Touch Screen

Can you please tell us how the touch screen is interfaced to your computer
(serial - RS232?). Before purchasing a touch screen for use with Photon,
what should we check up in the specifications? We require to use a touc
screen for 10" LCD monitor.

What exactly is involved in configuring the touch screens for Photon?

Thanks,
Krupa

From: Kevin Miller <kevin.miller@transcore.com>
Subject: Re: Touchscreen
Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:49 PM

I have been using the Elotouch resistive touchscreen for many years now; it
responds to the Smartset protocol, which Photon/Input supports. It works
well, but the plastic membrane that serves as the touch surface wears out
with time. Your mileage may vary.

I have also been using the Dynapro near-field imaging touchscreen off and on
over the past two years. I had to write my own driver for it, but so far it
works very well. It has the advantage of having a glass touch surface, which
never wears out. The biggest disadvantage is that it is quite a bit more
expensive than the resistive touchscreen.

We use a company locally who builds custom enclosures for either touchscreen
technology. They also have off-the-shelf touchscreens, and they can provide
full PC solutions as well. www.hmwent.com. I am not affiliated with them,
but they have given us good service over the years.

  • Kevin

“Krupa” <seto@vsnl.com> wrote in message news:b6ttet$sm7$2@inn.qnx.com

Hi,

We require a touch-screen for our 10"LCD monitor used with QNX 4.25.
Which make/model of touchscreen is recommended for use with QNX/Photon?

Thanks,
Krupa
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Hi Krupa,

Most of our touchscreen drivers support serial (RS-232) interface…however
our Microtouch driver also supports ps/2 and I believe usb. Check out our
touchscreen driver documentation (devi-*):
http://www.qnx.com/developer/docs/momentics621_docs/neutrino/utilities/utils
-d.html

Configuring a touchscreen is fairly simple:

  1. Add an entry to /etc/system/trap/input. file to start the
    proper touch driver (see docs for details)
  2. Start photon
  3. Run the touchscreen calibration utility (calib)

Regards,

Joe

Krupa <seto@vsnl.com> wrote in message news:b82j6b$n0p$1@inn.qnx.com

Can you please tell us how the touch screen is interfaced to your computer
(serial - RS232?). Before purchasing a touch screen for use with Photon,
what should we check up in the specifications? We require to use a touc
screen for 10" LCD monitor.

What exactly is involved in configuring the touch screens for Photon?

Thanks,
Krupa

From: Kevin Miller <> kevin.miller@transcore.com
Subject: Re: Touchscreen
Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:49 PM

I have been using the Elotouch resistive touchscreen for many years now;
it
responds to the Smartset protocol, which Photon/Input supports. It works
well, but the plastic membrane that serves as the touch surface wears out
with time. Your mileage may vary.

I have also been using the Dynapro near-field imaging touchscreen off and
on
over the past two years. I had to write my own driver for it, but so far
it
works very well. It has the advantage of having a glass touch surface,
which
never wears out. The biggest disadvantage is that it is quite a bit more
expensive than the resistive touchscreen.

We use a company locally who builds custom enclosures for either
touchscreen
technology. They also have off-the-shelf touchscreens, and they can
provide
full PC solutions as well. > www.hmwent.com> . I am not affiliated with them,
but they have given us good service over the years.

  • Kevin

“Krupa” <> seto@vsnl.com> > wrote in message news:b6ttet$sm7$> 2@inn.qnx.com> …
Hi,

We require a touch-screen for our 10"LCD monitor used with QNX
4.25.
Which make/model of touchscreen is recommended for use with QNX/Photon?

Thanks,
Krupa



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