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<h1 class="firstHeading">BLU-10 Programming and Operation</h1>
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<p id="siteSub">&#160;<br>
The BLU-10 is a touch screen controller with 8 configurable
zones, these can display from 1 to 8 assignable &quot;buttons.&quot;
When using fewer buttons, the remaining buttons can be
wider.</p>
<p><img src="WestminsterHardware.jpg" alt="image:WestminsterHardware.jpg" title="image:WestminsterHardware.jpg" width="650" height="471" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p>There are two hard keys and a rotary encoder. The top
key, the <span class="hcp2">&quot;Exit&quot;</span>
key, is effectively a <span class="hcp2">'Cancel
Navigation'</span> key, cancelling the current dialog
and routing the user back to the previously displayed
page. It also acts as a locate key when double pressed.
The bottom key is the '<span class="hcp2">Page'</span>
key. This lets you navigate to a new page by displaying
a tree of all available pages for quick navigation. The
rotary encoder is used to change the value of the selected
control. Security passwords can be assigned to any folder
or page to create secure access levels for basic and qualified
users.</p>
<h2>Setting BLU-10 Parameters</h2>
<p id="p1"><img src="Blu-10_parameters.jpg" alt="Image:Blu-10 parameters.jpg" title="Image:Blu-10 parameters.jpg" width="264" height="117" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p>&#160;The behaviour of the BLU-10 can be set up in <span class="hcp2">Parameters</span></p>
<h3>Sleep Brightness</h3>
Sets how bright the display will be when the BLU-10 is
in &quot;sleep&quot; mode.
<h3>Active brightness</h3>
<p>Sets the brightness when the BLU-10 is in use.</p>
<h3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sleep</h3>
<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Can be set to
be On or Off. When set to Off, the Sleep Delay has no
effect.</p>
<h3>Sleep Delay</h3>
<p>Sets how long the BLU-10 can be inactive before it enters
sleep mode. This only occurs if sleep is set to On.</p>
<h3>Start Page</h3>
<p>Can be set to On or Off. When set to Off, the Start
Page Delay has no effect.</p>
<h3>Start Page Delay</h3>
<p>Sets how long the BLU-10 can be inactive before it jumps
back to the start page. This only occurs if the Start
Page has been set to On.</p>
<h2 id="p2" class="hcp3">&#160;<span class="hcp2">Programming
the BLU-10</span></h2>
<h2 class="hcp3"><img src="Blankblu10.jpg" alt="image:blankblu10.jpg" title="image:blankblu10.jpg" width="436" height="269" border="2" class="hcp1"></h2>
<p>&#160;<br>
To open the BLU-10 programming interface either use the
BLU-10 Button Setup in the Device menu or double click
the BLU-10 icon in the layout. The resultant page shows
the blue screen of the controller with the default 'Unnamed
page' name for this menu. A series of pages and sub pages
can be created for a selection of operations.</p>
<p>Use the Design tree to locate control panel objects,
Presets and other settings and drag them onto one of the
touch button zones in the display. The control's name
and current setting will be written into the box. Touch
zone text can be changed in the Properties and two lines
of text input per zone are available. The boxes that define
the touch areas can also be resized to show longer words
by clicking and dragging on the line.</p>
<p>&#160;Controls can be dragged from the design tree...</p>
<p><img src="Blu-10_button.jpg" alt="Image:Blu-10 button.jpg" title="Image:Blu-10 button.jpg" width="437" height="371" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p>&#160;...or from a panel.</p>
<p>&#160;<img src="DragToWestminsterFromPanel.jpg" alt="Drag to BLU-10 from panel" title="Drag to BLU-10 from panel" width="250" height="229" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<h2>Setting Button Properties</h2>
<p><img src="BLU-10_Properties_2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="496" border="0" class="hcp4"></p>
<h3>Line 1 Text, Line 2 Text</h3>
<p>Put text on a button to replace the default text.</p>
<p>If either of these fields contain text, that text will
be displayed and the default text will be hidden. To restore
the original, delete both these fields.</p>
<p>Note that the text will not display if a bitmap overlays
that area.</p>
<h3>Read Only</h3>
<p>Set to &quot;Read Only&quot; to prevent any changes
to the control on this button. Some controls such as meters
are read only by nature and therefore can not be changed
even if the button is not read only. However, in order
to display a value without allowing any changes to be
made to it, set the button to &quot;Read Only&quot;.</p>
<h3>Type</h3>
<p>Selects the type of button required. The options are:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span class="hcp2">Text</span> <span>-
values</span> will be shown in text. Select this for
slow changing values such as a mute or a gain.</li>
<li><span class="hcp2">Meter</span> is
optimised to draw quickly, select this type to show
meters. If the parameter being represented is a meter
such as a BLU-80 meter processing object, it will
also be drawn with a peak level. Meter type can also
be used to represent other parameters such as toggle
values e.g. a mute. This gives a simple graphical
representation of the parameter. &#160;The meter which
is currently selected on the BLU-10 is shown with
the text inverted. &#160;In this image Meter1 is currently
selected.</li>
</ul>
<p class="hcp5"><img src="BLU10_Meter.bmp" alt="" border="0" class="hcp4"></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span class="hcp2">Static Image</span>
simply draws a bitmap onto the button. These can only
be placed on buttons which do not show a value - such
as page change or preset buttons. For the bitmap to
display the following three conditions must be met:</li>
<li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"><ul>
<li class="p"><p class="hcp6">bitmap
dragged onto button from the gallery</p></li>
<li class="p"><p class="hcp6">valueless
control such as page change button dragged onto
button</p></li>
<li>button type set to Static Image</li>
</ul></li>
<li><span class="hcp2">Animation</span>
type has two functions. The simplest use is to drag
a moving image onto the button. This only makes sense
when the button does not show a value - such as a
page change or preset button. In this case the animated
bitmap represents the page change or preset.</li>
<li><span class="hcp2">Value Animation
-</span><span> Any parameter on a BLU-10 can be displayed
as an animation. For example a 2 frame animation of
a tick box with and without the tick could be used
on a mute button to give a visual representation of
muted and unmuted. &#160;Animations in the form of
</span><a href="Creating_BLU-10_Animations.htm">Animated
GIFs</a><span> can be added to the </span><a href="Gallery_Tree.htm">Gallery</a><span>
via the </span><a href="Gallery&#32;Menu.html">Gallery
Menu</a><span>. &#160;An animation must be at least
2 frames. For parameters with few states, like a mute
or logic source, there should be one frame per possible
value. For continuous types of controls it<69>s not practical
to have one frame per value, so the range of the parameter
is divided by the number of frames. Drop the animated
GIF from the gallery on to the button and change the
button type in the property to </span><span class="hcp2">Value
Animation</span><span>. &#160;</span>The value animation
which is currently selected on the BLU-10 is shown
with a vertical bar to the right of the image. &#160;In
this image Button1 is currently selected.</li>
</ul>
<p>INSERT IMAGE HERE</p>
<h3>Animation Loops</h3>
<p>This property is only valid with <span class="hcp2">Type</span>
set to <span class="hcp2">Animation</span>.
Set this to specify how many times the animation will
loop before stopping on the last image in the sequence.</p>
<p>Choose from:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span class="hcp2">Use Anim File
Value -</span> Animations in LA store the number of
animation loops which is set in the GIF file from
which they are loaded. This option specifies that
the GIF value is used.</li>
<li><span class="hcp2">Infinite</span>
- The animation will loop while that page is shown.</li>
<li><span class="hcp2">1..32</span> -
Select a value between 1 and 32 times.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Image Horizontal Alignment</h3>
<p>A static image or animation can be justified Left, Centre
or Right in the button.</p>
<h3 style="font-weight: bold;">Momentary</h3>
A simple toggle button can be set to be configured as a
momentary button by setting the property to Yes. This
would be used for example when connecting a mute control
to be used for a paging switch. A feature of momentary
buttons is that the button does not become released until
the touch screen is released. So if the user presses a
momentary button but then slides off of it, as may happen
during a long paging message, the button stays active.
Normal toggle buttons do not toggle unless the press and
release are both on the button.
<h3>Momentary Invert</h3>
The polarity of the mute button can be inverted by setting
the Momentary Invert property to Yes.
<h3>Custom Value Strings</h3>
<p>Any parameter displayed on a BLU-10 button which is
displayed as a button or a list can have the strings associated
with a value changed. So, for example, you can change
the strings displayed on the BLU-10 for a mute button
from displaying 'Unmuted' and 'Muted' &#160;to be say,
'Mutes off' and 'Mutes on' or whatever else you decide..
The <span class="hcp2">Custom Value Strings</span>
property is enabled when a parameter is assigned to that
button. Click the property to bring up a list box that
shows the current value strings. Double-click an entry
to change it. Custom Value Strings won<6F>t work for preset
buttons.</p>
<p><img src="Custom_Value_Strings.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="314" border="0" class="hcp4"></p>
<h2>Using the BLU-10</h2>
<p id="p3"><img src="WestminsterFolderTree.JPG" alt="Westminster Folders and Pages" title="Westminster Folders and Pages" width="329" height="643" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<h3>Hierarchy</h3>
Buttons are stored on pages which are stored in folders.
<br>Up to 8 buttons can be stored on each
page.
<br>There are 2 ways to navigate between
pages: Navigation Keys and Page Change buttons.
<ul type="disc">
<li><span class="hcp2">Navigation -</span>
Navigate through the folders and pages either by using
the hard navigation keys or by use of the touch screen.
The hard navigation keys are the two real buttons
on the front of the BLU-10. The top key is called
the Exit key, and the bottom one is called the Page
key.</li>
</ul>
<p class="hcp5">To navigate to another page,
press the Page key. The contents of the current folder
will be displayed.</p>
<p class="hcp5">Select another page in this
folder or select another folder using the Rotary Control
followed by the Page key. Alternatively, touch the lower
half of the touch screen to move the selection down or
the upper half to move the selection up, followed by OK.</p>
<p class="hcp5">Pressing the Exit key from
the page selection screen will return the BLU-10 to the
last page selected.</p>
<p class="hcp5">To open a folder, press either
the OK button or the Page key. Opening a folder changes
to that folder and the user can select a page in that
folder or a further nested folder.</p>
<p class="hcp5">To navigate up the tree,
select the Parent folder at the top of the list.</p>
<p><img src="Parent&#32;Folder_1.JPG" alt="" width="301" height="168" border="0" class="hcp4"> <img src="Blu-10_folder_1_pages.jpg" alt="Image:Blu-10 folder 1 pages.jpg" title="Image:Blu-10 folder 1 pages.jpg" width="283" height="165" border="2" class="hcp1"> <img src="Blu-10_page_1.jpg" alt="Image:Blu-10 page 1.jpg" title="Image:Blu-10 page 1.jpg" width="288" height="168" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="h4"><h4>Page Change Buttons</h4></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="Open_page_1.jpg" alt="Image:Open page 1.jpg" title="Image:Open page 1.jpg" width="288" height="161" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p class="hcp5">This is a special button
on a page which, when selected, causes a jump to another
page. Drag a page from the design tree and drop it onto
a button. The page must be in the same folder as the current
page otherwise all the passwords for all the folders between
the two pages would have to be entered.</p>
<h2>Passwords</h2>
<p>Passwords can be put on folders or pages. &#160;They
are intended to provide security so that only certain
users can control certain parameters.</p>
<h3>On Pages</h3>
<p><img src="WestminsterPasswordEntry.JPG" alt="Image:WestminsterPasswordEntry.JPG" title="Image:WestminsterPasswordEntry.JPG" width="294" height="182" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p>&#160;Any page except the Start Page can have a password,
which can be numeric or alphanumeric. The password must
be entered to open a password protected page. Upon navigating
to a password protected page the above dialog is shown.</p>
<h3>On Folders</h3>
<p>Any folder can have a password, which can be numeric
or alphanumeric. The password must be entered to gain
access to a password protected folder.</p>
<h3>How to set a password</h3>
<p>To set a password, go to the BLU-10 Pages pane then
right click on the page or folder which requires a password.
Select &quot;set page (or folder) password&quot;, enter
the password style and the password then click on OK.
It should be noted that the start page cannot be password
protected.</p>
<h3>How to enter a password</h3>
<p>Highlight the character to enter. The rotary control
can be used to move the highlight across the screen. Turn
the rotary control clockwise to move the highlight to
the right and then down. Turn the rotary control anti-clockwise
to move the highlight to the left and then up. Alternatively,
the highlight will move to any part of the screen which
is touched.</p>
<p>Press the + button to add the character. To insert a
space, press the Space button. To change between capital
and lower case letters or to show numerals or other symbols,
press the Caps button.</p>
<p>When the password is complete, press the OK button.</p>
<p>To correct an incorrectly added character, press the
Exit button.</p>
<h3>What to do if you forget the password</h3>
<p>Send a copy of the configuration file back to BSS for
the password to be extracted.</p>
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<p class="hcp7">&#160;</p>
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<h2><a name="Page_Configuration" id="Page_Configuration"></a></h2>
<h2>Page Configuration</h2>
<p id="p4">The look of the BLU-10 display can be customized
according to some settings in the BLU-10 page properties.</p>
<h3>Button Separators</h3>
<p>The button separators are normally shown between buttons
as vertical dotted lines with a rounded top.</p>
<p><img src="Button_separators.jpg" alt="Image:Button separators.jpg" title="Image:Button separators.jpg" width="271" height="161" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<p>They can be turned off in the BLU-10 page properties.</p>
<p><img src="Button_separators_off.jpg" alt="Image:Button separators off.jpg" title="Image:Button separators off.jpg" width="271" height="161" border="2" class="hcp1"></p>
<h3>Title</h3>
<p>The title normally appears in the centre of a page vertically
and on the left horizontally. It can be justified left,
centred or right, it can be turned off or inverted. These
changes can be made in the BLU-10 page properties.</p>
<h3>Button</h3>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span class="hcp2">Single Big Button</span>
- The whole page can act as a single button. Select
which button (1-8) to be on the page. This will hide
the title. A bitmap can be put in the background.</li>
<li><span class="hcp2">Default Button</span>
- <span>Set in the BLU-10 page properties, this sets
the button that the encoder controls until a different
button is selected. If set to a button with a toggle
control on it then it will default to the first button
which can be controlled by the encoder.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">
<p class="hcp7">&#160;</p>
</div>
<p class="hcp7"><a name="Infrared" id="Infrared"></a></p>
<h3>Infrared</h3>
<p>Infrared is sent by the Infrared LED and bounced back
from a hand in front of the BLU-10 to wake it up.</p>
<div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">
<p class="hcp7">&#160;</p>
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<p class="hcp7"><a name="Bitmaps" id="Bitmaps"></a></p>
<h3>Bitmaps</h3>
<p class="hcp7">A bitmap can be dragged
onto a button from the gallery in order to enhance the
appearance of the button. Bitmaps can only be placed on
buttons which do not show a value - such as page change
or preset buttons. The button type must be set to <span class="hcp2">Static Image</span>. &#160;Note
that the screen size is 128 x 64 pixels.<a name="Animations"
id="Animations"></a></p>
<h3 id="p5">Animations</h3>
<p>Animated (moving) Buttons</p>
<p>Buttons can show a moving bitmap on the button instead
of the normal text. To display a moving animation the
button must first have had an animation dropped on it
from gallery. The button must be a type that does not
normally display a value i.e. a page change button or
a preset and it must have an underlying control.</p>
<p>Animations can be added to the gallery by importing
GIFs which should be black and white only. Animations
take their timing from the GIF file. For example a GIF
consisting of 5 images may choose to display the final
image for a couple of seconds before showing the first
4 again. This can be less distracting than a continually
moving image. The number of times to cycle through the
animation is normally taken from the GIF file but can
be overridden in the button properties.</p>
<p>There is a limit to the number and speed at which the
BLU-10 can draw pixels. All pixels of an image are redrawn
so a large image that is nearly blank takes as long to
draw as a &quot;busy&quot; image. In general, a small
section of a image moving looks better than the whole
image moving.</p>
<p>Single big buttons cannot show animated bitmaps.</p>
<h2>Operating the BLU-10 in London Architect</h2>
<p id="p6">Once the menu pages have been created, the operation
of the BLU-10 pages can be tested using the special simulate
mode that shows how the controller will work when in use,
thus ensuring the correct menu structures are in place
before the system goes live. BLU-10 simulation is activated
from the Device menu using the Run BLU-10 simulation command.</p>
<p>Click on the touch zones to select operation of the
configured controls and presets.</p>
<p>The two buttons enable navigation through a nested menu
structure if multiple pages have been created. The bottom
button leads to a menu structure displaying the pages
for selection by the rotary, the top button acts as a
'Cancel Navigation' button, cancelling the current dialog
and routing the BLU-10 back to the previous selected page.</p>
<p>The simulation can be stopped by right clicking on the
virtual BLU-10 and selecting 'End Simulation'.</p>
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