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AMX Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) Instruction Manual ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and Accessories...

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty And Disclaimer

    AMX Inc. is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its products to perform, including any lost profits, lost savings, incidental damages, or consequential damages.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ... 1 Overview ViewPoint Models Features Related Instruction Manuals What’s in this Manual What’s New Connections, Cleaning, and Charging ... 5 Overview Application Connectors Multiple ViewPoints in an Installation Cleaning the Touch Overlay ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Power Supply VPA-CHG FastCycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP ViewPort Docking Station...
  • Page 6 Designing Touch Panel Pages... 19 Overview Activating the Edit button Creating a Page Adding a page Setting the page color Creating a Button Adding a button Resizing a button Button Properties Setting the button properties Setting the button type Setting the button border Setting the channel code Setting the variable text code Setting the page flip...
  • Page 7 Linking the New Page to the Main Page Exiting Edit Mode Touch Panel Program Reference ... 59 Overview Setup Page Wireless settings for VPT-CP and VPT-GS Wireless Status for VPW-CP and VPW-GS Protected Setup Page AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller Setting the bargraph colors/shades for channel-off conditions Beep...
  • Page 8 Editor Page tracking Sleep message Function show Wireless Settings for VPW-CP and VPW-GS Wave-Pak not locked RSSI Network Eff. Device Eff. Device range Server devices Wireless settings (optional SMT-PKM) Edit button Edit Bar - Button Menu Options Copy image Move Resize Delete Text/image...
  • Page 9 Properties Page - External Buttons Page Menu Options Edit Bar - Quit Editor option AXCESS Programming ... 133 Overview PC to ViewPoint Connections Programming the ViewPoint AXCESS Programming Changes System Send_Commands Gray Scale and Programming Numbers Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers 142 Font Styles and Programming Numbers Border Styles and Programming Numbers Shorthand Send Commands...
  • Page 10 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP ViewPort Docking Station Contacting Sales and Technical Support... 179 Overview U.S. Sales and Technical Support Teams AMX International Offices Technical Support Index... 183 Table of Contents AXB-PT30 PosiTrack 30 Camera Controller...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Introduction Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels are hand- held, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels that allow you to control devices remotely. Figure 1 shows some of the available ViewPoints. Figure 1 ViewPoint touch panels ViewPoint Models There are four models of the ViewPoint touch panels: •...

  • Page 12: Features

    Features The other features of the ViewPoint touch panels are: • • • • • • • Note TPDesign3 is used to convert G2 or lower panel pages into G3 firmware compatible • pages. • • • Note • Characters for Middle Eastern languages such as Arabic are •...

  • Page 13: What's In This Manual

    • What’s in this Manual This manual contains the following sections: • • • • • • • What’s New Additions and revisions to this release of the manual include: • • Revisions are identified with vertical margin bars on the outside margin, as shown adjacent to this paragraph ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels PowerTilt and PowerTouch Panels (Firmware version G3 or higher)
  • Page 14 Introduction ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 15: Overview

    Connections, Cleaning, and Charging Overview The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels do not require hardware installation. This section describes how to connect, clean, and charge the ViewPoint panels. Application Figure 2 illustrates an example RF application for ViewPoint models Figure 2 ViewPoint application example ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 16: Connectors

    Connectors All ViewPoints have two connectors, as shown in Figure 3. The power jack is for connecting an external 12 VDC power supply for ViewPoint operation and charging. The programming jack is a three-wire, 2.5 mm stereo jack. The required cable and power supply comes furnished with the ViewPoint.

  • Page 17: Cleaning The Touch Overlay

    AXR-WAVES Server. It also provides one-way IR using other manufacturers IR The 2-way ViewPoints do not codes. support AMX IR codes (38 KHz and 455 KHz) but do If you plan to use multiple one-way ViewPoints within the same locals, it is strongly support other manufacturers recommended that each unit be ordered for operation on different RF frequencies.

  • Page 18: Power Supply

    Figure 4 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery placement Power Supply ViewPoints are furnished with a modular wart type Power Supply (Figure 5), which Note requires an input of 110 VAC and provides an output of 12 VDC at 1500 mA. The A 220 VAC power supply is power supply can be used separately from the VPA-CHG to operate the ViewPoint.
  • Page 19 Figure 5 VPA-CHG (power supply and VPT-CP Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP) ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Red LED indicates charging Charging pins 12 VDC Power Supply Green LED indicates battery is charged VPA-CHG Fast Cycle battery charger Power supply connection Installation...

  • Page 20: Viewport Docking Station

    ViewPort Docking Station The ViewPort Docking Station (Figure 6) provides a built-in battery charger and an angled desk docking station to cradle your ViewPoint touch panel. When a ViewPoint is placed in the docking station's cradle, the ViewPoint makes contact with the charging pins and the docking station then supplies power.

  • Page 21: Battery Charging

    Battery Charging When a ViewPoint touch panel is not cradled on the docking station, an optional Note extra battery can be placed in the charging compartment. The optional battery is fully When inserting or removing a charged in four hours when the optional power supply is plugged-in to the rear of battery, insert or remove the the docking station (Figure 7).
  • Page 22 Installation ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels l...

  • Page 23: Overview

    Touch Panel Basics Note Overview Refer to the TPDesign3 Instruction Manual for detailed This section contains descriptions and illustration examples of Touch panel pages Touch Panel design (Figure 8), buttons, message bars, and keypads. You can use the TPDesign3 software information or to the program to create custom pages and download them to the touch panel.

  • Page 24: Touch Panel Pages

    Touch Panel Pages You can download objects like buttons and drawings to a touch panel page. The number of objects depends on the type and quantity of external devices you want to control with the touch panel and AXCESS Control System. When you create multiple pages, you must link them with buttons.

  • Page 25: Selection Buttons

    Selection buttons Selection buttons (Figure 10) appear on touch panel pages and set communication parameters. Figure 10 Selection button example Note Information buttons These button types will be Information buttons contain serial numbers and firmware version information. The displayed in black and yellow properties of these buttons cannot be changed.

  • Page 26: Decision Buttons

    Figure 13 Keypad example Decision buttons Decision buttons (Figure 14) appear when an operation has two options and requires you to verify the action before it is performed. Figure 14 Decision button example Decision buttons appear when you exit the Editor bar, send or receive a drawing, designate a communication protocol, or make an operation error.

  • Page 27: Touch To Continue Buttons

    Touch to Continue buttons Touch to Continue buttons (Figure 17) appear when an operation requires user acknowledgement. An example of an operation that requires user acknowledgement is resetting the factory defaults. Figure 17 Touch to Continue button example ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Basics...
  • Page 28 Touch Panel Basics ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 29: Overview

    Designing Touch Panel Pages Overview Note Information within this section These step-by-step instructions describe creating touch panel pages, buttons, applies to all ViewPoint joysticks, bargraphs, and setting page color attributes. For in-depth information on all models except as noted. the operations available on the touch panel, read through the Touch Panel Program Reference section to learn about all the operations and techniques you can use to design touch panel pages.
  • Page 30 Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page shown in Figure 19. Figure 19 Setup page Note Viewpoint touch panel information buttons are displayed with a black fill. These buttons can’t be altered and are only used to display information.
  • Page 31 Note If you press ENTER after typing in an incorrect password, you are immediately returned to the current page. Figure 21 Protected Setup page with the active EDITOR button ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Enter 1988 in the keypad and press ENTER to open Protected Setup page (Figure 21).
  • Page 32 Figure 22 Main page with EDIT button Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. BUTTON and PAGE in the Edit bar (Figure 23) are used to design and modify button and page settings. Figure 23 Main page and Edit bar Designing Touch Panel Pages Edit bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 33: Creating A Page

    Creating a Page Use the PAGE menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel pages. Adding a page Figure 24 PAGE menu ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press PAGE on the Edit bar to open the PAGE menu shown in Figure 24. ADD to open the keyboard.

  • Page 34: Setting The Page Color

    Figure 25 Keyboard Note Page naming does not allow you to change the font type, as is only available for buttons. Press EXIT CHANGE to add NEW PAGE to touch panel memory, close the keyboard, and return to the new page. Setting the page color Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar on the newly created page.

  • Page 35: Creating A Button

    Creating a Button Use the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to create touch panel buttons. Adding a button Figure 27 BUTTON menu Figure 28 ADD BUTTON operation bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Select a page color from the palette. The page automatically changes to the new color.

  • Page 36: Resizing A Button

    Figure 29 Add a button example Touch Point Release your finger from the panel to store the button dimensions into panel memory. Press EXIT to close the Edit bar. Resizing a button Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu. Press RESIZE to open the RESIZE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 30).

  • Page 37: Button Properties

    Button Properties Note Use the PROPERTIES option of the BUTTON menu in the Edit bar to set button One-way ViewPoints do not borders, page flips, button colors for channel on and off conditions, and channel and support bargraphs, sliders, variable text codes. joysticks, VGA, or video.

  • Page 38: Setting The Button Type

    Setting the button type Press BUTTON TYPE in the Button Properties page. This opens the BUTTON TYPE menu, shown in Figure 34. Press MORE at the bottom of the first page of Button Types options to view the next page of options. Press PREV to view the first page.

  • Page 39: Setting The Channel Code

    ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels For 1-way ViewPoints, use device number 1 for AMX IR and RF. Use device numbers 2, 3, and 4 for other manufacturer’s IR codes. Designing Touch Panel Pages...

  • Page 40: Setting The Variable Text Code

    Button Properties page. Designing Touch Panel Pages For 2-way ViewPoints, AMX IR is not supported (38 KHz and 455 KHz) but other manufacturer’s IR codes are supported by assigning ViewPoint device numbers 2, 3, and 4 for IR codes.

  • Page 41: Setting The Page Flip

    Setting the page flip Figure 38 Page FLIP boxes Figure 39 PAGE FLIP TYPE menu Note When selecting FLIP PREVI- OUS in the Page FLIP type button, the PAGE menu appears. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press the left PAGE FLIP box in the Button Properties page (Figure 38) to open the Page Flip Type list (Figure 39).

  • Page 42: Setting The Button Colors For Channel-Off Conditions

    Figure 40 PAGE flip destination menu Press MAIN PAGE to set the page flip to the Main page. Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions Press the target button to open the Button Properties page Press BORDER in the CHANNEL OFF subsection of the Button Properties page (Figure 41).

  • Page 43: Adding Text To A Button

    Adding text to a button Use the BUTTON option in the Edit bar to add text to buttons, joysticks, and bargraphs. Figure 43 TEXT/IMAGE operation bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press black to set the border color. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. Press white to set the fill color.

  • Page 44: Adding An Icon To A Button

    Figure 44 Text/Image page Note Press TEXT OFF to open the keyboard. The CHANGE FONT button Enter MAIN PAGE in the keyboard. The text appears in the message box at the only appears when changing top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the font of a function button the message to fit in the space provided.

  • Page 45: Adding A Bitmap To A Button

    Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing icons into your touch panel. Figure 45 ICONS menu example Adding a bitmap to a button Use the BUTTON option in the Edit bar to add bitmaps to buttons, joysticks, bargraphs, and video windows.
  • Page 46 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts for more information on importing bitmaps into your touch panel. Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu (Figure 27). Press TEXT/IMAGE to add text to the button. The TEXT/IMAGE operation bar shown in Figure 43 appears.

  • Page 47: Using Tpdesign3 To Download Bitmaps, Icons, And Fonts

    Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts TPDesign3 allows you to import bitmaps, icons and fonts into your touch panel from an existing touch panel program. Use the Download to Panel command to download a project file. To download bitmaps, icons and/or fonts from an existing TPDesign3 project file: Figure 47 Download to Panel dialog box: Comm Settings tab...
  • Page 48 Figure 48 Sample Download To Panel dialog box: Actions tab I n the What To Send area, select one or more of the available options (Bitmaps, Icons, Fonts). Select the mode of communication with the touch panel. After clicking on Connect, the AXlink window opens, as shown in Figure 49.

  • Page 49: Button Properties For External Pushbuttons

    Figure 49 Sample Download To Panel dialog box with AXlink window Note Although these pushbuttons don't appear on-screen, their functionality can be set just as any other button on the touch panel. Refer to the Button Properties subsection for further information on the Properties’...

  • Page 50: Pulse Command

    • • Pulse command Figure 50 shows a sample pulse command format and description of the variables. Figure 50 • Sample Pulse command format and variable description • • Designing Touch Panel Pages Turn On a VCR and select TV. Turn On a satellite receiver.

  • Page 51: Wait Command

    This command will transmit the IR code at device 3, channel 15 for 1 second. Then, the macro will pause 10 seconds before executing the next command or before finishing the macro if no other commands exist. Wait command The wait command is used as a delay between pulses. This command should be used sparingly because the final parameter of the pulse command contains a delay between instructions.
  • Page 52 IR codes and functions Figure 52 IR code # IR codes and functions Designing Touch Panel Pages Television Satellite Power Power Input select Enter ∧ Channel up Channel up ∨ Channel down Channel down ∨ ∧ Volume Main volume Volume up Volume ^ Main Volume Volume down...

  • Page 53: What Happens When The Example Macro Executes

    Note $P 2 9 5 1 <CR> $P 2 24 5 1 <CR> You must select the CHAR $P 3 27 5 1 <CR> NUMS button on the $P 4 9 5 1 <CR> Keyboard in order to enter the adjacent text.

  • Page 54: Creating A Joystick

    Figure 53 Touch to Continue button example If the screen is touched to cancel macro execution, all touch panel activity stops until another button press occurs. Creating a Joystick You can create a joystick with the BUTTON TYPE operation bar in the Button Note Properties page.

  • Page 55: Setting The Joystick Properties

    Figure 56 BUTTON OPTION menu for Joysticks Setting the joystick properties Note Joystick will function on VPW- CP/VPW-GS only. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press JOYSTICK to set the target button as a joystick. Press BUTTON OPTIONS on the Button Properties page to open the BUTTON OPTION menu for Joysticks shown in Figure 56.

  • Page 56: Setting The Channel Code

    Figure 57 Button Properties page for Joysticks Note If you followed the instructions for Adding a joystick to a page subsection, this button's Properties page appears. Note If DEVICE USED is set to 4 and Base Device Number is 128, the Central Controller recognizes bus devices 128, 129, 130, and 131.

  • Page 57: Setting The Level Code

    Setting the level code The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 59. Figure 59 LEVEL code buttons Note The panel will not allow you to enter a device number greater than the DEVICE USED without first displaying a decision box.

  • Page 58: Creating A Bargraph

    Figure 61 Color palette Note The VPT-GS will display gray shades for selection. Press black to set the border color. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. Press white to set the fill color. Press the TEXT button to open the palette.

  • Page 59: Adding A Bargraph To A Page

    Adding a bargraph to a page Note Bargraphs will function on VPW-CP/VPW-GS only Figure 63 PROPERTIES operation bar Figure 64 BUTTON TYPE menus Note Bargraphs joysticks will function on VPW-CP/VPW- GS only. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press EDIT to open the Edit bar. Create a new button using the ADD operation bar in the BUTTON menu.

  • Page 60: Setting The Bargraph Properties

    Figure 65 Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs Setting the bargraph properties Use the Button Properties page for Vertical Bargraphs shown in Figure 65 to set channel, level, and button colors. Setting the channel code Note The channel buttons that set the device and button channel codes for the touch panels Bargraphs will function on are shown in Figure 66.

  • Page 61: Setting The Level Code

    Note The channel code for non- active buttons is 0 and for active buttons is 1 through Setting the level code 255. The level buttons that set the device and number codes for the touch panels are shown in Figure 67. Figure 67 LEVEL code buttons Note...

  • Page 62: Linking The New Page To The Main Page

    Figure 68 CHANNEL OFF/ON COLOR settings box The color palette (Figure 42) appears. Figure 69 Color palette Note The VPT-GS will display gray shades for selection. Press black to set the border color. Press the FILL button in the Button Properties page to open the color palette. Press white to set the fill color.
  • Page 63 Figure 70 Edit bar with active page button Figure 71 TEXT/IMAGE operation bar Figure 72 PROPERTIES operation bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Open the Edit bar, press the active page button shown in Figure 70. Refer to the Go to subsection for information on the use of the active page button Press MAIN PAGE from the PAGE GOTO menu.
  • Page 64 Press the NEW PAGE button to open the Button Properties page. Press the page FLIP buttons (Figure 73) to set the page flip properties for the button. Figure 73 Page FLIP buttons Press the left Flip Type box in the Button Properties page to open the PAGE FLIP TYPE menu (Figure 74).

  • Page 65: Exiting Edit Mode

    Figure 75 PAGE menu Exiting Edit Mode This subsection describes exiting the EDIT mode once you finish designing touch panel pages. Figure 76 Edit bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Press NEW PAGE to set the page flip and return to the Button Properties page. Press EXIT SAVE CHANGE to save changes, close the Button Properties page, and return to the Main page.
  • Page 66 Figure 77 Setup page Press PROTECTED SETUP to open the Protected Setup page shown in Figure 78. Figure 78 Protected Setup page Press EDITOR to toggle EDIT mode Off. Press EXIT to close the Protected Setup page and return to the Setup page (Figure 77).
  • Page 67 Another method of exiting the EDIT mode is to use the QUIT EDITOR button on the Edit bar. Refer to the Edit Bar – Quit Editor option subsection for detailed information on exiting the EDIT mode using this method. Press EXIT to open the Edit bar shown in Figure 76. Press the QUIT EDITOR button to open the Quit the On-Board Editor decision button.
  • Page 68 Designing Touch Panel Pages ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 69: Touch Panel Program Reference

    Touch Panel Program Reference Overview This section contains operation flowcharts, instructions, and menu option descriptions. The buttons shown in Figure 79 appear when you power up the touch panel. Figure 79 Main page Note The information within this section applies to all ViewPoint models.

  • Page 70: Beep

    Figure 80 Setup page Note The WIRELESS STATUS button appears when a WAV- PK or SMT-PK is attached to the touch panel. Beep The Beep button sets the duration of the audible beep provided by the touch panel. The values are 0 to 5. Using 0 turns the beep tone off and 1 through 5 provide the audible beep and gradually increase the beep duration.

  • Page 71: Set Time And Date

    Figure 82 DISPLAY TIMER button When the touch panel goes into screen-saver mode, the LCD is powered-down. With a setting of 5, the panel goes into screen-saver mode if there is no activity for 5 minutes. Press the UP and DN buttons to set the DISPLAY TIMER. The minimum time is 1 minute and the maximum is 240 minutes.

  • Page 72: Double Beep

    • • • • • Double beep Press the DOUBLE BEEP button (Figure 84) to toggle the double beep ON or OFF. The double beep sounds each time you press the screen. Figure 84 DOUBLE BEEP button Note Set the BEEP button (described earlier) to 0 to disable the double-beep sound. You can set the beep value using the 'ABEEP' and AXlink, output resolution, vX.XX, and serial number...

  • Page 73: Protected Setup

    Figure 86 SET BRIGHTNESS page Note A lower brightness settings information button appears in the lower right-hand of the screen when the brightness setting exceeds 5 Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LCD brightness and contrast on the touch panel.

  • Page 74: Show Palette

    Show palette Press SHOW PALETTE to open the color palette. Pressing the screen again will cause you to leave the Show Palette page. Wireless status (optional WAV-PK) The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when an AXR-WAVES Note Wireless AXlink Virtual Emulator Server is connected to the touch panel.
  • Page 75 Note The GROUP ID number can be set from the Wireless Set- tings page in the Protected Setup page. Refer to the Wireless settings subsections for detailed information. Note The Network Eff. XXX% and Device Eff. XXX% information buttons are the best indicators of communication.

  • Page 76: Wireless Status (Optional Smt-Pk)

    Note Wireless status (optional SMT-PK) This SMT-PK page provides The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page when a SmartPack is read-only information about connected to the touch panel. Press the WIRELESS STATUS button to open the the Smart Pack. The only optional page shown in Figure 91.

  • Page 77: Wireless Settings For Vpt-Cp And Vpt-Gs

    Shows the voltage level of the external power Supply Voltage vX.XX supply (optional) connected to the SMT-PK. • AMX IR 38 kHz/455 kHz/OFF 38 kHz, 455 kHz, or OFF. • Press the UP and DN buttons to set the sleep time. The SLEEP TIMEOUT minimum sleep time is 0 (off) and maximum is 120 minutes.

  • Page 78: Wireless Status For Vpw-Cp And Vpw-Gs

    Shows the voltage level of the external power Supply Voltage VX.XX supply connected to the ViewPoint. • Toggles RF transmission on or off. AMX RF ON / OFF • AMX IR 38 kHz/455 kHz/OFF 38 kHz, 455 kHz, or off. Battery Not Charging...

  • Page 79: Wave-Pak Not Locked

    Figure 92 Wireless status for VPW-CP and VPW-CP touch panels. Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Module version Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. Server version Identifies the operating version of the AXR-WAVES WaveServer firmware. RSSI Radio signal strength indicator showing the relative signal strength in percent and visual horizontal bargraph.

  • Page 80: Device Range

    Device range Indicates the assignable device number range (for RF operation) available for the VPW-CP or VPW-GS. Server devices Identifies the device numbers of the devices communicating with the AXR-WAVES WaveServer. Protected Setup Page The Protected Setup page allows you to set passwords, mouse controls, and communications parameters.

  • Page 81: Baud

    Figure 94 Protected Setup page Baud The BAUD button (Figure 95) sets the baud rate. The baud rate is automatically set to 38.4. The BAUD rate is for communicating with your PC when downloading a program or new firmware. Figure 95 BAUD button Note Make sure to match the baud...

  • Page 82: Device Used

    • secure place. If you change the password, AMX cannot • provide you with the password. Power up page Press the POWER UP PAGE button to open the PAGE menu (Figure 99).

  • Page 83: Wake Up Message

    Figure 99 POWER UP PAGE button and example PAGE menu Select a page to designate as the first page to appear when you power up the touch panel. Select NONE to disable this option. If none is selected, the last selected page will be the first active page the next time the touch panel is used.

  • Page 84: Page Password

    Figure 101 AUTO ASSIGN button Page password Press the PAGE PASSWORD button (Figure 102) to open a keypad and assign a page’s numeric password. Figure 102 PAGE PASSWORD button If you try to open a password-protected page, the keypad appears, and you must Note enter the correct password number to open the new page.

  • Page 85: System Page

    message is received. Refer to the AXCESS Programming section for detailed programming information. Figure 104 POWER UP MESSAGE button System page Press the SYSTEM PAGE button (Figure 105) to open the System page (Figure 106). Figure 105 SYSTEM PAGE button Figure 106 System page Warning...
  • Page 86 • • Figure 108 Delete All Bitmaps decision button • • Figure 109 Delete All Icons decision button • • Figure 110 Delete All Fonts decision button • • Touch Panel Program Reference Shows the memory available to store buttons in BUTTON MEM FREE 1,024-byte increments.
  • Page 87 Figure 111 BITMAPS menu Figure 112 ICONS menu ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Opens the ICONS menu (Figure 112) that lists icons SHOW ICONS ID’S stored in touch panel memory. — MORE Forwards the menu listing. — ABORT Cancels the menu process and returns to the current page. •...

  • Page 88: Editor

    Figure 113 FONTS menu Note You can use the TPDesign3 software program to import variable fonts into the panel. Warning You should only use the FACTORY RESET button to erase all stored data in the touch panel. The data cannot be recovered after it is •...

  • Page 89: Page Tracking

    Figure 116 Edit bar Page tracking Press PAGE TRACKING (Figure 117) to toggle the page tracking ON or OFF. When page tracking is enabled, the touch panel sends page data back to the Central Controller or vice versa, depending on how you set the touch panel. Page tracking data can be used to control pages in multiple touch panels.

  • Page 90: Wireless Settings For Vpw-Cp And Vpw-Gs

    Base Figure 120 device Function show button and slider example Variable text device number Text channel Wireless Settings for VPW-CP and VPW-GS The WIRELESS STATUS button appears on the Setup page. The ViewPoint provides two-way RF control and provides one-way IR signaling. The ViewPoint contains a Nickel Metal Hydride rechargeable battery that supplies independent power to the touch panel.

  • Page 91: Wave-Pak Not Locked

    Wave-Pak not locked Does not apply to the VPW-CP or VPW-GS touch panels. RSSI Radio signal strength indicator showing the relative signal strength in percent and visual horizontal bargraph. Network Eff. Operating efficiency (shown in percentage) of the current network which the VPW- CP or VPW-GS is a part of.

  • Page 92: Edit Button

    Figure 122 Wireless Settings page for SMT-PKM Note The AMX RF and AMX IR can function simultaneously. Refer to the Wireless status (optional SMT-PKM) subsection for detailed information. Edit button Press EDITOR in the Protected Setup page to enable EDIT mode. The Protected Setup page remains open until you press EXIT.
  • Page 93 Figure 124 Enabled EDITOR button in the Protected Setup page Note The position of the EDIT button depends on whether you have, at any time, selected MOVE EDIT from the PAGE menu. Refer to the Move edit subsection for detailed information. When the Edit mode is enabled, the EDIT button (Figure 125) appears on the top or bottom of each touch panel page.

  • Page 94: Edit Bar - Button Menu Options

    Edit Bar - Button Menu Options Press EDIT to open the Edit bar and press BUTTON to open the Button menu shown in Figure 126. Figure 126 Edit bar — BUTTON menu You can use the BUTTON menu to create, configure, and revise touch panel button Note settings.

  • Page 95: Copy Image

    Copy image Press COPY IMAGE to copy an existing button onto a touch panel page when the COPY BUTTON operation bar (Figure 128) appears. Figure 128 COPY BUTTON operation bar Touch the target button and drag the new button to another position. When you start dragging the new button, the message bar shows you the current X/Y page-position coordinates and the X/Y resolution size.

  • Page 96: Delete

    Delete Press DELETE to delete a button when the DELETE BUTTON operation bar (Figure 131) appears. Figure 131 DELETE BUTTON operation Then, touch the button you want to delete, which opens the decision box shown in Figure 132. Figure 132 DELETE button decision box •...
  • Page 97 Figure 134 Text/Image page Figure 135 Keyboard The text appears in the window at the top of the keyboard. If you exceed the space in the button, the touch panel edits the message to fit in the space provided. Change the size of the button or reduce the font size to compensate.

  • Page 98: Change Font

    — CHAR CAPS — CHAR LOW — CHAR NUMS — CHAR MORE — SPACE — DEL — LT, RT, UP, DN — CHANGE FONT Figure 136 FONTS menu Note You can use the TPDesign3 software program to import variable fonts into the panel. —...
  • Page 99 Figure 137 ICONS menu Figure 138 BITMAPS menu ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Opens the BITMAPS menu (Figure 138) where you can BITMAP OFF select the bitmap to appear on the Off-state of the button. Select MORE to view more bitmap files or ABORT to exit and return to the Text/Image page. •...

  • Page 100: Properties

    Figure 139 Set Text Alignment page • • • Properties Select PROPERTIES and a button to open the Properties page (Figure 140). Then, you can set the border style, channel/variable options, button type, button options, flip type, string, and channel Off/On attributes. Figure 140 Properties page Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 101 • Figure 141 BUTTON BORDER menus Note This feature doesn’t apply to external pushbuttons. Border names and styles Figure 142 Border names and styles Double line Single raised ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Opens the BUTTON BORDER menus (Figure 141) where you BORDER can select the border style.
  • Page 102 Border names and styles (Cont.) Note Double raised All new buttons are automati- cally set to Double-Raised. Triple Raised The channel code allows a button to have AXCESS code statements like Push and Release associated with specific functions. Figure 143 shows the relationship between the device and channel numbers.
  • Page 103 As shown in Figure 144, the upper-left corner of a button shows a base device number followed by a channel code number. The bottom-right corner of a button shows the variable text number followed by the variable text channel. Figure 144 Base device Function show button and...
  • Page 104 Figure 145 BUTTON TYPE menus • Figure 146 BUTTON OPTION - General menu Touch Panel Program Reference select the button type GENERAL, the BUTTON OPTIONS, FLIP, and STRING operation bars appear in the Properties page. For a description of each button type, refer to the Properties Page-Button Types subsection.
  • Page 105 Figure 147 PAGE FLIP TYPE menu Note You must use the TPDesign3 program to create and download popup pages to the touch panel. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — NONE Sets the button feedback off. This selection also sets the button border, fill, or text colors to match the CHANNEL OFF color palette in the Properties page.
  • Page 106 — FLIP POPUP ON Figure 148 Page FLIP menu buttons — FLIP POPUP OFF Figure 149 POPUP PAGE menu — FLIP PREVIOUS — FLIP STANDARD Touch Panel Program Reference Sets the button action to open a popup page. Select the FLIP menu button (Figure 148) to open the POPUP PAGE menu (Figure 149) and select a popup page.
  • Page 107 Figure 150 PAGE menu Figure 151 Color palette ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Opens the keyboard where you enter the data string to be sent STRING to the Central Controller via AXlink or RF communications. The data string appears in the STRING button. Press ABORT to close the menu. •...

  • Page 108: Save

    • • Save Press SAVE and a button to copy the button attributes into memory. You can then paste the button in the current page or on another page. Paste Press PASTE and the touch panel screen to paste the button saved with the Save option.

  • Page 109: Set Default

    — BORDER — SIZE — COLOR & BORDER — ALL Set default Press the SET DEFAULTS option and a button to automatically reset the button’s Note color, border, and size according to the default settings stored in touch panel Video applications do not memory.

  • Page 110: General

    Button Types (Cont.) Button Type Vertical Bargraph Horizontal Bargraph Brightness Time Date Keypad Keyboard Setup Video Setup Note The VIDEO SETUP, VIDEO Video Window WINDOW, VIDEO Video Joystick JOYSTICK, AND RGB SETUP button types are not available on the MCP. RGB Setup Note Protected...
  • Page 111 Figure 154 Button Properties page for a General button Figure 155 BUTTON OPTION menu - General button ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels • Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu, shown in BUTTON OPTIONS Figure 155. Use this menu to set the feedback type. Press ABORT to close the menu.
  • Page 112 — CHANNEL Sets the button border, fill, and text colors to match the — INVERTED CHANNEL Sets the button border, fill, and text colors to — GREY CHANNEL Sets button feedback color to grey. — ALWAYS ON Sets the button feedback On. This option also sets the button —...
  • Page 113 Figure 157 Page FLIP menu buttons Figure 158 POPUP PAGE menu Figure 159 PAGE menu ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — FLIP POPUP OFF Sets the button action to close a popup page. Select the FLIP menu buttons (Figure 157) to open the POPUP PAGE menu (Figure 158) and select a popup page to close.

  • Page 114: Joystick

    • For a description of the other items in the Button Properties: GENERAL page, refer to the Properties subsection. Joystick Select JOYSTICK from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Joystick button. The button type JOYSTICK and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 160.
  • Page 115 Figure 161 BUTTON OPTION menu Joystick button Note When you move the control stick, for both joystick buttons, the touch panel sends feedback (data) to the Central Controller and to the external device to perform a pre- programmed operation. For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels —...

  • Page 116: Vertical Bargraph

    Vertical Bargraph Select VERTICAL BARGRAPH from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Vertical Bargraph button (VPW-CP/VPW-GS only). The button type VERTICAL BARGRAPH and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 162. Figure 162 Button Properties page for a Vertical Bargraph button...

  • Page 117: Horizontal Bargraph

    — BARGRAPH DISPLAY — BARGRAPH ACTIVE — BARGRAPH CENTERING — SLIDER DISPLAY — SLIDER ACTIVE — SLIDER CENTERING — BATTERY VOLTAGE • For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Horizontal Bargraph Select HORIZONTAL BARGRAPH from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Horizontal Bargraph button (VPW-CP/VPW-GS only).

  • Page 118: Bargraph Display

    Figure 164 Button Properties page for a Horizontal Bargraph button Note One-way ViewPoints do not support bargraphs, sliders, joysticks, VGA, video, variable text, or variable text. • Figure 165 BUTTON OPTION menu — BARGRAPH DISPLAY — BARGRAPH ACTIVE Touch Panel Program Reference Opens the BUTTON OPTION menu (Figure 165) BUTTON OPTIONS where you set the button type.

  • Page 119: Brightness

    — BARGRAPH CENTERING — SLIDER DISPLAY — SLIDER ACTIVE — SLIDER CENTERING — BATTERY VOLTAGE • For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Brightness Select BRIGHTNESS from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Brightness button.
  • Page 120 Figure 166 Button Properties page for a Brightness button Note When the panel is attached to an optional battery source, a lower brightness settings in- formation button appears in the lower right-hand of the screen. Note For a description of the other items in the Button Properties: Brightness page, refer to the Press the UP and DN buttons to set the LCD brightness and contrast on the touch...

  • Page 121: Time

    The maximum Brightness level is 8 and a the maximum Contrast level is 13. The TRANSPARENT and ABORT buttons are disabled for this page. Time Select TIME from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Time button. A Time button sets the button to display the current time.

  • Page 122: Date

    Figure 169 BUTTON OPTION menu (Time button) — COLON BLINK — COLON ALWAYS ON For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Date Select DATE from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Date button. A Date button displays the current date.

  • Page 123: Keypad

    Figure 170 Button Properties page for a Date button For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. Keypad Select KEYPAD from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Keypad button.

  • Page 124: Keyboard

    This sets the button to open the keypad so you can enter a password or value assignment. All the keypad buttons are interactive except for the entry field. For a description of the other items in the Button Properties: Keypad page, refer to the Properties subsection.

  • Page 125: Video Setup

    Video Setup Select VIDEO SETUP from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Video Setup button. The button type VIDEO SETUP and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 173. Figure 173 Button Properties page for a Video Setup button Note...

  • Page 126: Video Window

    Video Window Select VIDEO WINDOW from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as a Video Window button. The button type VIDEO WINDOW and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 175. Figure 175 Button Properties page for a Video Window button Note...
  • Page 127 Figure 176 Button Properties page for a Video Joystick button Note The VIDEO SETUP, VIDEO WINDOW, VIDEO JOYSTICK, and RGB SETUP button types are not available on these touch panels. Sets the button to a video joystick that displays the incoming video signal, and a Note control stick.

  • Page 128: Rgb Setup

    For a description of the other items in this page, refer to the Properties subsection. RGB Setup Select RGB SETUP from the Button Types menu to set the selected button as an RGB Setup button. The button type RGB SETUP and associated options appear in the Button Properties page as shown in Figure 178.

  • Page 129: Protected

    Figure 178 Button Properties page for a RGB Setup button Note For a description of the other items in the Button Properties: RGB Setup page, refer to the Properties subsection. Note The RGB Setup page acts the same as the Video Setup page, and adapts to the specific (RGB) input module.

  • Page 130: Properties Page - External Buttons

    Figure 180 Button Properties page for a Protected button This sets the button as a Protected button. Protected buttons are similar to General type buttons, except that they require the user to enter a password to flip to the specified destination page. Pressing a Protected button opens the Keypad. Use the Keypad to enter the correct password.

  • Page 131: External Buttons

    External buttons External buttons are recognized by the touch panel as external button numbers. The Note panel recognizes eight buttons per side for total of 16 buttons. Refer to the Button You must press the external Properties subsection for detailed information about external pushbuttons. The button on the panel rather that BUTTON TYPE button (Figure 181) is set to the number assigned to the external pressing a displayed button...
  • Page 132 Figure 182 PAGE FLIP TYPE menu Note — FLIP POPUP ON You must use the TPDesign3 program to create and download popup pages to the touch panel. Figure 183 Page FLIP menu buttons — FLIP POPUP OFF Figure 184 POPUP PAGE menu Touch Panel Program Reference Sets the button action to open a popup page.

  • Page 133: Setting External Button Properties

    Figure 185 PAGE menu Setting external button properties Refer to the Button Properties and Creating a Joystick subsections for detailed information about setting up button’s properties such as channels code, flip type, and string information. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels — FLIP PREVIOUS Sets the button action to open the previous touch panel page on the panel.

  • Page 134: Page Menu Options

    Page Menu Options Press EDIT and PAGE to open the PAGE menu as shown in Figure 186. Figure 186 Page menu The PAGE menu includes operations to add, copy, rename, delete, change the page color, go to a page, turn popup pages on/off, move the Edit button, and snap to a grid.

  • Page 135: Copy

    Figure 187 Keyboard Note Page naming does not allow you to change the font type, as for such things as buttons. Copy Press COPY to make a copy of the active page. This command opens the keyboard. Use the keyboard to give the copied page a new name. Press EXIT CHANGE to store the new page name in memory.

  • Page 136: Rename

    Rename Press RENAME to rename the active page. This command opens the keyboard. Use the keyboard to rename the current page. Press EXIT CHANGE to store the new page name in memory. Delete Press DELETE to delete the current page. This command opens the delete message shown in Figure 188.

  • Page 137: Go To

    Go to Press GO TO to open the PAGE GOTO menu (Figure 190) and select the target page. Figure 190 PAGE GOTO menu Pressing the active page button (Figure 191) in the Edit bar will display the PAGE GOTO menu (Figure 190) where you can select a target page. Figure 191 Edit bar showing the active page button...

  • Page 138: Popup Off

    Figure 192 POPUP ON menu Note Popup pages are created in TPDesign3 then downloaded into the touch panel. For de- tailed information on popup pages, refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program instruction manual . • • Popup off Press POPUP OFF to open the POPUP OFF menu shown in Figure 193. Press a popup page in the menu to close the selected Popup page and return to the current page.

  • Page 139: Move Edit

    Move edit Press MOVE EDIT in the PAGE menu to move the Edit button to the bottom of the page. Press the EDIT button to open the Edit bar as shown in Figure 194. Figure 194 Main page after using the MOVE EDIT button Press MOVE EDIT again to move the EDIT button back to its original position at the top of the page.

  • Page 140: Edit Bar - Quit Editor Option

    Figure 195 SNAP GRID menu Note The touch panel contains pixels throughout the screen. By selecting 1, 2, 4, or 8 PIXEL, the object will move by the pixel increment selected in the SNAP GRID menu. Set the movement increment in pixels. Select 1, 2, 4, or 8 PIXEL to set the grid and return to the current page.
  • Page 141 Figure 198 Main page without Edit bar ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels If you select YES, the page will appear as shown in Figure 198 without the Edit bar. Touch Panel Program Reference...
  • Page 142 Touch Panel Program Reference ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 143: Overview

    There are no programming This section outlines how to connect your PC to the ViewPoint for programming the differences between the VPT- ViewPoint. Also, programming commands for the new AMX G3 software is CP and VPT-GS. included. PC to ViewPoint Connections Figure 199 shows the connections required for connecting the ViewPoint to your PC.

  • Page 144: Programming The Viewpoint

    Programming the ViewPoint You can program the ViewPoint to perform a wide variety of operations using AXCESS Send_Commands and variable text commands. Use the commands described in this section along with the AXCESS Programming Language instruction manual to program the ViewPoint. AXCESS Programming Changes The AXCESS program may need to be modified to conform to those ranges and variables set in the new version 3.xx firmware.

  • Page 145: System Send_Commands

    System Send_Commands System Send_Commands (Figure 201) are stored in the AXCESS Control System and direct the Touch Panel to perform various operations. System Send_Commands Figure 201 Command System Send_Commands "'ABEEP'" "'ADBEEP'" "'AKEYB-<text string>'" "'AKEYP-<number string>'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Output one panel beep even if the Beep value is set to 0 in the Setup page.
  • Page 146 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'AKEYR'" "'BEEP'" "'BRIT-<level>'" "'CONT-<level>'" "'CALIBRATE'" AXCESS Programming Description Close the touch panel keyboard or keypad opened with the 'AKEYB', 'AKEYP', or 'PKEYP' commands. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'AKEYR'" Closes the keyboard or keypad opened using the ' AKEYB', ' AKEYP' , or ' PKEYP' commands.
  • Page 147 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'CLOCK <mm-dd-yy> <hh:mm:ss>'" "'DBEEP'" "'PAGE-<page name>'" "'PKEYP-<number string>'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Set the time and date. <mm = 01 - 12, dd = 01 - 31, yy = 00 - 99 hh = 00 - 23, mm = 00 - 59, ss = 00 - 59> Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'CLOCK 02-08-98 19:16:00' Sets the touch panel's date to February 8, 1998, and time to...
  • Page 148 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'PPOF - <page name>'" "'PPON - <page name>'" "'QBEEP'" "'RESET'" "'SETUP'" "'SLEEP'" AXCESS Programming Description Close a specific popup page. <page name> = 1 - 50 ASCII characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'PPOFF-Popup Page 1'" Closes Popup Page 1. Open a specific popup page.
  • Page 149 SEND_COMMAND TP,"'TPAGEOFF'" Deactivate the page tracking option. Activate page tracking. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,'TPAGEON' DEFINE_DEVICE TP1 = 128 (*AMX Touch Panel*) TP2 = 129 (*AMX Touch Panel*) DEFINE_VARIABLE TP1_BUFFER[100] (*Buffer for TP1*) TP2_BUFFER[100] (*Buffer for TP2*) TRASH[50] (*For Parsing Above*) DEFINE_START...
  • Page 150 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command AXCESS Programming Description CREATE_BUFFER TP2,TP2_BUFFER SEND_COMMAND TP1,'TPAGEON' SEND_COMMAND TP2,'TPAGEON' DEFINE_PROGRAM IF(LENGTH_STRING(TP1_BUFFER)) IF(FIND_STRING(TP1_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1)) TRASH=REMOVE_STRING(TP1_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1) SEND_COMMAND TP2,"'PAGE-', TP1_BUFFER" CLEAR_BUFFER TP1_BUFFER IF((FIND_STRING(TP1_BUFFER,'PPON-',1) OR(FIND_STRING(TP1_BUFFER',(PPOF-',1))) SEND_COMMAND TP2,TP1_BUFFER CLEAR_BUFFER TP1_BUFFER IF (LENGTH_STRING(TP2_BUFFER)) IF (LENGTH_STRING(TP2_BUFFER)) IF(FIND_STRING(TP2_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1)) TRASH=REMOVE_STRING(TP2_BUFFER,'PAGE-',1) SEND_COMMAND TP1,"'PAGE-', TP2_BUFFER" CLEAR_BUFFER TP2_BUFFER In this program, the command string is sent to the Central Controller in the 'PAGE-(page name)' format.

  • Page 151: Gray Scale And Programming Numbers

    System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'WAKE'" "'XMTO <number>'" "'XMRT <number>'" Warning "'ZAP!'" You should only use the ZAP! command to erase all the stored data in the touch panel. The data cannot be recovered after it is erased. Gray Scale and Programming Numbers Gray scale shades for the VPT-GS are obtained by using color programming numbers 72-86.

  • Page 152: Colors/Shades Of Gray And Programming Numbers

    Colors/Shades of Gray and Programming Numbers The colors and their programming numbers are listed in Figure 202, and can be used to set the colors on buttons, sliders, gauges, and pages. The lowest color number represents the lightest color-specific display, and the highest number represents the darkest display.

  • Page 153: Shorthand Send Commands

    Figure 205 Command Shorthand Send_Commands "'@CBF',<variable text Note address>,<color_ number>" Shorthand commands were designed by AMX to stream- line receiving, processing, and transmitting AXCESS control system data. The shorthand commands operate control equipment just like the standard Send_Commands "'@CBN',<variable text still used in a wide variety of address>,<color_...
  • Page 154 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@CFF',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" "'@CFN',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" "'@CPG',<color_number>, '<page name>'" "'@CPP',<color_number>, '<pop-up page name>'" AXCESS Programming Description Set the OFF feedback fill color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 202 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@CFF',1,72"...
  • Page 155 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@CTF',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" "'@CTN',<variable text address>,<color_ number>" "'@IDF'" "'@IDP'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Set the OFF feedback text color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number> = see Figure 202 Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@CTF',1,48"...
  • Page 156 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@PPA-<page name>'" "'@PPF-<popup page name>;<page name>'" "'@PPK-<popup page name>'" "'@PPN-<popup page name>;<page name>'" AXCESS Programming Description Remove all popup pages from a specified page. If no page is specified, the current page is used. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@PPA-Main Page'" If there were several popup pages on 'MAIN PAGE' that are active, sending the previous command would remove them all from 'MAIN PAGE'.
  • Page 157 Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@PPX-<popup page>'" "'@PWD-<page flip password>'" "'@SSL-<string>'" "'@SST-<string>'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Remove all popup pages from all pages in a panel. The group that needs to be turned Off must contain the popup page given. Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"'@PPX-POP VCR2'"...

  • Page 158: Color/Gray Scale Send_Commands

    Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@SWK-<string>'" Color/Gray Scale Send_Commands Use the color Send_Commands (Figure 206) to set the colors for text, buttons, and pages. Use the same command for setting gray scale values only change the color number value to reflect the gray scale (72-86) value. Color Send_Commands Figure 206 Command...
  • Page 159 Color Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'CBOFF<variable text address>-<color _number>'" "'CBON<variable text address>-<color _number>'" "'CFOFF<variable text address>-<color _number>'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description BORDER COLOR ON = Red brightest BORDER COLOR OFF = Red brightest TEXT COLOR ON = White brightest TEXT COLOR OFF = White two shades from brightest Set the OFF feedback border color to the specified color.
  • Page 160 Color Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'CFON<variable text address>-<color _number>'" Note "'CPAGE<color_number>- Page names are case- <page name>'" sensitive. "'CTOFF<variable text address>-<color _number>'" "'CTON<variable text address>-<color _number>'" AXCESS Programming Description Set the ON feedback fill color to the specified color. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <color_number>...

  • Page 161: Variable Text Send Commands

    Variable Text Send Commands Use variable text Send_Commands (Figure 207) to set the borders, fonts, and text. Variable text Send_Commands Figure 207 Command Variable text Send_Commands "'!B',<variable text address 1-255>, <ON/OFF 0-1>" "'BTOF,<variable text address>'" "'BTON',<variable text address>'" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Set a specific button to on or off.
  • Page 162 Variable text Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'!C',<variable text address>,<border style>,<font size>,'<new button text>'" "'!F',<variable text address>,'<font size>'" "'FONT,<variable text address>-<font size>'" "'!I',<variable text address>,'<border style>'" AXCESS Programming Description Set the border, font, and text in one command. <variable text address> = 1 - 255 <border style>...

  • Page 163: Shorthand Variable Text Commands

    Variable text Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'ICON,<variable text address>-<border style>'" "'!T',<variable text address>,'<new button text>'" "'TEXT,<variable text address>-<new button text>'" Shorthand Variable Text Commands Figure 208 lists the shorthand variable text commands you can use with the Touch Panel. The shorthand command data is one-byte, non- ASCII format except for pages, passwords, text, and bitmap names.
  • Page 164 Command Shorthand variable text commands "'@BMF',<variable text address>,'<attribute Note data>'" Shorthand commands were created by AMX designers to streamline receiving, processing, and transmitting Central Controller data. The short-hand commands operate Control Equipment just like the standard Send_Commands still used in...
  • Page 165 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@BMP',<variable text address>,'<bitmap>'" "'@BOR',<variable text address>,<border style>" "'@ENA',<variable text address>,<button state on/off>" "'@FON',<variable text address>,<font style>" ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Add a bitmap file to a button. The bitmap files are imported into the TPDesign3 software program, and their numbers are assigned by the touch panel during the download process.
  • Page 166 System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@ICO',<variable text address>,<icon>" "'@JUS',<variable text address>,<text alignment>" "'@SHO',<variable text address>,<button on/off>" AXCESS Programming Description Assign an icon to a button. The icon files are imported into the TPDesign3 software program, and their numbers are assigned by the touch panel during the download process. <variable text address>...

  • Page 167: Buttons String Commands

    System Send_Commands (Cont.) Command "'@TXT',<variable text address>,'<text>'" Note "'@UNI',<variable text Characters for Middle Eastern address>,'<text>'" languages such as Arabic are not supported within the Unicode fonts because they are bi-directional. Buttons with Unicode fonts can only be created and edited using TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design Program.

  • Page 168: Button Macro Commands

    Buttons string commands Figure 209 Command Buttons string commands "'$ID<group ID>'" "'$SL'" Note At present, VGA and video are not supported by the ViewPoint. "'#ST<sleep time>'" Button Macro Commands Only one macro can run at a time and the panel will be "locked" for the duration of the macro.
  • Page 169 Macro Commands Figure 210 Command Macro Commands $P <dn> <cn> <tpo> <tdp><CR> $W <tdbp><CR> ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Description Send a pulse command for a specified period of time. dn = device number 2, 3, or 4 cn = channel number 1-255 tp = time pulse on in tenths of a second (max.
  • Page 170 AXCESS Programming ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 171: Loading Infrared (Ir) Files

    The IRLIB files (Figure 211) are the library files that AMX has constructed to program stand-alone operation. IR control devices. You will find the listing of IR files on your AMX Control Disc. The listing is in .pdf format and you require an installed copy of Adobe Acrobat to read the listing.
  • Page 172 To use the IRLIB Files listing: Choose Start, then Programs and follow the pathway shown in Figure 212. Figure 212 Pathway to IR Library Database List Click IR Library Database List to open the IRLIB infrared library program PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Reader will then launch itself and open the PDF file (Figure 213).

  • Page 173: Loading An Ir File

    Scan through the listing and select the manufacturer and model number of the device you want to control. Make note of the data provided. Loading an IR File Note IR files can be loaded into the The following steps guide you through the process of loading an IR file into a ViewPoint touch panels when ViewPoint touch panel.
  • Page 174 After the Database has been created, press appears. Figure 216 Communications settings Note Select your computer’s Com port and baud rate that you wish to communicate with the ViewPoint touch panel. Make sure that the ViewPoint touch panel is set to the same Then, press Baud rate as your computer.
  • Page 175 Type in the directory path and name for the location of the IRLIB files on your computer. Press directory and compiles a database of all IR files available. After the Creating Database dialog in Figure 218 disappears, press Select using the up/down arrow keys and the IR database is shown (Figure 219). Figure 218 Creating Database Figure 219...
  • Page 176 Once the IR file has loaded into your computer and the loading dialog disappears, press appear (Figure 220). Figure 220 Modify dialog screen Note The IR file loading is the file you identified for your equipment. Enter Alt D and then enter Alt C. You have cleared the DCU Function Description and have copied the Sony RMT 104A<DVP>...

  • Page 177: Ir Memory Check

    Press Esc on your keyboard (exits the Modify dialog) and press F3 (shows menu selections for DCU/IRS). Select Program and press Enter on your keyboard. The IR file is downloaded to your touch panel. IR Memory Check To verify the amount of memory available for IR files, when using IRLIB: Press appears.
  • Page 178 Figure 223 Device reports Loading Infrared (IR) Files ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 179: Overview

    To update the firmware in the touch panels: Note Place the AMX Control Disc into the Compact Disc player of your PC. These steps follow the From the Start menu, go to Programs\AMX Control Disc\AMX DOS installation of this software Tools\SOFTROM.

  • Page 180: Configuration

    Configuration To configure the communication setting for the SOFTROM program: Press F1 and the screen in Figure 225 appears. Figure 225 Configuration screen Using the up/down arrow keys, select the communications port you are using to interface with the controller and press ENTER. Note Using the right arrow key, move to the BAUD RATE column.
  • Page 181 Figure 226 Loading message Note Firmware can be downloaded to multiple device numbers automatically. If multiple devices are selected, the bottom half of the loading bar indicates the percentage complete for the selected devices. Press F5 to refresh the screen. Verify that the selected device has the correct firmware version.

  • Page 183: Overview

    Specifications Overview Figure 227 shows a ViewPoint touch panel and Figure 228 lists the specifications for the ViewPoint models. Figure 227 ViewPoint Wireless touch panel ViewPoint specifications Figure 228 Weight: ViewPoint specifications VPT-CP/VPT-GS VPW-CP/VPW-GS Dimensions (HWD) Operating temperature Operating humidity Operating Frequency: RF (VPT-CP/VPT-GS) RF (VPW-CP/VPW-GS)
  • Page 184 Connectors: External power Programming Memory Available: IR files Buttons Bitmaps Icons Fonts Assignable devices: VPT-CP/VPT-GS ViewPoint RF AMX IR IR other than AMX VPW-CP/VPW-GS Device ID Group ID ViewPoint Accessories: VPA-BP Power supply Cables Optional Accessories: VPA-BP VPA-CHG Power Supply...

  • Page 185: Vpa-Bp Viewpoint Rechargeable Battery

    VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Figure 229 shows the VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery. Figure 230 shows the specifications. Figure 229 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery specifications Figure 230 Battery voltage VPA-BP ViewPoint Type Rechargeable Battery specifications Amp hour (Ah) Weight Dimensions ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 186: Vpa-Chg Fast-Cycle Battery Charger For Vpa-Bp

    VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Figure 231 shows the VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger (charging stand and PS2.4 Power Supply) for VPA-BP and Figure 232 lists the specifications. Figure 231 VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger (charging stand and PS2.4 Power Supply) for VPA-BP Red LED indicates charging Charging pins...

  • Page 187: Viewport Docking Station

    VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Specifications Figure 232 Power supply: VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Input Charger for VPA-BP Specifications Output Indicators: Red LED Green LED Buzzer Enclosure Dimensions (HWD): Charging stand Weight: Charging stand Power supply ViewPort Docking Station Figure 233 shows the ViewPort Docking Station and Figure 234 lists the specifications.
  • Page 188 ViewPort Docking Station specifications Figure 234 Dimensions (HWD) ViewPort Docking Station Environmental operating range: specifications Temperature Humidity Power requirement Indicators Yellow LED Green LED Red LED Options Power supply Battery Specifications 4.83" x 8.26" x 7.62" (122.7 mm x 209.8 mm x 193.4 mm) 50 F to 95 F (10 C to 35 C) 0% to 95% non-condensing 12 VDC at 1.5 amp...

  • Page 189: Overview

    Support Overview Customer service and satisfaction is our highest priority here at AMX Incorporated. If you are experiencing any problems or have a question about your product, please contact Technical Support or your regional Sales and Support Team for assistance.

  • Page 190: Amx International Offices

    Toronto AMX Mexico Technical Support AMX Inc. provides technical support by telephone, fax, E-mail, or bulletin board system (BBS). For the fastest possible service, please have the following information ready, or provide it in your fax or E-mail message: •...
  • Page 191 PC, what you were doing when the problem occurred, and any troubleshooting you've tried (if any). ⎯ identify the equipment/ ⎯ identify the program you Telephone 800-932-6993 972-907-6214 800-462-6946 215-643-2808 215-657-8799 972-907-2884 bbs.AMX.com Contacting Sales and Technical Support...
  • Page 192 Contacting Sales and Technical Support ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels...

  • Page 193: Index

    Index Activate the Editor Bar, 19 Add, 84, 124 Add a button, 25 Add a joystick on a page, 44 Add a page, 23 Adding a bargraph to a page, 49 Adding a bitmap to a button, 35 Adding an icon to a button, 34 Adding text to a button, 33 Adobe Acrobat, 161 Affected Send_Commands, 134...
  • Page 194 'CALIBRATE', 136 'CALL<variable text address>- 'CBOFF<variable text address>- 'CBON<variable text address>- 'CFOFF<variable text address>- 'CFON<variable text address>- 'CLOCK <mm-dd-yy> <hh 'CONT-<level>', 136 'CPAGE<color_number>-<page 'CTOFF<variable text address>- 'CTON<variable text address>- 'DBEEP', 137 'FONT,<variable text address>- 'PAGE-<page name>', 137 'PKEYP-<number string>', 137 'PPOF - <page name>', 138 'PPON - <page name>', 138 'QBEEP', 138...
  • Page 195 Delete, 86, 126 Designing a Touch Panel Page, 19 Device and channel assign-ments, 92 Device base, 71 Device Eff., 69, 81 Device range, 70, 81 Device used, 72 Display timer, 60 Double beep, 62 Edit Bar — Button Menu Options, 84 Edit Bar —...
  • Page 196 Protected, 119 Protected setup, 63 Put on top, 99 Related Instruction Manuals, 2 Rename, 126 Resize, 85 Resizing a button, 26 RGB Setup, 118 RGB Setup page without hardware support, 119 RSSI, 69, 81 Save, 98 Save default, 98 Server devices, 70, 81 Server version, 69 Set default, 99 Set the channel code, 29...
  • Page 197 ViewPoint Color Wireless Touch Panels, 1 ViewPoint Models, 1 ViewPoint Specifications, 173 ViewPoint WAVE Touch Panels, 1 ViewPort Docking Station, 10 Specifications, 177 VPA-BP ViewPoint Rechargeable Battery Specifications, 175 VPA-CHG, 8 VPA-CHG FastCycle Battery Charger, VPA-CHG Fast-Cycle Battery Charger for VPA-BP Specifications, 176 VPT-CP ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel, 173...
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