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3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M 3M ™ Mic roTouch ™ Software MT 7 User Guide For Micro soft® W indo ws®, W ind ows® CE, and Lin ux® O perating S ystem s Read and un derstand all safety in formation contained in this document be fore using this prod uct. 3[...]

2 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M The information in th is document is su bject to ch ange without no tice. No part of this docu ment may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any m eans, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, withou t the express written per[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Content s A bout This Manual Introduction ................................................................................................................ 5 Sensor Care and Clean i ng ......................................................[...]

4 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Chapter 5 MT 7 for Linux® Overview System Requirem ents ............................................................................................... 41 Installation Instructions ........................................................[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 5 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M A bout This Man ual Introduction This manual des cribes how to: • Install 3M™ M icroTouc h™ Softwar e MT 7 fo r your touch system and specifi c operatin g system . • Use the MT 7 control pa nel to cust omize y our work environment[...]

6 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M • It is important to avoid using any causti c chemicals on the sensor. • Always dampen the cloth and the n clean the s ensor. Be sure to spray the cle aning liquid ont o the clot h, not the sen sor, so that drips do not seep insid e t[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 7 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M C H A P T E R 1 Inst alling MT 7 Sof tw are 3M™ Mi croTouch ™ Software MT 7 all ows users t o select, l aunch, and drag obj ects using the sensor . MT 7 provides support for MicroT ouch™ se nsor operat ion for al l applicat ions run[...]

8 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M • Whether t he touch acti on occurs when you touch the sensor or when you lift your finger (or st ylus) off the sensor. • Whether you hear a sound when you touch the s ensor. • Define a fra me around the active touc h area in whic h[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 9 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M To inst all MT 7 software: 1. Make sure you have completed the appr opriate ha rdware connect ions. Seri al controll ers should b e connected be fore you begin. USB controll ers can be pl ugged in either be fore or af ter. Th e controll e[...]

10 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M • If this is a new inst allati on, the defa ult option reflect s the driver t hat best su its your system. • If this is not a ne w installa tion, the ch osen option r eflects the driver you curre ntly use. Note that s ome system s ma[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 11 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Utilities a nd T ool s The Blank Cursor o ption enabl es you to hide the c ursor. By selecti ng this, MT 7 Software in stalls a blank cursor on your system. To al ways hide the cursor , open the Windows® Contr ol Panel, sel ect mouse se[...]

12 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Note that t he silent install ation fa ils if t he instal ler reac ts diff erently than when i t was recorded. For example, if you record an install ation usin g the "Upgrade" option a nd replay it on a s ystem without MT 7 for[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 13 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M C H A P T E R 2 MT 7 Softw are Control Panel Overview The MT 7 software control pan el consist s of tabs t hat all ow you to determine the best settings for your touch system configuration. • Use the Main t ab to run a 3 -point calibra[...]

14 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Mai n Tab This t ab covers sensor c alibrat ion as well a s basic supp ort infor mation. Calibration The cal ibration process al igns the sensor wi th the under lying video. Specificall y, calibra tion defi nes the dimensions of the acti[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 15 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Calibrating t he Sensor 1. Select t he Main ta b. 2. Click the Calibr ate butto n. Note: If you are using a stylus (pen) a nd you are in Pen/Finger mode, a dial og will ask whether you wish to cal ibrate us ing Pen or Finger. Calibr ate [...]

16 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M T esting the Calibrati on If you accidentally lift off from the sens or in the wron g place during calibr ation, you will distort the sensor calibrat ion. Tes t by touching several point s on the sens or to make sure you are satisf ied w[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 17 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Controller Type This f ield displ ays the type of contr oller cur rently atta ched to your system. This dat a may be useful f or Techn ical Support issues. T he touch cont roller s supported wi th this r elease are as fol lows: • EX US[...]

18 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Touch Settings Tab The T ouch Settings ta b enables you to cust omize the response of your se nsor. You can change the way the system responds to your t ouch, add a right-click tool t o your desktop, tell your system to beep on t ouch, a[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 19 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M T ouchdown Mode Touchdown Mode enables you to cre ate an immediate button a ction as so on as you touch the sensor . In Touchdown Mode, you cause a butt on down at the c ursor loca tion, with a short paus e and then a but ton up. You can[...]

20 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Double-Click Speed (not available on Window s® CE or Linux® ) Double-click speed define s how quickly you m ust touch th e sensor for the system to interpr et your actions as a double-click. Set the double-click speed in the slow to me[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 21 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Edge A djustment Setting To set t he Edge Adjustment, move the slider s inward to de fine the of fset are a. These changes take effect imm ediately. Clic k Test to pre view your choices. The a rea you have defined appe ars as a col ored [...]

22 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Determine if the area you have defined i s suffici ent for your nee ds. Can you touch into the corner s and along the edges of t he sensor? Click Escape, End Te st, or Retur n to go back to the Edge Adjus tment tab. If you are satisfi ed[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 23 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Tools Tab The T ools tab ena bles you to perfor m a variety of diagnostics to op timize the performance of your sens or. This tab is al so the gateway to advanced touch o ptions. Component V e rsions This i s an informationa l screen f o[...]

24 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Draw T est Note: You must be in Draw mode for this to work properly. The Draw program lets you tes t the opera tion of the sensor and pe n by checking the accuracy and speed with which the s ystem responds to your touch. T o draw, simply[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 25 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M If after rest oring controll er factor y defaults, you lose t ouch, you will need t o reboot in order to r estore t ouch. Note: You must perform a calibr ation aft er rest oring controll er defaul ts. Reset Controlle r Use this onl y at [...]

26 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Controller Tab The Contr oller ta b contains di fferent choices depe nding on the type of touc h controll er(s) you have atta ched to your system and which option s you selected fr om the Advanced Options from the T ools tab. Controller [...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 27 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Lineariza tion With cer tain contr ollers, you can perform a linear ization to fi ne-tune your touch sensor. It should be perfor med only at the directi on of 3M T ouch Systems, I nc. Techni cal Support. Linea rization consi sts of t ouc[...]

28 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M To test the accur acy of the linea rization proc ess, use the Draw Test pr ogram (found on the Tool s Tab) t o draw some lines on t he screen. Check that they are smooth, strai ght, and thin. You do not want lines to look key stoned or c[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 29 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M If you are using the pen and you lift the pen from the sens or, the system does not recognize finger touche s until af ter a system-defined time delay. If your finger is on the sensor when th e pen lift s off, the system ignores the fing[...]

30 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Adjust the frequen cy until your touch te st produces acceptable results . A good test is to go to the Draw program and hold your finger st eady on the sensor. If the r esulting pattern i s a cris p and clear s ingle dot, you should have[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 31 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M C H A P T E R 3 Window s® CE Ov erv iew MT 7 Soft ware, a member of the MicroT ouch™ Software Suit e, provides unifi ed driver support fo r MicroT ouch touch t echnologies over a wide r ange of operati ng systems. This version support[...]

32 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Note: Hitti ng Cancel at any point wil l terminate t he Setup and cl ose the window. Welcome The fi rst scre en you will see is one welcoming you to the Setup wizard. To continue cl ick Next. License A greement The next screen you will b[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 33 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Select Instal lation Folder In the Select Installat ion Folder sc reen you are fir st given the option t o choose your install ation fol der. The de fault opt ion is the CWI NCE600. This represent s the defa ult Platf orm Builder Root D[...]

34 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Confirm Install ation The Confi rm I nstallat ion screen no tifies you that the set up is ready to ins tall. To conti nue and inst all cli ck Next. Installati on Complete This i s the fina l screen of the inst allati on process and a not[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 35 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M The Installer produces a ca talog file, T wTouch.pbcx ml that reflec ts the components that ar e instal led and could b e included i n a proj ect. Instructions for Platform Builder for M icrosoft Wi ndows® CE 6.0 R3 As install ed, MT 7 [...]

36 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Note: If you don’t see MT 7 c atalog items, you either di d not inst all MT 7 into Windows CE 6.0 root director y or you need to reopen the current pr oject . Finally, perfo rm a ‘Rebuild Soluti on.’ This creates t he nk.bin file t[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 37 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Slow Draw A nomalies Using Draw mode can be slow on certa in Windows® CE machines. For example, drawing a curve inside a draw applic ation may produce ragged lines and th e cursor may lag behind. The "IOPollDelay" parameter ad[...]

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3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 39 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M C H A P T E R 4 Window s® X P Embedded Overv iew MT 7 Soft ware, a member of the MicroT ouch™ Software Suit e, provides unifi ed driver support fo r MicroT ouch touch t echnologies over a wide r ange of operati ng systems. This versio[...]

40 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Use this Browse r to selec t the MT 7 components for your tar get image. The only required component is the MT 7 Touch dr iver. In the Component Browser, look under "Hardware:Devices :Mice and other point ing devices". Select t[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 41 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M C H A P T E R 5 MT 7 for Linux® Ov erv iew MT 7 for Linux® provides uni fied dri ver support for the Linux® oper ating system for kernel 2.4 and 2.6. T his product includes a user-space sensor dr iver, an X inp ut module, and a cali b[...]

42 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Before Driver Instal lation Know if your pres ent Linux dis tributi on will be compatibl e with the M T 7 driver. There a re two terminal commands, which allow fu rther pre paration. uname -r This wil l show the kernel version X -version[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 43 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M • /usr/lib/xorg/module s/input or /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ input • /usr/lib • /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d • /etc/X11/xinit/xinit rc.d or /etc/X11/xsessions.d If your system does not have these director ies you will need t o edit th e[...]

44 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M HotplugDir Refer to t he symbol UdevDir for details. InitDir The MT 7 for Linux® software use s an init script, T WDrvStartup, t o start an d stop the touch driver. Normally, this runs at ru n level 5. If your init scri pts are lo cated[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 45 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M The Install sc ript ass umes that the hotpl ug support fil es are in t he direct ory /etc/hotplug/ . I f hotplug reside s elsewhere, c hange the defini tion of Hotpl ugDir to the appropr iate pat h. If you w ant to di sable hot pl ugging[...]

46 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Cannot fi nd needed libstdc++.so i n /usr/li b Variat ions of t he message m ay refer to ot her direct ories depe nding on the sett ing of the LibDir variabl e in the Install s cript. T he instal lation s cript coul d not find t he stand[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 47 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Cannot install the init s cript The Install sc ript tr ies to det ect the pr esence of t he chkconfig and update-rc.d util ities and the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script. If it can not find any of th ese, this message appears. If your system us[...]

48 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M 3. The T WDrvStartup scr ipt must complete before running the X se rver. The TWDrvStartup script modifie s the X se rver configuratio n file (e ither xorg.cfg or xfree86.cfg ). When the system shuts down, the se files are rest ored to th[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 49 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Calibration M essages Are Unreadable The Cali bration pr ogram attempts to use a Helvetica f ont. If not found, it u ses a relati vely random font. This font may be unreadabl e. To override this behavior, s et the symbol MT7FontSa nSerif[...]

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3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 51 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M A P P E N D I X A Multip le Moni tor Setup ( Window s® O nly) Overview The Mul tiple Mon itor Mana ger enables you to set up multiple monitors with touch screens. You must int entionall y load this uti lity during inst allati on in orde[...]

52 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M 2. To assoc iate or l ink a sensor to a particul ar monitor, sele ct that monitor a nd simply touch a touc h screen. Note t hat the di splays have colored f rames that will b link when selecte d and match the touch s creen frame once th [...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 53 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M In the following screen, t here are 5 t ouch screen s and 9 monitors that can be lin ked. In the following example, touch Scre en A has been li nked to Monitor 2, Touch Scree n B has been li nked to Monitor 7 , Touch Scre en C has been l[...]

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3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 55 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M A P P E N D I X B T roub leshooti ng the T ouch S ystem Overview This ch apter provides t ips and st rategies for problems you may encounter wit h the touch system either during inst allati on or normal use. 3M Touch Systems, Inc. is com[...]

56 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M If you do not have either of the se control lers, rer un setup, sel ect the upgrade o ption and under Control ler Support deselect EX and SX pen controlle rs. Complete the sof tware setup and re boot your system. Important Not e: Editing[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 57 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M The doubl e-click area defines the space in whic h you m ust touch t he sensor f or the system to interpret your actions as a double-click. Set the doub le-click area in the medium to high range for optimum performance with a sensor. Cli[...]

58 3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M Check the following it ems: 1. Make sure the t ouch control ler is c onnected to t he correc t port. 2. Review the instal lation pr ocedures an d verify all hardware is properl y connected. Check the serial port and se nsor cable c onnec[...]

3M™ MicroTouc h™ Software MT 7 Us er Guide 59 3M Touch Systems , Inc. Pro prietary In formati on – 256 95M A Previous Version of TouchWare Softw ar e Was Detected Note: Before making any changes to the registry fil es, be sure t o make a backup copy . If the MT 7 inst aller r eports t his, then uni nstall T ouchWare by going to Start → Prog[...]