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Limited Warranty and Disclaimer AMX Corporation warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of 3 years from date of purchase from AMX, with the following exceptions: Electroluminescent and LCD control panels are warranted for a period of 3 years, except for the display and touch overlay components, which are warranted for a period of 1 year. Disk drive mechanisms, pan/tilt heads, power supplies, modifications, MX Series products, and KC
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Table of Contents Introduction...........................................................................1 Overview 1 Features 2 Applications 3 What’s in this Manual 3 What’s New 4 Installing Touch Panels..........................................................5 Overview 5 Mounting the Touch Panels 5 AXU-CV(/PB), AXU-CA(/PB), and low-profile back box 5 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (solid surfaces) 7 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU/CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (plasterboard) 10 AXM-CV(/PB) or AXM-CA(/PB) (rac
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Decision buttons 22 Status buttons 22 Designing a Touch Panel Page............................................ 23 Overview 23 Activating the Edit Button 23 Creating a Page 27 Adding a page 27 Setting the page color 29 Creating a Button 30 Adding a button 30 Resizing a button 32 Button Properties 33 Setting the button properties 33 Setting the border 34 Setting the channel code 35 Setting the variable text code 35 Setting the page flip 36 Setting the button colors for channel-off conditions 37 Ad
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Setup Page 59 Beep 60 LCD timer 60 Set time and date 61 Double beep 62 AXlink, serial number, and vX.XX 62 Set brightness 63 Protected Setup 63 Show palette 63 Wireless settings (optional WAV-PKM) 64 Wireless settings (optional SMT-PK) 66 Protected Setup Page 67 Baud 68 Device base 68 Device used 69 Setup password 69 Mouse button 69 Power up page 70 Wake up message 71 Auto assign 71 Page password 72 Calibrate 72 Power up message 73 System page 73 Editor 76 Page tracking 77 Sleep message 77 Funct
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Set default 97 Put on top 97 Properties Page — Button Type: General 97 Properties Page — Button Type: Joystick 101 Properties Page — Button Type: Vertical Bargraph 105 Properties Page — Button Type: Horizontal Bargraph 107 Edit Bar — Page Menu Options 109 Add 110 Copy 111 Rename 111 Delete 111 Page Color 112 Go to 113 Popup On 114 Popup Off 115 Move Edit 116 Snap Grid 117 AXCESS Programming .......................................................119 Overview 119 System Send_Commands 119 Colors an
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Color Guidelines ................................................................ 151 Overview 151 Colors 151 Specifications.................................................................... 153 Overview 153 AXT-CA and AXT-CV 153 AXU-CA(/PB) and AXU-CV(/PB) 154 AXM-CA(/PB) and AXM-CV(/PB) 155 Technical Support.............................................................. 157 Overview 157 Index ................................................................................. 159 Color Active-Ma
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vi Table of Contents Color Active-Matrix LCD Touch Panels
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Introduction Overview This manual describes procedures and software related to the new G3 firmware installed in these panels. The Color Active-Matrix Touch Panels (CATPs) contain a 640 x 480 (HV) pixel, dedicated 256-color active-matrix liquid crystal display (LCD). These self-contained enclosures use a microprocessor to control a wide range of audiovisual products. With the TPDesign 3 custom Touch Panel design program, you can create custom pages with buttons, icons, sliders, bargraphs, and imp
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Features Touch Panel features include: • 5.25" x 6.96" (133.45 mm x 176.89 mm) visible screen • 256-color active-matrix 640 x 480 (HV) pixel LCD • 12 programmable pushbuttons (8 on each side - except for the AXT series) ® • Microsoft mouse compatible (UniMount and rack-mount models only) • Panel programming, screens, and drawings that can be archived with TPDOC (MS-DOS) or designed with TPDesign 3 (Windows) touch panel software program • PAL- and NTSC-compatible video input port (optional) • Opt
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Applications The AMX Color Active-Matrix Touch Panels control a wide variety of equipment connected to an AXCESS Control System. Figure 3 shows a sample AXU-CA Touch Panel and AXCESS Control System configuration. Figure 3 AXU-CA <<<< Factory installed connection Sample AXU-CA Touch Panel and AXCESS Control System Serial Mouse (optional) Note AXlink cable The optional mouse can be used to design Touch Panel AXCESS CardFrame pages and then removed before installation. Television VCR Lighting Came
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• AXCESS Programming Describes commands used to integrate Touch Panel features into an AXCESS Control System. • Replacing the Lithium Batteries Shows how to replace the lithium batteries in the CATP. • EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade Gives step-by-step instructions to install the required EXM-1MB Memory Upgrade integrated circuits (ICs) in the CATP. • Color Guidelines Provides helpful hints you can use to choose the best Touch Panel colors. • Specifications Describes the physical and operating
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Installing Touch Panels Overview The section describes how to mount, wire, and clean Touch Panels. Mounting the Touch Panels The following paragraphs describe how to mount the UniMount and rack-mount Touch Panels. The TiltScreen Touch Panel can be placed on any flat surface. AXU-CV(/PB), AXU-CA(/PB), and low-profile back box Mount the AXU-CV(/PB), AXU-CA(/PB), and low-profile back box (Figure 4): Low-profile back box Figure 4 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU- AXU-CV(/PB) or CA(/PB) and low-profile back AXU-CA
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12.60 (FRAME) Figure 5 11.85 .25 .23 11.40 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU- CA(/PB) and low-profile back .125 MAX RADIUS box cutout dimensions IN CORNERS 6.50 6.88 (FRAME) 6.00 UNIT INSTALLS WITH FOUR #6-32 SCREWS. SUGGEST INSTALLATION OF #6-32 THREADED INSERTS AT LOCATIONS SHOWN CUTOUT 1.79 INSTALLATION METHOD 1.48 USE WHEN INSTALLING UNIT ON SOLID SURFACES (PODIUM, DESK ETC.). FACE FRAME AND LOW PROFILE BACKBOX INSTALLED AS SINGLE "DROP-IN" ASSEMBLY. 2. Insert a flat head screwdriver into the release slot
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AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (solid surfaces) Mount the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (Figure 6) into a solid surface: Figure 6 BB-TP1 UniMount Back Box enclosure AXU-CV/PB or AXU-CA/PB Solid surface mounting flanges and BB-TP1 UniMount Back Box enclosure for solid surfaces Knockout AXU-CV/PB or AXU-CA/PB bezel Stud mounting holes Release slot Engraved overlay 1. Cut the solid surface according to the cutout dimensions shown in Figure 7. 2. Insert a flat head screwdriver into th
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12.60 (FRAME) Figure 7 12.10 .125 11.85 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU- .35 11.40 CA(/PB), and BB-TP1 cutout .55 dimensions .125 MAX RADIUS IN CORNERS 2.80 6.50 5.40 6.88 (FRAME) 2.80 .187 DIA 4 HOLES CUTOUT 2.94 INSTA USE W SHEE EXPAN PERM WITH EASIL DRAWN NOTICE: This drawing is the property of AMX CORPORATION. All information CHECKED contained herein that is not generally Mounting with Expansion Clips APPD ENG known shall be confidential except to STUD MOUNTING OPTION: the extent the information has been
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3. Lay the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) facedown onto a soft cloth and remove the four screws from the low-profile back box. Remove the back box and discard. 4. Place the BB-TP1 into the cutout and mark the threaded insert positions as Note shown in Figure 7. The CATP must always be installed with the release slot 5. Remove the BB-TP1 and drill eight holes as shown in Figure 6. Then, place #6- located at the bottom. 32 threaded inserts into the four holes marked ‘B’ in the cutout dimensions illus
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AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU/CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (plasterboard) Mount the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) and BB-TP1 (Figure 8) into a plasterboard surface (or equivalent). Figure 8 12.60 (FRAME) 12.10 AXU-CV/PB and BB-TP1 for .125 11.85 plasterboard .35 11.40 .55 .125 MAX RADIUS IN CORNERS 2.80 6.50 5.40 6.88 (FRAME) 2.80 .187 DIA 4 HOLES CUTOUT 2.94 STUD MOUNTING OPTION: TWO .170 DIA HOLES PROVIDED ON ALL SIDES OF BACK BOX FOR STUD MOUNTING. 1. Cut the surface according to the cutout dimensions shown in Figur
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8.187 Figure 9 (FRAME) 7.80 AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU- .170 7.46 CA(/PB), and BB-TP1 cutout .35 7.10 .125 [8.9 MM] [180.3 MM] dimensions .52 1.70 .125 [3.2 MM] MAX 4.25 3.22 4.50 (FRAME) 1.70 CUTOUT 2.94 [74.7 MM] TWO .170 [4.3 MM] DIA HOLES PROVIDED ON 2. Insert a flat head screwdriver into the release slot on the AXU-CV(/PB)’s or AXU-CA(/PB)’s bezel and remove the engraved overlay. 3. Lay the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) facedown onto a soft cloth and remove the four screws from the low-profile back bo
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8. Fasten the BB-TP1 to the plasterboard using the expansion screws supplied Note with the enclosure. The CATP must always be installed with the release slot 9. Connect the AXlink and RS-232 wiring to the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) located at the bottom. circuit card. Refer to Wiring the Touch Panel for complete wiring information. 10. Fasten the AXU-CV(/PB) or AXU-CA(/PB) to the BB-TP1 with the #6-32 screws supplied with the enclosure. 11. Insert the engraved overlay back into the bezel. 12. C
