Fsr FLEX CONTROL BUILDER TRAINING MANUAL User Manual

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 1 32600 LIT1368F FSR FLEX CONTROL BUILDER Training Exercise Manual Table of Contents Contents NEW FEATURE

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 10 32600 LIT1368F Click on the “New Project” button.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 100 32600 LIT1368F Wait for response Whether a response is received will be noted in a FLAG specified by t

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 102 32600 LIT1368F Send Inline IP Command Similar in principle to the Inline Serial commands except

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 103 32600 LIT1368F Inline command for other Ethernet Device provides the capability to send a command di

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 104 32600 LIT1368F Inline Flex command action provides the ability to address any other Ethernet connected

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 106 32600 LIT1368F Log Command This is a feature that is not a usable function on the Flex Panels for e

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 107 32600 LIT1368F SET/Clear GPIO The Flex LT 200 and LT-300 have four General Purpose I/O ports. Each p

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 108 32600 LIT1368F The port can be set as an input in either Polled or Interrupt. To set actions for an i

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 109 32600 LIT1368F Actions can be set in the Low to High and the High to Low action blocks. Note: Best p

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 11 32600 LIT1368F Here the Parent folder for your projects may be changed or you may keep the new default

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 110 32600 LIT1368F Click on the appropriate GPIO. select either open close or pulse, and click ‘OK’.

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 112 32600 LIT1368F LCD Brightness Control From the drop down boxes, select brightness levels of from 60 (f

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 113 32600 LIT1368F Here select 05 from the drop down box and check the fade to new setting box. Add a

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 114 32600 LIT1368F Command set will look like this Touch lockout The touch lockout command disables

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 115 32600 LIT1368F Date/Time Window The Date / Time Window is usefull in projects that have timed event

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 116 32600 LIT1368F allowing the user to set the date and time directly. Flex Connect Connecting to the Fle

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 117 32600 LIT1368F 1: Serial com port selection 2: Ethernet connect. Type IP address of Flex Panel. 3: O

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 118 32600 LIT1368F 7: To down load of upload a project to or from a Flex Panel. Select project folder butt

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 119 32600 LIT1368F Again you are given the option to connect via Serial Port or Ethernet. You are synchro

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 12 32600 LIT1368F Click OK, Note a new folder has been created named Flex Exercise 2.0. Now click OK a

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 120 32600 LIT1368F You must now enter a Group number from 1-100 that each Flex-LT panel will share. The

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 121 32600 LIT1368F Once all the panels have been synced, select one to be the master. Simply select the

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 122 32600 LIT1368F Log Command while connected through the Connect Window of Flex Control Builder: Once a

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 123 32600 LIT1368F Events Using the scheduler The FLEX has a real-time clock and event timers built into

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 124 32600 LIT1368F Create an event by dragging event from Library Tree to the Project Tree. Now select the

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 125 32600 LIT1368F Select Projector and then the Power Off Command from the list.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 126 32600 LIT1368F **** Note: You should only use this type of function when there are discreet Power On

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 127 32600 LIT1368F Using Power up actions. The Flex has the option of executing actions when the power i

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 129 32600 LIT1368F Note: Since we have defined our volume setting, counter 8 is set to 0. From here, you

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 13 32600 LIT1368F Project Properties

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 130 32600 LIT1368F Click OK and the following will appear. Note the listing of all the places where th

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 131 32600 LIT1368F CONTROL Libraries Control libraries can be updated from FSR through the ABOUT screen

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 132 32600 LIT1368F Similarly, IP and Serial libraries can be modified in the same manner as IR by using

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 133 32600 LIT1368F Add a new device to the project. Add the to the available devices for this project, and

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 134 32600 LIT1368F Now click on button to add command actions. Click on button 1 and click on send comma

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 135 32600 LIT1368F Repeat adding commands to buttons 2- 9 and 0. For demonstration purposes the # and *

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 136 32600 LIT1368F Select the Send button now and select the Send To Input Window command.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 137 32600 LIT1368F This selection will send the character to the input window display as well as the buf

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 138 32600 LIT1368F ERROR CHECKING At any time during the building of a project you can click on the ER

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 139 32600 LIT1368F Alias The Aliases are to be used in conjunction with the FLEX Manager program and wi

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 14 32600 LIT1368F As with most windows applications, standard full screen, and resizing of screens and col

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 140 32600 LIT1368F From here, select the alias to define check box, then assign actions as you would any

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 141 32600 LIT1368F The preset can now be named as it would be broadcast from the Flex Manager Program,

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 142 32600 LIT1368F INDEX ADD NEW ETHERNET DEVICE ...24 ADDING DEVICES ...

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 15 32600 LIT1368F SPLASH SCREEN SET UP The Splash screen is a full screen graphic image. It can be a schoo

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 18 32600 LIT1368F Serial Device

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 19 32600 LIT1368F Com Port Select Port from drop down list.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 2 32600 LIT1368F COM PORT ...

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 20 32600 LIT1368F To change the name of the device or any port settings, click on the Change Name and Po

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 21 32600 LIT1368F IR DEVICE From the Library tree, select IR DEVICES and then Media Player. Now click on t

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 22 32600 LIT1368F Rename to DVD/VCR

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 23 32600 LIT1368F Select Port from drop down list. To change the name of the device or any port settings,

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 24 32600 LIT1368F Add New Ethernet Device The process is similar to adding an IR device or a serial device

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 25 32600 LIT1368F To change the name of the device or any port settings, click on the Change Name and

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 26 32600 LIT1368F An IP address and port number have to be added. Additionally the Persistent or the UDP

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 29 32600 LIT1368F Serial Ports Click on Serial ports on the Project tree. Select individual Serial ports

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 3 32600 LIT1368F DEFAULT IP ADDRESS ...

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 30 32600 LIT1368F DEFINE SCREENS Now we are going to build the screens that we require for this Project.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 31 32600 LIT1368F I selected Splash screen template 1. Once dropped onto the project tree the above scree

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 32 32600 LIT1368F Typically a splash screen will consist of a background and possibly some text. Backgro

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 33 32600 LIT1368F Solid color will present the following screen to choose from. Selecting custom folder

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 34 32600 LIT1368F Once a background has been selected, you may add a label to the screen. Notice the smal

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 35 32600 LIT1368F Above shows two text boxes added. The one in the middle is selected and you can now cha

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 36 32600 LIT1368F preferences and text. Click on Final tab and see how the final screen looks.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 37 32600 LIT1368F Next select screen template 4. This will be used for our HOME screen. Note below it ap

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 38 32600 LIT1368F Now click OK We can add all the screens we will be using in our project now or start po

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 39 32600 LIT1368F Now select another Screen template 7 and drag and drop it to the Project tree and renam

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 4 32600 LIT1368F  Single click FSR website for updates to Flex Control Builder, Library files, or Firmwa

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 40 32600 LIT1368F Now add a test screen that can be populated with buttons to further define action items

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 41 32600 LIT1368F A confirmation screen will follow shortly All the screens are now added and we will go

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 42 32600 LIT1368F Click on the Button Tab and then select Small. This will show the standard Small butt

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 43 32600 LIT1368F Procedurally, Custom buttons and solid colors are selected in a similar manner as custom

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 44 32600 LIT1368F Now click on the Label Tab. Notice the small verticle rectangular place holders. The l

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 45 32600 LIT1368F Drag a new label to the blank button, Pick a color (White) and label it TEST. Then Lab

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 46 32600 LIT1368F The Bar Graph, and Input Window tabs will be discussed later in this exercise. They are

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 47 32600 LIT1368F Complete the DVD, VCR, Laptops and TEST screens in a similar manner using the followin

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 49 32600 LIT1368F Note: On the test screen below, the numberd buttons were selected directly from the av

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 5 32600 LIT1368F The above screen is available from the ABOUT screen of the program. Please refer back to

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 50 32600 LIT1368F down, a volume ramp and volume up. The global banners set-up is tabbed to work left to r

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 51 32600 LIT1368F Select the style of banner, Interior color of Bar Graph, and the Primary and Alternate

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 52 32600 LIT1368F Clicking on the final tab or the Show Controls will show how the banner will look on a

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 53 32600 LIT1368F Labels can be setup in the same manner as shown earlier for buttons. Input windows

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 54 32600 LIT1368F Clicking Final will reveal the final layout of the banner. By also checking off the Sho

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 55 32600 LIT1368F Note the Banner BarGraph is now hi-lighted and the set of actions list is now visible.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 56 32600 LIT1368F Select Home Actions Tab. Click on the Go To Screen command, HOME, and then press the

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 57 32600 LIT1368F Now select the Mute Actions Tab. Select Send command, select projector and then ‘AUDIO

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 58 32600 LIT1368F Volume Volume controls are versitle. They offers the capability of independently contro

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 59 32600 LIT1368F Note: Some devices require a release action for volume control. If required, enter the

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 6 32600 LIT1368F THE SYSTEM Below is a diagram of the AV system that we want to control. As you can see i

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 60 32600 LIT1368F Assigning Actions Now we have to go back and assign actions to the graphic buttons. Not

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 61 32600 LIT1368F Notice the System power button is selected and on the screen it is outlined. Before we

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 62 32600 LIT1368F Groups: When a Normal button is part of a group, and it is pressed, the alternate grap

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 63 32600 LIT1368F The next type is Press / Release. When the button is pressed, the actions in the Press A

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 64 32600 LIT1368F Above: Press Hold and action boxes Below: Toggle Low to High and High to Low action

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 65 32600 LIT1368F Now we will start to add real actions. Select button 1 again (System Power). Since w

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 66 32600 LIT1368F Click within the Low to High box first. Click on Send Command. Click on Projector. Se

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 67 32600 LIT1368F Click on DVD VCR Select ‘DVD VCR’ ‘POWER’ Click the ‘OK’ button. In the Second Pres

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 68 32600 LIT1368F Select a Normal Button Type. Select Group 1 then click on the Send Command . Click S

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 69 32600 LIT1368F Select ‘MODE DVD’. This command will tell the DVD VCR to switch to the DVD Mode. Note:

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 7 32600 LIT1368F In this system we will use the FLEX to control the projector as our switcher. It will al

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 70 32600 LIT1368F Click the ‘OK’ button. Click on Go to Screen. Select DVD. Click the ‘SAVE’ button.

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 71 32600 LIT1368F Now select the VCR button and perform similar actions to the DVD however this time sele

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 72 32600 LIT1368F The TEST button will only use the GO TO screen command. Choose the TEST screen from th

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 73 32600 LIT1368F The button types, and command options are the same as the previous screen. Starting wit

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 74 32600 LIT1368F Repeat this for all of the other buttons on the page. Note: You have the option to put

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 75 32600 LIT1368F This will be a normal button press action. Select group 1, click on send Command, select

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 76 32600 LIT1368F BEEP A beep command can be added to any buton press or event. To demonstrate this, cli

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 77 32600 LIT1368F Virtual Button Press Virtual button press gives the user the ability to invoke acti

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 78 32600 LIT1368F For ease of explanation, we will setup a virtual button press and virtual button state t

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 79 32600 LIT1368F Click OK Now click into the Second Press Actions (High to Low) box and select Virtual

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 8 32600 LIT1368F WORKING with the Flex Control Builder This is the first screen you see when you open th

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 80 32600 LIT1368F Wait The FLEX can be told to wait for a predetermined period of time. This has the eff

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 81 32600 LIT1368F sending a new one. Counters First let’s look at how counters and flags are used. In

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 83 32600 LIT1368F Click OK

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 85 32600 LIT1368F Now select Conditional Select Counter again. Then select COUNTER 1 and select >= an

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 86 32600 LIT1368F Now select “Go To Screen” and select “TEST”. Now we will clear the counter. Select “Flag

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 87 32600 LIT1368F This is what the final screen will look like. Before we can go onto defining the next

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 88 32600 LIT1368F On the Library tree you will see +Windows. Clicking on the + will reveal the 5 different

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 89 32600 LIT1368F First select any button from the Window 1 list or click button tab under the window scr

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 9 32600 LIT1368F CONFIGURE THE FLEX Options You may select various options for how the Flex Control Buil

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 90 32600 LIT1368F The above is the process of creating and assigning actions to a Window. Now to use or

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 91 32600 LIT1368F window, click on Open/Close Window from action list, select the window, chose to open or

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 92 32600 LIT1368F MESSAGE BOX SET UP Creating a message box is done in a similar manner as setting up a W

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 93 32600 LIT1368F Additionally, no matter which option is selected, you can include other actions just as

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 94 32600 LIT1368F SEND INLINE SERIAL MESSAGE Click on Inline Serial Message. The Send Inline Serial Mes

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 95 32600 LIT1368F library contains a single sample switch command that can be edited for the desired param

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 96 32600 LIT1368F Pass-Through Command. This is a feature on all FSR Intelli-Tools modules as well as th

LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 97 32600 LIT1368F If you check this box, you will need to know the order in which the devices are connect

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LIT1368E Flex Training Manual Page | 99 32600 LIT1368F To the right, you will see the list of command contained in the library. Select the Vol