User Guide

Designing Touch Panel Pages

6" Color Video Touch Panels

4. Go through each option and set as desired:

 TEXT OFF and TEXT ON sets the text for the button's Off and On state.

 ICON OFF and ICON ON sets the icon for the button's Off and On state.

 BITMAP OFF and BITMAP ON sets the bitmap for the button's Off and On state.

 MAKE ON SAME AS OFF sets the On and Off properties the same.

5. Press

EXIT SAVE CHANGE to close the Text/Image page and return to the Main page.

Using TPDesign3 to Download Bitmaps, Icons, and Fonts

TPDesign3 allows you to download bitmaps, icons, and fonts into your touch panel from an

existing touch panel program. Refer to the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program instruction manual for

more information. Use the Download to Panel button to download a project file.

To download bitmaps, icons and/or fonts from an existing TPDesign3 project file:

1. Launch the TPDesign3 software program and open a project file that contains the desired

bitmaps, icons, and fonts.

2. Select File from the menu bar to open the File menu.

3. In the File menu, click on Download to Panel, this opens the Download to Panel dialog box.

4. Click on the Comm Settings tab to set the communications port, baud rate, and other settings.

5. Then, click the Actions tab to set the communication mode and select which elements of the

project file you want to download to the touch panel.

6. In the What To Send area, select one or more of the available options (All Bitmaps, All Icons,

All Fonts).

7. Select the mode of communication with the touch panel (RS-232 and AXlink). Confirm that

the correct panel is selected by verifying the ID values with the Base Address assigned to the

touch panel in the Protected Setup page.

8. After clicking Connect, the Available Panels list appears in the Available Panels field. Click

Begin to start downloading the project file into the panel.

9. After completing the download, the bitmaps, icons and fonts that were downloaded are now

accessible via the BITMAPS, ICONS and FONTS menus.

Creating a Bargraph and Joystick

Bargraphs are level monitors and adjustable level controls. These levels can be configured to

monitor and adjust audio outputs and lighting levels.

Joysticks are vertical and horizontal direction controllers you can use for camera for pan and tilt

control. Before starting, make sure to connect the touch panel to your Controller; otherwise, the

joystick will not work properly.

You cannot create or edit buttons with Unicode fonts on the panel. Any use of the

TEXT/IMAGE button to alter or create Unicode font supported buttons must be done

in the TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design Program.