AMX LCD Mini-Touch Panels Instruction Manual page 86

Figure 123
String Options page
Note
You can use hexadecimal
characters such as a ^0D for a
return or ^0A for line feed. You
can use any hexadecimal
character to control external
devices.
78 Mini-Touch Panel Program Reference
STANDARD KEYBOARD
KEYPAD
STANDARD Opens the keyboard pages for you to type a text string of up to
300 characters. Type the text and press EXIT SAVE to close the keyboard.
When you press the button, the mini-touch panel sends the message to the
AXCESS Control System via the AXlink connector, or to an external device via
the RS-232 4-pin header.
KEYPAD Sets the STRING attribute to SPECIAL KEYPAD. The special
keypad option sends the numbers you enter to the control system to perform
an operation defined in the AXCESS software program. When you press the
button, a keypad appears and you enter the numbers and press ENTER. The
mini-touch panel sends the numbers to the AXCESS Control System, or to an
external device via the RS-232 4-pin header, to perform an operation. Refer to
the AXCESS Programming Guide for more information.
KEYBOARD Sets the STRING attribute to SPECIAL KEYBOARD. The
special keyboard option sends messages to the control system to perform an
operation defined in the AXCESS software program. When you press the
button, a keyboard appears and you enter a message and press EXIT
CHANGE. The mini-touch panel sends the message to the AXCESS Control
System to perform an operation. Refer to the AXCESS Programming Guide for
more information.
• FEEDBACK
Opens the Feedback page shown in Figure 124. The mini-touch
panel can receive f eedback (control signals) from an AXCESS Control System,
RS-232 port, or both depending on which option you select in the Adjust Serial
Settings page. You can use the feedback option to designate how a button
appears on the mini-touch panel. Feedback options are NONE, INVERTED
CHANNEL, ALWAYS ON, CHANNEL, GRAY CHANNEL, and
MOMENTARY.
Black/White LCD Mini-Touch Panels