AMX G3 - Manual (Page 49)

Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels Designing a Touch Panel Page 41
Button Properties for External Buttons
If your Touch Panel comes with external buttons, these can be configured with
features similar to on-screen buttons, for more information see the Creating a Button
subsection. Use the PROPERTIES option to assign properties to external
pushbuttons. The BUTTON OPTIONS and VARIABLE TEXT features within the
PROPERTIES page will not appear. Although the Border and Color sections of this
page appear, they are of no use by external buttons since they do not appear on-
screen.
Creating a Joystick
You can create a joystick with the BUTTON TYPE option in the BUTTON
PROPERTIES page. Joysticks (Figure 61) are vertical and horizontal direction
controllers you use for camera operations such as pan and tilt.
Before you start, make sure to connect the Touch Panel to your AXCESS Central
Controller. Otherwise, the joystick will not work properly. For more information,
refer to the Touch Panel Program Reference section in this manual.
Adding a joystick to a page
1. Create a new button using the ADD option in the BUTTON menu described in
the Creating a Button subsection.
2. Press BUTTON on the Edit bar to open the BUTTON menu options shown in
Figure 62.
Note
Although these buttons don't
appear on-screen, their
functionality can be set just
as any other button on the
Touch panel. They will have
no on-screen presence with
such things as colors,
borders, and names. For
further information on the
PROPERTIES page features
see Properties Page-Button
Type(s) sections.
Figure 61
Joystick