TPD5 Password Protected Page

edgelitoc · September 2014

Hi all,
Does anybody had application to password protect page flips on TPD5. I know on TPD4 there is an option to password protect page flips.

HARMAN_Chris · September 2014

This feature is not currently available in TPD5.

edgelitoc · September 2014

AMX_Chris wrote: »

This feature is not currently available in TPD5.

is there a way to password protect page flips on TPD5

GregG · September 2014

Popup a keypad from the button and then use netlinx code to verify the password and send_command the page flip if it passes.

edgelitoc · September 2014

GregG wrote: »

Popup a keypad from the button and then use netlinx code to verify the password and send_command the page flip if it passes.

how would you have a feedback from the system keypad as tpd5 does not support it yet, in TPD4 I can make a button to pop up a keypad without involving netlinx code... thanks for your response,,,,

GregG · September 2014

Why not use netlinx code? I've often found it much quicker to finish a job using a workaround then spend time encouraging AMX to add new features to their firmware.

DEFINE_CONSTANT
Integer nKeypadButtons[] =
{
	100,	//	KP 0
	101,	//	KP 1
	102,	//	KP 2
	103,	//	KP 3
	104,	//	KP 4
	105,	//	KP 5
	106,	//	KP 6
	107,	//	KP 7
	108,	//	KP 8
	109	//	KP 9
}
DEFINE_EVENT
Button_Event[dvPanel,nKeypadButtons]
{
	Push: cPasswordString = Right_String("cPasswordString,Itoa(Get_Last(nKeypadButtons)-1)",4)
}
Button_Event[dvPanel,110] // Password keypad enter
{
	Push: If(cPasswordString='1234') Send_Command dvPanel,'^PPN-Whatever'
}

edgelitoc · September 2014

GregG wrote: »

Why not use netlinx code? I've often found it much quicker to finish a job using a workaround then spend time encouraging AMX to add new features to their firmware.

DEFINE_CONSTANT
Integer nKeypadButtons[] =
{
	100,	//	KP 0
	101,	//	KP 1
	102,	//	KP 2
	103,	//	KP 3
	104,	//	KP 4
	105,	//	KP 5
	106,	//	KP 6
	107,	//	KP 7
	108,	//	KP 8
	109	//	KP 9
}
DEFINE_EVENT
Button_Event[dvPanel,nKeypadButtons]
{
	Push: cPasswordString = Right_String("cPasswordString,Itoa(Get_Last(nKeypadButtons)-1)",4)
}
Button_Event[dvPanel,110] // Password keypad enter
{
	Push: If(cPasswordString='1234') Send_Command dvPanel,'^PPN-Whatever'
}

thanks Greg for the sample programming,, this is for a fixed password right.. how about if customer wants to make his own password... thanks again....

GregG · September 2014

That was just a conceptual example.

The actual implementation would fall into the category of "AMX programming" which our sales team would be happy to quote for you. ;-)

edgelitoc · September 2014

GregG wrote: »

That was just a conceptual example.

The actual implementation would fall into the category of "AMX programming" which our sales team would be happy to quote for you. ;-)

Oh that was fun... I just check if you already have a sample for it,, thanks anyways for your great help...

gsmith · October 2014

We have an upcoming G5 firmware and TPD5 release targeted for the end of the year. This feature has been added back in.

JMussetter · October 2014

gsmith wrote: »

We have an upcoming G5 firmware and TPD5 release targeted for the end of the year. This feature has been added back in.

That is good to hear, that was always a major benefit of TP4 having built-in password handling. I know you can work around this with code and all, but if the customer wants a password that is changeable, then the code gets more complex, and the UI pages to handle setting a new password start to eat up time.

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