Automating different panels and functions is a convenient thing, but in some cases manual control or some input event may be required. The Keypad panel is very useful for this: using it we can detect 10 push button events, 6 switch changes and 2 rotary encoder movements.
Each of the push button events can be doubled if necessary: 10 press and 10 press and hold events, a total of 20 events can be monitored.
Without Keypad
The neighboring panels detect if a Keypad panel is in the system. Then not only can the random timing of the functions be set, but the Keypad buttons can also be assigned to the functions. Same button can also be assigned to different events of several different panels. For example, you can simultaneously turn on a sound and adjust a turnout.
With Keypad
The buttons (each of the 10 buttons; or 20 buttons when using press and hold) can control the on/off and toggle of a function. Switches can control the on and off of a given function together, but they are also suitable for binding events to only one of the state changes. For example, a sound should be heard when the switch is turned on. Why is this useful…?
