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AMX Novara CP2000 Series Instruction Manual page 9

Programmable control panel

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Select Button 3 to program. Click on Enable a Bank: Select X1 and add to script.
Select Button 4 to program: Click on Enable a Bank: Select X2 and add to script.
Download program to Panel.
When Button 3 is pressed Buttons 1 and 2 will operate Play/Stop on the VHS.
When Button 4 is pressed Buttons 1 and 2 will operate Play/Stop on the DVD.
Advance Toggle
This function will allow a button to skip toggles, for example, a button is programmed to toggle
a Device on and off and the first press turns the Device on. If the Device is also turned off by a Time Out function then
nd
pressing the button a 2
time will have no effect as the Device is already off.
By programming an Advance to Press 1 in the Time Out script the Toggle button will then be set to switch the Device
on again on the next press.
Click on 'Advance Toggle' to open the window. Select the Toggle button and click on the Press number to advance to.
Panel Lockout
Adding Panel Lockout to a script will halt an event list at that point. This also means that any button press will be
ignored. To unlock the Panel press buttons 2 and 6 simultaneously.
Copy and Paste
Click on the Copy button and the paste window will open displaying the current button script. The script can be
trimmed using the Select Event controls. Select the button to copy to from the dropdown list and click on Paste. The
copied events will be added to the new button script. The paste window can be used to copy scripts to New and
existing programs."
Time Out
A script can be written to action if a button press is not detected within a set time period, for example switching
equipment off that may have been left running overnight. Three time periods can be set.
From the Program Button dropdown list select 'Time Out'. Set a time for Period1 and then write a script. When the
nd
panel is programmed and a button press is not detected within the time period then the script will action. A 2
period
st
can be set to occur after the 1
period has elapsed. Again if a button press has still not occurred within that time then
nd
rd
nd
the 2
period script will action. A 3
period can be set to occur after the 2
period has elapsed. If a button press is
st
detected at any time then the internal clock will be reset back to detect for a button press during the 1
period.
File Menu
The file menu gives the option to Save and Open program files.
To clear the program for writing new programs click on 'New'
Clicking on 'Print Script' will print out a hard copy of the Script.
Run Mode
There are two modes of operation one being the default Manual run and the second Auto-Run.
Manual Mode – normal programming mode.
Auto-Run – events in a script will start running 5 seconds after switch on. Up to 162 events can be programmed in a
script and can be continually looped.
From the Run Mode menu select 'Auto-Run' then 'Continue'.
Write the script then click on 'Loop' if you want the script to continually run.

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