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Table of Contents Table of Contents Product Information .................................................................................................1 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel ...................................................................................... 1 Multiple ViewPoints in an installation ....................................................................................... 1 Specifications .................................................................................................................... 2 Recharging the Battery...................................................................................................... 3 Using Connector Ports ...................................................................................................... 3 Cleaning the Touch Overlay.............................................................................................. 4 Designing Touch Panel Pages ................................................................................5 Buttons .............................................................................................................................. 5 Activating Edit Mode.......................................................................................................... 6 Setting the Device Base .................................................................................................... 8 Setting the Device Used.................................................................................................... 8 Adding a page ................................................................................................................... 8 Setting the page color .............................................................................................................. 8 Adding a button ................................................................................................................. 8 Resizing a button ..................................................................................................................... 8 Button Properties............................................................................................................... 9 Setting the channel code.......................................................................................................... 9 Setting the variable text code................................................................................................. 10 Setting the page flip ............................................................................................................... 10 Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions ............................................................... 10 Adding text, icons, and bitmaps to a button ........................................................................... 11 Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts............................................. 11 Button Properties for External Pushbuttons .................................................................... 12 Creating a Bargraph and Joystick ................................................................................... 12 Adding a bargraph or joystick button...................................................................................... 12 Setting Bargraph and Joystick Properties ....................................................................... 12 Setting the level code............................................................................................................. 13 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels i Table of Contents Programming .......................................................................................................... 15 Serial Commands............................................................................................................ 15 System Send_Commands .............................................................................................. 17 Programming Numbers ................................................................................................... 23 Shorthand Send Commands........................................................................................... 24 Color Send_Commands.................................................................................................. 28 Variable Text Send_Commands ..................................................................................... 30 Shorthand Variable Text Commands .............................................................................. 32 Button String Commands ................................................................................................ 35 Button IR Macro Commands........................................................................................... 37 Using The IR Manager ............................................................................................ 39 IR Manager Context Menu .............................................................................................. 39 Creating a New IR File .................................................................................................... 39 System generated file names and IR files.............................................................................. 40 Entering Capture IR Mode .............................................................................................. 41 Capturing Hand Control IR Functions ............................................................................. 41 Capturing IR functions ­ Standard Capture mode ................................................................. 42 Capturing IR functions ­ Special (SP) mode.......................................................................... 42 Capturing difficult functions using P5-P7 modes.................................................................... 43 IRIS display characters and P1­P7 mode settings ................................................................ 43 Verifying IR Codes From a Hand Control........................................................................ 44 Actuating an IR Function................................................................................................. 44 Searching for IR Library (IRL/IRV) Files.......................................................................... 44 Searching for a Specific IR Function Across Multiple Files............................................. 45 Advanced IR Manager Features ..................................................................................... 46 Viewing an IR Waveform................................................................................................. 46 Viewing the Available Memory on an IR System Device ................................................ 46 Upgrading the Firmware ........................................................................................ 47 Configuration................................................................................................................... 47 Downloading the Firmware ............................................................................................. 47 VPA-DS ViewPort Docking Station ....................................................................... 49 ViewPort Docking Station Specifications ........................................................................ 49 ViewPort Product Information ......................................................................................... 49 Battery charging ..................................................................................................................... 50 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 53 ii ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Product Information Product Information The ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels and ViewPoint NetWave Touch Panels are hand-held liquid crystal display panels that allow you to control devices remotely. They have programmable firmware via the programming port. TPDesign3 is used to construct the panel pages. Buttons are used throughout the ViewPoint panel for control over external devices. FIG. 1 shows the external jacks and buttons. Programmable buttons Programming jack Programmable buttons Power jack FIG. 1 ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel Panel programming, pages, and drawings are uploaded and downloaded using TPDesign (Windows®) 16-bit or TPDesign3 (Windows) 32-bit touch panel programs. TPDesign is used to convert G2 panel pages into G3 firmware compatible pages. ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panel A Color-Passive series features a six-inch LCD with 256 colors. It comes with programmable external buttons on each side that can be used to control levels such as channels, volume, and lighting. The ViewPoint Touch Panels are available with either one-way RF (VPT-CP) or two-way NetWave (VPN-CP) digital spread-spectrum wireless control. Two-way ViewPoints do not support AMX IR codes (38 KHz and 455 KHz) but do support other manufacturers IR codes. One-way ViewPoints support all IR codes. Multiple ViewPoints in an installation The ViewPoint transmits data via RF or IR. The VPT-CP ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels are shipped to operate on a standard fre ...