Button properties for external pushbuttons, Creating an ir macro button – AMX Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) User Manual

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ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels

Designing Touch Panel Pages

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9.

After completing the download, cut, copy and paste buttons as needed. The
bitmaps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now accessible via the
BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus.

Button Properties for External Pushbuttons

If your touch panel comes with external pushbuttons, these can be configured with
features similar to on-screen buttons. Refer to Creating a Button, Button Properties, and
Properties Page – External Buttons
for detailed information. Use the PROPERTIES
operation bar 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 to external
pushbuttons since they do not appear on-screen.

Creating an IR Macro Button

Creating an IR macro button allows controlling multiple devices with a single touch
panel button. You are only limited by touch panel IR memory (16 Kb). The following
steps provide an example of creating an IR macro button controlling a television,
VCR, and a satellite tuner. Syntax for a macro command is (refer to the AXCESS
Programming
section):

The IR macro button will perform the following processes when pushed.

• Turn On a Television and set the audio volume.

Figure 49

Sample Download To Panel

dialog box with AXlink window

Note

Although these pushbuttons

don't appear on-screen, their

functionality can be set just as

any other button on the touch

panel. Refer to the Button

Properties subsection for

further information on the

Properties’ page features.

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