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Short:DextraPoint DD-906 Tablet Driver (+src)
Author:Niclasen at bigfoot.com (John Niclasen)
Uploader:Niclasen bigfoot com (John Niclasen)
Type:driver/input
Version:1.0.0
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:2002-12-21
Download:http://aminet.net/driver/input/DextraPoint.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/driver/input/DextraPoint.readme
Downloads:5778

This is a driver for the DextraPoint digitizing tablet, model no. DD-906 (could
be hard to get these days). All 3 buttons and the tilt function is supported.
The driver has been tested both with Reac
tion and MUI programs. Even if you don't have this tablet, you can use this
package to develop drivers for other tablets, as the source is included and the
developer tool sercon (Serial Console) also
 with source. Programming experience is needed though.

Included is also 3 tablet icons (3 different colours) and a Tablets drawer icon
in Glowicons format.

INSTALLATION
Put the Tablets drawer in DEVS: (Workbench/Devs)

USAGE
Start the Tablet driver from Workbench or drop the icon in the WBStartup drawer.
The driver is a commodity, so it can be stopped with Exchange, or it can be
stopped by starting the driver a second time.

PROBLEMS
- The driver runs ok from a shell (I use KingCON), but the shell hangs, if I
start vim (vi editor) afterwards. Running the driver in one shell and vim in
another works ok.
- Text can't be selected in the shell (KingCON). Selecting text in EditPad works
ok. I guess, this is because, the shell needs a RAWMOUSE event with LEFTBUTTON
down all the time while selecting the t
ext.

ABOUT sercon
This is a little tool to communicate with the serial port from a console window.
All you press on the keyboard is sent to the serial port, and you'll see what's
sent back in hex. 'y' is mapped to sen
d 0x00 (binary zero) and <return> will not be sent but just give a new line in
the window. You may want to change that.
For other tablets, you may have to change the baud rate and the flags.


Contents of driver/input/DextraPoint.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                 1850    2811  65.8% -lh5- e961 Dec 20  2002 DextraPoint.info
[generic]                  948    1827  51.9% -lh5- 0c05 Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/DextraPoint.readme
[generic]                 1851    2811  65.8% -lh5- 5895 Dec 20  2002 DextraPoint/Icons.info
[generic]                 1947    2756  70.6% -lh5- a58e Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Icons/btablet.info
[generic]                 1757    2612  67.3% -lh5- 475a Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Icons/gtablet.info
[generic]                 1755    2612  67.2% -lh5- 5f2e Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Icons/Tablet.info
[generic]                 2350    3107  75.6% -lh5- e44f Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Icons/Tablets.info
[generic]                 6395   10744  59.5% -lh5- 714f Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/sercon
[generic]                 1852    2811  65.9% -lh5- 757c Dec 20  2002 DextraPoint/Source.info
[generic]                 3014   11132  27.1% -lh5- 3578 Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/Source/DD-906.c
[generic]                   71     109  65.1% -lh5- 0431 Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/Source/makefile
[generic]                 2304    8168  28.2% -lh5- d003 Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/Source/sercon.c
[generic]                 2350    3107  75.6% -lh5- e44f Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Tablets.info
[generic]                 7365   12448  59.2% -lh5- 5ed5 Dec 16  2002 DextraPoint/Tablets/Tablet
[generic]                 1755    2612  67.2% -lh5- 5f2e Dec 14  2002 DextraPoint/Tablets/Tablet.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        15 files   37564   69667  53.9%            Dec 21  2002

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