CRESTRON Contents Series STX Touchpanels 1 Description................................................................................................................................. 1 Functional Description ................................................................................................ 1 Physical Description.................................................................................................... 3 Configuration Differences.....................................................
CRESTRON Series STX Touchpanels Description Functional Description The Series STX touchpanels, also known as Spectrum touchpanels, are touchscreen control panels of various sizes for the CRESNET remote control system (herein referred to as the CRESNET system). The Spectrum family of touchpanels act as a transceiver that offers long range, radio frequency (RF), two-way communication with the CNRFGWX, to provide dynamic onscreen feedback for real-time confirmation of commands.
CRESTRON Position Lock Button The position lock button is centrally located at the front of the STX touchpanel base. These touchpanels permit incremental angle positions indicated by audible clicks. Range of motion is adjustable for user comfort and can vary depending on the STX configuration. Thus the user can position the touchscreen to a comfortable angle, just as a microphone can be repositioned for each speaker. The comfortable angle is herein referred to as user position.
CRESTRON Physical Description The touch sensitive viewing screen is located on the front of each STX touchpanel. The electronic hardware is housed in a high impact, black molded plastic enclosure. These touchpanels are designed to be placed on a counter and possess a hinged base which can tilt (angle depends on STX configuration). Depress the position lock button located at the front of the base when pivoting the touchpanel to the horizontal position.
CRESTRON Power buttons and LED indicators, shown below, are located on the touchpanel base just left of the position lock button. Two membrane buttons, OFF and ON, can be used to deactivate and activate the touchpanel when needed. The ON button has a LED behind the membrane. It illuminates when the touchpanel is active. Three other LEDs are positioned to the right of the membrane buttons: RF SIG, BATTERY LOW, and BATTERY CHG. RF SIG illuminates when the touchpanel communicates with the CNRFGWX transceiver.
CRESTRON Front View of the STX-3000 Front View of the STX-3500C Leading Specifications The table below and on the next page provides a summary of leading specifications for the STX touchpanels. Dimensions and weight are rounded to the nearest hundredth unit. Operations Guide - DOC.
CRESTRON Leading Specifications of the STX Touchpanels SPECIFICATION DETAILS Power Requirements STX-1600C & STX-3000 12 Watts, 24 VDC 0.5 Amp STX-3500C 24 Watts, 24 VDC 1.0 Amp Power Options 2 Rechargeable NiCd Battery Packs CRESNET Network Power AC Adapter (power pack - supplied) Communications RF: Bidirectional Spread Spectrum 2.4 GHz (1000-foot range). Requires one CNRFGWX transceiver per 15 STX series touchpanels.
CRESTRON Leading Specifications of the STX Touchpanels (Continued) SPECIFICATION DETAILS View Screen Resolution STX-1600C 320 x 240 pixels STX-3000 & STX-3500C 640 x 480 pixels View Screen Display STX-1600C Passive Matrix Color LCD STX-3000 Passive Matrix LCD STX-3500C Active Matrix Color LCD View Screen Illumination Edgelit Fluorescent View Screen Touch Screen Resistive Membrane As of the date of manufacture, the Series STX touchpanels have been tested and found to comply with specificati
CRESTRON For best cleaning results, use a clean, damp, non-abrasive cloth with any commercially available non-ammonia glass cleaner. Surrounding plastic enclosure may not provide a complete water-tight seal. Therefore, apply cleaning solution to the cloth rather than the surface of the touchscreen. Wipe touchscreen clean and avoid ingress of moisture beneath panels. Battery Usage The touchpanel can be powered via the supplied power pack or two battery packs, ST-BP.
CRESTRON Identity Codes The STX touchpanels possess three distinct types of identity codes: NET ID, RF ID, and RF CHANNEL. These codes are assigned to the unit from the Interface Menu and RF SETTINGS screen when you configure the touchpanel. Refer to “Interface” on page 12.
CRESTRON STX Touchpanel Hardware Hook-Up Diagram (No CN-RJ11) NOTE: UNITS IN THIS ILLUSTRATION ARE NOT DRAWN TO SCALE. LEFT SIDE VIEW OF STX TOUCHPANEL POWER PACK (OPTIONAL) CONTROL SYSTEM PC SERIAL PORT Configuring the Touchpanel It may be necessary to make adjustments or configure the touchpanel due to utilization or a particular appearance chosen by the user.
CRESTRON the Perform Calibration button or return to the previous screen with the Return to Main Menu button. Choose an option by touching the correct button. When touching the screen, be as accurate as possible. Calibration Menu If you proceed to calibrate the touchpanel, the screen prompts you with the message “Touch Screen Calibration Menu” nearly centered on the display. Another message, “Touch Upper Left Corner”, appears in the upper left corner.
CRESTRON Setup Menu NOTE: Since the same Setup Menu used for the STX-3000 and STX-3500C is used for Crestron’s wired panels as well, the RS-232 button - although shown, is not functional when configuring STX touchpanels. Interface The touchpanel communicates with a CRESNET system to activate other controls or to display feedback from components within the system. The communication interface must be correctly specified or communication will not occur.
CRESTRON CRESNET II for normal CRESENT communication mode. Text within the selected button changes color from black to red (for STX-1600C) or light gray (for STX3000 and STX-3500C). Communication mode is factory set to CRESNET II. Two side-by-side buttons on the Interface Menu (for STX-3000 and STX-3500C), RS-232 ON and RS-232 OFF, located just above the RETURN button. Text within the selected button changes color from black to light gray.
CRESTRON Contrast NOTE: Contrast adjustment is not available on the STX-3500C configuration. Screen contrast may need to be altered because of ambient light conditions, panel temperature, or personal preference. Two contrast buttons, Contrast << and Contrast >> (Cont << and Cont >> for the STX-1600C), on the Setup Menu may be held down for continuous and smooth adjustment of the screen. Brightness Screen brightness may need to be altered because of ambient light conditions or personal preference.
CRESTRON BACKLIGHT TIMEOUT is displayed on the Timeout screen. This setting turns the backlight off when the touchpanel is inactive for the specified time (shown in minutes). When the touchpanel is activated, the last screen to be displayed reappears. A two minute BACKLIGHT TIMEOUT is shown in the illustration. Minutes can vary from 0 to 120, where 0 disables the timeout.
CRESTRON 3500C configurations only) may be selected at any time to save setup parameters. The button text changes color from black to light gray while in save mode. For STX1600C, use the SAVE SETUP AND RUN PROGRAM button on the Main Menu. Return Select the RETURN button, located at the lower right corner of the Setup Menu, after setup parameters have been set.
CRESTRON “MUTED” is sent to the touchpanel. When the ST-VC is unmuted, a space is sent to the touchpanel. Block Diagram of STX-1600C How to Create the Program Configuration Manager Use the Configuration Manager workspace (Project | Configure System) in SIMPL Windows to select and configure all the devices that need to be included into the system. For this example, add a CNRFGWX and ST-VC to the system. The NET ID of each device must be set as shown below and on the next page. NOTE: SIMPL Windows v1.21.
CRESTRON Network System View of ST-VC in SIMPL Windows’ Configuration Manager Next, add the STX-1600C to the system. Click once on the CNRGWX icon in the Network System View to add the “RFX Address” window to the Detail System View. Drag and drop the STX-1600C icon from the Device Library to the desired RFX Address (0A in this example, as shown below).
CRESTRON Detail View of Analog Signals for the STX-1600C in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Detail View of Serial Signals for the STX-1600C in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager From the expanded Network Modules folder double click on the ST-VC (alternatively CTRL+D or drag and drop into Detail View). Assign signals as shown after this paragraph. Detail View of ST-VC in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Expand the Logic folder to display a number of symbols integrated into this program.
CRESTRON Detail View of a Toggle (S-2) in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Detail View of Serial Send (S-3 and S-4) in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Reserved Join Numbers A reserved join number is a feature of the touchpanel that enables a designer to create a button on a touchpanel page that either calls up the Setup Menu, ramps brightness, etc. The table shown after this paragraph provides a list of reserved join numbers available within the software.
CRESTRON Problem Solving Troubleshooting The table below and on subsequent pages provides corrective action for possible trouble situations. If further assistance is required, please contact a Crestron technical support representative. STX Touchpanel Troubleshooting TROUBLE Project can not be uploaded to the touchpanel. Wrong screens appear on touchpanel. Operations Guide - DOC. 5716A POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) Touchpanel has powered down. NET ID on touchpanel is improperly set.
CRESTRON STX Touchpanel Troubleshooting (Continued) TROUBLE POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) Touchpanel No power to the does not touchpanel. function. CORRECTIVE ACTION Confirm that power pack is attached, batteries are installed, or network power is supplied. Verify that the LED behind the ON membrane button located on the touchpanel base is illuminated. Touchpanel is Select Perform Calibration button from incorrectly calibrated. Calibration Menu to enter "calibration mode".
CRESTRON STX Touchpanel Troubleshooting (Continued) TROUBLE POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) CORRECTIVE ACTION Touchpanel Reconfigure the touchpanel to operate at low configured to operate power. Refer to "Interface" a subsection of at high power "Setup Menu" in this Operations Guide (specifically the RF SETTINGS screen) to change setting. Touchpanel operating Relocate units so that the STX touchpanels do within five feet of not operate within five feet of the CNRFGWX. CNRFGWX.
CRESTRON Appendix The purpose of this Appendix is to provide a programming solution for those that prefer the last screen to be displayed when the touchpanel turns on after encountering a POWER DOWN TIMEOUT. Stated simply, an INTERLOCK symbol needs to be incorporated so that the control system flips to the last page rather than the page marked as first. The information in this Appendix is not meant for everyone; only those who wish to adopt this feature.
CRESTRON Button Assignment In this system, the buttons labeled Press Here for VCR Control on the TV and PROJECTOR pages are assigned a page flip to the VCR page and command the projector to switch to its first video input. The buttons labeled Press Here for TV Control on the VCR and PROJECTOR pages are assigned a page flip to the TV page and command the projector to switch to its second video input.
CRESTRON These three signal names should drive an INTERLOCK symbol so that the system can “remember” which page was shown last on the touchpanel. The outputs of the INTERLOCK are assigned unique names: TV-FLIP-F, VCR-FLIP-F, and PROJFLIP-F. Finally, the corresponding feedback signals from the INTERLOCK must match the appropriate page join number. For this example, the page join numbers shown in the table below correlate to the INTERLOCK output signals.
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