ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Touch Panel Program Reference 93
As shown in Figure 144, the upper-left corner of a button shows a base device
number followed by a channel code number. The bottom-right corner of a button
shows the variable text number followed by the variable text channel.
LIGHT
PANEL
3, 132
1,255
Button Slider
Channel code
number
Variable text
device number
2, 255
2, 1
Base
device
Text channel
Level channel
Level dev ice
number
The G3 firmware is designed to allow you up to 255 channels per device layer.
VAR TEXT DEV Opens the keypad where you set the device number for
the current button and touch panel page. The device range is 1 through 4.
VAR TEXT CHAN Opens the keypad where you set the variable text
channel code for the current button. The channel code range is from 1
through 255. Record the channel code settings if you want to create duplicate
buttons and their functions on another page. If AUTO ASSIGN is enabled in
the Protected Setup page, the touch panel prompts you to automatically or
manually assign the channel code. Select YES to allow the touch panel to
automatically assign the lowest available channel number.
LEVEL DEV Opens the keypad where you set the device number for the
current button and touch panel page. The device range is 1 through 4.
LEVEL NUM Opens the keypad where you set the number codes for the
current button. The number code range is 1 through 8 except for bargraphs
and joysticks, where the range is from 1 through 7. Joysticks actually use two
level numbers. The first is for the X-axis and the second is for the Y-axis. You
only need to specify the first level. Record the channel code settings if you
want to create duplicate buttons and their functions on another page.
BUTTON TYPE Opens the BUTTON TYPE menus (Figure 145) where you
select the button type. After you select a button type, the Properties page re-
sets with specific options according to that button type. For example, if you
Figure 144
Function show button and
slider example
Note
Refer to the Function show
subsection for more
information.
Note
G3 firmware allows up to
1020 button combinations.
Note
Level settings apply only to
Joystick buttons (Joystick and
Video Joystick button types),
and Bargraph buttons
(Horizontal and Vertical
Bargraph button types).