Text Command don't display French ASCII character

Raphayo

Hi All,

i got a MXT-1001 and i'm trying to display text by using ^TXT Command

if i send to my panel

SEND_COMMAND dvtp,"'^txt-1,0,Français'"

it display Fran?ais

if i enter the text in the TP5 it works. any character higher than 127 doing this.

i have not tested it with another panel, i will try tonight but someone could point me in the correct direction.

thanks all.

a_riot42

The ^TXT command only sends non-unicode text. You would need the ^UNI command to send unicode.
Paul

Raphayo

I will try that tomorrow.

I just have to replace ^txt by ^uni ?

a_riot42

Raphayo wrote: »

I will try that tomorrow.

I just have to replace ^txt by ^uni ?

Its not quite that simple. The text is sent as ASCII-HEX nibbles. Look up WC_ENCODE and WC_DECODE for built in functions that encode/decode unicode.

"'^UNI-<variable text address range>,<button states range>,<unicode text>'"

Set Unicode text. For the ^UNI command (%UN and ^BMF command), the Unicode

text is sent as ASCII-HEX nibbles.



Syntax:

SEND_COMMAND <DEV>,"'^UNI-<vt addr range>,<button states range>,<unicode text>'"



Variables:

variable text address range = 1 - 4000.

button states range = 1 - 256 for multi-state buttons

(0 = All states, for General buttons 1 = Off state and 2 = On state).

unicode text = Unicode HEX value.



Example:

SEND_COMMAND Panel,"'^UNI-500,1,0041'"

Sets the button's unicode character to 'A'.



Note: To send the variable text 'A' in Unicode to all states of the variable text

button 1, (for which the character code is 0041 Hex), send the following command:



SEND_COMMAND TP,"'^UNI-1,0,0041'"



Note: Unicode is always represented in a HEX value. TPD4 generates

(through the Text Enter Box dialog), unicode HEX values.

Raphayo

It cannot be sample always something to give us a programming challenge..