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AXB-TPI/3 Touch Panel Interface 3
Table of Contents
Designing Touch Panel Pages ..............................................................................27
Buttons ............................................................................................................................ 27
Activating Edit Mode ....................................................................................................... 28
Setting the Device Base.................................................................................................. 30
Setting the Device Used.................................................................................................. 30
Adding a Page................................................................................................................. 30
Setting the page color ............................................................................................................ 30
Adding a Button............................................................................................................... 30
Resizing a button ................................................................................................................... 30
Defining On-Screen and External Button Properties....................................................... 31
Setting the channel code........................................................................................................ 31
Setting the variable text code................................................................................................. 32
Setting the page flip ............................................................................................................... 32
Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions ............................................................... 32
Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button ........................................................................... 32
Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts............................................. 33
Creating a Bargraph and Joystick................................................................................... 33
Adding a bargraph or joystick button...................................................................................... 34
Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties....................................................................... 34
Setting the level code............................................................................................................. 34
Programming ..........................................................................................................35
Serial Commands............................................................................................................ 35
System Send_Commands .............................................................................................. 39
Video Send_Commands ................................................................................................. 46
VGA Send_Commands................................................................................................... 48
Programming Numbers ................................................................................................... 50
Shorthand Send_Commands.......................................................................................... 51
Color Send_Commands.................................................................................................. 57
Variable Text Send_Commands ..................................................................................... 59
Shorthand Variable Text Commands .............................................................................. 61
Button String Commands................................................................................................ 64
Upgrading the Firmware ........................................................................................67
Upgrading the Firmware Using NetLinx Studio ............................................................... 67
Upgrading the TPI/3 Firmware through a COM port .............................................................. 67
Upgrading the TPI/3 Firmware through an IP Address ................................................... 69
Upgrading the Firmware Using SoftROM........................................................................ 72
Configuration.......................................................................................................................... 72
Downloading the Firmware .................................................................................................... 72