Short: Tablet driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/WacomIV/SummaGraphics/AceCad Author: hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges) Uploader: hodges@in.tum.de (Chris Hodges) Version: V2.3 (21-Mar-01) Type: hard/drivr 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 and Christian Herzog , who has taken over development of xf86HyperPen.c. The experimental WacomIV support has been ported from the xf86Wacom.c source by Frederic Lepied . 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 ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1636 860 47.4% 26-Nov-00 21:25:44 FormAldiHyd.info 1636 857 47.6% 24-Feb-01 17:15:34 +Contributions.info 1636 855 47.7% 24-Feb-01 17:19:38 +DamianStolarek.info 2018 1690 16.2% 24-Dec-00 18:30:30 +Formalin.info 1636 855 47.7% 24-Feb-01 17:19:32 +JanHeinemann.info 14865 11388 23.3% 24-Feb-01 17:20:10 +formgroß.info 5847 4698 19.6% 24-Feb-01 17:20:06 +formklein.info 42648 23808 44.1% 21-Apr-01 16:50:16 +FormAldiHyd 41371 15780 61.8% 21-Apr-01 17:07:16 +FormAldiHyd.guide 1400 945 32.5% 24-Dec-00 02:36:12 +FormAldiHyd.guide.info 1835 1086 40.8% 24-Dec-00 02:36:12 +FormAldiHyd.info 6222 2912 53.1% 21-Apr-01 17:07:16 +FormAldiHyd.readme 21848 13486 38.2% 21-Apr-01 16:50:32 +Formalin 2885 1498 48.0% 08-Mar-01 22:48:08 +Formalin.info 1636 857 47.6% 07-Mar-01 10:03:52 +Sounds.info 5328 4897 8.0% 07-Mar-01 10:18:18 +Aaarggg!.iff 968 850 12.1% 07-Mar-01 10:08:20 +Beep.iff 1472 1269 13.7% 07-Mar-01 10:11:00 +BoubleGum.iff 652 652 0.0% 07-Mar-01 10:07:04 +Bounce2.iff 1676 1515 9.6% 07-Mar-01 10:07:20 +Bounce3.iff 3316 2202 33.5% 07-Mar-01 10:08:06 +Bounce4.iff 420 420 0.0% 07-Mar-01 10:08:38 +Bounce6.iff 702 576 17.9% 07-Mar-01 10:05:48 +Click.iff 268 258 3.7% 07-Mar-01 10:05:48 +ClockTick.iff 2252 1441 36.0% 07-Mar-01 10:09:10 +DoorOpen.iff 1616 1217 24.6% 07-Mar-01 10:09:10 +DoorShut.iff 1374 1252 8.8% 07-Mar-01 10:09:18 +DoorShut2.iff 2994 2270 24.1% 07-Mar-01 10:09:30 +Einsaug.iff 936 888 5.1% 07-Mar-01 10:12:20 +Laser2.iff 2440 1778 27.1% 07-Mar-01 10:12:20 +Laser4.iff 684 570 16.6% 07-Mar-01 10:13:48 +Metal2.iff 1576 1461 7.2% 07-Mar-01 10:14:24 +Metal5.iff 926 802 13.3% 07-Mar-01 10:10:04 +Pop.iff 3128 2453 21.5% 07-Mar-01 10:16:34 +Rebound1.iff 3070 2931 4.5% 07-Mar-01 10:16:42 +Rebound2.iff 4656 3791 18.5% 07-Mar-01 10:13:16 +Splat.iff 864 643 25.5% 07-Mar-01 10:06:06 +Tick2.iff 5140 3398 33.8% 07-Mar-01 10:06:06 +Tick3.iff 506 379 25.0% 07-Mar-01 10:06:06 +Tick4.iff 2376 1960 17.5% 07-Mar-01 10:06:06 +Typewriter.iff -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 198459 121448 38.8% 22-Apr-101 17:23:24 40 files