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F u l l y I P 6 5 R a t e d E n c l o s u r e User Manual All rights reserved. Product description and product specifications are subject to change without notice. For lastest product information, please visit Acnodes’ website at www.acnodes.com 14628 Central Ave. Chino, CA91710 Tel: 909.597.7588 Fax: 909.597.1939...
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Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 Specifications Model No. APS9115 APS9119 Specs Display Type 15”TFTLCD 19”TFTLCD 1024x768 1280x1024 Max. Resolution 16.7M Max. Color Luminance (cd/m²) 150/140 170/160 Viewing Angle (H/V) 50,000 Hours Backlight Lifetime On Screen Display On the rear side Control Default: 1 x VGA Input...
1.3 Brief Description of the APS911X The APS9115/9119 is a total IP65 Stainless Steel Enclosure LCD Display, which comes with a 15 inch (luminance of 300 cd/m²) / 19 inch (luminance of 350 cd/m²) TFT LCD. APS9115 comes with viewing angle of 150 (H) degrees and 140 (V) degrees, APS9119 comes with viewing angle of 170 (H) degrees and 160 (V) degrees, and more outstanding features, thus giving you the best in monitoring and control applications...
Chapter 2 2.1 Front Panel OSD Functions Auto Adjust Up/Left Down/Right Power Menu/Entry Power Indicator Power switch: To turn ON or OFF the power Shift the icon to the right side or shift it up Shift the icon to the left side or shift it down Menu: To enter OSD menu for related icon and item.
2.2 OSD Controls To make any adjustment, select the following: 1. Press (Menu) to show the OSD menu or disable the OSD menu. 2. Select the icon that you wish to adjust with the ( or +/-) key in the menu. 3.
2.3 Main Menu In the Main menu, there are the following items: •Color •Image Setting •Position •OSD Menu •Language •Misc •Exit For Color, check out the following: •Contrast •Brightness •Color Adjust •Color Temp •Back For Image setting, check out the following: •Clock •Phase •Gamma...
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In the Position, there are the following: •H. Position •V. Position •Back In the OSD menu, there are: •OSD H. Pos. •OSD V. Pos. •OSD Timer •Back In the Language menu, there are: •English •Frances •Germany •Spanish •Traditional Chinese •Simplified Chinese •Japanese In the Misc menu, there are: •Signal Source...
2.4 AD Board OSD Functions 2.) Getting into Burn-in Mode Before setting into a burn-in mode, first disconnect the AC power cord. Then press (don‟t let them go) buttons until the AC power cord is connected and the “RGB” appears on the top left corner of your screen.
Chapter 3 3.1 Windows 2000/XP Driver Installation for 9036 Control Board Before installing the Windows 2000/XP driver software, you must have the Windows 2000/XP system installed and running on your computer. You must also have the 9036 PenMount Serial Interface controller board installed. Contents of the PenMount Windows 2000/XP driver folder are listed below: DMC9000.inf DMC9000.sys...
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2. Insert the PenMount Driver CD-ROM. Go to the Windows 2000-XP Driver folder. Click setup.exe. 3. The screen displays the installation wizard for the PenMount software. Click “Next”.
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4. A License Agreement appears. Click “I accept…” and “Next”. 5. The “Ready to Install the Program” screen appears. Select “Install”.
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6. The next screen is “Hardware Installation”. Select “Continue Anyway”. 7. The “InstallShield Wizard Completed” appears. Click “Finish”.
3.2 Configuring the PenMount Windows 2000/XP Driver Upon rebooting, the computer automatically finds the new 9036 controller board. The touch screen is connected but not calibrated. Follow the procedures below to carry out calibration. 1. After installation, click the PenMount Monitor icon “PM” in the menu bar. 2.
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NOTE: The older the touch screen is, the more Advanced Mode calibration points you need for an accurate calibration. Use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy.
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Plot Calibration Data Check this function and a touch panel linearity comparison graph appears when you have finished Advanced Calibration. The blue lines show linearity before calibration and black lines show linearity after calibration.
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Draw Tests or demonstrates 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 will register touch activity such as left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down.
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Click Clear Screen to clear the drawing. Multiple Monitors Multiple Monitors supports two to six touchscreen displays for one system. PenMount drivers for Windows 2000, XP 32/64bit, and 2003 support Multiple Monitors. This function supports from two to six touchscreen displays for one system. Each monitor requires its own PenMount touchscreen control board, either installed inside the displayor in a central unit.
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Before using Multiple Monitors you must have two or more monitors that are in extension mode. For display cards that support multiple monitors, we suggest you consider Matrox, nVidia, or ATI cards and inquire about operation and usability issues. Note: Before you can use multiple monitors you need to map each monitor. Enable the multiple display function as follows: 1.
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3. Touch each screen as it displays “Please touch this monitor”. Press S to skip. Follow this sequence and touch each screen to map the touchscreens. After the setting procedure is finished, maybe you need to calibrate for each panel and controller.
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About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and this driver version. PenMount Monitor Menu Icon The PenMount monitor icon (PM) appears in the menu bar of Windows 2000/XP system when you turn on the PenMount Monitor in the PenMount Utilities. The PenMount Monitor has the following functions:...
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Beep Turns beep on or off. Right Button When you select this function, a mouse icon appears in the right-bottom of the screen. Click this icon to switch between Right and Left Button functions. Pen Stabilizer Check this function to reduce cursor vibration for relatively unstable touch screens, or where there may be excess vibration.
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PenMount Rotation Functions The PenMount driver for Windows 2000/XP supports several display rotating software packages. The PenMount drivers for Windows 95, Windows 2000/XP, Windows 2000/XP, as well as Windows 98 USB and Windows Me/2000/XP support display rotating software packages such as: •...
3.3 Uninstall the PenMount Windows 2000/XP Driver 1. Exit the PenMount monitor (PM) in the menu bar. 2. Go to Settings, then Control Panel, and then click Add/Remove program. Select PenMount DMC9000 and click the Add/Remove button. 3. Select PenMount DMC9000 and DMC9100. Click the Remove button. 4.
Chapter 4 4.1 Software Functions This chapter describes the special software functions that configure and adjust the PenMount controller board and touch screen hardware. Please note that not all of the functions are available for every driver. Software functions and their availability for specific interface and systems are shown in the table below—a description for each function follows: Software Function...
4.2 Software Function Description Description for each of the software functions shown in the table above follows: Standard Calibration The Standard Calibration function lets you match the touch screen to your display so that the point you touch is accurately tracked on screen. Standard calibration only requires four points for calibration and one point for confirmation.
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nVidia, or ATI cards and inquire about operation and usability issues. Note: Before you can use multiple monitors, you need to map each monitor. Multiple Devices The Multiple Devices function is designed to let you use two or more monitors to display the same image.
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The Multiple Devices function displays the same image on two or more monitors. Requirements Before using the Multiple Monitors function, you need the following: 1. A display card that supports Dual Monitors such as the Matrox, nVidia, ATI, etc., or that outputs into a 1-into-2 VGA signal box 2.
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to touch. Once the point is touched, the software driver understands which degree you plan to rotate your display. The rotation function supports 90, 180 and 270 degrees rotation. 0 degrees...
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Stream/Point Mode Stream and point modes control the touch and drag function of the touch screen. The point mode only allows “touch” interaction with the screen and does not allow the user to drag objects. The point mode is useful for maintaining the location of screen icons such on POS terminals.
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Right Button The Right Button function simulates the right button function of a mouse. Click the right button and the user can only touch the screen once and the driver changes the touch definition to the left button. Hide Cursor The Hide Cursor function keeps the cursor arrow and other cursor symbols from appearing when using the touch screen.
Appendix A: Board Descriptions & Specifications This appendix provides information on controller board features and specifications. PenMount 9036 Control Board The PenMount 9036 control board is configured for the RS-232 interface and it supports 4-wire, 5-wire and 8-wire touch screens. PenMount 9036 Features •DMC9000 touch controller •Diagnostic LED on board...
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Connector Pin Definitions for Power and RS-232 Power Lines RS-232 Interface PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 Pin # Ground 5V~12V power Ground Definition...
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Appendix VESA Mounting The APS9115 display monitor is designed to be VESA 75-mounted. The APS9119 display monitor is designed to be VESA 100-mounted Just carefully mount the arm onto the rear of the unit by fastening the given four screws as shown in Figure A. Figure A: VESA-mounting of APS911X...
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