TouchKit
TouchScreen Controller
User Manual
for Windows 2000 / XP
Version: 4.0.2
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CONTENT
CHAPTER 1. TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER
1.1
1.2
Controller
Specifications and Features
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING TOUCHKIT
2.1
2.2
For windows 2000...………………………………… ..…………………………………..5
for windows xp / xp tablet pc edition……...….…. ..……...…….…………………….9
CHAPTER 3. CONFIGURATION UTILITY 14
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CHAPTER 4. UNINSTALLING TOUCHKIT 29
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Chapter 1. Touch Panel Controller
This touch panel controller provides the optimistic performance of analog resistive touch panels for 4 wire, 5 wire and Capacitive models. It communicates with PC system directly through RS232 or USB connector. Users can see how superior the design is in sensitivity, accuracy and friendly operation. The touch panel driver emulates mouse left and right button function and supports operation systems including Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP / XP Tablet PC Edition,
Windows CE 2.12 / 3.0/ .NET, Linux, iMac and DOS.
1.1 Controller
Interface
4-wire
5-wire
Capacitive
RS232
Ready
Ready
Ready
USB
Ready
Ready
Ready
Table 1. Controllers match with different interfaces
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1.2 Specifications and Features
Specifications
Power requirements
Operating temperature
Storage Temperature
Relative Humidity
Protocol
Resolution
Report rate
Response time
Pin out definition
Panel resistance
+5VDC ( Maximum 100mA, typical 70mA,
50mV peak to peak maximum ripple )
0 to 50 ℃
-40 to 80 ℃
95% at 60 ℃
RS232 Model: 9600 bauds, None parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit
USB Model: USB 1.1 Low speed
2048 X 2048
RS232 Model: Max. 160 points/sec
USB Model: Max. 160 points/sec
Resistive: Max. 35 ms
Capacitive: Max. 20 ms
4 wire model: X+, Y+, X-, Y-
5 wire model: UL, UR, COM, LR, LL
4 wire resistive model: 200 ~ 900 ohm
( pin to pin on the same layer )
5 wire resistive model: 50 ~ 200 ohm
( pin to pin on drive layer )
FCC-B, CE Regulatory Approvals
Table 2. Specifications for TouchKit controller
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Features
Calibration
Compensation
Draw Test
Language
Advanced Feature
Controller Setting
Mouse Emulator
Sound Notification
Double Click
OS support
COM port support
Fast full oriental 4 points position
Accuracy 25 points linearity compensation.
Position and linearity verification
Support 10 languages for Windows
1. Support monitor / display rotation
2. Support multiple monitor / display
3. Support QVGA and Half-VGA function
4. Support edge compensation
5. Support constant touch
1. Support multiple controllers
2. Dynamical add / remove controllers
3. Change Controller interface without reboot.
1. Right / Left button emulation
2. Normal / Click on touch / Click on release mode
3. Auto right button
1. Sound option (No Sound / Touch Down / Lift Up)
2. Frequency adjustment
3. Duration adjustment
1. Configurable double click speed
2. Configurable double click area
1. Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP /
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
2. Windows CE 2.12 / 3.0 / .NET
3. Linux ( RedHat / Fedora / Mandrake )
4. iMac. OS9.x / OSX
5. MS-DOS:
Support display resolution:
320x200, 640x200, 640x350, 640x480, 800x600,
1024x768 and 1280x1024
1. Support COM 1 ~ COM 256 for Windows and
Linux
2. Support COM 1 ~ COM 8 for DOS
Table 3. Features for TouchKit software
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Chapter 2. Installing TouchKit
2.1 For Windwos 2000
TouchKit is software, which contains drivers of the touch panel controllers for the specified communication connectors, RS232 and USB, and another utility:
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Configuration support
The calibration and draw test of touch panel are done by this utility. Besides, users can add or remove for new RS-232 touch panel device.
Follow these steps to install TouchKit.
1. Put the TouchKit CD to CD-ROM.
2. Change directory to Win2000_XP
3. Double click the Setup.exe, then windows starts to run the installation program.
4. Just click [Next >] button to continue installation.
5. Then check the check box if PS/2 touch controller is to be installed. The default is unchecked, then press [Next >] to continue installation.
Choose the setup type that best suits your needs. There is a TouchKit accessory utility for choosing, Auto 4Pts Calibrating Utility. Users can install the utility they want by checking the box, then press [Next >] to continue installation.
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System will give you a warning, if users set the check box,
7. Select the appropriate folder where setup files will be installed.
Then press [Next >] to continue installation.
8. Then type in the name of program folder for TouchKit or press [Next >] to continue. There will be a default name for it.
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During driver installation, the setup program will scan COM port for RS232
TouchKit controller. Once the controller was scanned, the setup program will display a dialog as
Click Yes to add the controller on the specified COM port automatically.
9. Windows is copying files to disk and the setup is complete. After finishing the installation, if PS/2 touch controller is installed, it needs to reboot the computer.
10. Setup is complete. After TouchKit installation, the USB device will be found automatically as soon as it was plugged into the computer. Then users can see the new device on the application program window. And, the program will remove the USB Device automatically as soon as it was unplugged.
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Notice that do not plug the USB controller on the system before the installation has been finished.
11. Users can check the situation of controllers in Device Manager. If the controller is set up well, there will be messages as the following picture.
TouchKit controllers work well
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2.2 For Windows XP / XP Tablet PC Edition
TouchKit is software, which contains drivers of the touch panel controllers for the specified communication connectors, RS232, PS/2 and USB, and another utility.
·
Configuration support
The calibration and draw test of touch panel are done by this utility. Besides, users can add or remove for new RS-232 touch panel device.
Follow these steps to install TouchKit.
1. Put the TouchKit CD to CD-ROM.
2. Open the Win2000_XP directory.
3. Double click the Setup.exe, then windows starts to run the installation program.
4. Just click [Next >] button to continue installation.
5. Check the check box if PS/2 touch controller is to be installed. The default setting is unchecked. Then Press [Next >] to continue installation.
6. Choose the setup type that best suits your needs. There is a TouchKit accessory utility for choosing, Auto 4Pts Calibration Utility. Users can install the utility they want by checking the box. Then Press [Next >] to continue installation.
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System will give you a warning, if users check the check box,
7. Select the appropriate folder where setup files will be installed.
Then press [Next >] to continue installation.
8. Then type in the name of program folder for TouchKit or press [Next >] to continue. There will be a default name for it.
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During installation, the setup program will scan COM port for RS232 TouchKit controller. Once the controller was scanned, the setup program will display a dialog as.
Click Yes to add the controller on the specified COM port automatically.
9. Windows is copying files to disk and the setup is complete. After finish the installation, if PS/2 touch controller is installed, it needs to reboot the computer.
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10. Setup is complete. After TouchKit installation, the USB device will be found automatically as soon as it was plugged into the computer. Then users can see the new device on the application program window. And, the program will remove the USB device automatically as soon as it was unplugged.
Notice that do not plug the USB controller on the system before the installation has been finished.
11. Users can check the situation of controllers in Device Manager. If the controller is set up well, there will be messages as the following picture.
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TouchKit controllers works well
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Chapter 3. Configuration Utility
There are three property pages in TouchKit utility, and they are General, Monitors and About. Each property page contains different functions for users to do the adjustments. Therefore, users can easily manage all the TouchKit controllers through TouchKit Utility.
Functional Group Tab
General
General property page contains the functions of devices Add / Remove, Language
selection, Calibration, Draw Test and Advanced.
General Function
<Add> / <Remove>
Please check the touch panel devices (including its controller) are equipped well, then click [Add] button to add RS-232 device to the Panel List dialogue box.
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There is one devices found. Press [Yes] to continue.
The controller is displayed on the Panel List box. Users can get the information of interface, type, firmware version and baud rate for each controller.
Select one device after added more than one device at the panel list window.
The one selected will activate the controller, and remember to do the calibration before starting to use touch panel.
But, for hot-swapping USB touch controller, it will be added automatically as soon as it was plugged into the computer. Then users can see the new device on the application program window. And, the program will remove the USB touch controller automatically as soon as it was unplugged.
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<Language>
TouchKit supports multi-language user interface. Users could select native language that is compatible to operation system support. For example, if the operation system is a traditional Chinese version, users could see the normal display words under the traditional Chinese and English mode. There are ten different languages, English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese,
French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian, Korean and Dutch supported in this feature of TouchKit.
Note to select the compatible language first.
Select the compatible language first or users may not see the normal display of each button.
There are three buttons, [Calibration] [Draw Test] [Advanced], at the lower section of the General property page.
<Calibration>
Correct 4 point locations on screen with the panel. Press [Calibration], screen displays as follows.
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Touch the blinking symbol on panel until beep or stop blinking.
<Draw Test>
Test the drawing position related to the display screen on panel.
Click on the [Draw Test] button. There will be a squared blue display showing.
In drawing test window, users can click [Clear] button to clear the window. Also, users can click [Quit] or press mouse right button to quit from the drawing test.
In drawing test window, users can verify the panel linearity, calibration capability, and drawing line quality.
<Advanced>
There are four property pages in Advanced page, and they are Setting, Edge
Compensation, Linearization and Capacitive Setting. Each property page contains different functions for users to do the adjustments.
Setting
There are three functional groups in Setting property page, and at the upper section of the property page is Sound Option; at the middle section is Mouse Mode; and at the lower section is Double Click Adjustment.
The Sound options provide users the click feedback while touching the panel.
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Sound options
<No Sound>
Users do not set any checkbox to make no sound while using the touch panel.
<Touch Down>
The system will make a sound while touching the panel.
<Lift Up>
he system will not make any sound until finger leaves the touch panel.
<Frequency>
Sound frequency, drag the cursor from left to right is low to high.
<Duration>
Sound duration, drag the cursor from left to right is short to long.
The Mouse Mode provides users different operating options. They are as follows:
Mouse Mode
There are five kinds of mouse mode users could choose,
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[Normal Mode]
It provides all the mouse functions, including the dragging function.
[Click on Touch]
Click action is executed as soon as users touch the panel.
[Click on Release]
Click action will not be executed until finger leaves the panel.
[Click on Touch no move]
Driver will report a mouse click at the first touch point, then the cursor does not move until lift off.
[Click on Release no move]
Driver will report a mouse click at lift off point, then the cursor does not move during touch down.
<Option>
TouchKit provides an option for advanced Mouse Emulation setting. When the
Option button is pressed, a setting property sheet will be popped up. Support
Constant Touch, Support Auto Right Button, Support Touch Function and
Support Cursor Stabilization checkboxes are shown in the property sheet to
enable / disable Constant touch, Auto right button, Touch function and
Cursor stabilization support.
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[Constant Touch]
Enable Constant Touch to force driver to stop reporting touch point when the movement is within the range which users can adjust. Therefore, the user can see a stabilized cursor instead of a chattering cursor when users touch the same point with unwanted noise.
Enable Auto Right Button to force driver to report a right click mouse
event to OS when users do a continuing touch till time out. This feature makes users to do right click more easily with touchscreen.
[Touch Function]
Enable Touch Function will start reporting touch point.
[Cursor Stabilization]
Enable Cursor Stabilization stabilize the cursor so that we can see a stable cursor under noisy environment.
<Cursor Visibility>
Cursor visibility function provides users to hide the cursor in the display. Please go to Start / Control Panel / Mouse / Pointers / Scheme, and choose
TouchKit Hide Cursor. Press [Apply] to make setting change, and press [OK] to escape the property page.
If users want to cancel the function of TouchKit Hide Cursor, do the steps again and choose the other scheme.
The Double Click adjustment provides users to set up the tolerance while double clicking. They are as follows:
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Double Click Adjustment
<Double Click Speed>
Double Click Speed is the double click response time for Windows system.
Users can adjust the proper double click for easy double click by touch panel.
<Double Click Area>
Each one touch has its own touch tolerance once someone may not fix in one point. So if users set the Double Click Area to <Smaller>, the panel will be very sensitive about micro-move while users want to fix on a point. If users set it to
<Larger>, it tolerates the larger touch point movement while users want to point at a fixed position.
Edge Compensation
Edge Compensation property page contains the functions of Edge Compensation for
Top, Bottom, Left, Right, X Axis and Y Axis.
In some case, if it is difficult to touch items at the edges of the touch panel, users can set adjustment to reach the edges of the screen image.
If users set the Edge to <Smaller>, TouchKit will reduce the horizontal position
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of the top edge. If users set the Edge to <Larger>, TouchKit will extend the horizontal position of the top edge.
<Bottom>
If users set the Edge to <Smaller>, TouchKit will reduce the horizontal position of the bottom edge. If users set the Edge to <Larger>, TouchKit will extend the horizontal position of the bottom edge.
<Left>
If users set the Edge to <Smaller>, TouchKit will reduce the vertical position of the left edge. If users set the Edge to <Larger>, TouchKit will extend the vertical position of the left edge.
<Right>
If users set the Edge to <Smaller>, TouchKit will reduce the vertical position of the right edge. If users set the Edge to <Larger>, TouchKit will extend the vertical position of the right edge.
In some case, cursor will be behind the finger when users touch the panel. If users can not see the cursor when they touch down on the panel, users can set X Axis or Y
Axis to move the cursor.
<Offset X Axis>
If users set the Offset X Axis to <Smaller>, cursor will be moved a pixel of X
Axis to left. If users set the Offset X Axis to <Larger>, cursor will be moved a pixel of X Axis to right.
<Offset Y Axis>
If users set the Offset Y Axis to <Smaller>, cursor will be moved a pixel of Y
Axis to top. If users set the Offset Y Axis to <Larger>, cursor will be moved a pixel of Y Axis to bottom.
Edge Compensation Switch
<Edge Compensation Switch>
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Users can set Edge compensation checkbox to enable / disable this function from left bottom corner of TouchKit Utility.
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<Edge Compensation Buttons>
Using +10% and -10% button to adjust the smaller or larger of edge. If users press +10% button, the top, bottom, left and right edges will extend 10% of orientation to touch screen, and cursor will be moved 10 pixel of X and Y Axis to right and top. If users press -10% button, the top, bottom, left and right edges will contract 10% of orientation to touch screen, and cursor will be moved 10 pixel of X and Y Axis to left and bottom.
If users want the value back to the default value, choose Default button.
Linearization
TouchKit provides more accuracy 25 points calibration for touch sensor. In general case, it does not need to do 25 points calibration other then bad linearity sensor.
Press [Clear] to clear the previous calibration records.
Press [Yes] to clear previous records. The record will become default record.
Press [Linearization] to do 25 points calibration. Correct 25 point locations on screen with the panel.
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Touch the blinking symbol on panel until beep or stop blinking.
After the calibration, the new record will overwrite the old one.
Capacitive Setting
TouchKit provides controller setting for capacitive touch sensor. If the capacitive controller is selected, an extra property page for capacitive setting adjustment shown as below:
Please select property size of capacitive screen first, and press [Restart]
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Warming: Do not adjust the sensitive and sampling time without RD help
Monitors
There are two functions in this property page, and they are Multiple Monitors and
Split Display. Such a trendy and yet innovated design provides viewing pleasures, viewing flexibility and convenience to users.
<Multiple Monitors>
To configure the mapping relationship between the monitors and the touch panels, select the monitor page as below.
Set the check box (Support Multiple Monitors) to enable multiple monitors mapping. Uncheck this box will disable multiple-monitor configuration, and all of the touch panel controllers will be mapped to the primary monitor. The gray shadow area is the monitor mapped the selected controller/panel. The button
[Mapping] is used to find the mapping relationships between the monitors and touch panel controllers. Press the [Mapping], the software will guide users to touch the corresponding monitor to obtain the mapping relationship.
to launch this function, then set the Multiple Monitors and Split Display checkboxes at the same time then press the [Split Setting] button to set up the activate area.
It shows the current resolution of display and users can set up the activate area by inputting the value by yourself or use the default button.
The default value of panel resolution should be full screen as Left: 0 , Right: 0,
Top: 0 and Bottom: 0.
About
Information about TouchKit.
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Chapter 4. Uninstalling TouchKit
Follow these steps to uninstall TouchKit.
1. Go to Start / All programs / TouchKit / Uninstall, and execute it.
2. TouchKit setup dialog appears, and prepares to uninstall.
3. Confirm dialog, press [OK] to start un-installation; [Cancel] to cancel un-installation.
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4. Start to uninstall TouchKit.
If users do not want to uninstall TouchKit at this moment, press [Cancel] to terminate the uninstall process.
1. TouchKit driver will not be unloaded until system re-boot. Press [Yes] to re-boot immediately or [No] to re-boot later.
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