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