Control Panel (Elo Mouse Properties)

The Control Panel (CP) application allows configuration of the driver to suit the application programs and presents system and diagnostic information to the user.

Each of the five or more tabs in the control panel are described below.

General

• The General tab is displayed when the Control Panel is opened. The other tabs described below may be selected and the video alignment program EloVA may be launched from this tab.

  

Mode

• The Mode tab selects touchscreen operating mode and configures the appearance and function ability of the desktop. All selections made in the Mode tab must be activated by clicking the "Apply" button at the bottom of the dialog.

• Mouse Button Emulation Mode

  This mode is selected by clicking the appropriate radio button.

  

  Click on Touch

  • Click on touch sends immediately upon touch a mouse down/up message at the point of touch on the touchscreen. The user's finger must be removed from the touchscreen before a new touch at any location will be recognized. The cursor or selected objects CANNOT be "dragged" on the screen in this mode.

   

  Click on Release

  • Click on release sends at the time of release (untouch) a mouse down/up message at the point that the screen was last touched. Dragging across objects on the screen will not highlight or select them unless untouch occurs when the touch is over the object.

   

  Mouse Emulation (Drag and Double-click)

  • Sends a mouse down message at the point of contact.
  • Selects an object if it was at the initial point of contact.
  • Drags a selected object on the screen.
  • Response to dragging is set by the Drag delay slider bar.
  • Sends a mouse up message at the point of untouch.
  • Double-clicks on an object when the screen is touched twice in succession at the same location.
  • The appropriate speed to achieve double-click is identical to the speed of a successful double-click with the mouse.
  • Double-click speed is set from the Mouse Properties control panel (Mouse Properties>Buttons>Double-click speed).
  • Double click area graphically sets the dimensions of the location around each clickable icon or object on the screen which will be recognized by Windows as a double-click. The size of the wire-frame square displayed in the Double click area tab is the actual size of double-click area accepted by Windows. The square is increased or decreased in size by touching the appropriate arrows adjacent to the square. Note that the double-click box size is independent of screen resolution.

   

  Options

  • Options allow various features of the desktop related to the touchscreen to be configured. Each of the features selected must be activated by clicking the "Apply" button at the bottom of the tab.
    • Hide arrow mouse pointer turns off the standard mouse cursor.
    • Left-handed mouse interchanges the standard two-button mouse button assignments.
    • Show tool tray utility activates the Tool Tray utility in the Windows Task Bar. See Tool Tray for a complete description of this feature.

Sound

• The Sound tab sends a single-frequency tone or "Beep" to the system speaker each time that a valid touch occurs.
• The beep is enabled by default when the driver is installed. It may be turned off by unchecking the Beep on touch box in this tab.
• The frequency (Tone) and the Duration of the beep can be adjusted by moving the appropriate slider in this tab with the touchscreen or mouse, or by using the keyboard arrow keys.
• Selections or changes to the settings in this tab take effect when the "Apply" button is clicked.

Properties[ ]

• A Properties page will be created for each touchscreen controller installed by EloSetup and for each serial port reserved for a controller, even if that controller is not present. A number will be assigned to each Properties page that is related to the order in which controllers or ports were detected or enumerated. Each Properties page contains information extracted from the touchscreen controller and the system about the monitor, touchscreen, controller, and internal driver.

• Screen Information

  Properties 1 Tab

  

Windows Monitor Number

• Windows monitor number lists the monitor that corresponds to the "Windows Monitor" from the Windows Display Properties control panel.

 

Touchscreen Type

• Touchscreen Type lists the Elo touchscreen used by its marketing name, i.e., AccuTouch for Elo's five-wire resistive touchscreen

 

Connected On

• Connected On indicates USB or lists the Windows COM port that a serial controller is connected to.

 

Controller Model

• Controller Model lists the marketing model number of the controller attached. It also lists the revision of the firmware loaded in the controller.

 

Controller Status

• Controller Status indicates either "Working properly" or reflects any errors reported from the controller.

 

Driver Version

• Driver Version lists the version number of the internal driver being used for serial and USB devices as appropriate.

 

Each Properties page also contains a Screen information section that has two functions:

• The Identify Monitor button will display the Elo logo on the monitor associated with this Properties page for about one second each time this button is touched.

• The EloVA icon will launch the video alignment program only for the monitor associated with the current Properties page. Running EloVA from the Properties page avoids the need to align all monitors in a multiple monitor application when only a single monitor alignment is desired.

Each Properties page also contains a Options section that has two functions.

• Show right mouse button tool launches this feature for this monitor. See Right Mouse Button for a complete description of this feature.
• Disable Touch stops touch information from reaching Windows for this touchscreen. This feature may also be activated from the Tool Tray utility. Disabling touch has no effect on the operation of the standard mouse.

If a serial port is reserved for a touchscreen controller that is not actually installed, the only information contained in the Screen information section of the associated Properties page will be the number of the Windows COM port. No Screen configuration icons will be displayed.

Properties 2 Tab (USB)

About

The About tab provides the version of the Control Panel (which is linked to the driver version) and also provides links to:

• Readme document included with the driver.
• Elo's web site