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Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2009-02-22T09:03:10Z

Gtx: /* xrotate support scripts */

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=== Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus ===
This is a stylus made for tablet PCs by Wacom.
=== Features ===
* Chipset: Wacom
* Serial: irq 5 port 0x0200
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|}

==Linux Support==
The pen is supported by the XFree/Xorg Wacom driver. New tablets also have the [[MultiTouch]] capability. [[MultiTouch]] is experimentally supported presently by the Linux wacom project. The pen works regardless of [[MultiTouch]] support.

The pen uses serial and appears on some {{path|/dev/ttySnn}} device where <tt>nn</tt> is a number. An easy way to find it is to map {{path|/dev/ttyS0}} to the pen's port and irq. The values can be found under the windows driver properties. Using values from an {{X41T}} 1869-5CU, the command is: {{cmdroot|setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig}} (you need to run this after every suspend/resume cycle).

This may be inserted into startup scripts in {{path|/etc/rc.d/}}

The X config file needs to be changed to use the stylus. Add the following sections to your xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Add the following lines to the ServerLayout section:

InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"

Check the wacom driver man page and [http://linuxwacom.sf.net/ website] for other options.

For handwriting recognition using pen you can use [[CellWriter]].

To get the right mouse button to map to the stylus button use this script and run it through .bashrc

#!/bin/bash
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 1
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 3
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 3

==xrandr Rotation==

There is work underway to create a [https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~karl.hegbloom/tabuntu/tablet-screen-rotation-support Tablet Screen Rotation Support] package for Ubuntu. Because I can afford only one tablet computer, and since this is relatively new and not many others have put any work into it yet, so far it mainly supports the Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet. The next phase of development involves refactoring in such a way that it can easily be expanded to support other brands and models of tablet computer. The planned mechanism is similar to that used by the scripts in the Debian acpi-support package.

So far, it supports auto-rotation on conversion from laptop to tablet mode, including rebinding the navpad keys and turning the logical orientation of the Wacom tablet to match. It is done as an event called when the X Server has changed it's xRandR orientation. The actual work is carried out by a quick set of shell scripts that can easily be adapted and extended. The idea is that no matter what piece of software actually caused the X Server to rotate, the same things need to happen whenever it does. So the best place to hook in the support event is on an event handler for the RandR Rotate event. The programs and packaging are simple, and the source is available at the URL above. I encourage you to get a copy and learn from it while helping make it work for a new kind of tablet no other developer has created support for yet! If you can write an essay, you can write the necessary program.

Because this ThinkWiki page is one of the sources I drew from when I initially created tablet-screen-rotation-support. The following scripts by Gtx, radix, and Papertiger probably contain some elements in common. --[[User:KarlHegbloom|KarlHegbloom]] 21:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

=== xrotate support scripts ===

linuxwacom is very buggy. I needed some time to get the tablet work with "xrandr -r". I use the script below to do screen rotation. copy the source an put it in /usr/local/bin/xrotate. You may change output and devices to fit to you're system (the default values work fine for an x41 tablet)

you can use "xrotate +" to rotate the screen CCW or "xrotate -" to rotate clockwise. use "xrotate x" where x is
* 0 to set rotation to normal
* 1 to set rotation to left
* 2 to set rotation to inverted
* 3 to set rotation to right

#!/bin/sh

output=LVDS
if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
then
output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "^$output " | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi

case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr --output "$output" --rotate "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "$device" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 13:34, 22 April 2008 (CEST)

modified script for linuxwacom 0.8.1-1.

#!/bin/sh

output="(normal left inverted right)" #LVDS
# if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
# then
# output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
# fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "$output" | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi
case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr -o "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:radix|radix]] 13:15, 28 August 2008 (CEST)

Additional code for rotating the 4 navigation keys on the display frame.

<pre>
case $geom in
1) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Left';;
2) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Up';;
3) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Right';;
*) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Down';;
esac
</pre>

--[[User:Papertiger|Papertiger]] 02:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

==Troubleshooting==

If the stylus still doesn't work try to reset the bios. This fixed it for me. --[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 08:22, 21 April 2008 (CEST)

==Models featuring this Device==
*ThinkPad {{X41_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X60_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X61_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X200_Tablet}}

[[Category:Components]]

User:Gtx

2008-07-28T13:21:40Z

Gtx: â†Created page with '# Foo'

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SD Card slot

2008-05-20T11:56:28Z

Gtx: /* Linux support */

{| width="100%"
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The SD Card slot (Secure Digital) is found on select ThinkPads and Docking stations.

In addition to SD Cards, SD Card slots can also accept the older MMC (MultiMedia Card).
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|}
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* [[Wikipedia:Secure Digital card|Wikipedia article on SD Cards]]
* [[Wikipedia:Multimedia Card|Wikipedia article on MMC Cards]]

==PCI-based SD Card slot==
This implementation is called "SD Card with IO support", and supports in addition to regular SD memory cards also special SDIO cards (e.g. Bluetooth, WiFi, etc).

=== Linux support ===
lspci reports it as a Ricoh device with PCI ID 1180:0822 (X Series, Z60m, Z60t), or 1180:0841 (Z Series).

The [http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci sdhci project] has developed a driver that supports these and other SD controller chips. The driver has been reported to work on ThinkPad {{X40}}, {{X41}}, {{Z60m}}, {{Z60t}}, {{X60}} and {{X61}} models, and has been available in mainline kernel since 2.6.17-rc1. See also "[[How to get the internal SD-CARD working]]".

It works with SDHC cards too (at least on my {{X41_Tablet}} and linux 2.6.23.1).

On {{X41}} Linux 2.6.22.13 can read/write to existing partitions on 16 GB SDHC (FAT32), 4 GB (non-HC, FAT32) and 2 GB (non-HC, FAT16) cards. However, deleting, creating, resizing or formatting partitions does not work. (All operations do work on all cards when using an external USB SDHC card reader instead of the internal one. All operations work under Windows XP and Hotfix 934428 with the internal card reader so this is not a hardware issue.)

I have no issues with 2.6.24. --[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 13:56, 20 May 2008 (CEST)

=== Windows support ===
A Microsoft hotfix is available here [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428] that adds SDHC (SD High Capacity) support to Windows XP SP2 systems.

=== Models featuring this Technology ===
* ThinkPad {{X40}}, {{X41}}, {{X41_Tablet}}
* ThinkPad {{X60}}, {{X60s}}, {{X60_Tablet}}, {{X61}}, {{X61s}}, {{X61_Tablet}}
* ThinkPad {{Z60m}}, {{Z60t}}

==USB based SD Card slot==
This implementation only supports SD Memory cards.

=== Linux support ===
Should be supported by the Linux USB Storage drivers (usb-storage).

=== Models featuring this Technology ===
* [[ThinkPad Advanced Dock]]

[[Category:Components]]

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2008-04-22T11:43:10Z

Gtx: /* xrandr Rotating */

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2008-04-22T11:38:26Z

Gtx:

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2008-04-22T11:34:59Z

Gtx:

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2008-04-21T06:22:53Z

Gtx: