G4 panel channel port

yuri

Hi,

does the Channel Port number in TPD4 work the same as the "Devices Used" option in TPD3?
Im programming a system which has a G4 panel as well as a G3 panel. I need more than 255 buttons so an extra device is needed, but i can't use button number >255 in TPD4 because then my G3 panel won't support them, hence the question

Regards,
Yuri

GSLogic

The ports in the G4 panel add devices but keep the same address number, unlike below.
10001:1:0
10001:2:0
10001:3:0
10001:4:0

"Devices Used" will give you up to 4 total devices (255x4), but they won't follow the G4 buttons because they are virtual G3 panels.
128:1:0
129:1:0
130:1:0
131:1:0

alexanbo

To get around this you can use an array of devices.

So do something like

dev dvTP2[] = {10001:2:0,129:1:0,10002:2:0}

and then you can write code like:

button_event[dvTP2,[1-255]]
{
push:
{

}
}

and then it abstracts what the actual device numbers are...

yuri

nice, thanks for the answers. Made it clear