Product specifications

24 • Avid|DS
Chapter 2 • Reinstalling the Avid|DS Hardware Drivers
Reinstalling the
WACOM Tablet Driver
The WACOM tablet driver is necessary if you want to use the WACOM tablet
to operate Avid|DS. You must remove older versions of the WACOM driver
before installing the latest version. Once you’ve removed the old WACOM
driver, you can install the latest version.
To remove the old WACOM driver
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
2. Select Change or Remove Programs.
3. In the Currently Installed Programs list, select Wa com Tablet Driver.
4. Click Add/Remove.
5. When prompted to confirm file deletion, click Ye s .
6. When removal is completed, click OK.
7. Restart the workstation.
To install the latest WACOM driver
1. On the Avid|DS Drivers CD, open the \drivers\wacom\driver folder.
2. Double-click on the WSetup.exe file.
3. In the WinZip Self-Extractor, click Setup.
4. If you get an error message from Windows at this point, exit Setup and
restart it.
5. At the Software License Agreement, click Ye s.
6. At the Information window, click Next.
7. Click Next to accept the default destination.
8. Select Automatically search available ports, and click Next.
9. Click Next and then Finish to complete the installation and let the Self-
Extractor close itself.
10. When completed, use the tablet to trigger the driver.
11. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Wacom Tablet to set up the
tablet and accessories to your personal preferences.
Yo u s h o u l d always install the WACOM tablet driver before installing
Avid|DS. Installing this driver after Avid|DS causes a conflict that
prevents Avid|DS from using the COM ports.
To view the WACOM Tablet Properties help file, you must manually
copy the Manual.pdf and Help.pdf files to the Wacom folder. The
default location of this folder is C:\Program Files\Wacom.
You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF
documents. You can install the Acrobat Reader from the Avid|DS
Drivers CD under \utils\acreader\acr40\rs40eng.exe.