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--- external_control:touchscreen:touchscreen_ui1 [2011/10/18 16:37] – created Spirit
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 ====== Touchscreen UserInterface 1 ======
+====== Touch Screen Interface ======
+FreeStyler allows for a second screen to be displayed which can be used to control FreeStyler.\\
+This second screen can be on a second monitor and can be a touch screen device as well.
+===== Touch Screen Setup =====
+To set up your 2nd monitor to display a touch screen you need to into the menu **Setup>FreeStyler Setup** then select **External Control** from the left of the dialogue that appears. Now select **Touchscreen**.
+{{:images:touchscreen:touchscreen_00001.png?nolink|}}
+The above image shows the **Touchscreen** setup dialogue.
+  *  The tick box **Enable touchscreen view** enables or disables the view of the touchscreen interface. Think of this as an allow touchscreen.
+  * **Select the touchscreen** this drop down boxes tells your computer which monitor to display the touchscreen on.\\   You need to tick the **Enable touchscreen view** before this becomes active. Normally 1 is your main monitor and 2 is your second monitor, but it may not be depending on your configuration of your computer.\\  The two buttons **Enable** and **Disable** do exactly that Enable or disable the touchscreen on the monitor you chose.
+  * **Hide keypad (for use with 90° rotated monitor)** tick box is to either display or not to display the keypad when you are using a monitor that has been rotated into portrait view. I do not have one of these monitors and it displays on mine regardless of it being ticked or not.\\   This for use only if you are using Touschscreen userinterface 1.
+  * **Touchscreen userinterface 2.**. Ticking this box enables a second type of touchscreen interface where you can customise the arrangement of buttons ands controls to your liking. Unticked it users the predefind touchscreen interface.
+Once you have set the various controls on this page please remember to click the **Save** button.
+{{:images:touchscreen:touchscreen_00002.png?nolink|}}
+The above image shows the predefined touchscreen interface. Notice the keypad displayed to the right of the main control interface.\\
+To get this **Touchscreen userinterface 2.** should be un-ticked.\\
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