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- Short: Tablet driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/WacomIV/SummaGraphics/AceCad
- Uploader: hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges)
- Author: hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges)
- Type: hard/drivr
- Version: V2.3 (21-Mar-01)
- Requires: OS3.x, a graphic tablet
-
- FormAldiHyd V2.3
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- FormAldiHyd is a driver intended for the Aldi/Medion/Tevion MD 9310 graphic
- tablet and WacomIV compatible tablets (Graphire, ArtPad, A3, A4, A5 and
- PenPartner). Experimental support for SummaGraphics compatible and AceCad
- tablets has been added with this release but remains untested.
-
- This program has been out some time now and has proven to be stable.
-
- It fully works with:
- - AipTek HyperPen 6000 (maybe other boards aswell, still unconfirmed).
- - AipTek HyperPen 8000
- - Aldi/Medion MD 9310 and Aldi/Tevion LT 9310
-
- It works partly with:
- - Wacom IV compatible (Graphire, ArtPad, A3, A4, A5 and PenPartner)
- - SummaGraphics compatible boards (unconfirmed).
- - AceCad boards (unconfirmed)
-
- It does currently NOT work with:
- - Wacom V series (Intuos) (might be added on demand)
-
- Starting with V2.2 it finally works with MFC and IOBlix serial ports!
-
- This is probably the only tablet driver that correctly works with all known
- (MUI) applications and at the same time has full pressure support.
-
- Some portions of the code have been ported from the xf86HyperPen.c source
- by Roland Jansen <roland@lut.rwth-aachen.de> and Christian Herzog
- <daduke@dataway.ch>, who has taken over development of xf86HyperPen.c.
-
- The experimental WacomIV support has been ported from the xf86Wacom.c
- source by Frederic Lepied <Fredric.Lepied@sugix.frmug.org>.
-
- Short list of features:
-
- - Comes both as CLI-only/WB (no GUI) and MUI version.
- - Can be run either in 9600 or 19200 baud mode (HyperPen only).
- - Supports pressure, which can be scaled to your requirements (e.g. with
- ArtEffect).
- - Versatile support of the functions keys at top of the tablet.
- - Can play sounds on button presses to make clicks audible.
- - Supports a threshold value for the left mouse button.
- - Middle and right mouse button can be swapped for stylus.
- - Mouse and Stylus can use different active areas.
- - Mouse can be used in relative mode. A mode for left handed people is also
- available.
- - Automatic detection of stylus and mouse.
- - Tablet orientation can be changed by swapping x and y coordinates.
- - Lots of different resolution can be chosen (up to 3048 LPI!).
- - Fully compatible with MUI applications.
- - Even works with low level software that reads the input events directly
- (Cinema4D, MagicMenu, etc.)
-
- Usage
- ~~~~~
- There are two different programs for you to choose:
-
- FormAldiHyd - tablet driver with MUI interface (interactive)
- Formalin - CLI only/Workbench version (argument/ToolTypes driven)
-
- Please send me an email if you use this program. Thanks to those who have
- done so already.
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- V2.3 (21-Apr-01): (42648/21848 Bytes)
- - Lots of fixes to the WacomIV mode. There might be still problems with
- the mouse buttons or fkeys. Please report (give detailed description!).
- - Added experimental SummaGraphics / AceCad compatibility mode. Neither
- FKey nor pressure support. Completely untested.
-
- V2.2 (08-Mar-01): (41420/21208 Bytes)
- - Released to my homepage and AmiNet.
- - Ooops: WacomIV selection was broken in FormAldiHyd V2.2.
-
- V2.2 (07-Mar-01): (41416/21208 Bytes)
- - Released to my homepage and AmiNet.
- - Added support for sound effects (on demand of Jens Illigen).
- - GUI layout changed a bit again.
- - Added a HyperPen8000 compatibility switch, removed Skip CONFIG switch.
- - Fixed a bug in the WacomIV init routine - tablet would not send coords.
- - QUIET option did not work with Formalin (next time, I'll count the
- number of parameters with my fingers :( ), introduced with V2.1.
- - When starting Formalin a second time, the other task will now be
- terminated. This is especially handy when starting Formalin from WB.
- - Serial issue finally fixed. Now works with MFC aswell! Thanks must go
- to Thore Böckelmann for his help and to the testers.
-
- V2.1 (24-Feb-01): (39136/19672 Bytes)
- - Homepage and AmiNet release.
- - Added support for the function keys. You can either use them as F-key
- emulation, cause some string to be printed, emulate any special key or
- launch some shell program. It also should work with the WacomIV driver,
- although only the first 12 F-Keys are supported (I think there are over
- 30!). Configuration via CLI in Formalin is a bit clumsy, so I encourage
- you to use the ToolTypes instead.
- - Added left hand mode for the mouse (swapping of left and right mouse
- button).
- - Slight changes to the serial code, causing time out messages that some-
- times appeared to cease.
- - Changed the serial code to work around the strange behaviour (bug?) of
- the ioblixser.device. Maybe this also fixes the MFC problems? A very,
- very big thank you must go to Günter Twellmeyer for his very helpful
- bug reports and quick response. Without him, I hardly would have come
- close to the reason. Also, thanks to Thore Böckelmann for support and
- supplying a debug version of ioblixser.device.
- - Small modification to the WacomIV driver after having a look at the
- source code of the PenPartner driver supplied and by Denis Spach.
- - Saving the Prefs only changed the ENVARC: settings, not the ENV: ones.
- Fixed.
- - LPI setting never worked with Formalin since V2.0beta. Fixed.
- - Some suboptimal GUI layout fixed.
-
- V2.0beta (02-Jan-01): (34740/17632 Bytes)
- - Released to my homepage after a few weeks of nothingness.
- - Added experimental WacomIV mode. I don't have such a tablet to test the
- driver on, so you are asked to give me feedback on what works and what
- doesn't.
- - GUI layout changed again a bit.
-
- Contact address
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Any mail, comments or donations welcome:
-
- Chris Hodges Account: 359 68 63
- Kennedystr. 8 BLZ : 700 530 70
- D-82178 Puchheim Bank : Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck
- Germany
- Tel.: +49-89/8005856 WWW: http://www.platon42.de/
- Email: hodges@in.tum.de IRC: platon42 on EfNet
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