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AMX Color Active-Matrix LCD Instruction Manual

AMX Color Active-Matrix LCD Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels (Firmware version G2 or lower) Instruction Manual t a k e c o n t r o l...
  • Page 2 AMX dealer. Consumers should inquire from selling dealer as to the nature and extent of the dealer’ s warranty, if any. AMX is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its products to perform, including any lost profits, lost savings, incidental damages, or consequential damages.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    AXlink connector for data and power Using the UniMount and rack-mount AXlink connector for data and an external 12 VDC power supply Using the UniMount and rack-mount 4-pin header for mouse control Cleaning the Touch Overlay Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Table of Contents...
  • Page 4 Add a joy stick on a page Set the joy stick attributes Set the level code Create a Bargraph Add a bargraph to a page Set the bargraph attributes Set the level code Set the Video Display Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 5 Setup password Auto assign Set serial Set device Page password Power up page Calibrate Page tracking LCD timer message Timer BRT Editor Bar Button Menu Options Move Copy image Delete Resize Edit text Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Table of Contents...
  • Page 6 Vertical graph Icon feedback Joy stick Drawings Brightness Video Setup System Menu Options Clear buttons Clear drawings Memory Send file Receive file Move edit bar Print Function map Function show Set Defaults Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 7 Color Guidelines ..............133 Overview Colors Specifications..............135 Overview AXT-MCA (/PB) and AXT-MCV (/PB) AXU-MCA (/PB) and AXU-MCV (/PB) AXM-MCA (/PB) and AXM-MCV (/PB) Technical Support .............. 139 Overview Index..................141 Overview Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Table of Contents...
  • Page 8 Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    You can also use the TPDOC or TPDesign custom touch panel design programs AMX offers to enhance your mini- touch panel designs. Figure 1 shows an AXU-MCA UniMount mini-touch panel.

  • Page 10: Features

    AXU-MCA Mouse (optional) port Sample AXU-MCA and AXCESS Control System Note AXlink cable The mouse can be used to design mini-touch panel pages AXCESS CardFrame and then removed prior to installation. Television Lighting Camera Introduction Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 11: What's In This Manual

    AXCESS programming, battery replacement procedures, 512K memory upgrade, color guidelines, specifications, and technical support information. If you are not familiar with the AMX mini-touch panel operating system, read through the Mini-Touch Panel Basics section and create touch panel pages and objects. If you are...
  • Page 12 Helpful hints you can use to check panel wiring, correct Technical Support a software program problem, and the numbers to call for AMX technical support. Introduction Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 13: Installing Mini-Touch Panels

    Mount the AXU-MCA (/PB), AXU-MCV (/PB), and low profile back box. Figure 4 shows the AXU-MCA and low profile back box. Figure 4 Low profile back box AXU-MCA and low profile back AXU-MCA bezel Engraved overlay Release slot Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Installing Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 14 Remove the mini-touch panel and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded insert into each hole. Attach the AXlink and optional RCA video connectors to the mini-touch panel. Refer to Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels for wiring diagrams and pinout descriptions. Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 15 Insert the engraved overlay back into the bezel. located at the bottom. Connect the AXlink wiring to the AMX Control System, and the optional video wiring to the video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power.
  • Page 16 32 threaded inserts into the four holes marked ‘ B’ in the cutout dimensions mounting holes. illustration. Disconnect the AXlink connector from the AMX Control System, and the optional video wiring from the video source. Remove one or more knockouts to accommodate the wiring as required.

  • Page 17: Axu-Mca (/Pb), Axu-Mcv (/Pb), And Bb-Mtp Unimount Enclosure (Plasterboard)

    Insert the engraved overlay back into the bezel. Connect the AXlink wiring to the AMX Control System, and video wiring to the video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power. AXU-MCA (/PB), AXU-MCV (/PB), and BB-MTP UniMount enclosure...
  • Page 18 Place the BB-MTP into the cutout and mark the threaded insert positions as shown in Figure 9. Remove the BB-MTP and drill four #6-32 insert holes. Then, place a threaded insert into each hole. Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 19: Axm-Mca (/Pb) Or Axm-Mcv (/Pb)

    Insert the engraved overlay back into the bezel. Connect the AXlink wiring to the AMX Control System, and video wiring to the video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power. AXM-MCA (/PB) or AXM-MCV (/PB) (rack mount) Mount the AXM-MCA (/PB), AXM-MCV (/PB), and AC-RK rack kit into an electronic equipment rack.

  • Page 20: Wiring The Mini-Touch Panels

    Connect the AXlink wiring to the AMX Control System, and video wiring to the video source. The mini-touch panel will beep when you apply power. Wiring the Mini-Touch Panels The TiltScreen mini-touch panels use a mini-XLR (male) connector for power and data communications, and an optional RCA connector to display PAL- and NTSC- compatible video.

  • Page 21: Preparing Captive Wires

    If you install the mini-touch panel farther away from the control system than recommended in Figure 13, connect an external 12 VDC power supply to the TiltScreen, UniMount, and rack-mount mini-touch panels according to the wiring diagrams and pinout descriptions in this section. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Installing Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 22: Using The Tiltscreen Mini-Xlr Connector For Axlink Data And Power

    GND - (BLK) AXM (GRN) AXP (WHT) PWR + (RED) 4 - PWR + (RED) Control system 3 - AXP (WHT) 2 - AXM (GRN) 1 - GND - (BLK) Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 23: Using The Unimount And Rack-Mount Axlink Connector For Data And Power

    Figure 13. Make sure to connect only the GND wire on the AXlink connector when using an external 12 VDC power supply. Do not connect the PWR wire to the AXlink connector’ s PWR (+) terminal. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Installing Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 24: Using The Unimount And Rack-Mount 4-Pin Header For Mouse Control

    4-pin header and DB-9 connector pinouts 4-pin header and DB-9 4-pin DB-9 connector header Signal Function (male) pins connector pinouts +12 VDC power 4 and 7 (strap) Transmit data Receive data Ground Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 25: Cleaning The Touch Overlay

    50-percent water onto the cloth. Clean the touch overlay with the damp cloth. Then, wipe the touch overlay with a dry cloth. Reconnect the AXlink and optional video connectors to the mini-touch panel. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Installing Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 26 Installing Mini-Touch Panels Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 27: Mini-Touch Panel Pages

    Figure 21 shows how to link five mini- touch panel pages to the Main page. Note that each page contains one button that goes to the next page, and one that goes to the previous page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Basics...

  • Page 28: Standard Buttons

    . The message bar instructs you to perform an operation. Press EXIT to return to the Editor Bar. The message portion is not active (no feedback). Figure 22 TOUCH BUTTON TO CHANGE ATTRIBUTES EXIT Message bar example Mini-Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 29: Editor Bar

    PROTECTED Selection button example S E T U P Information button Information buttons contain serial numbers and firmware version information. Figure 25 shows the serial number information button in the Setup Page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Basics...

  • Page 30: Adjustment Button

    All keypad buttons are active except for the entry display. Figure 27 Entry display Keypad example SET TIME Keypad entry (0 - 9) CLEAR – Resets entry to 0 CLEAR ENTER ENTER – Processes entry if correct Mini-Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 31: Page Menu Buttons

    " Decision Text Goes Here" Decision button example Decision buttons appear when y ou exit the editor bar, send or receive a drawing, designate a communication protocol, or make an operation error. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Basics...

  • Page 32: Status Buttons

    The keyboard pages also appear when you add new pages, type text output strings, and select the editor bar. Mini-Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 33 Opens the font page (Figure 32), which contains five standard fonts, four outline fonts, and two symbol buttons . You can use the FIXED SYMBOLS and VARIABLE SYMBOLS for buttons, sliders, and bargraphs. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Basics...
  • Page 34 FIXED SYMBOLS VARI- ABLE SYMBOLS FIXED SYMBOLS Opens the Fixed Symbol pages that contain 22 control symbols. Figure 33 shows the first page of fixed symbols. Figure 33 Fixed Symbol page 1 Mini-Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 35 Sample variable symbols page ABORT Closes the keyboard page without making any text or graphic character changes. EXIT SAVE Closes the keyboard page and stores the text or graphic changes to memory. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Basics...
  • Page 36 Mini-Touch Panel Basics Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 37: Designing A Mini-Touch Panel Page

    Refer to the Editor bar and Go to information in the Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference section to access the Main page. Figure 35 Main page MAIN SETUP PAGE Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page ( Figure 36). Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...
  • Page 38 Type 1988, and press ENTER to open the Protected Setup page ( Figure 38). If you enter a wrong number, press CLEAR and re-enter the number. Refer to the Set Password subsection to change a password. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 39: Create A Page

    You create mini-touch panel pages using the Page menu option in the editor bar. Add a page Press PAGE on the editor bar to open the menu options shown in Figure 40. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...
  • Page 40 Type New Page (Figure 42) using keyboard pages 1 and 2. Press the MORE KEYS button to toggle between the keyboard pages. The page name can be up to 20 letters. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 41: Go To New Page

    Page menu options COPY RENAME DELETE MAIN GO TO SETUP PAGE PASSWD PG FLIP PRINT PAGE COLOR Press the GO TO option to open the page list shown in Figure 44. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 42: Create A Button

    Press ADD to add a button to NEW PAGE. The message bar shown in Figure 46 instructs you how to add a button. The first touch point is the upper-left corner of the button. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 43: Resize The Button

    Press the RESIZE option to resize the button when the message bar appears. Touch the button and drag your finger horizontally across the screen and down to resize the button as shown in Figure 49. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 44: Button Attributes

    MOVE COPY IMAGE DELETE RESIZE EDIT TEXT ATTRIBUTES Button SAVE PASTE SET TO DEFAULT Press ATTRIBUTES and the button you added to open the Attributes page shown in Figure 51. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 45: Set The Border

    BORDER RAISED The three-dimensional border DIMENSION SPECIAL option is available in mini-touch panels equipped with firmware version 2.0 or higher. Press SHADOW to reset the button border to shadow style. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 46: Set The Channel Code

    Press EXIT in the Attributes page to store the new button attributes in memory and return to the current page. Press EXIT in the editor bar to exit the attribute's mode. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 47: Add Text

    ENTER – < > INTNL MORE INTNL MORE SPACE SHIFT SPACE SHIFT LOCK CHARS KEYS LOCK CHARS KEYS EXIT EXIT FONT ABORT FONT ABORT SAVE SAVE Page 1 Page 2 Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 48: Create A Joy Stick

    Figure 57 BUTTON PAGE ICONS EXIT SYSTEM TIME Icons menu options DATE E TIMER 16 CHAR TERM 32 CHAR TERM VERTICAL GRAPH ICON FEEDBACK JOY STICK DRAWINGS BRIGHTNESS VIDEO SETUP Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 49: Set The Joy Stick Attributes

    SET TO DEFAULT Press ATTRIBUTES to set the joy stick attributes when the message bar appears. Touch the joy stick to open the Joy stick Attributes page shown in Figure 60. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 50: Set The Level Code

    Press EXIT in the Attributes page to store the new joy stick attributes in memory and return to the current page. Press EXIT in the editor bar to exit the attribute's mode. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 51: Create A Bargraph

    Figure 63 BUTTON PAGE ICONS SYSTEM EXIT TIME Icons menu options DATE E TIMER 16 CHAR TERM 32 CHAR TERM VERTICAL GRAPH ICON FEEDBACK JOY STICK DRAWINGS BRIGHTNESS VIDEO SETUP Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...

  • Page 52: Set The Bargraph Attributes

    Button menu options Bar graph MOVE COPY IMAGE DELETE RESIZE EDIT TEXT ATTRIBUTES SAVE PASTE MAIN PAGE SET TO DEFAULT Press ATTRIBUTES to set the bargraph attributes when the message bar appears. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 53: Set The Level Code

    Link the New Page to the Main Page instructions if the mini-touch panel is not equipped with a video port. Press ICONS on the editor bar to open the icons menu shown in Figure 67. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...
  • Page 54 Figure 68. Set the mini-touch panel for NTSC or PAL composite video with the button located in the bottom-right corner. The RESET button returns the video display to factory default settings. Press EXIT in the editor bar to exit the Video Setup page. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 55: Link The New Page To The Main Page

    Figure 65. Press the MORE KEYS button to toggle between the keyboard pages. Press DEL four times to delete MAIN. Type NEW. The revised text appears in the keyboard window as shown in Figure 70. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...
  • Page 56 Press ATTRIBUTES and the NEW PAGE button to open the Attributes page shown in Figure 72. Press PAGE in the Attributes page to open the page list. Press the up or down buttons to move the highlight bar to NEW PAGE. Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 57: Close The Editor Bar

    Touch EXIT on the editor bar ( Figure 73). Figure 73 BUTTON PAGE ICONS SYSTEM EXIT Main page SETUP PAGE Press YES on the exit decision box to close the editor bar. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page...
  • Page 58 Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 59: Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference

    You can access the Setup page from the Main page ( Figure 74) that appears when you power up the mini-touch panel. Figure 74 Main page MAIN SETUP PAGE The buttons in the Setup page set the operating parameters of the mini-touch panel. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 60: Setup Page

    Use the Setup page buttons to configure the mini-touch panel. Beep The BEEP button (Figure 77) sets how long the audible beep sounds when you press the screen. Figure 77 BEEP BEEP button Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 61: Lcd Timer

    SERIAL NO., AXlink, and vX.XX button examples The SERIAL NUMBER button shows the serial number AMX assigns to the mini- touch panel. The AXlink button is an AXCESS communication indicator that blinks once every second when the AXCESS Control System is connected to the mini-touch panel.

  • Page 62: Smartpack

    BATTERY VOLTAGE XX.XV Shows the voltage level of the lead-acid rechargeable battery in the SMT-PKM. SUPPLY VOLTAGE XX.XV Shows the voltage level of the external power supply (optional) connected to the SMT-PKM. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 63: Wave

    MODULE LOCKED ON SERVER MODULE RSSI RSSI VERSION VERSION VX.XX vX.XX BATTERY DEVICE BATTERY VOLTAGE RANGE CHARGING XX.XV XXX-XXX SUPPLY DEVICE NETWORK VOLTAGE EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY XX.XV SERVER DEVICES 128, 129, 130 Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 64 Shows the communication efficiency of bi- directional RF transmissions between the mini-touch panel and AXR-WAVES Server. The efficiency percentage (0-100%) is determined by the number of retries required to complete a panel operation. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 65: Set Time And Date

    Press the SET TIME AND DATE button to open the page shown in Figure 82. Figure 82 SET TIME IN 24 HOUR FORMAT EXIT Set time and date page YEAR MONTH HOUR DISPLAY 12:00 DISPLAY MONTH/DAY Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 66: Double Beep

    'ADBEEP' System Send_Commands. Refer to the The Protected Setup page (Figure 84) contains various buttons you can use to set up AXCESS Programming mini-touch panel pages. subsection for complete information. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 67: Set Background

    DARK CREAM GREEN GRAY GRAY YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE Then, select the background color for the Setup pages. TRANSPARENT Not functional for this operation. ABORT Returns to the Setup page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 68: Brightness

    Set the brightness and contrast levels for the screen. BRIGHT Press the up and down buttons to set the screen brightness. The minimum brightness level is 1 and maximum is 8. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 69: Protected Setup Page

    The Protected Setup page ( Figure 88) appears when you enter the correct number. Figure 88 ADJUST ATTRIBUTES EXIT Protected Setup page EDITOR CALIBRATE DEVICE PAGE SETUP PAGE PASSWORD PASSWORD TRACKING AUTO POWER UP LCD TIMER ASSIGN PAGE MESSAGE TIMER BRT SERIAL Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 70: Protected Setup Page Buttons

    Since there are so many operations associated with the editor bar, they are described in the Editor Bar subsection. Editor bar Figure 90 BUTTON PAGE ICONS SYSTEM EXIT Editor bar example MAIN SETUP PAGE Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 71: Setup Password

    ( Figure 92). Figure 92 AUTO AUTO AUTO ASSIGN buttons ASSIGN ASSIGN Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 72: Set Serial

    BUS MODE, RS232 MODE, BOTH MODE Sets the data signal output for the mini-touch panel. BUS MODE Transmits AXlink data through the 4-pin AXlink connector on UniMount and rack-mount mini-touch panels. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 73 Deletes the character above the cursor. MORE KEYS Toggles between keyboard pages 1 and 2. CAP LOCK Toggles between uppercase and lowercase text characters. The default mode is CAP LOCK on. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 74: Set Device

    System. Devices connected to the control system must be assigned unique AXlink device numbers. Do not use duplicate device numbers to avoid communication problems between the mini-touch panel and control system. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 75: Page Password

    Select a page to designate the first page to open when you power up the mini-touch panel. Move the highlight bar to a page name, ** NONE **, or ** PREVIOUS ** using the up and down buttons. Press ENTER to set the Power Up page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 76: Calibrate

    Page tracking is on when the button background is black with white text (Figure 98), and off when the background is white with black text. Figure 98 PAGE PAGE TRACKING TRACKING PAGE TRACKING buttons Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 77: Lcd Timer Message

    Moves the cursor back one space to the left. ENTER Adds a return to the current line and then moves the cursor to the next line. Deletes the character above the cursor. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 78 CLOCK DISPLAY Opens the Clock Display page ( Figure 101). Figure 102 shows the clock display sizes. Figure 101 ADJUST ATTRIBUTES EXIT Clock Display page X-SMALL SMALL MESSAG MEDIUM LARGE X-LARGE Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 79 Sets the drawing to appear in screen-saver mode and returns to the Protected Setup page. VIDEO Sets the mini-touch panel to display video when the mini-touch panel is in screen-saver mode. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 80: Timer Brt

    Figure 106 ADJUST ATTRIBUTES EXIT EDITOR button in the EDITOR CALIBRATE DEVICE Protected Setup page PAGE SETUP PAGE PASSWORD PASSWORD TRACKING AUTO POWER UP LCD TIMER ASSIGN PAGE MESSAGE SERIAL Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 81: Button Menu Options

    The options include operations to create, configure, and revise buttons. The editor bar, shown at the top (default) of the screen, shows the page name. Press EXIT to close the option's list. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 82: Add

    Press the target button, joy stick, or bargraph and drag the button copy to the new position. The X and Y coordinates show the button position on the screen. Press the EXIT button in the editor bar to exit. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 83: Delete

    Figure 114 EXIT TOUCH AND DRAG TO RESIZE Resize message bar Drag your finger horizontally across the screen and down to resize the height and width as shown in Figure 115. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 84: Edit Text

    Special keyboard button descriptions follow. BACK SPACE Moves the cursor back one space to the left. ENTER Adds a return to the current line and then moves the cursor to the next line. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 85 Moves the cursor left, right, up, and down within a line or page of text. FONT Opens the Font page (Figure 117). Select a font (typeface) for the button text. Figure 117 Font page AaBb AaBbCc FIXED SYMBOLS VARI- ABLE SYMBOLS Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 86 Figure 119 Variable Symbols keyboard page ABORT Closes the keyboard pages without making any text or graphic character changes. EXIT SAVE Closes the keyboard pages and stores the text to memory. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 87: Attributes

    DOUBLE TRIPLE SINGLE DOUBLE DIAMOND DIAMOND WIDE SINGLE The three-dimensional border option is available in mini-touch TRIPLE THREE SHADOW BORDER RAISED DIMENSION panels equipped with firmware SPECIAL version 2.0 or higher. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 88 STRING Opens the String Options page in Figure 123. Use this option to send characters, numbers, messages, or feedback to the control system. The string options are STANDARD, KEYPAD, and KEYBOARD. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 89 (control signals) from an AXCESS Control System. You can use the feedback option to designate how a button appears on the mini-touch panel. Feedback options are NONE, INVERTED CHANNEL, ALWAYS ON, CHANNEL, and MOMENTARY. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 90 Press to open the SET COLORS page and set the border, fill, and text colors for channel off and channel on conditions. The OFF and ON buttons at the bottom of the page show the color settings. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 91: Save

    The options include operations to add, copy, rename, delete, go to a page, password page-flip, print, and set the colors on the mini-touch panel pages. Press the EXIT button on the editor bar to close the menu options. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 92: Add

    . ABORT Closes the keyboard without naming the page and returns to the current page. EXIT SAVE Stores the page name and returns to the current page. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 93: Copy

    . ABORT Closes the keyboard without naming the page and returns to the current page. EXIT SAVE Stores the page name and returns to the current page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 94: Rename

    . ABORT Closes the keyboard without naming the page and returns to the current page. EXIT SAVE Stores the page name and returns to the current page. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 95: Delete

    ** PREVIOUS **, and press ENTER to go to that page. Up arrow Moves the highlight bar up. Down arrow Moves the highlight bar down. ENTER Resets the screen to the new page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 96: Passwd Pg Flip

    Move the highlight bar to the target page using the up and down buttons. Press ENTER and then EXIT twice to set the new button and page flip. Up arrow Moves the highlight bar up. Down arrow Moves the highlight bar down. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 97: Print

    Sends the print file to the PC. The mini-touch panel returns to the page assigned as the startup page when the file transfer is complete. Cancels the file transfer and returns to the current page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 98: Page Color

    Press ICONS to open the menu options shown in Figure 136. Figure 136 BUTTON PAGE ICONS EXIT SYSTEM TIME Icons options list DATE E TIMER 16 CHAR TERM 32 CHAR TERM VERTICAL GRAPH ICON FEEDBACK JOY STICK DRAWINGS BRIGHTNESS VIDEO SETUP Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 99: Time

    Starts the elapsed timer and changes the button name to PAUSE. PAUSE Pauses the elapsed timer and changes the button name to START. Press the button again to continue timing the event. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 100: 16 Char Term

    Opens the keypad to set the channel code for the vertical graph. The channel code range is 1 through 255. Keep track of channel code settings to create duplicate vertical graphs with identical functions on another page. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 101 Opens the display options shown in Figure 140. Choose one of the options to set the vertical graph attribute. Figure 140 VERTICAL DISPLAY HORIZONTAL DISPLAY Display options VERTICAL ACTIVE HORIZONTAL ACTIVE VERTICAL CENTER HORIZONTAL CENTER Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 102 Press to open the SET COLORS page and set the border, fill, and text colors for channel off and channel on conditions. The OFF and ON buttons at the bottom of the page show the color settings. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 103: Icon Feedback

    RAISED DIMENSION SPECIAL panels equipped with firmware version 2.0 or higher. Determine which border style you want to use. Use the NO BORDER button to hide the button for graphic illustrations. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 104 (control signals) from an AXCESS Control System. You can use the feedback option to designate how a button appears on the mini-touch panel. Feedback options are ICON CHANNEL and ICON MOMENTARY. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 105: Joy Stick

    You can set the attributes for a joy stick or crosshair icons in the Attributes page (Figure 146) with the ATTRIBUTES option in the Button menu. Use the RESIZE option in the Button menu to resize the icon. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 106 8 as the Y (vertical) position. Refer to the AXCESS Programming Guide for more information on level codes. FUNCTION Opens the Icon options shown in Figure 147. Figure 147 JOYSTICK NON CENTER JOYSTICK Icon options CROSSHAIR NON CENTER CROSSHAIR Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 107 Press to open the SET COLORS page and set the border, fill, and text colors for channel off and channel on conditions. The OFF and ON buttons at the bottom of the page show the color settings. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 108: Drawings

    Press the BRIGHTNESS button to open the page shown You can only have one in Figure 149. You can also access the Brightness page from the Protected Setup BRIGHTNESS button per page. page. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 109: Video Setup

    Press the VIDEO SETUP button to open the Video Setup page shown in You can only have one VIDEO Figure 150. SETUP button per page. Figure 150 ADJUST ATTRIBUTES EXIT Video Setup page Horizontal sliders Video display area RESET NTSC Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 110: System Menu Options

    BUTTON PAGE ICONS SYSTEM EXIT CLEAR BUTTONS System menu options CLEAR DRAWINGS CLEAR SYMBOLS MEMORY MAIN PAGE SEND FILE RECEIVE FILE MOVE EDIT BAR PRINT FUNCTION MAP FUNCTION SHOW SET DEFAULTS Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 111: Clear Buttons

    Press the CLEAR DRAWINGS option to open the decision box in Figure 154. This option erases drawings from option erases (deletes) the drawing you select in the drawing list. mini-touch panel memory and cannot be restored. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 112: Memory

    Cancels the deletion process and returns to the current page. Memory Press the MEMORY option to open the message box in Figure 157 to show the number of memory blocks available to create pages and buttons. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 113: Send File

    Cancels the drawing file transfer and opens the decision box in Figure 160. Figure 160 PRESS YES FOR BUS TRANSFER. PRESS NO Transfer type decision box FOR RS232 (9 PIN D). Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 114: Receive File

    Receives the PC file via the AXlink connector on the mini-touch panel and opens the decision box in Figure 163. Not functional for this operation. Figure 163 THIS WILL DESTROY SOME PANEL DATA.PRESS YES TO CONTINUE. Continue decision box Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 115: Move Edit Bar

    Sends the print file to the PC. The mini-touch panel returns to the startup page when the file transfer is complete. Cancels the file transfer and returns to the current page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 116: Function Map

    Up arrow moves to the previous set of channel code numbers. Down arrow moves to the next set of channel code numbers. OTHER MAP Opens the variable text code map shown in Figure 167. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 117: Function Show

    As shown in Figure 168, a channel code number appears in the upper-left corner of the button, and a variable text number appears in the lower-right corner. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...

  • Page 118: Set Defaults

    Set Defaults page. Figure 169 BORDER Set Defaults page EXIT EXIT COLORS CHANGE BORDER Opens the Border Option page shown in Figure 170. Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 119 Opens the Set Colors page so you can set the default border, fill, and text colors for the button's channel off and channel on condition. Then, choose EXIT in the editor bar to return to the main page. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 120 Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 121: Axcess Programming

    The keyboard string is set to null during power up and is stored until power down. <text string> = 0-59 characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'AKEYB-TOUCH HERE ' Opens the mini-touch panel keyboard with TOUCH HERE in the display. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...
  • Page 122 7:16 p.m. 'DBEEP ' Output a double beep. This command only works if the Double Beep value in the Protected Setup page is on. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'DBEEP ' Double beeps the panel. AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 123 Use the 'AKEYP-' command to automatically open a keypad and display the number string. <number string> = 0-9999 numeric characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'KEYP-1988 ' Initializes the number string 1988 when the keypad opens. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...
  • Page 124 Go to the Setup page. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'SETUP ' Flips the mini-touch panel to the Setup page. 'SLEEP ' Switch the mini-touch panel to screen-saver mode. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, 'SLEEP ' Activates the screen-saver mode. AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 125 Activate page tracking. Example program: DEFINE DEVICE TP1 = 128 TP2 = 129 DEFINE_VARIABLE TP1_BUF[25] TP2_BUF[25] DEFINE_START CREATE_BUFFER TP1,TP1_BUF CREATE_BUFFER TP2,TP2_BUF SEND_COMMAND TP1,'TPAGEON' SEND_COMMAND TP2,'TPAGEON' DEFINE_PROGRAM IF (LENGTH_STRING(TP1_BUF)) IF(FIND_STRING(TP1_BUF, 'PAGE- ',1)) SEND_COMMAND TP2,TP1_BUF Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...
  • Page 126 Command to erase all the SEND_COMMAND TP, 'ZAP!' stored data in the mini-touch Clears all memory and erases all buttons, pages, drawings, and panel. The data cannot be symbols. recovered after it is erased. AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 127: Color Numbers

    You must use the variable text <data> = 6 color_number series for: assignments to change button colors. FILL COLOR ON FILL COLOR OFF BORDER COLOR ON BORDER COLOR OFF TEXT COLOR ON TEXT COLOR OFF Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...
  • Page 128 Set the OFF feedback fill color to the specified color. address>-<color <variable text address> = 1 through 255 _number>' <color_number> = see Figure 173 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'CFOFF1-19' Sets the OFF feedback fill color to WHITE for variable text button AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 129 Sets the ON feedback text color to the specified color. address>-<color <variable text address> = 1 through 255 _number>' <color_number> = see Figure 173 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'CTON1-19' Sets the ON feedback text color to WHITE for variable text button Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...

  • Page 130: Variable Text Send_Commands

    4 = double raised 12 = triple raised 5 = single rounded 13 = shadow 6 = double rounded 14 = no border and no background 7 = double single, single 15 = three dimensional AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 131 <variable text address> = 1-255 address>, '<new button <new button text> = 1-60 characters text> '" Shorthand version of 'TEXT' command. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP," '!T',1,'VCR PLAY '" Changes the variable text button 1 title to VCR PLAY. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels AXCESS Programming...

  • Page 132: Wavepack Button Attribute String_Commands124

    <sleep time> = 0 (off) - 150 minutes Example: $ST5 Sets the sleep time to 5 minutes. AXCESS Programming Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 133: Replacing The Lithium Batteries

    Contact your AMX dealer before you replace the lithium batteries and verify that static electricity from your body and flat-blade tool by touching they have a current copy of the pages stored in the touch panel. This will avoid any a grounded metal object.
  • Page 134 (100 ° C). Never solder directly Rotate the circuit card back to the original position and place it in the mini- to the battery or expose the touch panel housing. contents of the battery to water. Replacing the Lithium Batteries Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 135: Axu-Mca (/Pb), Axu-Mcv (/Pb), Axm-Mca (/Pb), And Axm-Mcv (/Pb)

    Flip the touch panel facedown onto a soft cloth. Figure 179 shows the batteries on the mini-touch panel’ s circuit card. Figure 179 Connector side of circuit card Lithium Battery locations on the mini- batteries touch panel circuit card Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Replacing the Lithium Batteries...
  • Page 136 Return the touch panel to the back box or equipment rack and reconnect all connectors. Insert the four mounting screws and tighten. Place the engraved overlay onto the touch panel's bezel. Replacing the Lithium Batteries Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 137: 512K Memory Upgrade

    Remove the mini-XLR AXlink and optional RCA video connector from the rear panel of the mini-touch panel. Flip the mini-touch panel face down onto a soft cloth, and remove the four Phillips-head screws from the bottom panel. Then, gently remove the panel. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels 512K Memory Upgrade...

  • Page 138: Axu-Mca (/Pb), Axu-Mcv (/Pb), Axm-Mca (/Pb), And Axm-Mcv (/Pb)

    IC location on the circuit cards Discharge the static electricity from your body by touching a grounded object. Insert a flat-blade tool into the release slot on the touch panel’ s bezel and remove the engraved overlay. 512K Memory Upgrade Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 139 Return the mini-touch panel to the Back Box or equipment rack and connect the 4-pin AXlink connector, optional RCA video connector, and insert the four mounting screws and tighten. Place the engraved overlay onto the touch panel bezel. Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels 512K Memory Upgrade...
  • Page 140 512K Memory Upgrade Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 141: Color Guidelines

    DARK CREAM GREEN GRAY GRAY YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE Use dark text on light buttons and light text on dark buttons ( Figure 183). Figure 183 Dark Text Light Text Button examples Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Color Guidelines...
  • Page 142 If you use a graphic on a button, either make the button the same as the background on the graphic or change the background color of the graphic to match the button. Color Guidelines Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 143: Specifications

    RCA (female) NTSC/PAL on rear panel of AXT-MCV (/PB) Memory Standard— 128 K Video inputs on color video Optional— 512 K extended memory panels are not available during Power 12 VDC at 700 mA wireless operation. WAV-PKM Mini-WavePack Options: SMT-PKM Mini-SmartPack Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Specifications...

  • Page 144: Axu-Mca (/Pb) And Axu-Mcv (/Pb)

    320 x 240 pixels Connectors 4-pin (male) AXlink connector RCA female NTSC/PAL on rear panel of AXU-MCV (/PB) Memory Standard— 128 K Optional— 512 K extended memory Power 12 VDC at 700 mA Options BB-MTP Back Box Specifications Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 145: Axm-Mca (/Pb) And Axm-Mcv (/Pb)

    Screen Res. (HV) 320 x 240 pixels Connectors 4-pin (male) AXlink connector RCA female NTSC/PAL on rear panel of AXM-MCV (/PB) Memory Standard— 128 K Optional— 512 K extended memory Power 12 VDC at 700 mA Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Specifications...
  • Page 146 Specifications Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 147: Technical Support

    If the problem is not resolved, reload the program from a new copy of your master disk. If you still have a service problem, call your AMX Technical Support Team listed in Figure 191 for technical assistance:...
  • Page 148 Technical Support Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...

  • Page 149: Index

    CFOFF, 120 (solid surfaces), 7 CFON, 121 AXU-MCA (/PB), AXU-MCV (/PB), CLOCK, 114 and low profile back box, 5 Color Numbers, 119 Color Send_Commands, 119 — B— CPAGE, 121 CTOFF, 121 Bargraph, 43 CTON, 121 Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Index...
  • Page 150 Decision buttons, 23 Joy stick Attributes page, 42 Designing a Mini-Touch Panel Page, — K— Keyboard features, 25 — E— Keyboard page 1 and 2 example, 24 Editor bar, 21 Keyboard pages 1 and 2, 48 Index Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 151 Set the level code, 42, 45 Page menu buttons, 23 Set time and date page, 57 Page menu options, 32, 83 Setup Page, 51 Preparing captive wires, 13 Beep, 52 Protected Setup Page, 61 Brightness, 60 Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels Index...
  • Page 152 Variable text code map, 109 Status buttons, 24 System Menu — W— Clear buttons, 103 Wiring guidelines, 13 Clear drawings, 103 Wiring the Mini-Touch Panel, 12 Function map, 108 Function show, 109 Memory, 104 Index Color Active-Matrix LCD Mini-Touch Panels...
  • Page 153 Mini-Touch Panels Index...
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