AMX COLOR TOUCH PANELS WITH AUDIO (G3 FIRMWARE) User Manual

Programming
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4" Color Touch Panels with Audio
Button String Commands
The table below lists string commands you can assign to buttons by using the touch panel editor.
Select the PROPERTIES option in the Edit bar, press the target button, and enter the string
command with the Touch Panel keyboard. The control system receives the string command
when you press a button. Serial or Serial Port references in this section refer to the use of the
programming jack on the sides of the CP4/A touch panels (FIG. 32 on page 67).
Button String Commands
$SC
Sends a serial
port
send_command
within a panel, as
if sent from
Axcess.
Syntax:
"$SC <device offset>,"’<send_command>,<variable
text #>,<data>’""
Variables:
device offset = Device number
variable text # = The variable text number value on the touch panel.
data = 0 - 59 characters
Example:
$SC 1,"’@TXT’,2,’TEXT’"
The string is sends the command to put text on a button with a variable text value of 2. It is
crucial that all the correct ’ and " be used with no spaces after the commas.
Example:
$SC 1,"’SLEEP’"
Sets a touch panel to sleep.
$SL
Activates sleep
mode on a
wireless touch
panel.
This command does not set the panel to sleep, but actually puts a wavepack to sleep.
Syntax:
"$SL"
Example:
$SL
Activates sleep mode on a wireless touch panel (ViewPoint or other panel using a
SmartPack/WavePack).
$SP
Sends data out
through the serial
port of the source
panel to a destina-
tion panel.
Syntax:
"$SP"<data>""
Variables:
data = Serial string command
Examples:
$SP "CALIBRATE"
Sends the Calibrate command to another panel through the Serial Port.
$SP "$SC 1,"’@TXT’,1,’TEST’""
Uses the $SP command to send a Send Command ($SC ***) to another panel through the
Serial Port. This is an on-panel button string that is entered using on-screen keyboard.
$ST
Sets the idle time
to activate sleep
mode for a touch
panel in 1-minute
increments.
When the touch panel’s input time matches the sleep time, the panel goes to sleep.
Syntax:
"$ST<sleep timeout>"
Variable:
sleep timeout = 1 (Off) - 120 (in minutes)
Example:
$ST 5
Sets the touch panel’s sleep time to 5 minutes.

AMX COLOR TOUCH PANELS WITH AUDIO (G3 FIRMWARE) Specifications

General

Brand	AMX
Model	COLOR TOUCH PANELS WITH AUDIO (G3 FIRMWARE)
Category	Touch Panel
Language	English