Touch Panel Interface; To U C H Pa N E L I N T E R F A C E - Conair TrueBlend SB-4 User Manual

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To u c h Pa n e l I n t e r fa c e
Licensing
The software on the Compact Flash (CF) card requires a license in order to boot the system
to the 'Home' page. The license is generated from the 'Station Identifier' of the touch
screen unit. Removing the CF card and installing it into another touch screen system will
trigger the license to be invalid and the system will not complete the boot sequence. If the
license is invalid, the user is presented with an invalid license popup window. Contact
Conair support to obtain a new license.
USB
There are two USB ports on the back side of the main touch screen unit. Remove the
access panel door on the back of the control to gain access to the USB ports. Either of these
USB ports accepts a standard formatted USB thumb drive (FAT16, FAT32). Both USB
ports can be populated with a thumb drive. When a thumb drive is inserted into the unit, it
will be listed for selection in the drive availability box. Removing the drive will also
remove the drive reference from the drive availability box.
The USB thumb drives for saving a variety of system parameters as well as report genera-
tion. Files that can be saved are system configuration, recipes, and resins. All reports can
be formatted as text files and placed on a USB thumb drive as well.
User Interface
The user interface, presented on the touch screen, is a collection of pages or screens which
can be used to monitor and control the system. The TrueBlend SB-4 system is designed to
work with a variety of configurations and applications. As a result, screen pages will vary,
depending upon the configuration of the system.
General Concepts
Useful concepts for operating the TrueBlend SB-4 system.
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All user interaction is through the touch screen display. Navigation is processed via
pressing raised 3D-shaped buttons. Pressing a 'button' will appear to indent the button
indicating a button press.
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Numeric and character entry is performed by touching an 'input' box, which reveals
an alpha/numeric keypad. An input repeat feature occurs, if a character is pressed and
held on the keypad.
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The Numeric only keypad will display the minimum/maximum values allowed for the
particular data field to be edited. If data is entered outside the listed range, the data
will reset to the range limit nearest the entered data value. The minimum number is on
the bottom with the maximum number on the top.
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Parameters for display only will be presented within a box with a light blue back-
ground.
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Boxes that allow user input, have a 'box frame' border around a blue box with black
text.
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The currently selected input box will have a 'box frame' border around a blue box
with black text.
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Boxes that are currently 'locked' will have a dark brown box with white text.
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