Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 8.5" Color Passive LCD Touch Panels del fabbricante AMX
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instruction manual To u c h P a n e l s a n d A c c e s s o r i e s 8.5" Color P assive LCD T ouch P anels (Firmware version G3 or higher).
AMX Limited W arranty and Disc laimer AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) years from the date of purchase from AMX Co.
T able of Contents i Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels T ab le of Contents Product Information ........ ................ ................. ................ .............. .............. ............ 1 Specifications ..............................
ii Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels T able of Contents System Send_Commands ..................................................... ......................................... 21 Programming Numbers ..................................................
Product Information 1 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Pr oduct Inf ormation The Color Passi ve-Matrix touch panels contain an 8.5" (215.90 mm ) 256-color passiv e-matrix liquid crystal displ ay (LCD). The self-contained en closures use a microprocessor to control a wide range of multimedia equipment .
Product Information 2 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Cleaning the T ouch Overla y Y ou should clean the touch screen overlay after eac h day’ s use. Always use clean cotto n cloths, and a spray bottle of cleaning solution consisting of 50% isopropyl alcohol and 50% water .
Installation 3 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Installation Mounting the T ouch P anel The following paragraphs describe mounting the Decor and rack-mount touch panels. TiltScreen touch panels can be placed on any flat surf ace. Decor style panels w ith low-profile Back Bo xes 1.
Installation 4 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 6. Fasten the lo w-profile Back Box to the surface using the #6-32 machine s crews supplied with the enclosure.
Installation 5 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 2. Carefully insert a flat-blade scre wdriver into the release slot on the touch panel’ s bezel and remov e the engraved o verlay . 3. Lay the touch panel facedo wn onto a soft clot h and remov e the four screws from the low- profile Back Box.
Installation 6 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 11. T est the connection b y reconnecting the AXlink connector to the Central Controller and the optional RS-232 w iring to the sou rce equipment. The pan el beeps upon p ower -up. Before continuing, disconnect all connectio ns until panel installation is complete.
Installation 7 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 8. Thread the incoming A Xlink and RS-2 32 wiring through the BB-TP2 knockouts. Refer to W iring the T ouch P anel section on page 8 for more information. 9. Fasten the BB-TP2 to the plasterboard using the expansion screws supplied with the enclosure.
Installation 8 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Rack- mount panel (AXM-CP/PB) 1. Thread the incoming AXlink and op tional RS-232 wiring throu gh the opening in the equipment rack.
Installation 9 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Wiring guidelines The touch panels require 12 VDC power to operate properly . The Central Controller supplies power via the AXlink cable or external 12 VDC power supply .
Installation 10 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Using the (DB-9) RS-232 connecto r for mouse control or dat a The dual-function (DB-9) RS-232 connecto r support s mo st standard serial mouse control de vices and RS-232 communication protocols for PC data transmission.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 11 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Designing T ouc h P a nel P a g es There are two ways to appro ach creating touch panel page s: ! TPDesign3 - Refer to the TPDesign3 T ouch P anel Pr ogr am (V ersion 3. 16 or higher) Instruction Ma nual for mor e inform ation.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 12 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Activ ating Edit Mode Before design ing touch panel p ages and b uttons, you must acti vate EDIT mode. Once acti v ated, use the EDIT button to enter Edit mode. This mode has options to add and configure touch panels and buttons.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 13 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels T o activ ate edit mode: 1. Press SETUP in the Main page to open the Setup page (FIG. 12). 2. Press PR O TECTED SETUP to open the ke ypad. 3. Enter 1988 (default password) in the ke ypad and press ENTER to open Protected Setup page .
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 14 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Setting the Device Base Press the DEV ICE B AS E option, in the Protected Setup page (FIG. 13), to assign a base (st arting) device address to the touch panel. 1. Enter the base address for the touch panel.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 15 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Adding a Button T o add a button to the current page: 1. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTT ON menu. 2. Press ADD to open the ADD BUTT O N operation bar . On the LCD screen, touch and drag to create a button.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 16 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 2. Enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the keypad. The programming software uses device codes 1 - 4 to identify the touch panel. Refer to the G3 F irmware Design and Refer ence instruction manual for more information.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 17 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Setting the b utton color s for c hannel-off conditions 1. Press any b utton to open the But ton Properties page. 2. Press BORDER under CHANNEL OFF in the B utton Properties page.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 18 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 6. In the What T o Send area, select one or more of the a v ailable options (All Bitmaps, All Icons, All Fonts). 7. Select the mode of communication wi th the touch panel (RS-232 and AXlink).
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 19 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 4. Press NUM to open a keypad and set the lev el number assigned to the device. 5. Enter a number 1 – 8. Each device can ha ve from 1 – 8 lev els except joysticks, where the range is 1 – 7.
Designi ng T ouch P anel P ages 20 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels.
Programming 21 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Pr ogramming Y ou can program the touch panel to perform a wide v ariety of operations using AXCESS Send_Commands and variable text commands. Use the commands described in this section to program the touch panel.
Programming 22 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels System Send_Commands ( Cont.) BEEP Gives an output of one beep. The Beep button in the Protected Setup page must be set from 1 - 10 f or the BEEP com- mand. Syntax: "’BEEP’" Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"’BEEP’" Beeps the panel if the Bee p button is not set to 0.
Programming 23 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel System Send_Commands ( Cont.) PA G E Flips to page with specified page name. Syntax: "’PAGE-<page name>’" Va r i a b l e s : page name = 1 - 50 ASCII characters Example: SEND_COMMAND TP, "’PAGE-MAIN PAGE’" Flips the touch panel to the page named MAIN P AGE.
Programming 24 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels System Send_Commands ( Cont.) SLEEP F orces the touch panel to screen sav er mode. Syntax: "’SLEEP’" Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"’SLEEP’" Activates the screen sa ver mode.
Programming 25 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel System Send_Commands ( Cont.) TP A GEON Activates page tracking. Syntax: "’TPAGEON’" Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,’TPAGEON’ DEFINE_DE.
Programming 26 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Pr ogramming Numbers The following information provides the program ming numbers for colors, fonts, and borders ! Colors can be used to set the colors on b uttons, sliders, gauges, and pages.
Programming 27 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Shor thand Send_Commands The table below lists the shorthand Send_Commands yo u can use with touch panels. The shorthan d command data is 1-byte, non-ASCII format except for pages, passwords, te xt, and bitmap name s.
Programming 28 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) @CPG Sets the page with specified page name back- ground color to the specified color . This only works if the new background color is not the same as the current color .
Programming 29 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Shorthand Send_Commands (C ont.) @IDP Queries the touch panel to return a string with the TPDesign3 project name. Syntax: "’@IDP’" Example: SEND_COMMAND TP,"’@IDP’" The touch panel retur ns a string that contains its TPDesign3 project na me.
Programming 30 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Shorthand Send_Commands (Cont.) @PPN Activates a popup page on a touch panel page. If a page name is empty the current page is used.
Programming 31 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Color Send_Commands Use the color Send_Commands to set the colors for text, b utton s, and pages. Use the same command for setting gray scale values only change the color number v alue to reflect the gray scale (72-86) value.
Programming 32 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Color Send_Commands (Cont.) CBON Sets the ON feed- back border color to the specified color . Syntax: "’CBON<variable text address>-&.
Programming 33 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel V ariable T ext Send_Commands Use variable te xt Send_Com mands to set the borders, fonts, and text.
Programming 34 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels V ariab le T ext Send_Commands (Cont.) !C Sets the border , font, and te xt in one command. Syntax: "’!C’,<variable text address>,&.
Programming 35 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel V ariab le T ext Send_Commands (Cont.) !T Shor thand ver- sion of ' TEXT ' command. Syntax: "’!T’,<variable text address>,.
Programming 36 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Shor thand V ariable T ext Commands The table below lists the shorthand v ariable text commands you can use with the touch pan el. The shorthand command data is one-byte, non-ASCII format except for pages, passwords, text, and bitmap names.
Programming 37 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Shorthand V ariable T ext Commands (Cont.) @BOR Sets the border style on a button. Syntax: "’@BOR’,<variable text address>,<border s tyle>" Va r i a b l e s : variable te xt address = 1 - 255 border style = See the Border Styles and Programming Numbers table on page 26.
Programming 38 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Shorthand V ariable T ext Commands (Cont.) @JUS Sets the text alignment on a button. Syntax: "’@JUS’,<variable text address>,<te.
Programming 39 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panel Button String Commands The table below lists string commands you can assign to b u ttons using the touch panel edito r . Select the PR OPER TIES option in the Ed it bar , press the target b utt on, and enter the string command with the T ouch Panel keyboard.
Programming 40 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Button String Co mm ands (Cont.) $ST Sets the idle time to activate sleep mode fo r a touch panel in 1-minute increments. When the touch panel’ s input time matches the sleep time, the panel goes to sleep.
Upgrading the Firmw are 41 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Upgrading the Firmware In order to upgrade the f irmware in the panel, you can either return the panel to AMX or replace the necessary EPR OM chips yourself. Standard m emory on the G 3 boards for the CP series of touch panels is 1 MB of base memory .
Upgrading the Firmware 42 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 8. Using the new EPR OMs, match up the socket holes to their respective prong and the notches to the correct direction for both the new Odd and Even chips.
Upgrading the Firmw are 43 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 7. Gently pry the EPR OMs from their connection base until they be gin to loosen. Carefully pull them out by either using an EPR OM remov al device or by gently pulling them from their base (making sure to evenly pull the prongs from their socket holes).
Upgrading the Firmware 44 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels.
Replacing the Batteries 45 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels Replacing the Batteries There are two lithium batteries on the touch panel card, wit h a life of approximately 5 years. They protect stored commands and pages against a po we r outage. The batteries are not used when DC power is supplied to the touch panel.
Replacing the Batteries 46 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels 8. Plug the 2-pin power or AXlink connector back into the touch panel for approximately 1 minute. Then, remove connector from the panel again. 9. Gently tilt the circuit card down tow ards th e connector side and pull b ackwards until you clear the connector housing.
Replacing the Batteries 47 Color Passive-Matrix LCD T ouch Panels.
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