Time Button Types; Date Button Types; Keypad Button Types; Keyboard Button Types - AMX G3 Firmware Instruction Manual

When the panel is attached to an optional battery source, a lower brightness settings information
button appears to suggest lower value settings for prolong the battery life.
Refer to the Touch Panel Brightness and Contrast Ranges table on page 28 for more information in
the brightness and contrast ranges available on the different panel types.

Time button types

This feature sets the button to display time. Select
selected button as a Time button. The time is supplied to the button by the Controller. The button
type
TIME
Date page. To open the Time/Date page, press
If the date and time on a touch panel is changed, then that information is relayed to the Central
Controller. The Controller incorporates this change to its own systems and resets the date/time on
any connected/communicating panel types. An example is if the time is changed on panel #1, the
Central Controller reads this change and rests its own time. After this reset, it communicates the
new time change to other panel types that it is either connected to or communicating with.

Date button types

This feature sets the button to display the date. Select
selected button to Date. The Date button sets the button to display the current date. The Central
Controller supplies the date to the button. The button type
the Button Properties page. To open the Time/Date page, press
page.

Keypad button types

This sets the button to open the keypad so you can enter a password or value assignment. Select
KEYPAD
and associated options appear in the Button Properties page. All keypad buttons are interactive
except for the entry field.

Keyboard button types

This feature sets the button to open a keyboard so you can enter a name or string. Select
KEYBOARD
KEYBOARD
are interactive except for the message field.

Setup button types

This feature sets the button to open the Setup page. Select
the selected button to Setup.
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and associated options appear in the Button Properties page. Set the time in the Time/
• BUTTON OPTIONS opens the BUTTON OPTIONS menu that lets you set the colon blink
option.
• COLON BLINK sets the colon in the displayed time to blink once per second.
• COLON ALWAYS ON sets the colon in the displayed time to never blink.
from the Button Type menu to set the selected button to Keypad. The button type
from the Button Type menu to set the selected button to a Keyboard. The button type
and associated options appear in the Button Properties page. All the keyboard buttons
from the Button Types menu to set the
TIME
in the Setup page.
SET TIME AND DATE
from the Button Type menu to set the
DATE
and associated options appear in
DATE
SET TIME AND DATE
from the Button Type menu to set
SETUP
Editor and Setup Reference
in the Setup
KEYPAD
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