Coordinate to Message

Use the Transform's Properties box to select the following Properties:

CSV File Path: Click and navigate to the CSV file. The file should use the 7-column format shown here:

BUTTONID	SCREEN	FEATURE	X	Y	X2	Y2
1	HOME	AUDIO	100	100	0	0
2	HOME	PHONE	250	100	0	0
56	NAVIGATION	NAVIGATE_IN	360	190	460	190
57	NAVIGATION	NAVIGATE_OUT	160	190	660	190
95	P_DIALPAD	1	150	175	0	0
96	P_DIALPAD	2	250	175	0	0
97	P_DIALPAD	3	350	175	0	0
98	P_DIALPAD	4	150	230	0	0
99	P_DIALPAD	5	250	230	0	0
100	P_DIALPAD	6	350	230	0	0
101	P_DIALPAD	7	150	300	0	0
102	P_DIALPAD	8	250	300	0	0
103	P_DIALPAD	9	350	300	0	0
104	P_DIALPAD	*	150	370	0	0
105	P_DIALPAD	0	250	370	0	0
106	P_DIALPAD	#	350	370	0	0

Message Conversion: Select the type of messages transmitted by the Transform. Current selections are TLIN, MonkeyRunner, and GrblControl. When you specify this property, the outports on the Transform are updated.

•TLIN: The LIN Message port may be connected to a LIN-controlled touchscreen device.

•MonkeyRunner: The MKR Touch and MKR Drag ports may be connected to the mTouch and mDrag ports on a MonkeyRunner Transform.

•GbrlControl (Gantry): This message port may be connected to the Transmit G Code port on the Grbl Device (Gantry) Transform.

•GMLAN

Message Interval: When LIN messages are output, this controls the interval between multiple messages. This value may be overridden when the input transition is defined.

Export the inport, Coordinates, to a TestCase. In the TestCase in MxVDev, double-click on the Signal to create a transition (event). The options in the dialog box were defined in the CSV file.

CTM-inputSignal

When the transition is transmitted, the Transform converts it to a message or event Signals, based on the CSV file and the Transform's properties.

To make setting test parameters easier, the coordinates of all touch areas are referenced to the upper left hand corner of the area of interest. The output of the Coordinate to Message Transform uses those coordinates. The top left corner is Test Home. Its X and Y coordinates are zeros in the Coordinate to Message CSV file.

CoordinateToMessage3

For example, the first coordinate set below references that corner.

ID	Screen	Features	X	Y	Z	Overtravel
1	HOMEMAIN	HOMEINIT	0	0	0	0
9	HOMEMAIN	LEFT_BOTTOM_CLOCK	156	97	19	3
10	HOMEMAIN	CLOSE_MENU	156	20	19	3
11	MAIN_FOOTER	FOOTER_HOME	29	96	26	3

Overtravel is a number that allows a compliant tip to exert pressure on the touch device. The number indicates the desired additional Z axis travel in millimeters. Overtravel also allows for accommodating some positional errors in the Z axis. The sum, OVERTRAVEL + Z, must be less than the maximum distance the Z axis can extend from the Home position otherwise the motor will slip and the Z position will be increasingly inaccurate.