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RCP-QE User Guide (v02) Setting Up the RCP-QE • 4–19
8. Send the current configuration file to the device (see “Sending a Configuration File to a Device” on
page 4–33).
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• assigning a menu navigation button, refer to “Assigning Menu Navigation to a Button” on page 4–25.
Assigning a Function Button
A function button enables you to assign a specific task to a button on the panel.
To assign a function to a button:
1. Open the RCP-QE Panel Configuration editor (see “Opening the RCP-QE Panel Configuration Editor” on
page 4–4).
2. On the simulated RCP-QE, select the button that you want to use for the function.
The Button configuration box opens.
3. In the Button list, select Function Key.
4. Use the Value list to select one of the following functions:
• Tak e — the trigger that ends a hold on a switch sequence.
• Protect — a single button that places a block on the current destination. It can also be used to lock the panel.
• Chop — a single button that starts a slow or fast toggle between the two most recently selected sources for a
given destination.
• Deassign — a single button that has two-fold functionality: a single button that provides a convenient
method for disconnecting machine control ports and, if using virtual routing, a single button that allows you
to free up resources when they are no longer needed for a path.
• MC Key — a single button that provides a method for enabling reciprocal switching when machine control
is used.
• Panel Lock — a single button that locks the panel from accidental or unwanted changes.
• Breakaway Step — a single button that selects the next breakaway in the Breakaway table.
5. Close the Button configuration box.
The simulated RCP-QE in DashBoard shows the type of shift and shift page on the selected button. For
example, SRC SH2.
6. Send the current configuration file to the device (see “Sending a Configuration File to a Device” on
page 4–33).
Assigning a Level Button
A level button enables you to select one router level per button for a switch. While a breakaway is similar,
breakaways can contain more than one router level.
 Multiple level buttons can be assigned on a panel.
To assign a level to a button:
1. Open the RCP-QE Panel Configuration editor (see “Opening the RCP-QE Panel Configuration Editor” on
page 4–4).
2. On the simulated RCP-QE, click the button that you want to use for the level.
The Button configuration box opens.
3. In the Button list, select Level.
4. In the Value list, select the router level that you want to assign to this button.
5. Close the Button configuration box.