Setting Project Properties
Select File > Project Properties to open the Project Properties dialog. This multi-tab dialog provides options to view and edit properties for the active project. Depending upon the panel selected, each panel will support all or part of the following properties at the panel level:
Project Properties dialog - Project Information tab
Includes basic project information as well as options for applying password protection to your project file and the Use system generated f ilenames option (FIG. 4):
FIG. 4 Project Properties dialog - Project Information tab
| Project Properties dialog - Project Information tab options | |
|---|---|
| Job Name, Designer ID, Dealer ID, Sales Order, Purchase Order | Use these fields to view/edit basic project information. Click and type to edit these fields as desired. |
| Created, Modified, | These read-only fields indicate when the project file was \created and last modified. |
| File Revision, Revision Date, File Name, Job comments | Use these fields to view/edit file revision information for the project file. Click and type to edit these fields as desired. |
| Protection | Select a level of protection for this project file from the drop-down menu: |
| Password, Confirm | Enter and confirm the password required for protected files. Note that these fields are enabled only if read-only or locked is selected. |
| Use system generated file name for this project | With this option selected, the filename for this project file will consist the Job Name, Designer ID, Dealer ID, Sales Order and Purchase Order entries, separated by commas. |
Project Properties dialog - Panel Setup Information tab
Includes touch panel setup options including Refresh Frequency, Panel Strings, and Power-up and Inactivity Settings (FIG. 5):
FIG. 5 Project Properties dialog - Panel Setup Information tab
| Project Properties dialog - Panel Setup Information tab options | |
|---|---|
| Panel Type, Screen size | The read-only fields indicate the panel type and screen size that this project is currently designed for. |
| Refresh Frequency | For touch panels that support multiple refresh frequencies, select a refresh frequencies from the drop-down list of supported frequencies. |
| Panel Strings | Use these fields to specify text strings to appear on the panel, during each condition (Startup, Wakeup, Sleep, Stand-By and Shutdown). |
| Power up/Inactivity Settings | The use of dynamic list tables with channel codes may require the designer to specify the ports and/or channels to be allocated on the panel, if the ports/channels utilized in the dynamic table(s) will exceed those declared in the project. These options include: |
| Project Properties dialog - Panel Setup Information tab options (Cont.) | |
|---|---|
| Device Port/Channel Allocation | The use of dynamic list tables with channel codes may require the designer to specify the ports and/or channels to be allocated on the panel, if the ports/channels utilized in the dynamic table(s) will exceed those declared in the project. These options include: |
Project Properties dialog - Sensors tab
Includes Channel/Level and Port settings for Light Sensors, Motion Sensors, Battery Levels, Voice Over IP, and Cradle Sensors (FIG. 6):
FIG. 6 Project Properties dialog - Sensors tab
| Project Properties dialog - Sensors tab options | |
|---|---|
| Light Sensor | Use these fields to specify the Level and Channel port/code assignments for the on-board light sensor. |
| Voice over IP | Use this field to specify the command port to be used for VoIP (default = 1). |
| Motion Sensor | Use these fields to specify the Channel port/code assignments for the on-board motion sensor. |
| Battery Levels | Use these fields to specify the Level port/code assignments for an on-board battery charger, if the panel uses a battery charger. If the touch panel does not, these fields will be disabled. |
| Cradle Sensor | Use these fields to set the Channel port/code assignments for the Cradle Sensor on touch panels that use a charging cradle. The channel will be turned on when the panel is docked, either in a tabletop docking station or in a wall cradle. If the touch panel does not use a charging cradle of some sort, these fields will be disabled. |