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This document includes the followings:

Elo TouchSystems Driver User Manual

Elo Software Design Guide

 

Elo TouchSystems Driver User Manual

New Features

Introduction

Installing the Driver

Setup from Windows Desktop

Single Monitor, USB Controller

Multiple Monitors, USB Controllers

Adding Additional USB Controller

Single Monitor, Serial Controller

Multiple Monitors, Serial Controllers

Adding Additional Serial Controller

Multiple Monitors, Serial and USB Controllers

Silent Install

Installing the APR Driver

IR Monitor

Uninstalling the Driver

Disabling the Driver

Disabling Touch Functionality

Video Alignment (Calibration)

Options to Launch

Running the Alignment Program

Target Location on the Screen

Landscape/Portrait Mode

Unusual Combinations of Expanded Desktop with Multiple Monitors

Control Panel (Elo Mouse Properties)

General

Mode

Mouse Button Emulation Mode

Click on Touch

Click on Release

Calibration Mode

Untouch TimeOut

Mouse Emulation (Drag and Double-click)

Options

Mouse Button Emulation Mode (APR)

Sound

Properties

Windows Monitor Number

Touchscreen Type

Installed On

Controller Model

Controller Status

Driver Version

Advanced

Advanced Touch Tab

Advanced Beam Tab

Advanced Sound Tab

Advanced Controller Tab

Right Click on Hold

About


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Elo TouchScreen Driver 5.X

New Features in 5.X:

 


 

Introduction

This user manual describes the installation of the touch-screen driver software and the user selectable features of the screens. This manual refers to the software/driver that are compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating systems, ie: Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Drivers for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these operating systems are included in the driver package and is automatically selected based on OS type.

The drivers allow operation of the touch-screen over either USB or serial port. Some touch-screens come with both options and either one can be used, but not both. For each touch-screen, you must use one of either USB or serial connection. But you can connect more than one touch-screen and each separate one can be either USB or serial. For example, you can have three touch-screen connected in any of the following ways:

Scrn1 Scrn2 Scrn3
USB USB USB
USB USB Serial
USB Serial USB
USB Serial Serial
Serial USB USB
Serial USB Serial
Serial Serial USB
Serial Serial Serial

The installation process allows you to select which drivers, USB or serial, or both, that you want to install. Select all the ones that you are going to use. Installing more drivers than you need is not a problem.

The driver package includes utilities to allow users to customize the operation of their touch-screen in various ways. That is covered later in the user manual.


 

Installing the Driver

There are many options to consider when installing the driver files. This section will explain the most common ways that the driver is installed. Consult Elo Application Engineering for situations not covered in this section.

Setup from Windows XP

1. Single monitor, USB controller

Selected language is used for all Elo components in the future operation of the system. To change the user language you must install the package again on the system and select desired language from the dropdown language menu.

Currently the languages supported are English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. This also applies to all other installation configurations.

The driver files are installed when the Setup Complete screen appears.

When the driver is installed then Elo icon appears in the Windows XP control panel and in the list of installed programs of the computer.

 


 

 

2. Multiple monitors, USB controllers

Follow the procedure for Single monitor, USB controller installation above.

  1. The driver files will install and Installation complete screen will appear.

  2. You may choose to run calibration (the Elo Video Alignment program, EloVA) immediately or wait until later. If you choose not to run this program now, you can run it from the Elo Control Panel application.

  3. When EloVA runs for the first time, it will attempt to calibrate all controllers and/or serial ports that were installed. Press the Esc key on the keyboard to terminate or skip calibration for any monitor, or allow the program to time out (as indicated by the progress bar reaching maximum). The program will continue until all controllers and/or ports have been calibrated.



 

3. Single monitor, serial controller

  • Run the self-extracting zip file to unzip the files, using the Run EloSetup option
  • EloSetup will launch.
  • Select the language for the driver package.
  • This language is used for all Elo components in future on the system. To change the user language you must install the package again on the system and select desired language from the dropdown language menu.

    Currently the languages supported are English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. This also applies to all other installation configurations.

    Check the Install Serial Touchscreen Drivers box

    1. Review and accept the License Agreement

    2. Check Auto-detect Elo devices if your touchmonitor serial cable is connected to the computer and the serial cable supports hardware handshaking. If you connect the serial cable later, do not check the auto-detect box.

      3. Click the Next button.

    Setup Complete screen will appear. Check Calibrate Elo Touchscreen monitor box if not already done. Click Finish.

    Screen calibration will start. Touch targets to complete the calibration.

    Click Elo icon at the bottom of the computer screen. Elo Control panel will appear.

    General tab includes an Align function. Follow the instructions as indicated on the Align screen. Alignment must be done in instances shown on the General tab.

    Mode tab provides the adjustments for:

    When the Setup Complete screen appears, you may choose to run calibration the (Elo Video Alignment program, EloVA) immediately or wait until later. If you choose not to run this program now, you can run it from the Elo Control Panel application.



    4. Multiple monitors, Serial controllers

    1. Follow the general procedure for Single monitor, serial controller installation above, auto detecting or selecting all the serial ports that you will use.

    2. The driver files are installed when the Setup Complete screen appears.

    3. you may choose to run calibration (the Elo Video Alignment program, EloVA) immediately or wait until later. If you choose not to run this program now, you can run it from the Elo Control Panel application.

    When EloVA runs for the first time, it will attempt to calibrate all controllers and/or serial ports that were installed. Press the Esc key on the keyboard to terminate or skip calibration for any monitor, or allow the program to time out (as indicated by the progress bar reaching maximum).

     


     



    5. Multiple monitors, Serial and USB controllers

      1. Run the self-extracting zip file to unzip the files, using the Run EloSetup option.

      2. EloSetup will launch. Check both the "Install Serial Touchscreen Drivers" and "Install USB Touchscreen Drivers" boxes.

      3. Review and accept the License Agreement.

      4. The program will appear to proceed as a single/multiple serial controller installation but USB files will also install.

    The driver files will install and Installation complete screen will appear.


    When the Setup Complete screen appears, you may choose to run calibration (the Elo Video Alignment program, EloVA) immediately or wait until later. If you choose not to run this program now, you can run it from the Elo Control Panel application. When EloVA runs for the first time, it will attempt to calibrate all controllers and/or serial ports that were installed. Press the Esc key on the keyboard to terminate or skip calibration for any monitor, or allow the program to time out (as indicated by the progress bar reaching maximum). The program will continue until all controllers and/or ports have been calibrated.

     


     

    Silent Install and DOS command line options

    Silent Install feature is used to disburse a change / additions / deletions from a large network of touchscreen monitors in one attempt without any action from the user.

    The EloSetup program for this driver may also be run as an attended or unattended program from a command line, batch file, etc.

    Silent Install is a mode in which no user interaction is required hence it is called unattended.

    Attended mode requires installation by the user.

    Silent stall is launched from the DOS prompt line

    To Silent install for USB controllers use
    EloSetup /iu /s

    To Silent install for a Serial controller on COM1 use
    EloSetup /is /P:1 /s /Precal

    .
    Enable PreCalibration allows the calibration databe storedin thetouch monitors.Touchmonitors with pre-calibration data can be transferred to a differentcomputer without the need to recalibrate on the other computer.PreCalibration feature must be enabled on the othercomputer in order for the driver to read the calibration from the Touch monitor.System reboot may be requiredin order to get the pre-calibrated monitors to work correctly.Only the 3-point calibration can be stored on the Touch monitor; The enhanced, 25-point calibration cannot be stored on the Touch monitor
    .


    /Irpmoff: This feature applies to IR 4500 Serial only. By default (at installation), it is enabled.This optionset the registry value

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EloTouchsystems\EnableIRPowerManagement to 0


    /Reboot: With some types of serial ports, a reboot of the computer may be required to complete the driver installation. In some cases, the installation procedure can automatically detect this need and prompt for reboot. In other cases you may need to use this option to force the installation to reboot during serial driver install.


    To view all the options available for this installation method, run EloSetup as EloSetup /h.



    Installing the APR Drivers

    The APR driver automatically detects the appropriate controller for installation. APR only works:

      1. Run the self-extracting zip file to unzip the files.

      2. EloSetup will launch. Select the language for the driver package.

      3. Check the Install APR Touchscreen Drivers box.

    Note: The Install Serial Touchscreen Drivers option is not available for APR monitors.


    1. Review and accept the License Agreement.

     

     

    2. Installation progress screen will appear as shown.

     

    3. Files are copied on the touch controller. It may take up to 4 minutes to install all files.

     

    4. Click on Finish. Video alignment is not required

     

    5. Click on Elo icon at the bottom of the screen (Elo Tool Tray) and a control panel screen appears.


    6. Touchscreen properties are identified in the control panel Properties tab.

     

    7. Click on the Set APR Preferences in the Elo properties screen. Select desired preferences.

    8. Click on the Properties tab and make desired adjustments, then click on the Advanced setting. Advanced screen will appear. Select desired options in the Advanced Panel.

    9. Click About tab. About screen will appear indicating the driver version.

     

     


     

    IR Monitor

    Installation of Touchscreen driver on IR monitor is the same as the other monitors discussed in the User manual. Only differences are discussed in this section:

    Once the drive installation is complete, Elo icon will appear at the bottom right hand status bar (Elo tool tray). Click on the Elo icon in the status bar. Elo control panel will appear.

    General, Mode, Sound and About tabs are same as other monitors explained in this User Manual.

    Click Properties tab. The following screen will appear:

     

     

    Click Advanced button. The following screen with Advanced functions will appear.

     

     

    Click Beam tab.

     

     

    Each of the Beam tab features is defined below:

    Selecting

    You must click "Apply" button to implement any or all changes.

     

     


     

    Uninstalling Elo Touchscreen Driver

    If a driver is required to be removed from the computer follow the following steps.

    Go to your computers control panel

    Select Add/Remove software option

    Select Elo driver, then select Remove. Elo software will be deleted from the computer.

     

     

     


     

    Disabling the Driver

    Disabling Touch Functionality

    Touch functionality may be quickly and easily disabled using the Tool Tray icon. If the Elo icon is not in the Tool Tray (lower right corner of the display), see the section on enabling the Tool Tray icon below.


    To place the Elo icon in the Tool Tray:


    See Tool Tray section of this document

     


     


    Video Alignment (Calibration)

    Video alignment or calibration as it is also called ensures that the mouse cursor appears at the position of touch.

    Elo uses a three-point calibration sequence that will accept touchscreens with any orientation of the X or Y axis, in landscape or portrait mode.

    Once calibrated, the touchscreen will be ready to use automatically each time the system is restarted.

    When Video Alignment is selected, the following 2 screens will appear.

    Three target calibration points are used. When target point is touched it will move to a new target location. Once the screen is calibrated, the cursor should follow any new point of touch on the screen.

     

     

     

    Options to Launch

    The video alignment program may be launched seven different ways:

    1. During setup a checkbox may be selected to run the alignment program automatically after setup is completed.

    2. Via the Elo Control Panel application by selecting the General tab and clicking the alignment program icon.

    3. Via the Elo Control Panel application by selecting the Properties tab for the individual monitor and clicking the alignment program icon.

    4. By clicking the Elo icon in the window task bar at the bottom right of the display and selecting the video alignment option from the dialog list.

    5. By double clicking the Elo icon in the Windows task bar at the bottom right of the display. This will bring up the Elo Control Panel application and the alignment program may be run via option two or three listed above.

    6. By running EloVa.exe directly from the Windows command line or \Windows\System32 directory.

    7. By calling EloVa.exe directly from an application.

     



    Running the Alignment Program

    When you run EloVA using one of the options above, touch the three targets as they appear.

    You will then be asked to touch various points on the screen to verify that the cursor appears at the position touched. If the cursor appears at the position touched, click the green arrow. If the cursor does not appear at the position touched, click the blue curved arrow and the alignment program will run again.

    If you are using multiple monitors the alignment program will run on each individual monitor. If one of the monitors is not a touchmonitor, Press the Esc key on the keyboard and the alignment program will advance to the next monitor, or wait until the program times out as indicated by completion of the progress bar.

    Target Locations on the Screen

    When a touchscreen software is installed on an Elo monitor and the touch targets for calibration are not visible, target locations can be defined in an auxiliary file.

    Target locations for every monitor can be defined in a configuration file, EloTarget.conf. Contact Elo Application Engineering for availability and details of the use of this file.

    Once the initialization has been complete, the user should touch the screen. Data is now being collected. Continue to touch the screen until notified.

    Follow the same procedure for all 3 targets as they appear.

    Confirm the alignment by touching various locations on the screen and verifying that the cursor appears in the position touched. If the cursor appears at the position touched, click the green arrow. If the cursor does not appear at the position touched, click the blue arrow and the alignment program will run again.

    If you are using multiple monitors the alignment program will run on each individual monitor. If one of the monitors is not a touchmonitor, Press the Esc key on the keyboard and the alignment program will advance to the next monitor, or wait until the program times out as indicated by completion of the progress bar.

    Note: Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) is factory calibrated. Video alignment or calibration not required.
    Elo Touchscreen Properties

    Landscape/Portrait Mode

    EloVA may be run in either landscape or portrait mode.

     


     

    Unusual Combinations of Expanded Desktop with Multiple Monitors

    Unusual multiple monitor combinations may create an expanded Windows desktop that is not recognized by the default video resolutions built into the EloVA program. For this reason, an auxiliary file, EloVideo.txt, is available to supplement the defaults. If you are running an expanded desktop multiple monitor resolution that is not multiples of standard monitor resolutions, you may experience difficulties in calibrating all of your monitors properly. Contact Elo Applications Engineering for availability and details of the use of this file.

     

     


     

     

    Control Panel (Elo Mouse Properties)

     

     

    If there are more than one touchmonitors connected then other monitors will also appear in the Control Panel as Properties 1, Properties 2, etc.

     

    The Control Panel application allows configuration of the driver to suit application programs and presents system and diagnostic information to the user.

    Each tab in the control panel is described below.


     

    General

     

     


     

    Mode

    Mouse Button Emulation Mode

    This mode is selected by clicking the appropriate radio button.

    Click on Touch

    Click on Release

    Calibration Mode

     

    Untouch TimeOut

     

    Mouse Emulation (Drag and Double-click)


    Options

    Mouse Button Emulation Mode (APR)

    The Mode options are the same for APR as noted above, with the exception of Click on Release. This option is not available.

     


     

     

     

    Sound

     


    Properties

    A Properties page will be created for each touchscreen controller installed by EloSetup and for each serial port reserved for a controller, even if that controller is not present. A number will be assigned to each Properties page that is related to the order in which controllers or ports are detected or enumerated. Each Properties page contains information extracted from the touchscreen controller and the system about the monitor, touchscreen, controller and internal drive.

    In the screen below

    Properties 1, Properties 2 are the controllers installed.


    Windows Monitor Number

    Touchscreen Type

    Installed On

    Controller Model

    Controller Status

    Driver Version

    The APR Property is the same as other touchscreens with the exception of the Video Alignment and Advanced and Use Default Calibration buttons. The Use Default Calibration button allows you to reset the calibration back to the original driver default mode.

    The Video Alignment and Advanced sections appear for touchscreen properties only when the touchscreen is calibrated.

    Each Properties page also contains a Video Alignment section that has two functions:


    If a serial port is reserved for a touchscreen controller that is not actually installed, the only information contained in the Screen information section of the associated Properties page will be the number of the Windows COM port. No Screen configuration icons will be displayed.

    Each Properties page also contains an Advanced section.

     


    Advanced

    Advanced Touch Tab

    Properties tab includes an Advanced properties button as shown. Click on Advanced button. It will bring the Advanced Features screen.

    Advanced page contains an Option and Right click on hold section. Option section has:

    Advanced Beam Tab

    This tab only appears for Carroll Touch screens (4000 and 4500)
    It continuously monitors the health of the IR beams and reports any problems.

    Advanced Sound Tab

    This tab only appears for those Carroll Touch screens that have a separate build in beeper. This feature can be used to provide audio feedback of touches in cases where the screen is placed at some distance from the host computer. Use this tab to configure the sound characteristics of the beeper similar to the "Sound" tab on the main page.

    Advanced Controller Tab

    This tab only appears for Capacitive Touch screens (5020)

     

    Right Click on Hold

    This feature allows new and efficient ways of creating right clicks on the touch screen without needing to run the Right Mouse Button Tool. If the user touches the screen and continues to touch, a right click is generated on the screen if the user remains within the Right click area and after the Right click delay time-out has occurred. The right click delay allows the user to perform other touchscreen operations normally. When the user touches the screen and holds his finger down, an animated clock is painted at the location and continues to tick and generate a right click at the location after it completion.

    NOTE: Right click on hold feature is enabled only in "Mouse emulation" touch mode. When Right click on hold feature is turned on, Drag Delay value is set to a minimum of 25 milliseconds.

    Right Click On Hold function is not supported for APR

     

     


     

    About

    The About tab provides the version of the Control Panel and also provides links to:

     

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