Setting the Basic Controller

In this section we are going to introduce the Settings of the Basic Controller. Especially, we are going to discuss the Settings of individual buttons which can be applied also in the Video Controller.

When we enter the settings BS Starter → Settings/Basic Controller in the menu on the start screen, we see that there are not many things we can set. This is due to the fact that we already set all important values in the bare minimum and all changes of layout can be done dynamically while running the Basic Controller and accessing the menu.

Distinguishing buttons

The settings BS Starter → Settings/Basic Controller takes us to the screen shown on the right. The buttons in the Basic Controller are divided into two categories:

• Upper-Bar Buttons - contains 8 buttons on two lines (i.e., 4 by 2)
• Dial-Up Buttons - contains 9 buttons on three lines (i.e., 3 by 3)

These two categories lead us to two distinct settings screens which are shown on the following picture on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side, respectively. On the picture we can also see how the buttons of the Basic Controller are divided into these two categories:

The Upper-Bar buttons are numerated horizontally starting by 01 and ending by 08. The Dial-Up buttons are also numerated horizontally in the same manner as the dial-up buttons on a phone. Their numbers start by 01 and end by 09.

Setting the buttons

Every item on the previous two screens corresponds to one particular button in the Basic Controller and its opening leads to the window with button settings as shown on the picture on the right.

There are two items that can be set for every single buttons separately:

Name	Type	Description
Set Image	string (from list)	Here we can set the image for this particular button which will be stored and shown in the Basic Controller. We can choose an arbitrary image for every single button from the list shown below. If we choose the image none, the button will be disabled and will not be clickable.
Set Command	string	Here we can set the value for the key $(CMD) of this particular button which will be send to the TCP/IP server as demonstrated in this tutorial.

List of images

In order to offer versatility for users, one can assign a diverse image to every single button. All available images along with their names are listed in the table below.

Note that if one assigns the blank image none to a button, the button will be disabled in the Controller.

Image	Name		Image	Name		Image	Name
	arrow_backward			arrow_backward_left			arrow_backward_right
	arrow_down_left			arrow_down_right			arrow_forward
	arrow_forward_left			arrow_forward_right			arrow_left
	arrow_forward_right			arrow_rotate_left			arrow_right
	arrow_up_left			arrow_up_right			blink
	blueseal			camera			camera_no
	controller			download			eject
	fwd			get_angles			get_angles2
	globe			greendot			change
	info			next			none
	n_1			n_2			n_3
	n_4			n_5			n_6
	n_7			n_8			n_9
	n_sharp			n_0			n_star
	pause			play			powerswitch
	prev			rec			repr
	repr_no			repr_volume_high			repr_volume_low
	rew			robot			robot_2
	robot_3			robot_3_no			robot_2
	ruler			ruler2			save
	settings			stop			support
	trash_bin			trash_bin2			wifi

Conclusion

In this section we learned how to change image and command of every single button in the Basic Controller.