Enabling The Tablet - Tektronix 4106 Operator's Manual

GETTING ACQUAINTED
You will be controlling the GIN cursor 's movement around the screen by pressing
the Joydisk. Try it now:
Press different sides of the Joydisk to move the crosshair cursor around .
If the cursor moves too quickly, try slowing down the cursor by holding down the
Shift key while pressing the Joydisk. (You can also use the GSPEED command to
change the speed - see your Reference Guide for information on the GSPEED
command.)
Now, proceed to the instructions under Entering Points .
Enabling the Tablet
The Tektronix 4957 and 4958 Graphics Tablets consist of a tablet surface and an
attached puck or stylus .
Make sure the tablet is connected either to PORT 0 or PORT 1 at the rear panel of
the terminal. If it is not , refer to the installation instructions in Appendix A of this
manual and connect the cable.
Put the terminal in Setu p (if it isn 't already) and enter:
GINENABLE 8,5
Notice that when you pressed the Return key, the GIN cursor (a pair of crosshairs)
appeared on the terminal screen .
In the GIN ENABLE command , the 8 specified that you ' ll be using the tablet , and
the 5 means that the terminal will accept five points.
Now enable GI N inking and rubberbanding :
GININKING 8,2
GINRUBBERBAND 8,2
Press the Setup key again .
The terminal leaves Setup and begins responding to your GIN operations.
When you use the stylus , hold it as you would a ballpoint pen , with the tip resting on
the tablet. The tablet can keep track of the stylus and send its location to the
terminal as long as the stylus is within 1 /2 " of the tablet surface .
When you use the puck , lay it flat on the tablet surface with the buttons facing up.
Try it now:
Use the stylus or puck to move the crosshair cursor around .
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