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Installation Guide
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  • Page 1 PenMount Touch screen 9000 Control Board Installation Guide Revision 1.7 15 / /’12 November...
  • Page 2 Trademarks PenMount, Microsoft, Windows and other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and are acknowledged. Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Revision Table

    06/Oct/’09 Refinement of Installation Diagram in section 2.2.  21/Oct/’09 Chapter 2 > 2.3 > 2.3.1 PenMount 9036CH: The picture of  PenMount 9036BH Control Board Upside is updated and a mechanical diagram is added. Chapter 2 > 2.3 > 2.3.2. PenMount 9026BH: The picture of ...
  • Page 4  Screenshots of Gesture Setting and the description of General Setting Box are updated on page 65.  Icons of PenMount gestures are updated on page 66. 15/Nov/’12  PM9036BH is changed to PM9036CH, the pictures and mechanical diagrams are updated on Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 ...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

      3.5.3.   Uninstall PenMount Windows NT Driver ................35   3.6.   Install PenMount Windows Universal Driver (for 2000/XP/XPT/ 2003/VISTA/7/ 2008/8) ... 36   3.6.1.   Install PenMount Mouse Driver in Windows 2000/XP/XPT/2003/VISTA/7/ 2008/8 .... 37   3.6.2.  ...
  • Page 6 PenMount Monitor Menu Icon ..................... 43   3.6.3.3   PenMount Rotating Functions ..................... 44   3.6.4.   The Touch screen Configure of PenMount Digitizer Driver ..........45   3.6.4.1.   PenMount Control Panel ..................... 45   3.6.5.   Uninstall PenMount Windows Universal Driver ..............48  ...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    PenMount 9000 control boards are offered for RS-232 interface. PenMount Touch screen Control Board is a circuit board that you install between a touch screen and a host computer. The control board converts touch input into digital data, which is then converted by software into data that emulates the input from a computer’s mouse device.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2. Install Penmount 9000 Control Boards

    The procedures below describe how to install and configure the hardware for each PenMount 9000 Control Board. 2.1. Installation Requirements You need the following to install a touch screen using a PenMount 9000 Touch screen Control Board: 2.1.1. Computer An IBM-compatible host computer...

  • Page 9: Installation Diagrams

    Chapter 2 Install PenMount 9000 Control Boards 2.2. Installation Diagrams 2.2.1. The Connection of 9026BH Control Board (RS-232)

  • Page 10: The Connection Of 9036Ch Control Board (Rs-232)

    Chapter 3 Installing Software for 9000 Boards 2.2.2. The Connection of 9036CH Control Board (RS-232)

  • Page 11: Rs-232 Serial Boards (9000 Series)

    2.3. RS-232 Serial Boards (9000 Series) PenMount 9000 control boards use the RS-232 serial interface. There are currently two models in the 9000 Series. The general procedure for board installation is similar, though hardware connection and configuration varies for each board.

  • Page 12: Penmount 9026Bh

    2.3.2. PenMount 9026BH The PenMount 9026BH control board is an RS-232 interface touch screen control board that supports 4-wire and 8-wire touch screens. The size of the board is 60 (L) x 20 (W) x 8.3 (H) mm and it has two connectors on-board.
  • Page 13 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Unit:mm PenMount 9026BH Control Board Mechanical Diagram Find the white 6-pin right angle connector (on the left in the photo above). The power cable is pin 1 and pin 2. Solder the power and ground wire to the system.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3. Install Drivers For 9000 Boards

    Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Chapter 3. Install Drivers for 9000 Boards This chapter describes how to install drivers and other software that will allow your PenMount 9000 Control Boards (RS-232) work with various operating systems. 3.1. Install PenMount DOS Driver Before installing the DOS driver software, you must have the DOS system installed and running on your computer.

  • Page 15: Penmount Dos Driver Functions

    DOS prompt regardless of where the working directory is. 3.1.2. PenMount DOS Driver Functions The PenMount DOS driver offers several functions. You can change the settings with the following utilities: 1. PM2 Panel Run the batch file 'PM2.EXE'. Type the command at DOS prompt: Before running PM2, you must remove PenMount driver or another mouse driver, if you have installed one.
  • Page 16 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards to choose one of 25 video modes. Video modes: mode width height colors 10Dh 10Eh 10Fh 100h 101h 110h 111h 112h 103h 113h 114h 115h 105h 116h 1024 117h 1024 118h 1024 107h 1280 1024 119h 1280 1024...
  • Page 17 Function Keys: [Enter] - pass current point - camera, see above. [F9] 4. Detect Detect PenMount automatically. You can press any key to abort the detection. Use the following list to detect PenMount: COM1 (Base 03F8) (Baud 19200): IRQ 3, 4...
  • Page 18 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards If you cannot find the PenMount, come 'configure' to set your COM port. 5. Configure COM Port: COM5~COM9 is for customized settings. IRQ no.: IRQ3~IRQ15 I/O base: COM1~COM4 are fixed while COM5~COM9 are for customization.

  • Page 19: Install Penmount Windows 3.1 Driver

    Install PenMount Windows 3.1 Driver Before installing the Windows 3.1 driver software, you must have the Windows 3.1 system installed and running on your computer. You must also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control board installed. 3.2.1.

  • Page 20: Penmount Windows 3.1 Driver Functions

    Install Drivers for 9000 Boards plug a mouse into one COM port and the PenMount touch screen to another COM port before installing the PenMount Windows 3.1 driver. 2. Open the FILE MANAGER and under the MAIN group, run the "Install.exe"...

  • Page 21: Uninstall Windows 3.1 Driver

    About This displays the PenMount controller information. 3.2.3. Uninstall Windows 3.1 Driver Click this icon and the system removes all utilities and the PenMount group automatically. 3.3. Install PenMount Windows 95 Driver Before installing the Windows 95 driver software, you must have the Windows 95 system installed and running on your computer.
  • Page 22 LAYOUT.BIN CONFIG.INI README.TXT If you have an older version of the PenMount Windows 95 driver installed in your system, please remove it first. Follow the steps below to install the PenMount Windows 95 driver: 1. When the system first detects the control board, a screen appears that shows “Unknown Device.”...

  • Page 23: Configure Penmount Windows 95 Driver

    After you install the software, PenMount Control Panel appears. In the “Configure” panel set the correct COM port, IRQ number and base address. Each of the functions in the PenMount Control Panel is explained in the following section. If your touch screen is connected to the COM1 or COM2, use the “Detect”...
  • Page 24 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Baud rate is fixed at 19200 for DMC9000. Baud Rate Detect the connected port only if it is COM1 or Detect COM2. This detects COM1 to COM4 port, detecting the Advance COM port and IRQ number in sequence. Note that you must close all other programs running before you select this function.
  • Page 25 Double Click Double click in the test area and the tumbler swings back and forth. Draw Test or demonstrate PenMount touch screen operation. The display shows touch location. Click Draw to start. Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen registers touch activity such left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down.
  • Page 26 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Click Clear Screen to clear the drawing. About This panel displays information about PenMount controller and this driver version.

  • Page 27: Penmount Monitor Menu Icon

    3.3.3.3. PenMount Rotating Functions PenMount Windows 95 Driver supports several display rotating software packages. See Chapter 4. Driver Software Functions on page 51 for more information. PenMount drivers for Windows 95, 98/ME, NT, and 2000/XP/2003/VISTA/7 support the following display rotating software packages: Portrait’s Pivot Screen Rotation Software...

  • Page 28: Uninstall Penmount Windows 95 Driver

    3. This message shows up: “Are you sure you want to completely remove ‘PenMount Utilities’ and all its components?” 4. Select ‘Yes’ to remove PenMount Windows 95 Driver. 5. Reboot system and PenMount Windows 95 Driver is removed from the system.

  • Page 29: Install Penmount Windows 98/Me Driver

    SETUP.EXE DMC9000.INF DMC9000.VXD If you have an older version of PenMount Windows 98/ME Driver installed in your system, remove it first and follow the steps below to install PenMount Windows 98/ME Driver. When system first detects the control board, a screen appears that shows “Unknown Device”.

  • Page 30: Configure Penmount Windows 98/Me Driver

    Upon restarting, the computer finds the new 9000 control board automatically. The touch screen is connected but not calibrated. Follow the procedures below to run the calibration. After installation, click PenMount Monitor icon “PM” in the notification area. When PenMount Control Panel appears, click “Calibrate”.
  • Page 31 Advance Calibration. Draw To test or demonstrate PenMount touch screen operations, the display shows touch location. Click Draw to start. Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen registers touch activity such left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down.
  • Page 32 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Option This panel function supports two modes - Operation Mode and Beep Sound Mode – which allows configuration for specific touch screen applications, such as point-of-sales (POS) terminals. This mode enables and disables the mouse’s Operation Mode ability to drag on-screen icons—useful for configuring POS terminals.

  • Page 33: Penmount Monitor Menu Icon

    PenMount Windows 98/ME Driver supports several display rotating software packages. Please see Chapter 4. Driver Software Functions on page 51 for more information. PenMount drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98/ME, as well as 2000/XP/2003/VISTA/7/8 support the following display rotating software packages: Portrait’s Pivot Screen Rotation Software...

  • Page 34: Uninstall Penmount Windows 98/Me Driver

    The calibration screen appears automatically. Touch this point and rotation is mapped. NOTE: Rotate function will be disable if you use Monitor Mapping. 3.4.3. Uninstall PenMount Windows 98/ME Driver Exit PenMount Monitor (PM) from the notification area. Select ‘Uninstall’ utility from ‘Programs’ of ‘PenMount Utilities’.

  • Page 35: Install Penmount Windows Nt Driver

    3.5. Install PenMount Windows NT Driver Before installing PenMount Windows NT Driver, you must have had Windows NT system installed and run in your computer. You must also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control board installed. 3.5.1.
  • Page 36 PenMount utilities into folder: C:\Program Files\PenMount\NT. Select "Next’ or modify the folder name to one you would like to use. Select Program Folder screen appears. The default is "PenMount Utilities". Select "Next” or change it. Start Copying Files screen appears. Select "Next" to copy files to the...
  • Page 37 Setup Complete screen appears. Check “I would like to view the README file”. Select "Finish". README file appears. After reading, cancel the window and press "Finish" again. PenMount Control Panel appears. In Configure panel press the Detect button to auto-detect the correct COM port. 10. Reboot the system.

  • Page 38: Configure Penmount Windows Nt Driver

    The touch screen is connected but not calibrated. Follow the procedures below to carry out calibration. 3.5.2.1. PenMount Control Panel You can access the PenMount control panel from the “PM” icon in the notification area. The functions of PenMount Control Panel are explained below.
  • Page 39 Adjusts and tests double click area and speed. Double Click Double click in the test area and the tumbler swings back and forth. Draw & Statistics To test or demonstrate PenMount touch screen operations. The display also shows touch location. Click Draw & Statistics to start.

  • Page 40: Penmount Monitor Menu Icon

    Install Drivers for 9000 Boards About This panel displays information about PenMount controller and this driver version. 3.5.2.2. PenMount Monitor Menu Icon PenMount monitor icon (PM) appears in the notification area of Windows NT system when you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount utilities.

  • Page 41: Penmount Rotating Functions

    PenMount Windows NT Driver supports several display rotating software packages. Please see Chapter 4. Driver Software Functions on page 51 for more information. PenMount drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98/ME as well as Windows 2000/XP/2003/VISTA/7/8 support the following display rotating software packages: Portrait’s Pivot Screen Rotation Software...

  • Page 42: Install Penmount Windows Universal Driver (For 2000/Xp/Xpt/ 2003/Vista/7/ 2008/8)

    Before installing PenMount Windows Universal Driver, you must have had installed one of the operating systems from Windows 2000/ XP/ XPT/ XPE/ 2003/ VISTA/ 7/ WES7/ 2008/ 8 in your computer, and either PenMount 9036CH or 9026BH must have been installed.

  • Page 43: Install Penmount Mouse Driver In Windows 2000/Xp/Xpt/2003/Vista/7/ 2008/8

    3.6.1. Install PenMount Mouse Driver in Windows 2000/XP/XPT/ XPE/2003/VISTA/7/WES7/2008/8 If you have an older PenMount driver installed on your system, uninstall it first and follow the steps below to install PenMount Windows Universal Driver: Plug in your PenMount 6000 control board and install PenMount Windows Universal Driver.

  • Page 44: Install Penmount Digitizer Driver In Windows Xpt/Vista/7/ Wes7/2008/ 8

    WES7/2008/ 8 The default installation steps are same as XP. To select “no” in step 6, PenMount will be installed as a digitizer device; If your operating system doesn’t support Windows tablet input, digitizer device can’t be used, therefore you have to select “yes” here, otherwise after the installation the touch doesn’t work after re-booting.

  • Page 45: Configure Touch Screen In Penmount Mouse Driver

    Control Panel from the menu. On PenMount Control Panel you are able to see the device of PenMount 9000 RS-232 detected by your system under Device tab. Select a device and click the Configure button.
  • Page 46 Calibration call calibration function, this can uses 4, 9, 16 or 25 points to calibrate. E.g. Please run ms-dos prompt or command prompt. c:\Program Files\PenMount Universal Driver\DMCCtrl.exe -calibration 4 (Standard Calibration) DMCCtrl.exe - calibration ($) 4= Standard Calibration 4 9= Advanced Calibration 9...
  • Page 47 Advanced Calibration. The black lines reflect the ideal linearity assumed by PenMount’s application program while the blue lines show the approximate linearity calculated by PenMount’s application program as the result of user’s execution of Advance Calibration.
  • Page 48 Install Drivers for 9000 Boards Setting This mode enables and disables mouse’s ability of dragging Operation on-screen icons—useful for configuring POS terminals. Mode Select this mode and mouse will emulate Pen Input Windows Vista pen input device operation, by Emulation which no mouse event will be sent until the touch is dragged out of range or released from the screen.

  • Page 49: Penmount Monitor Menu Icon

    This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version 3.6.3.2 PenMount Monitor Menu Icon PenMount Monitor icon (PM) appears in the notification area of Windows system when you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount utility. PenMount Monitor has the following functions: Open PenMount Control Panel.

  • Page 50: Penmount Rotating Functions

    Exits the PenMount Monitor function. Exit 3.6.3.3 PenMount Rotating Functions PenMount Windows Universal Driver supports several display rotating software packages and auto-detects rotate function (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°). The display rotating software package supported in Windows 2000, XP 32bit, Vista 32/64bit are: 1.

  • Page 51: The Touch Screen Configure Of Penmount Digitizer Driver

    To configure touch screen in PenMount Digitizer driver: Double-click on the PenMount Control Panel icon on the Desktop. On PenMount Control Panel you are able to see the device of PenMount 9000 RS-232 detected by your system under Device tab. Select a device and click the Configure button to configure it.
  • Page 52 Standard, 4, 9, 16 or 25 points to calibrate. E.g. Please run ms-dos prompt or command prompt. c:\Program Files\PenMount Universal Driver\DMCCtrl.exe -calibration 0 (Standard Calibration) DMCCtrl.exe - calibration ($) 0= Standard Calibration...
  • Page 53 Advanced Calibration. The black lines reflect the ideal linearity assumed by PenMount’s application program while the blue lines show the approximate linearity calculated by PenMount’s application program as the result of user’s execution of Advance Calibration.

  • Page 54: Uninstall Penmount Windows Universal Driver

    Install Drivers for 9000 Boards About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version 3.6.5. Uninstall PenMount Windows Universal Driver 1. Go to Control Panel. Click “Add/Remove program”. Select ”PenMount Universal Driver”. Click “Change/Remove” button.. 2. Select ‘Uninstall’ to remove PenMount Windows Universal Driver.

  • Page 55: Install Penmount Linux X Window Rs-232 Driver

    3.7. Install PenMount Linux X Window RS-232 Driver Before installing PenMount Linux X Window RS-232 Driver, you must have Linux X Window installed and running on your computer. You must also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control boards installed.

  • Page 56: Calibration Utilities

    Install PenMount WinCE Driver Before installing PenMount WinCE Driver, you must have WinCE system installed and running on your device. You must also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control boards installed. NOTE: Make sure you can move the WinCE cursor with a serial mouse attached to the target COM port (e.g.

  • Page 57: Chapter 4. Driver Software Functions

    Chapter 4. Driver Software Functions This chapter will guide you to the special software functions that configure and adjust PenMount control boards and touch screen hardware. Please note that not all of the functions are available for every driver. See the following table for drivers’ software functions and their availability for specific interface and systems.

  • Page 58: Standard Calibration

    Each monitor requires its own PenMount touch screen control board, either installed inside the display or in a central unit. PenMount control boards must be connected to the computer COM ports via the RS-232 interface. Driver installation procedures are the same as for a single monitor.

  • Page 59: Requirements

    (Two or more display cards supported by Windows are also ok.) Two or more touch screens Two or more Serial Ports Two or more PenMount 9000 control boards such as the 9036CH or 9026BH. PenMount Windows Universal Driver (for 2000/XP/2003/VISTA/7/8).

  • Page 60: An Example For 2 Touch Monitors

    Driver Software Functions After the setting procedure is finished, maybe you need to calibrate for each panel and controller. NOTE: If you use a single VGA output for multiple monitors, please do not use Multiple Monitors function. Just follow the regular procedure for calibration on each of your desktop monitors.
  • Page 61 Driver Software Functions In PenMount Control Panel, under Multiple Monitors tag, click “Map Touch screens” then click “OK”. Then follow the screen instructions to match the controller with the touch screen. 3-1. Click “S” to skip if you don’t use the touch function on that screen.

  • Page 62: Multiple Devices

    Multiple Devices Multiple Devices: allow using two or more monitors to display the same image. Software that supports this function includes the PenMount Windows Universal Driver (for 2000/ XP/XPE/2003/VISTA/7/2008/WES7/8) only. This driver for PenMount can support up to six control boards.

  • Page 63: Compare Functions

    Multiple Devices function displays the same image on two or more monitors. 4.4.2. Requirements To use Multiple Devices with PenMount Control Boards, you need to do the following: Configure your computer hardware. See Chapter 2: Install PenMount 9000 Control Boards on page 2.

  • Page 64: Rotation

    4.6. Draw To test or demonstrate the PenMount touch screen operation. The display shows touch location. Click Draw to start. Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen registers touch activity such left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down.

  • Page 65: Mouse Operation Mode

    Driver Software Functions Show Pen Location is to show the locations where pen comes down and lifted up on the monitor. Show Grid is to show grid on the entire monitor. This is for linearity test. Select Clear Screen to clear drawing. Select Exit to quit draw function 4.7.

  • Page 66: Beep Sound

    Driver Software Functions 4.8. Beep Sound All of PenMount’s drivers support the beep sound function; however, some PC systems may only offer a fixed buzzer sound. 4.9. Beep Sound Adjustable Software drivers for Windows systems let the user adjust the frequency and length of the beep sound.

  • Page 67: Edge Compensation

    Driver Software Functions 4.17. Edge Compensation In PenMount Control Panel, when any of the detected PenMount device is selected and the Configure button is clicked, you will be able to see the Edge Compensation tag, which is for Advanced Calibration. You can adjust the settings from 0 to 30 for accommodating the difference of each touch panel.

  • Page 68: Chapter 5. Penmount Gesture Ap For Windows 2000/Xp/Vista/7

    3. To run PenMount Gesture AP In the notification, right-click on the PenMount icon and select Gesture Enable from the menu. A PenMount Gesture AP icon will show up in the notification area. See the illustration below. PenMount Gesture AP is running.

  • Page 69: Configure Penmount Gesture Ap

    Configure PenMount Gesture AP To configure PenMount Gesture AP 1. Right-click on the PenMount Gesture AP icon in the notification area, select Gesture Setting from the menu that appears. See the illustration below. Select Tools tab and press Gesture Setting button in PenMount Control Panel.
  • Page 70 PenMount Gesture AP 3. 15 PenMount Gestures are provided in total. For Windows XP For Windows Vista / 7/ 8 4. In the [Gesture Setting] window, you can proceed to configure PenMount Gesture...
  • Page 71 PenMount Gesture AP’s built-in shortcuts. So that when a particular gesture is sensed, a specific action will be taken. PenMount Gesture AP have the following shortcuts built in: Note: For Disable touch function, after touch function is disabled, the mouse-pointer won’t move following your finger sliding on the touch screen...

  • Page 72: Penmount Gestures' Default Values In Windows Xp

    PenMount Gesture AP 5.3. PenMount Gestures’ Default Values in Windows XP Page Up Page Down Backward Forward (Left Arrow) (Right Arrow) Copy Paste (Ctrl + C) (Ctrl + V) Undo Delete (Ctrl + Z) Zoom in Zoom out ([Pad] +)

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