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TOPWAY Smart LCD SGTools Handbook
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Shenzhen TOPWAY Technology Co., Ltd. TOPWAY Smart LCD ^Handbook Shorten Development Time Simplifies Hardware Saves BOM Costs High Endurance of noise Industrial Level

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools TOPWAY reserves the right to update the functionality of the products without prior notice. URL: www.topwavdisplav.com Document Name: TOPWAY_SmartLCD(SGTools)User_handbook(en)Rev100.doc Page: 2 of 99

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TOPWAY reserves the right to update the functionality of the products without prior notice.

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Quick Start Install TOPWAY SGTools Note: SGTools support Windows XP, Win7, Win10(Administrator Mode) Design Interface Note: TML Graphics Editor support BMP(32bit), BMP(24bit), JPG, PNG, etc picture format Download to Smart LCD Note: Use High quality USB(A) to USB(mini) cable directly attach to the PC motherboard for better power and signaling Power on & display Note: Please refer to the user manual for connection polarity and voltage. Connect & Show data Note: RS-232C terminal is common grounded with the supply (some models providing logic level UART interface) Please also refer to Product...

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2 Basic Descriptions TOPWAY Smart LCD Modules provide a display engine with a versatile range of TFT display sizes and Touch-Panels to support a wide range of industrial and instrumentation applications. The pre-loaded User Interface (UI) reduces the host system’s workload and provides a much faster interaction with the user. UI designs are done through SGTools, allowing design with zero coding. It dramatically simplifies and speeds up the whole product design process. Smart LCD Highlight Standard RS232-C communication interface Reliable packet protocol ensures reliable communication Host...

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools 3.1 Basic Concept 3.1.1 PAGE 3.1.2 Page Elements 3.1.3 Image Recourses 3.1.4 VP Variables 3.1.5 Call Functions Each display interface is a PAGE. It could contain / link with all the predefined content (e.g. background image, page elements, etc. ) 29 type page elements could be use on screen 9 action type elements, 6 Character (Alpha Numeric) type elements, 6 image type elements, 8 graphics type elements Most of them are linked with VP variable to generate dynamic display content. Image Recourses include background images (IMG_BKG), icon images (IMG_ICO) and...

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools note: Elements overlapped in the PAGE might affect the display result TOPWAY reserves the right to update the functionality of the products without prior notice. URL: www.topwavdisplav.com Document Name: TOPWAY_SmartLCD(SGTools)User_handbook(en)Rev100.doc Page: 8 of 99

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools note: Elements overlapped in the PAGE might affect the display result 3.3.3 Image Type Elements Icon_ Static Icon Descriptions_ Static Icon Element links to an IMG_ICO and shows it on screen Animation Element Bit Icon Indexed Icon Decimal Icon Tachometer Animation Element links to an IMG_ANI and shows it on the screen It is animation speed could be defined. Bit Icon Element links with one bit value of VP_N16 or VP_N32 which could point to an IMG_ICON and display accordingly with its value Indexed Icon Element links with VP_N16 or VP_N32 which could point to an...

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools Mnemonic Name Descriptions PAGE Page Page is the basic unit of display. It links to elements and background Image(background color) predefined in Editor IMG BKG IMG ICO IMG_ANI Background Image Background Image is one of the Picture Resources. Picture files could be imported into Editor as Background Image. It could also be used (automated crop) as TPK touch down effect image. Icon is one of the Picture Recourses. Icon files could be imported in to the Editor and linked by various elements. (e.g. TPK ,IDX ,I32/16 ,B16, ICO, etc)...

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools Note: Lua feature available on some of the model only 4.2 General Operations Please refer to the "Examples" section for general operation examples TOPWAY reserves the right to update the functionality of the products without prior notice. URL: www.topwavdisplav.com Document Name: TOPWAY_SmartLCD(SGTools)User_handbook(en)Rev100.doc Page: 12 of 99

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Editor Menu Start At the start up of the SGTools, It will pop up a Welcome interface for use to select the previous Edited Project, Create a New Project or Open Project somewhere else. New Project (Menu - File - New Project) For New Project, user can type in the project name and select the folder for that project. It is important to ensure to select the correct screen size that match the target Smart LCD. (0° /180°for landscape projects) (90° /270°for portrait projects) After click the OK button, SGTools will create two folders in to the Project Folder. In this case, it creates...

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Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools Handbook Smart LCD - SGTools In this window, user can - fine adjust all the image color tone during compile by setting Image Gamma - Select Compile Options - Output Project Image File - Open Output folder after compile - Compile Project before download - Save the project before compile Note: *1. Screen Saver Mode User could select one of them with related parameter. In this window, user can set - "Start Page" to show at power on - power on "Backlight Brightness" level ■ select one of the "Screen Saver Mode" (*1) ■ set "Buzzer" beeping length (0=no sound) ■ set...

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Font Setting (Menu - Tools - Font Setting) There are 2 sections of Fonts. Font Config <1>, the Font Width and Height are fixed and mainly for ASCII Char. (with some default font, vary by model) Font Config <2>, provide more free option about Size and Decoding selection. (without font by default) Right click on the font table, select "build" could build the font with several options. It is suggested to delete the un-used Font area for reduce the memory allocation. Font Config <1> Table Font Config <2> Table 4.3.10 Built Project Files (Menu - Tools - Built Project Files) After finish the...

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