AMX Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) Button Properties for External Pushbuttons , Creating an IR Macro Button

ViewPoint Wireless Touch Panels Designing Touch Panel Pages 39
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.