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Extron electronics TouchLink Series Best Practices Manual

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  • Page 1 Best Practices Guide Extron TouchLink ™ Touchpanel Configuration...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ Contents INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GETTING STARTED 1 .

  • Page 3: Introduction

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ INTRODUCTION TouchLink is the first fully configuration-based touchpanel . When combined with an Extron IP Link Control Processor, TouchLink has the power to handle ® the control needs of single display rooms, dual display rooms, divisible rooms, multi-image systems, and video conference suites .

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ GETTING STARTED The first step in setting-up your TouchLink Control System 1. Know Your AV System Become familiar with the components of your AV system . This knowledge is necessary to determine the pages, pop-ups, and buttons that should be a part of the graphical user interface on your TouchLink Touchpanels .

  • Page 5: Upgrade Your Software

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 3. Upgrade Your Software TouchLink Touchpanels use GUI Configurator V1 .0 and Global Configurator V3 .0 or later for setup . Current versions of GUI Configurator and Global Configurator can be downloaded from the Extron website at: http://www.extron.com/ TouchLink .

  • Page 6: Configuration

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ CONFIGURATION To configure your TouchLink Control System, start with Global Configurator for initial set-up . Next, use GUI Configurator to configure graphical elements – your pages and pop-ups . Lastly, go back to Global Configurator to configure additional features .

  • Page 7: Include Location In Your Naming Convention

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 7. Include Location in Your Naming Convention Pages and pop-ups should be named after the location and device they control . For example, if you have two DVD players and need one pop-up for each, rather than naming the pop-ups DVD 1 and DVD 2, it is clearer to name them DVD-Classroom101 and DVD-Classroom102 .

  • Page 8: Use Modal Pop-Up

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 9. Use Modal Pop-up Pages Modal pop-up pages block operations until another, pre-determined task is completed . For example, a modal pop-up page could block access to the touchscreen while the controller is performing the auto-image function . 10.

  • Page 9: Use Contrasting Colors With Your Text And Backgrounds

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 11. Use Contrasting Colors With Your Text and Backgrounds To ensure text is legible, use a text color that highly contrasts with the background color . Please reference our for more information on this topic, as well as general GUI design guidelines . Design Guide 12.

  • Page 10: Id Management

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 14. ID Management Use caution when assigning IDs to your buttons . The “Where Used” window in GUI Configurator is a useful tool for tracking and managing the button IDs . Additionally, the “Show Control Info” option under the “Window” menu indicates which ID is currently assigned to each button .

  • Page 11: Use Feedback

    TouchLink Touchpanel Best Practices ™ 16. Use Feedback Utilize feedback when configuring your control system . For example, configure your “Display Mute” button to flash when the projector is powered on but video information is muted . This eliminates confusion over the powered state of the projector .
  • Page 12 ™ Extron Electronics, headquartered in Anaheim, CA, is a leading manufacturer of professional AV system integration products . Extron products are used to integrate video and audio into presentation systems in a wide variety of locations, including classrooms and auditoriums in schools and colleges, corporate board rooms, houses of worship, command-and-control centers, sports stadiums, airports, broadcast studios, restaurants, malls, and museums .

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