LTS5 LoRa HMI Touch Screen

The LTS5 is a (% style="color:blue" %)**LoRa / LoRaWAN HMI Touch Screen**(%%) designed for displaying information in IoT projects. It features a **5.0-inch HMI touch screen** and supports **Wi-Fi**, **Bluetooth**, and **LoRa** wireless protocols.

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The LTS5 is an open-source software project powered by an **ESP32 MCU** and a **Dragino LA66 LoRa** module. The extensive development resources available for ESP32 can significantly reduce development time.

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The LTS5's HMI touch screen supports **drag-and-drop** design, allowing developers to use SquareLine to easily customize the display UI for various applications.

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The LA66 LoRa module can be programmed to support either private LoRa protocols or the LoRaWAN protocol.

== 1.2 Features ==

* ESP32-WROOM MCU: 8MB RAM & 16MB ROM

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* Dragino LA66 LoRa Module

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* Support Private LoRa protocol or LoRaWAN protocol

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* Support WiFi & BLE wireless protocol

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* 5.0" HMI touch screen

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* Support LVGL case. SquareLine program.

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* Support RS485 Interface

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* Open Source Project

* Wall Attachable.

* 5V DC power

* IP Rating: IP52

== 1.3 Specifications ==

**LoRa**:

* Frequency Range: 870 MHz ~~ 960 MHz

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* TCXO crystal to ensure RF performance on low temperature

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* Maximum Power +22 dBm constant RF output

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* High sensitivity: -148 dBm

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* LoRa Tx Current: <90 mA at +17 dBm, 108 mA at +22 dBm

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* LoRa Rx current: <9 mA

**WiFi:**

* 802.11b/g/n

* Up to 150 Mbps data rate in 802.11n mode

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* Support A-MPDU and A-MSDU aggregation

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* zero point four μ S protection interval

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* Working channel center frequency range: 2412~~2484 MHz

**Bluetooth:**

* Bluetooth V4.2 BR/EDR and Bluetooth LE standard

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* Class-1, Class-2, and Class-3 transmitters.

* AFH

* CVSD and SBC

**Display:**

* 5.0 Inch , 800 x 480

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* IPS Capacitive Touch SCreen

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* RGB color.

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* Display Area: 120.7*75.80 mm

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== 1.4 Power Consumption ==

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* External 5V DC power adapter

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== 1.5 Storage & Operation Temperature ==

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* Operation Temperature: -20 ~~ 70°C (No Dew)

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* Storage Temperature: -30 ~~ 70°C (No Dew)

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== 1.6 Applications ==

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* Smart Buildings & Home Automation

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* Logistics and Supply Chain Management

* Smart Metering

* Smart Agriculture

* Smart Cities

* Smart Factory

= 2. Getting Started with 'Hello World' =

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== 2.1 About this demo ==

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This getting started example demonstrates how to design and deploy a simple display UI for the LTS5 device. The example includes:

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* Creating a basic UI with a single button.

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* Implementing functionality to navigate the Web UI to a new page when the button is clicked.

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* Uploading the UI to the LTS5 device.

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By completing this demo, you will gain foundational knowledge for customizing the LTS5 interface and building more advanced IoT applications.

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== 2.2 Install Software Running Environment ==

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The **ESP MCU** supports development with **ESP-IDF**, **Arduino**, or **MicroPython**. We use **ESP-IDF** for compilation and **Visual Studio Code (VS Code)** as the development environment for this project.

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=== 2.2.1 Install VS Code and ESP-IDF extension ===

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First, download and install **VS Code** for your operating system from the Visual Studio Code website: [[Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows>>https://code.visualstudio.com/download]].

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Next, install the **ESP-IDF** extension within **VS Code**. Detailed steps for this process are shown in Image 1.

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[[image:image-20240928110211-5.png||height="508" width="866"]]

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Image 1: ESP-IDF extension install

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Links for reference: [[Install ESP32 ESP-IDF on Windows and Integrate with VS code (esp32tutorials.com)>>url:https://esp32tutorials.com/install-esp32-esp-idf-windows-integrate-vs-code/#:~~:text=In%20this%20tutorial,%20we%20will%20show%20you%20how%20to%20install]]

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=== 2.2.2 Install SquareLine Studio ===

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Download and install the latest version of [[SquareLine Studio>>https://squareline.io/downloads#lastRelease]] on your computer. It supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. The software version we are using here is 1.4.2.

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[[image:squareline.io_downloads.png]]

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After installation, you can use SquareLine Studio with a **PERSONAL license plan**. Click **LOG IN** and create a free account using your email address. Then activate your PERSONAL license plan for free. You don’t need to provide any credit card information. However, the PERSONAL license plan has the following limitations:

* Max. 10 screens

* Max. 150 widgets

* Max. 5 global colors

* Max. 2 themes

* Max. 1 component

== 2.3 Simple usage of SquareLine Studio and exporting UI code ==

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After launching and logging into the software, create a new project as shown in Image 2.

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* Select the major **LVGL** version as **8.3**.

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* Select the **Desktop** tab.

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* Select **Eclipse with SDL for development on PC**:

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* In the **PROJECT SETTINGS**, select **LVGL version** **8.3.11**

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* Select the **CREATE **button.

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[[image:image-20240928103357-2.png||height="680" width="708"]]

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Image 2: Creating a new SquareLine project

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Next, you need to configure some settings for this project. By clicking in the specified order shown in Image 3, you will be directed to the page displayed in Image 4.

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* Select** File -> Project Settings**

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Image 3 accessing project settings

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In the PROJECT SETTINGS dialog box, configure/modify the project settings:

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* **UI Files Export Root**: Select a folder on your computer to store the UI files.

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* **LVGL Include Path**: Set this to **lvgl.h**

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* **Click on the APPLY CHANGES button.**

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[[image:image-20240928105309-4.png||height="526" width="556"]]

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Image 4 Configure/modify project settings

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Now you can start building the sample UI. Follow the steps below:

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=== **Add widgets** ===

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To add widgets navigate to the **Widgets** area, then click on the widgets you want to add. The selected widgets will be added to the screen. You can reposition the widgets in the screen area by clicking and dragging them.

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Add a Label, Button, and Image to the screen as shown in **Image 5**.

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[[image:image-20240928111412-6.png||height="526" width="864"]]

Image 5: Add widgets

=== **Modify widget properties** ===

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The area for modifying widgets is called the **Inspector** tab. The Inspector tab consists of four sections: **COMPONENT**, **<WIDGET>**, **STYLE SETTINGS**, and **EVENTS**, as shown in Image 6.

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The second section allows you to adjust a widget's layout, size, position, alignment, flags, states, and more. When you select a widget on the screen, the name of this section changes to match the name of the selected widget.

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Image 6: The button widget's "Inspector" tab

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==== **Changing the Button properties** ====

Click the Button.

Under the "Layout" you can change the button's position and size.

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Image 7: The button widget's "BUTTON" tab

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Next, add a click event to the button. When the button is clicked, an event should trigger to change the current screen (Screen1) to a new screen (Screen2) with a fade effect and the transition from Screen1 to Screen2 should take 500ms.

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* Click **ADD EVENT** button.

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* Select **CLICKED** under the Trigger.

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* Select **Screen2** from **Screen to**.

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* Select **FADE ON** from **Fade mode**.

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* Enter **500** in the **Speed** text box.

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* Finally, click **ADD** button.

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Image 8: Add an event for the button

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==== **Changing the label properties** ====

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Click the label. Under the **Label** section, type "Click For Detail" in the **Text** textbox.

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Image 9: Modify text of label widget

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==== **Changing image properties** ====

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To use the image widget, you should first add an image to your project. The image format must be PNG, and its resolution should not exceed 800x480 pixels. There are two ways to add an image file. One way is to move your image into the folder "…/squareline project/assets/", as shown in image 10. The other way is to click the "ADD FILE INTO ASSETS" button, then select an image from your computer to import. After adding, you can see the image in the "assets" area in SquareLine Studio, as demonstrated in image 11.

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[[image:image-20240928113424-9.png||height="355" width="505"]]

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image 10 add image file into SquareLine Studio project

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image 11 use image widget in SquareLine Studio

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==== **The relationship between widgets** ====

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Widgets commonly have two types of relationships: **parallel** and **parent-child**.

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* In a **parallel relationship**, widgets' positions are determined relative to a shared reference object.

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* In a **parent-child relationship**, any part of the child object outside the parent's boundaries is hidden by default. To make the child object fully visible, you must adjust its position to fit within the parent's range, as shown in Image 13.

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[[image:1727486567182-334.png||height="318" width="278"]]

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Move **Label1** to make it a child of **Button1**. See Image 13.

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Image 13: Move Label1 to make it a child of Button1.

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==== **Preview the screen** ====

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You can test the result by clicking on the **PLAY** button. The screen will change into play mode. See Image 14.

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Image 14: Simulating the project

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For more information, please visit the official link: [[SquareLine Studio 1.4.2 Documentation ~| SquareLine Studio>>url:https://docs.squareline.io/docs/squareline/]].

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== 2.4 Integrate UI Code to ESP-IDF Project ==

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To achieve the integrating, we first need to export the UI code, then make some modifications, and finally relocate the UI code to a specific position within the project.

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[[image:1727229798126-306.png]]

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image 15 export UI file

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image 16 exported UI file

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Create a empty directory entitled "ui" in path "basic_prj/app_components/ui/", and then copy all UI code exported to this directory.

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[[image:image-20240928144830-11.png]]

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image 17 open CMakeLists.txt

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image 18 modify CMakeLists.txt

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The last step of integrating is adding two lines of code in main.c file.

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image 19 add "ui.h"

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image 20 add "ui_init()"

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== 2.5 Brief introduction of hello world project ==

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The project consists of two screens. The first screen displays the company's logo, the project name, and a button to navigate to the next screen. The second screen presents some information about this HMI screen product through an image and includes a button to return to the previous screen.

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== 2.6 Test Result ==

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By pressing the button lying bottom right, the screen can switch to another as expected. This indicates that the UI file has been successfully integrated into the project and is now effective.

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= 3. Example Project 1: LoRa Central Display =

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= 4. Example Project 2: LoRaWAN RS485 Alarm =

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= 5. The way to add a new panel to project =

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**~1. Design a panel in SquareLine Studio, using image 5.1 below as a reference.**

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image 5.1 a panel about water_leak

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**2. Export the ui file.** You need to adjust the export path first, then click "Export->Export UI Files". This step had been introduced before. Then you can get the ui files as shown in image 5.2.

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image 5.2 ui files exported

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**3. Delete or rename some file.** Here are the steps:

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Step1 Delete the 'components' directory.

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Step2 Delete 'filelist.txt'.

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Step5 Rename the 'screens' directory to 'styles'.

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image 5.3 rest file (1)

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image 5.4 rest file (2)

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**4. Open this project in vscode.**

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5. Add file include path about water_leak in extra_lib/CMakeLists.txt as shown in image 5.5, 5.6, and its format is similar to the tem_hum or door.

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image 5.5 extra_lib/CMakeLists.txt before add

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image 5.6 extra_lib/CMakeLists.txt after add

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**6. Modify header file include in fonts and images directory.** Open the fonts/ui_font_Font12.c file, as shown in image 5.7, then modify the '#include "../ui.h"' to '#include "../ui_water_leak.h"', the image 5.8 is the modified image. Other font file need to be modified in same way.

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image 5.7 before-modified font file

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image 5.8 modified font file

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Open the images/ui_img_battery_empty_png.c file, as shown in image 5.9, then modify the '#include "../ui.h"' to '#include "../ui_water_leak.h"', the image 5.10 is the modified image. Other image file need to be modified in same way.

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image 5.9 before-modified image file

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image 5.10 modified image file

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**7. Modify the ui_water_leak/CMakeLists.txt.** Open this file, and modify it from image 5.11 to image 5.12.

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image 5.11 ui_water_leak/CMakeLists.txt before modification

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image 5.12 ui_water_leak/CMakeLists.txt after modification

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**8. Modify ui_water_leak.h file.** The image 5.13, 5.14 show the code before modification, and the image 5.15, 5.16 show the code after modification.

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image 5.13 ui_water_leak.h (1) before modification

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image 5.14 ui_water_leak.h (2) before modification

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image 5.15 ui_water_leak.h (1) after modification

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image 5.16 ui_water_leak.h (2) before modification

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**9. Modify ui_water_leak.c file.** The image 5.17, 5.18, 5.19 show the code before modification, and the image 5.20, 5.21, 5.22 show the code after modification.

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_ui_flag_modify( ((lv_obj_t *)(e->user_data)), LV_OBJ_FLAG_HIDDEN, _UI_MODIFY_FLAG_TOGGLE); This code replaces 4 lines of code in ui_water_leak.c, so it is pasted here for convenience.

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image 5.17 ui_water_leak.c (1) before modification

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image 5.18 ui_water_leak.c (2) before modification

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image 5.19 ui_water_leak.c (3) before modification

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image 5.21 ui_water_leak.c (2) after modification

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image 5.22 ui_water_leak.c (3) after modification

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**10. Modify ui_water_leak_events.h file.** The image 5.23 show the code before modification, and the image 5.24 show the code after modification.

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image 5.23 ui_water_leak_events_.h before modification

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image 5.24 ui_water_leak_events_.h after modification

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**11. Modify ui_water_leak_events.c file.** The image 5.25 show the code before modification, and the image 5.26 show the code after modification.

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Step1. '#include "ui.h"'~-~->'#include "ui_water_leak.h"'

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Step2. add code below in delete_object() function definition.

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panel_all * panel = find_upper_by_SensorPanel(&arr,((lv_obj_t *)(e->user_data~)~)~);

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**12. Modify ui_water_leak_style.c file.**

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Step1. '#include "../ui.h"'~-~->#include '"../ui_water_leak.h"'

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Step7. Add a line of code in extra_lib/sort.h as shown in image 5.36.

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lv_obj_set_x(union_sensor.panel_union.door.ui_PanelSensorDoor, x_by_index(index));

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**13. Modify sort.c file.**

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= 6. FAQ =

== 6.1 ==

= 7. Order Info =

== 7.1 Part Number ==

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Part Number: (% style="color:#4472c4" %)LTS5

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== 7.2 Packing Info ==

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**Package Includes**:

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* LTS5 HMI Touch Screen

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* 5V,2A DC Power Adapter.

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* USB Type C Program Cable

= 8. Support =

* Support is provided Monday to Friday, from 09:00 to 18:00 GMT+8. Due to different timezones we cannot offer live support. However, your questions will be answered as soon as possible in the before-mentioned schedule.

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* Provide as much information as possible regarding your enquiry (product models, accurately describe your problem and steps to replicate it etc) and send a mail to [[support@dragino.com>>url:file:///D:/市场资料/说明书/LoRa/LT系列/support@dragino.com]].

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= 9. Reference material =

* Datasheet

* Source Code

* Mechinical