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Using the Digital black, 24 V

The Digital black has a touchscreen interface. You can control the Digital black in the same way you control your mobile device.

Action

Illustration

Purpose

short press

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to control actions or change a value

long press

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to open the second level control (e.g. level adjustment)

horizontal swipe

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to navigate to other controls or other pages

flick

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to go to a minimum or maximum value or predefined intermediate values (e.g. low, med, high, boost)

vertical swipe

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to adjust a level

Proximity sensor

The Digital black has a built-in proximity sensor. This sensor has a fixed range of 0 - 30 cm in a cone shape.

When you approach the screen in this range, the Digital black wakes up from standby.

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Light sensor

The Digital black has a built-in light sensor. This sensor is only used to automatically adjust the display brightness according to the ambient light.

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