Specifications

SmartSet Tutorial

• Introduction to the SMARTSET Program 35

• Running SMARTSET 36

• Sample SMARTSET Session 39

This chapter will introduce some of the important concepts in touchscreen driver

programming as they relate to the SmartSet controllers. The concepts will be

presented in tutorial form using software accompanying this manual.

INTRODUCTION TO THE SMARTSET PROGRAM

The SmartSet Companion Disk includes the program SMARTSET.EXE. The

SMARTSET program, (indicated in this manual by capital letters), requires an

IBM PC or compatible running MS-DOS. We recommend connecting the

SmartSet controller to a PC for this tutorial even if your target platform is not a

PC running DOS. The ELODEV driver is not required.

This tutorial will use the SMARTSET program to go beyond the basic issue of

receiving touchscreen coordinates and demonstrate many of the features of the

SmartSet controller family. These features include on-board calibration, coordinate

scaling, diagnostics, various operating modes, communication protocols, timers,

filtering parameters, and NVRAM. Two-way communication is used between the

host driver software and the controller's firmware for sending commands and

receiving responses.