AMX VISUALARCHITECT 1.1 Manual page 164

Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Support
2. Clicking on any of the Online Tree items opens menu items with the Control/Emulate button option
available.
3. Click the Control/Emulate button to open the Control/Emulate dialog.
4. Click the Update Status button to query the Master for the status of the currently entered level and
channel.
5. Select either the Control or Emulate option:
a. To Control a device means that the program generates messages which appear to a specified
device to have come from the Master. The options in this frame allow you to specify the
<D:P:S> combination for the device you want to control.
b. To Emulate a device means that the program generates messages which appear to the Master to
have come from a specified <D:P:S> combination (real or fictitious). The options in this frame
allow you to specify the <D:P:S> combination for the device you want to emulate.
Selecting this option adds a Push button with the Channel Code section of this page.
6. Enter a System Number, Device Number, and Port Number into the appropriate fields. These
values correspond to the device you wish to control (real or fictitious).
The Device, Port, and System value ranges are 1 - 65535.
7. Within the Channel Code section, enter a valid Channel number to emulate Channel messages (i.e.,
Push/Release, CHON, and CHOFF) for the specified <D:P:S>.
The Channel number range is 1 - 65535.
8. Select the On or Off buttons to Emulate Channel ON (CHON) and Channel OFF (CHOFF)
messages for the specified <D:P:S>.
9. Select the Push button to Emulate a push/release on the channel specified. You can click and hold
down the Push button to see how the device/Master responds to the push message.
10. Within the Level Code section, enter a valid Level number and Level data value for the specified
<D:P:S> and press the Send button to transmit this data.
The Level number range is 1 - 65535.
The list below contains the valid Level data types and their ranges:
· a String or Command.
11. To Emulate sending a String or Command, type a String or Command within the corresponding
field and press the Send button to transmit this data.
When entering a send command (in the context of this dialog) do not include the "send c" or
"send_command" in the statement - only type what would normally occur within the quotes, but
don't include the quotes either.
For example to send the "CALIBRATE" send command, simply type CALIBRATE (no quotes)
rather than SEND_COMMAND <dev> "CALIBRATE".
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Minimum Value
CHAR 0
INTEGER 0
SINTEGER -32768
LONG 0
SLONG -2147483648
FLOAT -3.402823466e+38
String Expressions start and end with double quotes (" "). Double quotes are not escaped,
rather they are embedded within single quotes. String expressions may contain string literals,
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Maximum Value
255
65535
32767
429497295
2147483647
3.402823466e+38
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