TEK4957

NAME

tek4957 - Tektronix 4957 input driver

SYNOPSIS

Section N'34'InputDeviceN'34'
  Identifier N'34'idevnameN'34'
  Driver N'34'tek4957N'34'
  Option N'34'DeviceN'34'   N'34'devpathN'34'
  ...
EndSection

DESCRIPTION

tek4957 is an XFree86 input driver for the Tektronix 4957 tablet.

The tek4957 driver functions as a pointer input device, and may be used as the X server's core pointer.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

Please refer to XF86Config(5x) for general configuration details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

Option Device devpath

sets the path to the special file which represents serial line where the tablet is plugged, for example /dev/ttyS0. This option is mandatory.

Option DeviceName name

sets the name of the X device.

Option Speed number

sets the sampling rate, from 1 to 6. Default is 6, maximum speed.

Option Resolution number

sets the resolution.

: 0 : 2340 dots : 1/200 inch
1 : 2972 dots : 1/10 mm
2 : 11700 dots : 1/1000 inch
3 : 11887 dots : 1/40 mm
4 : 5850 dots : 1/500 inch
5 : 5944 dots : 1/20 mm : default
6 : 4680 dots : 1/400 inch
7 : 1170 dots : 1/100 inch
8 : 12 dots : 1 inch
9 : 24 dots : 1/2 inch

Option TopX number

X coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )

Option TopY number

Y coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )

Option BottomX Inumber

X coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )

Option BottomY number

Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )

BUGS / LIMITATIONS

Currently, only "Absolute" mode is supported ( Sorry )

AUTHORS

Olivier DANET <odanet@caramail.com>