User manual AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5

[. . . ] instruction manual TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program (v2. 5 or higher) So ftw are Software License and Warranty Agreement LICENSE GRANT. AMX grants to Licensee the non-exclusive right to use the AMX Software in the manner described in this License. The AMX Software consists of generally available programming and development software, product documentation, sample applications, tools and utilities, and miscellaneous technical information. Please refer to the README. TXT file on the compact disc or download for further information regarding the components of the AMX Software. The AMX Software is subject to restrictions on distribution described in this License Agreement. [. . . ] With the Button Draw tool still selected, left-click inside the desired page (in the active Design View window), and while holding the left mouse button down, drag to draw the button to the desired size and shape (the minimum button size is 4 x 4 pixels). When using the Button Draw tool, hold down the SHIFT key while drawing to constrain the item to a square. When using the Selection Tool, hold down the ALT key while clicking and dragging in a Design View window to move the current selections without selecting anything new on the mouse press (useful for moving popup pages whose entire area is filled with buttons). When using the Selection Tool, hold down the CTRL key while clicking and dragging to force a "lasso" selection to occur (even if the mouse was clicked over a button or Popup Page shown on the Page). Lasso selection forces you to draw a square around the outside of the item to select it, as opposed to clicking on the item. 88 TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program Working With Buttons With an item selected in a Design View window, hold down the CTRL key while moving the item with the keyboard arrow keys to move by the grid size instead of a single pixel (regardless of the grid visibility or snap to grid setting). Holding the CTRL key while resizing the selected items with the keyboard will resize by the grid size. When using the circle, oval or diamond border types, you may notice the slider bar appearing partially outside of the button border. This is a result of scaling the button smaller than what the selected border requires to accommodate the slider bar. If you see this, try using a "smaller" border (i. e. try using "Circle 50" rather than "Circle 100"). Experiment with different border types to get the results you're after. 5. Upon the creation of a button on a page (or popup page) you will see selection handles appear on the outsides of the button that are small yellow squares with red interiors. This is a visual indication that the newly created button has the edit focus. Provided you have the Properties Control window visible, you will also see a table representing the various properties for the button type created. Use the General, Programming and States tabs of the Properties Control window to specify general properties and state-specific properties for the selected button. Select File > Save to save your changes. Select View > Button Preview to preview the button (click Push to simulate a button press). Generated Button Names When new buttons are created, by default the buttons are automatically given a sequential two-part name composed of the button number (relative to the number of buttons already created in the Project) and button type, separated by a colon (i. e. "Button 1 : general", "Button 2 : multi-state general", etc). However, TPDesign4 goes further in automatically generating a descriptive name for the button, based on the text and/or bitmap applied to the button: If you apply text to the button, the button text is substituted for the button number. For example if you create a new button (which is automatically named "Button 9"), then add the text "Welcome", note that the button is automatically renamed to "Welcome : general". Note that this name change occurs on the fly, and does not require a Save operation. Text on a button always overrides the presence of a bitmap. [. . . ] Double-click the configCC. exe to run the configuration utility. The following information is needed by the Computer Control Configuration Utility for each G4 panel or TPI/4 interface: 190 TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program Appendix C: TakeNote NetLinx Master IP Address/DNS (Fixed IP/URL):____. ____. ____. ____ (Acquire the IP Address of the Master via NetLinx Studio: select Diagnostics > Network Addresses > Get IP Information). G4 Touch Panel Device ID: _______ (Acquire the panel device number in the online tree of NetLinx Studio). G4 Touch Panel System: _______ (Acquire the system number in the online tree of NetLinx Studio). [. . . ]