Touch Panel:USB

plug in the PenMount USB controller in advance, then issuing more /proc/bus/input/devices should list something similiar to the following:

T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=14e1 ProdID=5000 Rev=a5.b5
S:  Manufacturer=Dialogue Inc
S:  Product=PenMount USB
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 50mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=penmountusb
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   5 Ivl=10ms

* More /proc/bus/input/devices gives you

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=14e1 Product=5000 Version=a5b5
N: Name="Dialogue Inc PenMount USB"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
H: Handlers=event2 js0			# please record the event number of "Handlers"
B: EV=b
B: KEY=10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=3

Xorg Driver Module installation procedures:

1. copy penmount driver "penmount_drv.o" to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input".

1. #cp Driver/penmount_drv.o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input

2. Edit X window configuration file to load driver.

• vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
• In the Section "ServerLayout", add a statement :

    InputDevice    "Penmount" "AlwaysCore"

• Add a Section "InputDevice" :

 Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "PenMount"
    Driver      "penmount"
    Option      "Protocol"     "Auto"
    Option      "Device"       "/dev/input/event2"    # this event number must be the same with "Handlers"
    Option      "PMode"        "1"
    Option      "MinX"         "10"
    Option      "MaxX"         "1000"
    Option      "MinY"         "10"
    Option      "MaxY"         "1000"
    Option      "Beep"         "1"           #  0 = no beep, 1 = beep enabled
    Option      "PressVol"     "100"         #  volume of beep (press event)
    Option      "PressPitch"   "880"         #  pitch of beep (press event)
    Option      "PressDur"     "15"          #  length of beep in 10ms (press event)
    Option      "ReleaseVol"   "0"           #  volume of beep (release event)
    Option      "ReleasePitch" "1200"        #  pitch of beep (release event) 
    Option      "ReleaseDur"   "10"          #  length of beep in 10ms (release event)	
EndSection 

Utilities Installation procedures:

1. Copy the file under utitliy/ into the "/usr/local/pencal" directory.

    # mkdir /usr/local/pencal
    # cp * /usr/local/pencal

1. Input "startx" to start X window.
2. Issue one of the following commands to calibrate your touch screen:

    # cd /usr/local/pencal
    # ./adv-calib [4|9|16]
      ./adv-calib 4  (=calibration 4 point)
      ./adv-calib 9  (=calibration 9 point)
      ./adv-calib 16 (=calibration 16 point)

• Fedora core 4
• Fedora core 5
• Fedora core 6
• Ubuntu 6.06/6.10/7.04
• Ubuntu 7.10

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Robert, April 07, 2008

Denny, April 07, 2008