User manual AMX G4 PANELPREVIEW V1.2

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[. . . ] 3 Help Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Opening A Panel File in G4 PanelPreview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Accessing Recently Opened Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Changing Panel View Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Toggling External Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Changing Video Support Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Changing the Temp Folder Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Web Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Exiting G4 PanelPreview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 About G4 PanelPreview Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 G4 PanelPreview i Table of Contents ii G4 PanelPreview G4 PanelPreview Overview G4 PanelPreview Overview Panel optional. Now you have the ability to preview fully functional G4 panel files, sans the panel. G4 PanelPreview can be launched from within TPDesign4 or as a stand alone option for viewing TP4 panel files. With G4 PanelPreview it is possible to: Open any version TPDesign4 panel file. Simulate push and release of buttons, including multi-state and bar graph buttons via the mouse and keyboard on your PC. Simulate computer control and view dynamic images on computers equipped with Ethernet connectivity. Upon launching G4 PanelPreview you will be prompted to select a TP4 file to load. Browse to and select your desired file; however it is not necessary to have a file at this time and you can select Cancel. G4 PanelPreview continues to launch without a TP4 file. Supported Platforms G4 PanelPreview operates on: Windows XP® Professional (SP 1 or greater, running on a Pentium 400 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 700 MHZ Pentium III or better preferred, with at least 256 MB of installed memory). Windows XP® Home (SP 1 or greater, running on a Pentium 400 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 700 MHZ Pentium III or better preferred, with at least 256 MB of installed memory). Windows 2000® (SP 4 or greater) Professional (running on a Pentium 400 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 700 MHZ Pentium III or better preferred, with at least 256 MB of installed memory. If you are installing on a Windows 2000 machine, you must have Administrator rights to install and run all required System files. Other PC requirements: The video card must have a minimum of 8 MB of onboard Video RAM (16 MB of onboard Video RAM preferred). [. . . ] Upon closing the panel file within G4 PanelPreview, all temporary files created during the session are removed. The field Temp Folder Location is the current location G4 PanelPreview stores supporting files. Unless otherwise noted, the default location for the temp files is wherever the source panel file is located. The button to the right of the Temp Folder Location field opens a browse dialog where you can search and choose the location of the temp files. [. . . ]