
Select File > Open System Page Template to open the system page template. You will see the
System Page Template open in the Workspace Navigator as a separate project folder, containing a
set of system pages and popup pages.
You can use the System Page template to copy/paste entire System Pages into your project, or copy/
paste selected elements from a System Page into a page in your project. For example, you may want
to include the entire RGB Setup page in your project. Once you copy the System Page into your
project, it is treated like any other page in your project. You can edit or modify the page and
contained buttons, just like you would for any other page in the Project.
Alternatively, you may decide that rather than pasting an entire system page into your project, you
only want to use some of the features on a System Page. In this case, you can copy/paste just the
buttons you want out of a System Page, and paste them into any page in your project.
The System Page Template Pages are all intentionally locked. The pages and the buttons they
contain are not editable until they are copied out of the System Page Template folder, and pasted
into a Project. Note that the System Page Templates all have names that begin with two underscores
(i.e. "__RGBsetup"). When these pages are pasted into a Project, the name is automatically
changed to a single underscore (i.e. "_RGB setup"). This is to protect the original System Page
Template pages from being edited. TPDesign4 will not allow you to create and save a page with the
two underscore prefix.
Again, once the System Page Template is copied into a Project, and the name is (automatically)
changed to use a single-underscore prefix, it is fully editable, just like any other page in the Project.
Note that if you click on a button on a System Page, the Address and Channel Port/Code
assignments work differently than the buttons you create. System Page buttons always use these
settings:
The pages that make up the template cannot be modified directly. You can open the
System Page Template (via the File menu) and copy entire pages or particular
elements from a page, and them paste them into your Project, and once these pages
or buttons exist within your Project they can be modified as needed. However,
TPDesign treats the System File Template as a password-protected file to avoid
accidentally modifying the template pages directly.
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• Address Port: System Page buttons which require communication from the master controller
to the panel, are always set to the reserved setup port (0 - setup port) by
default.
• Address Code: System Page buttons are each assigned a descriptive name as the Address
Code for easy identification.
• Channel Port: Since System Page buttons require communication out of the panel to the mas-
ter controller, the Channel Port is always set to the reserved setup port (0 -
setup port) by default.
• Channel Code: System Page buttons are each assigned a descriptive name as the Channel
Code for easy identification.
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