Multibyte International Characters - Crestron Isys TPS-4000L Operation Manual

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Crestron Isys TPS-4000L
Operations Guide – DOC. 6301
Key Feedback Digital Reserved Join Numbers for TPS-4000L Touchpanels
JOIN # FUNCTION
Key Feedback
17906
Brightness
Key Feedback
17907
Brightness
Key Feedback Analog Reserved Join Numbers for TPS-4000L Touchpanels
JOIN # FUNCTION
17901 Key Feedback
NOTE: Additional touchpanel functions with reserved join numbers can also be
accessed in VT Pro-e or by using Join Number Remapping in a SIMPL Windows
program. A listing of available reserved join functions are available when assigning a
Press Join in a "Button Properties" window in VT Pro-e or when using Join Number
Remapping in SIMPL Windows. For additional information on VT Pro-e, refer to the
help file provided with the software. For additional information on Join Number
Remapping, refer to "Join Number Remapping" on page 27.

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 Isys touchpanel firmware changes are required in either
case.
Static text on a button, entered in the standard way in VT Pro-e, always works under
Windows 98. Under Windows XP, 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 touchpanel. 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.
Of course, you can always use the workaround of showing a graphic that displays the
string, but it is not dynamic.
10.4 Inch Lectern/Wall Mount Touchpanel: Crestron Isys® TPS-4000L • 33
10.4" Lectern/Wall Mount Touchpanel
VALUE
Increase
Decrease
VALUE
Brightness
IN/OUT
INPUT/OUTPUT
INPUT/OUTPUT
IN/OUT
INPUT/OUTPUT
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) in a font. For