Serial Devices; Touchpanels - Crestron SIMPL Windows User Manual

Crestron SIMPL Windows
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Serial Devices

Serial Settings: Set the device's serial protocol according to the manufacturer's
specification. The protocol you set here includes the communication standard (e.g.,
RS-232), the speed of data transmission (baud rate), error checking (parity), the
number of data bits, and the number of stop bits. In addition, a given device may
require hardware (RTS/CTS) or software (XON/XOFF) handshaking, which controls
the flow of data between two devices. Finally, some devices require line pacing, or
pauses between characters during transmission.

Touchpanels

UI Project: Each touchpanel in a SIMPL Windows program has an associated
VisionTools Pro-e project that defines join numbers for every digital, analog, and
serial signal that the touchpanel sends to the control system or receives as feedback.
You have to map the joins in the VT Pro-e touchpanel project to input and output
signals on the touchpanel symbol detail. To facilitate this you can import the
touchpanel project into SIMPL Windows. The imported project will be included if
you create an archive.
To import the touchpanel project click Browse to locate the project file. You can
select the Create signals check box to automatically define digital and analog
signals on the touchpanel definition. Here serial joins, sound joins, Web control and
analog state joins will NOT be imported and will need to be defined manually.
Signal names will have the format: Page name_button text. Note that this operation
will not overwrite or erase existing signals on the touchpanel symbol.
Chaining: (Cresnet only): If you have multiple touchpanels of the same type that
will be used for exactly the same functions, you can chain them together so that they
will be programmed identically. Here the Chain Master is the touchpanel that
determines the characteristics of the rest of the chain. To chain a touchpanel to a
Chain Master, select the Net ID of the Chain Master from the drop-down list. In the
example below, the touchpanel will be chained to the Chain Master located at Net ID
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