Serial touch screen calibration
This chapter provides the procedures for configuring the serial touch screen installed in these IBM Point
of Sale hardware devices:
v IBM 4694-207/247/307/247 with serial-attached IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution
v IBM AnyPlace Kiosk 4836 and 4838-x3x/3xx/5xx/7xx/9xx
v IBM SurePOS 300 4810-32x/33x/34x with serial-attached IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution
v IBM SurePOS 500 4840, 4851/4951 with serial-attached IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution
v IBM SurePOS 500 4846-5xx
v IBM SurePOS 700 4800-72x/74x/78x with serial-attached IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution
To calibrate a serial touch screen, you must provide the serial touch screen's minimum and maximum X
and Y coordinates to X Window System.
The following variables are used in the procedure in this section, and they vary based on individual
system:
Table 1. Serial touch screen calibration variable values based on system
System
/dev/ttySn
1
(screen size)
value
IBM
0 or 1
4694-207/247/
307/347
IBM AnyPlace
1
Kiosk
4836/4838-132
(12")
IBM AnyPlace
1
Kiosk
4836/4838-135
(15")
IBM AnyPlace
1
Kiosk
4836/4838-137
(17")
IBM AnyPlace
4
Kiosk 4838-3xx
(15")
IBM AnyPlace
4
Kiosk 4838-5xx
(15")
IBM AnyPlace
4
Kiosk 4838-7xx
(17")
IBM AnyPlace
4
Kiosk 4838-9xx
(19")
IBM SurePOS
0, 1, 4, 5, 6, or
300 4810-32x
7
IBM SurePOS
0 or 1
300
4810-33x/34x
2
driver
minimum_X
microtouch or
See "IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution serial touch
screen coordinates" on page 4, if applicable to your installation.
elographics
microtouch
3
microtouch
0
microtouch
9
elographics
18
elographics
5
elographics
17
elographics
12
microtouch or
See "IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution serial touch
screen coordinates" on page 4, if applicable to your installation.
elographics
microtouch or
See "IBM 4820-2xx/4xx/5xx SurePoint Solution serial touch
screen coordinates" on page 4, if applicable to your installation.
elographics
maximum_X
minimum_Y
3963
32
3977
96
3870
190
3998
122
4024
32
3865
178
3973
110
Chapter 1. Common configuration procedures
maximum_Y
4077
4062
4090
4045
4039
4037
4057
3