Touch panel graphics

This is the first time that I have tried to use LabView to program a Touch Panel. I am using the TPC-2006. I have used LabView before very successfully.
I am trying to pretty up my touch panel screen. Does anyone know of a trick or font that looks better on the Touch Panel? Everything I have tried looks very plain and boring. My application is basically button driven and uses a few list box controls. I found with the list box controls that they don't look great and color/size/location is sometimes difficult to determine. Any advice?
Thanks.

If you find the limited font selection of Windows CE boring, you can
realy jazz up your buttons by making them pictures. You can design a
button in photoshop then use the picture to create a custom control. Then you can make whatever font or look you want.
Also Check out the UI Community Interest group for some of the new custom controls
-Hunter

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Touch panel fonts and Graphics

Gentlemen
In addition to my previous issue, I would like to ask regarding touchpanel TPC-2006 fonts and graphics. See, for our client we plan to give four screens in touch panel and in one screen it is with list of alarms. So here when list box control is drag n drop into front panel its showing horizontal and vertical scroll bar perfect,but when deployed to touch panel its surprise horizontal screen bar not seen this is one issue and also all fonts are not clear and things that seen in front panel when deploy its not shown in TPC why? is there any way if so please help me
I Have attach snap shot of it see in that in my front panel screen i hv got horizontal scroll bar, column header but in touch screen couldn't get all this. hope it will help to get better idea .
thanks
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The graphics and font rendering in the touch panel module is a known issue.
As you have found out, the rendering of text and graphics on the TPC platform is not the same as running under Windows. The only way I have found to work around this issue is to continue to play around with the layout on the panel until you get acceptable results on the TPC.
I had an application a couple of years ago that was deployed to the TPC-2006 platform. When all was said and done, in order to get an acceptable looking panel on the TPC-2006 the windows panel looked severely misaligned in some areas.

Touch Panel et compact RIO

Bonjour,
Je suis en stage chez DCNS, et je dois réaliser une valise de tests de relais avec un compact RIO 9024 et un Touch Panel TPC 2106
J'ai réussi à faire fonctionner le Touch Panel avec mon PC, le compact RIO avec le PC mais maintenant je voudrai qu'il fonctionnent de manière autonome entre eux (le Touch panel devant réaliser l'interface graphique et lire/envoyer les données de/sur le compact RIO?
Quels type de brancement réaliser? Configs?
Merci d'avance

Translation
Hello,
I am in training at DCN, and I must carry a suitcase relay tests with a
compact RIO 9024 and TPC 2106 Touch Panel I managed to run the Touch
Panel with my PC, the compact RIO PC but
now I want it run independently of them (the touch panel to make the
graphical interface and read / send data from / on the compact RIO?
What type branca achieve? Configs? Thanks in advance
French board

LabVIEW Touch Panel Module for Linux

Hi,
Does NI released Touch Panel Module for Linux?
Thanks,
Ali

Hi Dennis,
Here is the article I read about LabVIEW Embedded Development Module. Page 1-1, "Taking Your Graphical Design to Any 32-Bit Microprocessor".
http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371233b.pdf
About the topic you are right. I have the VI on Windows XP. I converted it to WinCE 5.0 with LabVIEW Touch Panel Module and it works perfectly. I have LabVIEW for Linux and I converted the VI to Linux and it works on PC. Now, I want to convert it to Embedded Linux that works on ARM microcontroller.
I am looking for LabVIEW Touch Panel Module for Linux because the only supported platform for that is Windows.
http://www.ni.com/support/labview/lvtool.htm#touch
Thanks,
Ali

Printed front panel graphics quality (Print Panel to Printer method vs. Append Front Panel Image to Report.vi)

LV 6.02 (or 6.1)
NT 4.0
I have a vi that the front panel includes all the information I need to print except that it is on different pages of a tab control to conserve screen space. I was attempting to programatically cycle the value of the tab control in a For loop and invoke the Print Panel to Printer method to print 7 pages of the front panel, each with a different tab page selected. The printouts were excellent quality but beginning with the second consecutive Print Panel to Printer method the on screen front panel image of the VI being printed would become jumbled (sometimes, by the time 7 printings were done, the entire front panel image would disappe
ar and a bitmap of the desktop or underlying windows would be visible in the VI's panel frame) yet the subsequent Print Panel to Printer methods continued to print the panel as they should appear. The visible front panel graphics would never return to normal and the only solution was to close the vi (in the dev system) or exe (compiled) and re-launch. I tried a lot of things (like hiding the panel to print before printing and showing it after printing) with no luck. It appears that two or more of these consecutive invoke methods caused the problem regardless of whether the tabs were cycling, or even if there was no tab control and much fewer controls on the panel to be printed than normal. I also had the same problem with LV 6.1.
Finally, I was forced to switch to the report generation toolkit vi's, I cycle through the tab pages and use the Append Front Panel Image to Report.vi to append each image to the report. This is faster and control returns to my program quicker but I a
m unhappy with the printed quality of the graphics of the front panels. They are not as high of resolution as those generated via the Print Panel to Printer method.
Any suggestions?

You might try changing the way the VI is printed by going to tools >> options >> printing. Try the postscript and bitmap settings.
Jeremy

Using a Meter control in LV Touch Panel, and using shared variables that are custom controls.

I Just started using LV touch Panel module with an NI TPC-2106.
I have two differenct problems:
1) I was planning on using the "Meter" control quite a bit. I can set up the meter exactly how I like on the host PC, but on the touch Panel computer it seems to ignore my adjustments, mainly the start and end of the scale - i.e. I would like control to run from 0 to 360 with 0 straight up, using the entire circle. However, on the Touch panel computer it always puts 0 at about 7 o'clock and 360 at about 5 o'clock. I have also tried adding markers to no avail.
2) I am communicating with a compact fieldpoint controller. I can creat a shared variable that is a simple double with no problems. However, I have some shared variables that use a custom control for the variable type - bascially a cluster with a couble doubles, a time stamp, and an enumeration. It lets me drag the shared variable into my diagram, but it seems to ignore it when I run it.

Ipshita_C,
- I am using LV 8.6.1f1and LV Touch Panel 8.6.1.
- I have attached a simplified VI that shows how I want to use the meter. Notice that the placement of the endpoitns does not work correctly on the touch panel, and that it ignores the arbitrary markers that I placed.
- I also have included an XY graph control that displays on the TPC with margins around the graph area that I removed from the graph control.
- For the shared variable, it appears to be an issue related to the touch panel, not fieldpoint. I found another thread in this forum that mentioned that clusters containing Enumerations do not work in shared variables on the touch panel. I changed the enumeration to an integer and it now works fine.
In general, there seem to be a disappointing number of limitations in the touch panel implementation. My biggest concern is that I have not found any documentation from NI that lists these limitations. I seem to have to try things out and see what works and what does not work. Can you point me to a comprehensive list of touch panel modules limitations?
Attachments:
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Parallel use remote control and touch panel.

Hi.
Cisco TelePresence SX20 with firmware TC7.1.4.908e4a9 and was synchronized with touch panel. Can I use remote control when touch panel is enabled. Now remote control is locked.
Thank's.

Hi
No. When a codec is paired with a Touch controller it is not possible to use the remote control.
You question number 677 in link bellow
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/endpoint/articles_doc/telepresence_endpoints_knowledge_base_articles.pdf
br Oleksandr

LabVIEW Touch Panel -- I can not get activesync to connect between the TPC-2012 and my XP workstation. There is no USB client connection on TPC-2012

How do I get the TPC-2012 to connect to my workstation? I have read all the hardware manuals, getting started manuals: nothing works. The remote access using http://x.x.x.x/RemoteAdmin does not work. I have tried to get the FTP service working using the instructions in "How do I configure the FTP server on tpc-2006 and TPC-2016" . Active sync seems to want a USB connection only. I have tried to connect a serial line between com1 on the TPC and com4 on my XP workstation with no results.
I have been able to use the touch panel module with my iPAQ. It worked flawlessly the first time.
Help!
Louis Prugh
General Dynamics

Hi David,
thank you once again for your help.
So when viewing your Local Area Connection>>Status
you're seeing data packets sent but no packets received on your desktop
machine? - Yes
Is your desktop configured with a static IP address or is it
configured to obtain an IP address automatically?I' ve tried both static IP address and that it obtain IP address automatically, I have also done it with the TPC.
Also, does your TPC
get a valid IP address when the connection to your desktop is present? - when TPC is set to obtain adress automatically it gets IP address and then after some time it loses it - it is set to 0.0.0.0, and then it obtains the IP adress again and so on.
Can you provide the address, subnet, and gateway you're getting for
both machines?- I've done it, but it didn'e help
Also any firewall settings or exceptions you may have
active if the firewall is enabled? - firewall is disabled
I'd also like to know what
modules and toolkits you do have installed on both the TPC - TPC is new and I haven't installed there anything.
On my desktop - I have standard Labview 8.2,the real time module is installed. All I know, there are already drivers for TPC2012 in this LabView version. On the included CD I have only drivers for another TPCs.
Thanks,
Martin

How to modify a combo box for touch panel operation?

Hi,
I'm developping a touch panel controled application.
The first step of the application is user log-in. My application has a small database of names that the user can access via the drop down menu of a combo box.
My problem is that the arrows and the slider of the vertical scroll bar are way too small to be fingers-operated:
Is there a way to modify the size of this scrollbar so that it's not too small for the operators' fingers?
Best regards,
peper

Hello peper,
As far as I know this is not directly possible (a least not with the control editor).
If you want to, you could also create your own "adapted" control yourself through an XControl.
This one can then (for example) combine a name input, a button and a listbox (with a big vertical scrollbar).
Or is this too far fetched?
Kind Regards,
Thierry C - Applications Engineering Specialist Northern European Region - National Instruments
CLD, CTA
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Multimedia touch panel buttons on Satellite A500 are not all working

Hello,
I recently purchased an A500 (PSAR9A-02J001) laptop running Windows 7 (32-bit) Home Premium. Not all the top Multimedia touch panel buttons are working. When buttons are pressed, the laptop makes a beeping sound (which is normal) but the corresponding function is not executed.
For example, the Eco button at the top doesn't switch on/off the eco and the mute button does not mute the volume.
Device manager shows all devices as working correctly.
There are no errors in the Event Viewer Application or System logs.
Please advise!
Thank you,

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Touch Panel Shared variable binding does not work.

Hi,
Is there any reason why shared variable binding is not working under Touch Panel Target?
Is there any plan for implementing or there is some trick I should know?
Andras

RebeccaFo wrote:
Hello Andras,
which version of LabVIEW are you using? As yu can see in:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/04AAA6903A9456F08625715A0026BC57?OpenDocument
it should work. So what for problems do you have?
Thanks,
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Error installing NI TPC Service on a 3rd party windows XPe Based Touch Panel

Hi,
First of all sorry for my English.
I'm having trouble when i try to install NI TPC SERVICE on a 3rd party Touch Panel that runs Windows XPe (Embedded).
I have tried lot of time. I'm installing the msi application for XPe from the folder "NI_TP_Service" of the Installation Path for LabVIEW 8.6 Touch Panel Module.
The installer file hungs after installing the service and just when it tries to initialize it and I get a Error Windows that says "Error 1920. Service 'NI TPC Service' (NITPCService) falied to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services."
I'm logged as Administrator, and I don't know what to do.
If anyone know what can i do I'll be pleased in hearing the answer.
Regards

Hi AlexDarsigny,
You will need either the Touch Panel Module or the Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module (DSC). Either of these modules will allow you to deploy and install NI software to your touch panel. They also include many other features for developing those applications. You will also need a deployment license for any non-NI touch panel that you plan on deploying the applications to. The other software needed on the touch panel itself will include the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine and the NI TPC Service. The following link has some information on this:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371618H-01/lvxpe/tpc_install_tpc_srvc/
Once deployed, the program will run as a stand-alone application that can be started from the HMI itself. Of course this depends on the functionality you create within the application, just like you would for any standard LabVIEW application.
David C

Touch Panel PC Labview with Thirdparty

dear NI,
I am using third party Touch Panel PC Windows CE5.0 ARM 9 based system. using TPC - Addon labview i created the Exe. and i downloaded on the Touch Panel PC. but it does not work . it showing error " E>BLOXX MEASUREMENT is not valid Windows CE application". is it required any runtime engine?
Suggest me something..
Regards,
Balaji DP

Hi balaji,
Look at these links it may help you.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/5E9796BD30A6C644862573860071EBE0
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/DE177828D27A14A48625734E00768B66?OpenDocument
With regards,
JK
(Certified LabVIEW Developer)
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Compact Field Point with Touch Panel

Hi.
Have anyone designed a NI Compact Field Point or Compact RIO with a connected Touch Panel Monitor?
I have an instrument with RS232 output (serial data). Since I am using LabVIEW 8,
the executed application should run in Embedded WinXP. But, I need a touch panel for control and monitoring.
I would appreciate any advise please.
Thanks in advance.
Bon

Hey Bon,
What kind of information are you looking for? NI sells a TPC 2006 device which is a touch panel and runs windows CE. This device can be programmed using LabVIEW PDA. This device has a Ethernet port so that you can also communicate to the cRIO or the cFP. Is this what you are looking to do? You can call in on (888) 280-7645 and a sales person would be able to understand your application much better and advise you accordingly.
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