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2.3. 

RS-232 Serial Boards (9000 Series) 

 
PenMount 9000 control boards use the RS-232 serial interface. There are currently two 
models in the 9000 Series. The general procedure for board installation is similar, 
though hardware connection and configuration varies for each board. 
 

2.3.1. PenMount 

9036CH 

 
PenMount 9036CH control board is a RS-232 interface touch screen control 
board that supports 4,8-wire or 5-wire touch screens. The size of the board 
is 60 (L) x 26 (W) x 8.3 (H) mm and it has two connectors and four 
dipswitches on-board. Follow the steps below to install 9036CH control 
board. 
 
Cut off the power of your computer and display, and then open the case of 
the display or the system. Find the space on your system and attach the 
control board to your system with screws. The control board has 3

φ

 screw 

holes in industrial standard. 

 

PenMount 9036CH Touch screen Control Board Upside 

 

PenMount 9036 Control Board Mechanical Diagram 

Summary of Contents for Touch screen 9000

Page 1: ...PenMount Touch screen 9000 Control Board Installation Guide Revision 1 7 15 November 12...

Page 2: ...specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision Trademarks PenMount Microsoft Windows and other product names...

Page 3: ...trol Board are updated on page Section are updated reorganized starting from page The screenshots of Edge Compensation and About are updated on page 48 The original 3 6 5 PenMount Rotating Function is...

Page 4: ...ing Box are updated on page 65 Icons of PenMount gestures are updated on page 66 15 Nov 12 1 7 PM9036BH is changed to PM9036CH the pictures and mechanical diagrams are updated on Chapter 1 and Chapter...

Page 5: ...enMount Windows 95 Driver 15 3 3 1 Install PenMount Windows 95 Driver 15 3 3 2 Configure PenMount Windows 95 Driver 17 3 3 3 PenMount Windows 95 Driver Functions 17 3 3 3 1 PenMount Control Panel 17 3...

Page 6: ...Driver Software Functions 51 4 1 Standard Calibration 52 4 2 Advanced Calibration 52 4 3 Multiple Monitors 52 4 3 1 Requirements 53 4 3 2 An Example for 2 Touch Monitors 54 4 4 Multiple Devices 56 4...

Page 7: ...ount Touch screen Control Board series how to connect a control board and how to install and use the software drivers and utilities with your operating system This manual is for users who are using th...

Page 8: ...Disc drive One of the following operating systems installed on the computer Windows 3 1 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP 2003 VISTA 7 8 Windows CE XPE DOS Linux and QNX 2 1 2 Touch screen PenMount 9026 board supp...

Page 9: ...Chapter 2 Install PenMount 9000 Control Boards 3 2 2 Installation Diagrams 2 2 1 The Connection of 9026BH Control Board RS 232...

Page 10: ...Chapter 3 Installing Software for 9000 Boards 4 2 2 2 The Connection of 9036CH Control Board RS 232...

Page 11: ...control board that supports 4 8 wire or 5 wire touch screens The size of the board is 60 L x 26 W x 8 3 H mm and it has two connectors and four dipswitches on board Follow the steps below to install 9...

Page 12: ...he male end of the cable to the touch screen tail Mount your touch screen to the display Turn on power to the computer and the display Install the software drivers and utilities then calibrate the tou...

Page 13: ...Find the white 9 pin right angle connector on the right in the photo above Attach the female end of the touch screen cable to this connector If you have a 4 wire touch screen attach the cable to pins...

Page 14: ...figuration file for PenMount DOS driver README TXT The file you re reading now PMINIT BAT Reload DOS driver batch file PMUNLOAD BAT Unload DOS driver batch file PMTEST EXE PenMount driver test utility...

Page 15: ...th into the environment PATH You can run program in any working directory at DOS prompt regardless of where the working directory is 3 1 2 PenMount DOS Driver Functions The PenMount DOS driver offers...

Page 16: ...nction keys in the drawing screen ESC exit Space clear screen and information F1 help list the function keys F2 style toggle line or dot Line mode is default Dot mode is not to draw line between dot a...

Page 17: ...n touch the right point bottom point and left point and press Enter key to pass the point After calibration the calibrated data will be shown in the screen After calibration we recommend you to do dra...

Page 18: ...Hz Other configurations for customization in PenMount 9000 jitter threshold SSD threshold Z threshold pen up threshold digital filter Function Key ESC exit Tab toggle the fields up increase value dow...

Page 19: ...so have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control board installed 3 2 1 Install PenMount Windows 3 1 Driver Contents of PenMount Windows 3 1 Driver folder are listed below COMPRESS EXE...

Page 20: ...e key in an IRQ number Click Continue 5 The last screen shows Setup succeeded Click EXIT to finish setup A new PENMOUNT group is generated after installing the PenMount Windows 3 1 driver Restart Wind...

Page 21: ...ed and testing area Draw This drawing function tests and demonstrates the touch screen Menu items include CLEAR and EXIT About This displays the PenMount controller information 3 2 3 Uninstall Windows...

Page 22: ...tup exe in the Windows 95 driver folder 4 The PenMount logo appears then Installation Wizard PenMount Utilities and a Welcome message appear Select Next 5 The Software License Agreement screen and Inf...

Page 23: ...rash A third way to define the COM port is to input the data directly by selecting User Define After making selections click OK and the system asks to reboot Once the system reboots the PenMount touch...

Page 24: ...ust close all other programs running before you select this function User Define Lets you input this data from your keyboard Calibrate This item provides the Initial and Calibration functions Initial...

Page 25: ...Use the arrow keys to adjust cursor offset Double Click Adjusts and tests double click area and speed Double click in the test area and the tumbler swings back and forth Draw Test or demonstrate PenMo...

Page 26: ...Install Drivers for 9000 Boards 20 Click Clear Screen to clear the drawing About This panel displays information about PenMount controller and this driver version...

Page 27: ...n functions Hide Cursor Set to hide or show cursor Cursor Offset Adjust the cursor offset See Setting of PenMount Control Panel on page 19 Beep Sound Turn on or off the beep Exit Exit PenMount Monitor...

Page 28: ...if you use Monitor Mapping 3 3 4 Uninstall PenMount Windows 95 Driver 1 Exit PenMount Monitor PM in the notification area 2 From PenMount Utilities in Programs select the Uninstall utility 3 This mess...

Page 29: ...ollow the steps below to install PenMount Windows 98 ME Driver When system first detects the control board a screen appears that shows Unknown Device Do not use this hardware wizard Press Cancel Insta...

Page 30: ...nctions of PenMount Control Panel are explained in the following sections Calibrate This function offers two ways to calibrate your touch screen Standard Calibration adjusts most touch screens Advance...

Page 31: ...ogram while the blue lines show the approximate linearity calculated by PenMount s application program as the result of user s execution of Advance Calibration Draw To test or demonstrate PenMount tou...

Page 32: ...ful for configuring POS terminals Stream Mode Select this mode and the mouse functions as normal and allows dragging of icons Point Mode Select this mode and the mouse only provides a click function a...

Page 33: ...the beep Enable PNP Turn on or turn off PNP When it is not selected PNP is off and the RS 232 transfer signal continues when unplugging and plugging the cable into the serial port Exit Exit PenMount M...

Page 34: ...Rotate function will be disable if you use Monitor Mapping 3 4 3 Uninstall PenMount Windows 98 ME Driver 1 Exit PenMount Monitor PM from the notification area 2 Select Uninstall utility from Programs...

Page 35: ...lder is listed below _USER1 HDR _ISDEL EXE _SETUP DLL _SYS1 CAB _SYS1 HDR _USER1 CAB _INST32I EX CONFIG INI DATA TAG DATA1 CAB DATA1 HDR INFO TXT LANG DAT LAYOUT BIN LICENSE TXT OS DAT README TXT SETU...

Page 36: ...en appears Then install PenMount utilities into folder C Program Files PenMount NT Select Next or modify the folder name to one you would like to use 5 Select Program Folder screen appears The default...

Page 37: ...Check I would like to view the README file Select Finish 8 README file appears After reading cancel the window and press Finish again 9 PenMount Control Panel appears In Configure panel press the Dete...

Page 38: ...elow to carry out calibration 3 5 2 1 PenMount Control Panel You can access the PenMount control panel from the PM icon in the notification area The functions of PenMount Control Panel are explained b...

Page 39: ...This item allows setting the mouse and other interface functions Misc Option Sets the Right Click Button and Beep Sound Cursor Sets Hide Cursor or Cursor Offset Press the four triangles with a stylus...

Page 40: ...hen you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount utilities PenMount Monitor has the following functions Initialize This resets the PenMount controller chipset Normally you do not need to use this function...

Page 41: ...Portrait s Pivot Screen Rotation Software ATI Display Driver Rotate Function nVidia Display Driver Rotate Function SMI Display Driver Rotate Function Intel Display Driver Rotate Function Configure Rot...

Page 42: ...recognition Option TouchReport 1 The default setting of Windows 2k XP Vista 7 is mouse mode 2 The default setting of Windows 2k XP is mouse mode the default setting of Windows 7 Vista is digitizer mo...

Page 43: ...ollow the steps below to install PenMount Windows Universal Driver Plug in your PenMount 6000 control board and install PenMount Windows Universal Driver Make sure the driver is installed before plugg...

Page 44: ...a 3 6 2 Install PenMount Digitizer Driver in Windows XPT VISTA 7 WES7 2008 8 The default installation steps are same as XP To select no in step 6 PenMount will be installed as a digitizer device If yo...

Page 45: ...ontrol Panel from the menu On PenMount Control Panel you are able to see the device of PenMount 9000 RS 232 detected by your system under Device tab Select a device and click the Configure button 3 6...

Page 46: ...ed touch screens Click this button and touch the red squares in sequence with a stylus To skip press ESC Command Calibration Command call calibration function Use command mode call calibration functio...

Page 47: ...ave touch panel linearity comparison graph appear when you finish Advanced Calibration The black lines reflect the ideal linearity assumed by PenMount s application program while the blue lines show t...

Page 48: ...d mouse only provides a click function and dragging is disabled Click on Release Select this mode and mouse only provides a click function when the touch is released Beep Sound Enable Beep Sound turns...

Page 49: ...tor Menu Icon PenMount Monitor icon PM appears in the notification area of Windows system when you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount utility PenMount Monitor has the following functions Control Pan...

Page 50: ...Rotate Function 2 ATI Display Driver Rotate Function 3 nVidia Display Driver Rotate Function 4 SMI Display Driver Rotate Function 5 Portrait s Pivot Screen Rotation Software Configure Rotate Function...

Page 51: ...igure it 3 6 4 1 PenMount Control Panel The functions under PenMount Control Panel are Device In this tab you can find out how many devices are detected on your system Select any device by clicking on...

Page 52: ...es Standard 4 9 16 or 25 points to calibrate E g Please run ms dos prompt or command prompt c Program Files PenMount Universal Driver DMCCtrl exe calibration 0 Standard Calibration DMCCtrl exe calibra...

Page 53: ...lines reflect the ideal linearity assumed by PenMount s application program while the blue lines show the approximate linearity calculated by PenMount s application program as the result of user s ex...

Page 54: ...n about the PenMount controller and driver version 3 6 5 Uninstall PenMount Windows Universal Driver 1 Go to Control Panel Click Add Remove program Select PenMount Universal Driver Click Change Remove...

Page 55: ...04 7 10 8 04 8 10 9 04 9 10 10 04 10 10 11 04 11 10 12 04 32_64bit Debian 4 0 5 0 32_64bit 6 0 Debian 3 1 Fedora 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 32_64bit Fedora Core4_64bit Fedora Core3 Fedora Core...

Page 56: ...u must have WinCE system installed and running on your device You must also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036CH control boards installed NOTE Make sure you can move the WinCE cursor...

Page 57: ...le click area and speed adjustable About Edge Compenstation Refresh Remark With PenMount Windows Universal V2 2 0 283 and the versions later since the touch screen is installed as a digitizer device i...

Page 58: ...ay the touch screen maps to the display You can choose 9 16 or 25 points to calibrate though we suggest that you first try 9 points if it is still not tracking well then try 16 or 25 points The more p...

Page 59: ...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 yo...

Page 60: ...rocedure for calibration on each of your desktop monitors Rotate function will be disable if you use Multiple Monitors function If you change the resolution of display or screen address you have to re...

Page 61: ...ructions to match the controller with the touch screen 3 1 Click S to skip if you don t use the touch function on that screen 3 2 When it jumps to screen 2 touch it If you don t use touch function on...

Page 62: ...w calibration map 8 Calibrate the other screens with the same way 4 4 Multiple Devices Multiple Devices allow using two or more monitors to display the same image Software that supports this function...

Page 63: ...unction displays the same image on two or more monitors 4 4 2 Requirements To use Multiple Devices with PenMount Control Boards you need to do the following 1 Configure your computer hardware See Chap...

Page 64: ...and software such as Portrait Pivot Pro For software operation and features please refer to your software manual Configuring the rotation function is easy Select this option and a point appears for y...

Page 65: ...reen icons which is applicable to the configuration of POS terminals Pen Input Emulation Select this mode and mouse will emulate Windows Vista pen input device operation by which no mouse event will b...

Page 66: ...Data function shows the linearity status of the touch screen This is only a support function for the user The exact linearity of a touch screen requires a linearity test machine 4 12 Right Button Rig...

Page 67: ...m 0 to 30 for accommodating the difference of each touch panel Note Edge Compensation is only supported by PenMount Windows Universal Driver for Windows 2000 XP XPE 2003 VISTA 7 2008 WES7 8 4 18 Refre...

Page 68: ...d PenMount Universal Driver V2 1 0 XXX or later versions to your system 3 To run PenMount Gesture AP In the notification right click on the PenMount icon and select Gesture Enable from the menu A PenM...

Page 69: ...unt Gesture AP 1 Right click on the PenMount Gesture AP icon in the notification area select Gesture Setting from the menu that appears See the illustration below or Select Tools tab and press Gesture...

Page 70: ...PenMount Gesture AP 64 3 15 PenMount Gestures are provided in total For Windows XP For Windows Vista 7 8 4 In the Gesture Setting window you can proceed to configure PenMount Gesture AP...

Page 71: ...Button Configure the hot keystrokes for specific gesture The hot key can include up to 5 keystrokes When that gesture is sensed the configured keystrokes will be reported d 3 Application Invoke Butto...

Page 72: ...s XP Page Up Page Down Backward Left Arrow Forward Right Arrow Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Delete Zoom in Pad Zoom out Pad Rotate Counter Clockwise Ctrl L Rotate Clockwise Ctrl K Open On Scre...

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