Listview Button Demos

Modero X Series G5 touch panels and TPDesign5 (v1.2.0, build 65 or greater) support Listview buttons. Listview buttons provide the ability to display a listing of items from a dynamic data source on a G5 touch panel. Dynamic data can be created either using an XPort server, NetLinx code or a generic CSV file. The creator of the data can specify how many fields comprise a record and the format of those fields. As many records as necessary can be specified.

This data can be used to populate a Listview button displayed on a G5 touch panel, where the end user can scroll or search through the list and make a selection. Once a selection has been made, a CUSTOM_EVENT is raised in the NX Master to retrieve the data fields comprising the selected record.

End users can scroll through the items in the list, and select an item to initiate a custom event. Using the Outlook contacts list as an example, the end user could select a name in the Listview button to view contact information for the selected name, or call that contact directly from the panel, depending on NetLinx programming and settings in TPDesign5.

The TPDesign5 Instruction Manual includes four demos (at the end of the "Listview Buttons & Dynamic Data" section) that illustrate example workflows for configuring Listview buttons using four types of data source files:

1. CSV file with headers
2. CSV file without headers
3. XPort-generated XML file
4. NetLinx Data Source

Each of these demos will step you through the process of implementing a working Listview button on a G5 panel. . They are posted to the UI Resource Center - Listview Button/Dynamic Data Demos and to each G5 product page on the far right (under “UI Resources")

AMX System Requirements for Listview Buttons

The following software, hardware and firmware requirements must be met to support Listview buttons:

• TPDesign5 - version 1.2.0 build 65 (or greater)
• X Series G5 Touch Panels - panel firmware version 1.3.10 (or greater)
• NetLinx NX Series Masters - master firmware version 1.3.17 (or greater)
• NetLinx.AXI file (version 1.55 or greater)