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Touchscreen User Manual

 

Zytronic X-Y Controller (Serial and USB) – Issue 1 

 

 

 
Patterson Street   Blaydon   Tyne & Wear 
NE21 5SG   United Kingdom

 

 
Tel: +44 (0)191 414 5511    Fax: +44 (0)191 414 0545 
Web:  www.zytronic.co.uk   Email:  [email protected]

 

Summary of Contents for Projected Capacitive X-Y controller Touchscreen

Page 1: ...User Manual Zytronic X Y Controller Serial and USB Issue 1 Patterson Street Blaydon Tyne Wear NE21 5SG United Kingdom Tel 44 0 191 414 5511 Fax 44 0 191 414 0545 Web www zytronic co uk Email info zyt...

Page 2: ...roller PCB card and powering up the Device 15 2 3 1 Connecting the Sensor to the Controller PCB card 15 2 3 2 Powering up the Touchscreen Controller PCB card 17 2 4 Controller Operational Status LED I...

Page 3: ...ies Page 41 5 5 Calibration Page 43 5 6 Status Page 45 6 0 SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND HELP 47 7 0 ZYTRONIC PROJECTED CAPACITIVE X Y CONTROLLER TOUCHSCREEN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 48 8 0 APPEN...

Page 4: ...Number Release Date Comments Issue 1 17th November 2006 First Release Explanation of Symbols Used Within This Manual Symbol Meaning Attention Read Important associated Note s Warning Hazardous Voltag...

Page 5: ...for any shipping damage If failure occurs during the warranty period of the product please contact the point of sale where the product was purchased from 1 3 Care and Cleaning Handle the touchscreen w...

Page 6: ...n acts as a dielectric and enhances the capacitance of the touchscreen The Zytronic Projected Capacitive X Y Controller touchscreen is durable and dependable its construction protecting against damage...

Page 7: ...hat there is a free Serial Com Port or USB port available on the host computer to connect the desired Zytronic Projected Capacitive X Y Controller Touchscreen For Serial controller devices ensure that...

Page 8: ...ication requirement The two possible integration methods are Direct Touch Application used for standard applications where an applied touch makes direct contact with the front surface of the touchscre...

Page 9: ...e should be a few millimetres wider all round than the active area of the touchscreen It is also recommended that the software that is to be executed in the final application should have all critical...

Page 10: ...al Figure 3 Through Touch integration with a front sacrificial glass only Side Profile If a front metal bezel is used earth the front metal bezel and Display to a common earth point 3mm Gasket Touchsc...

Page 11: ...h Touch application If the base standard sensor front glass is 3mm thick an additional 6mm of glass or 4mm or polycarbonate can be placed directly in front of the sensor with no air gap between the su...

Page 12: ...USB Touchscreen controller PCB card Sensor Flexi Tail ZIF connector interface Serial Connector Interface Molex Connector Grounding Fixing Holes Grounding Fixing Holes USB Mini B Connector Interface Gr...

Page 13: ...sure this connector is accessible to allow the sensor flexi tail to be easily connected to the PCB without the need for folding or bending of the sensor flexi tail To mount the controller the integrat...

Page 14: ...B Card Mounted onto rear of LCD metal back plate Figure 8 Controller PCB Card Mounted with flying ground lead Metal grounding screws Metal star washers Metal Chassis Back Plate Controller Spacers Meta...

Page 15: ...ed and secured to the controller PCB card using the on board ZIF connector To carry out this connection the following steps must be followed Ensure the locking bar of the PCB ZIF connector is open i e...

Page 16: ...is routed as far away as possible away from sources of noise i e transformers AC sources motors backlight inverters etc to minimise interference with the controller PCB card and its operation Ensure...

Page 17: ...100mA Table 1 Power requirements for Serial and USB Controller PCB cards As can be seen from the above table the Serial RS232 controller is required to be powered from a regulated external power suppl...

Page 18: ...controller PCB cards both have Red and Green LED indicators located in the bottom right hand corner of the PCB as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6 The LED s are a quick way of determining the controller...

Page 19: ...ility for damage or degradation of the physical sensor or sensing degradation due to the application of incorrect integration procedures or the use of inappropriate materials bonding agents gaskets et...

Page 20: ...the following 1 Log on to the Zytronic website http www zytronic co uk downloads htm and download the latest Zytronic Projected Capacitive X Y Controller Touchscreen Driver UPDD software zip file onto...

Page 21: ...Touchscreen User Manual Issue 1 Zytronic X Y Controller Serial and USB 21 Figure 14 UPDD Install Page Figure 15 Serial Com Port Selection Figure 16 Installation Complete...

Page 22: ...e left and right click Pointer Device Manager If the icon shows a red X it indicates that there are no active controllers no PnP controllers are detected or no other controllers are listed or they ha...

Page 23: ...ting the Serial Controller to the Host Computer Connection of the Serial controller variant is simplistic All that is required is for the Serial controller to be connected to an unused Serial Com Port...

Page 24: ...x the user should select the Install the software automatically Recommended option as shown in Figure 19 Figure 18 New Hardware wizard Figure 19 Install the software automatically Windows will then se...

Page 25: ...Installing driver files for new hardware Figure 21 Found New Hardware Wizard complete Having installed the relevant driver files Windows now informs the user that the Found New Hardware procedure is...

Page 26: ...ice Manager tab This opens the Device Manager and lists all the connected devices to the host computer The Zytronic x y USB UPDD entry is located within the Mice and other pointing devices sub menu as...

Page 27: ...PDD Console The UPDD console is the main interface used to configure the functionality and performance of the Zytronic Projected Capacitive X Y Controller Touchscreen To launch the UPDD Console carry...

Page 28: ...s can be done by applying a touch to the sensor and moving your finger left to right then top to bottom over the sensor All wires should register a peak relative to your finger movement across the sen...

Page 29: ...e selected this will also increase speed of response For thicker glass the Thick setting can be selected On the Thick setting the speed of response is slower as the field is projected further away fro...

Page 30: ...hscreen is fully mounted into its final housing in front of the LCD To launch a calibration click on the Calibrate button located in the bottom left hand corner of the UPDD console This will launch th...

Page 31: ...tton located at the bottom of the UPDD Console window The touchscreen is now calibrated and ready to use 4 2 Help Page At any point when using the UPDD console the Help page can be launched The Help p...

Page 32: ...its on board memory In an embedded system to recall the calibration data stored on board the controller the following command must be called from a command line prompt tbcalib device n eeprom where n...

Page 33: ...set up each of the individual touchscreen parameters you now need to allocate each individual touchscreen to the relative monitor it s mounted in i e touchscreen 1 Zytronic x y is mounted in monitor...

Page 34: ...ired mode should be selected for each connected touchscreen based on the desired operation Priority In a multi pointer device environment this setting indicates the priority given to the device Interl...

Page 35: ...UPDD entry 3 Click on the Universal Pointing Device UPDD entry with the mouse 4 Now click on the Change Remove button 5 This will launch the UPDD Uninstall window 6 Within the UPDD Uninstall window s...

Page 36: ...page of the UPDD console is shown in Figure 32 The hardware dialog is used to associate the pointer device with the monitor desktop area that is controlled by the device It also shows hardware port in...

Page 37: ...device option can be used to request the driver to check the system for devices supported by the driver This is normally used if another driver such as the system s HID driver has control of the devi...

Page 38: ...be done by applying a touch to the sensor and moving your finger left to right then top to bottom over the sensor All wires should register a peak relative to your finger movement across the sensor P...

Page 39: ...ensor hence the thicker the overlay the sensor response time is reduced due to the greater time interval of data captured These options should be used in conjunction with the Threshold setting adjustm...

Page 40: ...ay Visual notification indicates if visual feedback is shown during right click countdown Adjust the mouse pointer settings defined within the operating systems Settings should be set to compliment to...

Page 41: ...approach to filtering that can improve drawing but will affect the speed of drawing the higher the value used The Lift off Time value specifies the time interval required to register a stylus lift aft...

Page 42: ...ice currently in use is forced into a pen up state and the device is given immediate priority Defines the interlock release time as described above Only shown if a pen up data packet is generated by t...

Page 43: ...e g a whiteboard device may be used as a whiteboard or in projected mode to show a large desktop Two calibration modes can be defined whiteboard and projected and calibrated when used in those modes T...

Page 44: ...implies that calibration data can be stored in the controllers EEPROM If enabled the calibration data is stored on the controller In some case this will effect the calibration options available E g so...

Page 45: ...zed and ready for use The macro is shown and can be edited in the UPDD Advance Console The status of the macro processing is shown as follows No macro is defined Indicates the macro was sent to the de...

Page 46: ...troller is running at a different baud rate to that defined in UPDD settings or the controller is transmitting some data packets not recognized by the driver This function reinitializes the controller...

Page 47: ...P Below are a list of web links to sources of further information and help Latest Touchscreen Drivers and User Manuals http www zytronic co uk downloads htm Touchscreen Information http www zytronic c...

Page 48: ...0 C 70 C Storage Humidity 90 RH 40 C Resistance to Contamination Sensing media protected by glass Water Resistance Unaffected by water droplets or condensation Mechanical Immunity to Damage Glass surf...

Page 49: ...nual Issue 1 Zytronic X Y Controller Serial and USB 49 8 0 APPENDIX A CONTROLLER PCB CARD DIMENSIONS 8 1 Serial ZXY S OFF 32 A Controller Figure 38 Serial Controller Top Profile Figure 39 Serial Contr...

Page 50: ...Touchscreen User Manual Issue 1 Zytronic X Y Controller Serial and USB 50 8 2 USB ZXY U OFF 32 A Controller Figure 40 USB Controller Top Profile Figure 41 USB Controller Side Profiles...

Page 51: ...Touchscreen User Manual Issue 1 Zytronic X Y Controller Serial and USB 51 9 0 APPENDIX B SERIAL CONTROLLER INTERFACE CABLE EXAMPLE 9 1 Example of a Serial Controller Interface Cable...

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