Page 3 - Contents; Introduction
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Contents Introduction Overview .................................................................................................................... 5 Important Safety Information ..............
Page 5 - Overview
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 5 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Introduction Overview Congratulations on the purchase of your 3M™ Touch Systems Multi-Touch Chassis Display. This guide describes how to set up your 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display. The 3M T...
Page 6 - Important Safety Information; Intended Use
6 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Important Safety Information Read and understand all safety information before using this product. Follow all instructions marked on the product and described in this document. Pay close att...
Page 7 - WARNING; Do not place foreign objects on the display or its cables.; CAUTION; Do not place foreign objects on the display.; NOTICE
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 7 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E WARNING To avoid the risk of electric shock which could result in serious injury or death: • Do not expose the display to rain or other sources of water, steam, or moisture. • Do not place f...
Page 8 - Important Notes; Ensure the metal enclosure does not contact the touch sensor.
8 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Important Notes • In extreme temperature and humidity situations, you may observe condensation between the sensor and the display. To minimize this condition, place the unit where it will be...
Page 9 - Service and Repair Indicators; The product has been dropped or the metal case has been damaged.; Touch Sensor Care and Cleaning; M Touch Systems Support Services; , where you can download MT 7 software and drivers, obtain
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 9 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Service and Repair Indicators Do not attempt to service this unit yourself. Removing the display cover may expose you to dangerous voltages or other risks. Unplug the display from the power ...
Page 10 - Current driver version; Contact 3M Touch Systems; Contact information for all offices can be found on our website at:
10 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E • Current driver version • Operating system used • Information on additional peripherals Technical Support is available Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with limited call back s...
Page 11 - C H A P T E R 1; Setting Up Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display; Unpack the components; System Requirements; Safety Information” section at the beginning of this document.; Unpacking Your Touch Display; USB and RS-232 serial communication cables
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 11 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E C H A P T E R 1 Setting Up Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display This chapter describes how to set up your 3M Touch Systems Multi-Touch Chassis Display. You need to complete the following tasks:...
Page 12 - Use the cables supplied -- do not substitute different cables.; Cables Included with Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display
12 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E • Use the cables supplied -- do not substitute different cables. Cables Included with Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display Audio Cable DVI Cable VGA Cable HDMI Cable 9-pin RS-232 serial cable U...
Page 13 - Connecting the Touch Display; To connect the Multi-Touch Chassis Display:; Connect the power cable to an appropriate grounded power source.; Multimedia Features; located on the side of the display.
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 13 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Connecting the Touch Display Note: You are cautioned that any change or modification to the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your warranty...
Page 14 - Mounting the Multi-Touch Chassis Display; additional holes in the unit to mount brackets to other locations.; Articulating Arm Mounting Option
14 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E 2. Make sure the video image is displayed. If it is not, check the LED to ensure that the display is not in power save mode (amber) 3. Make sure the video image is centered within the scree...
Page 15 - Access to the Video Controls
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 15 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E NOTICE To avoid the risk of potential damage to the display electronics: • Always use the VESA 200 mm mounting holes when using an arm attachment. Do not drill additional holes in the unit ...
Page 16 - Supported Video Display Modes and Refresh Rates; Display Mode; Configuring the Display Settings; Refresh rate (also called vertical scan rate or vertical sync) 60 Hz; Adjusting the Multi-Touch Chassis Video Display; Be sure to adjust the controls in your normal lighting conditions.
16 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E For more information on adjusting the desktop area/resolution, color depth, or refresh rate, refer to the user manual that came with your video card. If you change the resolution, it is a g...
Page 17 - On Screen Display; POWER SOURCE UP DOWN; Menu Navigation; Select the Menu button to bring up the on-screen display (OSD)
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 17 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E On Screen Display Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display has the following controls for adjusting the video display. POWER SOURCE UP DOWN + - MENU Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display has seven contr...
Page 18 - Your selection will be automatically saved.; Image Menu; Brightness
18 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E • Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll through the various Menu options. For example, once you have chosen the Picture Menu, use the Up/Down buttons to select Brightness, Contrast or Sharp...
Page 19 - Sharpness
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 19 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Sharpness Adjusts the video quality to be sharp or blurry (special for text mode). Settings are saved automatically. Color Settings Includes choices for 9300k, 6500k, and User Defined Color...
Page 20 - Display Menu
20 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Display Menu Includes choices for Auto Configure, Horizontal Position, Vertical Position, Clock and Phase.
Page 21 - Auto Configure
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 21 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Auto Configure Performs automatic configuration of the Clock, Phase, Vertical and Horizontal positions. If you do an Auto Configure, the display will try to find the best setting. If you ar...
Page 22 - Audio Menu; Volume
22 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E H Position (Horizontal Position) Moves image horizontally on screen either left or right. Settings are saved automatically. V Position (Vertical Position) Moves images vertically on screen ...
Page 23 - Audio Select; System Menu
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 23 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Audio Select Digital video signal inputs, HDMI and Display Port, provide audio inputs. They will be a priority unless external audio input is selected. System Menu Includes choices for Inpu...
Page 24 - Source
24 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Source Source sets the input mode for the display either VGA, DVI, HDMI, or DP. Menu Settings Includes choices for OSD Timer, OSD Horizontal position, OSD Vertical Position, and OSD Transpa...
Page 25 - OSD Timer
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 25 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E OSD Timer Adjust how long the menu remains on the screen. Settings are saved automatically.
Page 26 - OSD H Position
26 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E OSD H Position Adjusts the horizontal placement of the OSD display on your screen. Settings are saved automatically. OSD V Position Adjusts the vertical placement of the OSD display on your...
Page 27 - Aspect Ratio; Turn the Dynamic Contrast Ratio on or off.
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 27 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Aspect Ratio Set the preferred aspect ratio for your display -- either Full, 16:10, or 4:3 DCR (Dynamic Contrast Ratio) Turn the Dynamic Contrast Ratio on or off.
Page 28 - Factory Reset
28 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Factory Reset Resets the control functions back to the original factory preset values. Settings are saved automatically.
Page 29 - C H A P T E R 2; Enabling Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display; Windows® 7 USB Compatibility
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 29 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E C H A P T E R 2 Enabling Your Multi-Touch Chassis Display Windows® 7 USB Compatibility 3M Multi-Touch technology works seamlessly with the Windows® 7 operating system. The Multi-Touch displ...
Page 30 - Video Alignment
30 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E However, for Windows® XP, Vista or Linux® operating systems, 3M™ MicroTouch™ Software enables your Multi-Touch Chassis Display to work with your computer. 3M™ MicroTouch™ Software includes ...
Page 31 - Use the Paint program (Start
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 31 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E • If you are writing your own drivers, you should provide your own video alignment tool. Use the Paint program (Start → Programs → Accessories → Paint) to determine if you have multi-touch ...
Page 33 - A P P E N D I X A; MTM PX USB Controller Communications; Overview of USB Firmware Communications
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 33 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E A P P E N D I X A 3M™ PX USB Controller Communications This appendix is intended for software developers only and discusses the fundamentals of communicating with the 3M™ PX controller. The...
Page 34 - Receiving Reports from the Controller; Set Feature - Calibration
34 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E synchronous report in response to some of these requests. You need to know product ID (0506H) and the vendor ID (0596H) to write your own driver. These values are required for identifying t...
Page 35 - Offset Field; Command Status Byte Description; Determining Target Areas
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 35 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Table 3. Data Stage Offset Field Size Value Description 0 Report ID 1 0x03 Feature report ID 1 Report Subtype 1 0x04 Indicates a calibration request 2 bCalType 1 0x01 0x01 = Extended cal (C...
Page 36 - Get Feature - GetStatus
36 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Note: Other screen resolutions will scale proportionally. The touch coordinates will not change. Get Feature - GetStatus This is a request to send information that indicates the status of t...
Page 37 - Get Feature - GetMaxCount
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 37 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Table 7. Power On Check Bit Fields Bit Number Description Notes 0 Not used 1 ROM_ERROR Code area checksum error 2 PWM Error Touch screen not connected or potential problem 3 NOV_ERROR Param...
Page 38 - Set Feature - Reset; Set Feature –Restore Defaults
38 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Set Feature - Reset This is a request to perform a controller reset. Soft resets are automatic after any block parameter changes. Table 11. Reset - Setup Stage Offset Field Size Value Descr...
Page 39 - Asynchronous Reports; Coordinate Data – Multi-Touch Digitizer mode Async Report 0x13
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 39 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Table 14. Restore Defaults - Data Stage Offset Field Size Value Description 0 Report ID 1 0x03 Feature Report ID 1 Report Subtype 1 0x08 Restore Defaults 2-7 6 0 Not used After sending this...
Page 40 - Offset
40 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Table 16. Touch Report Structure Offset Field Size Value Description 0 Status 6 0xXX 0x00 Report not valid 0x04 Not touching 0x07 Touching 1 Touch ID 1 0-255 Touch thread ID number 2 X lsb ...
Page 41 - A P P E N D I X B; MTM PX Serial Controller Communications; Describes the controller default settings.; Overview of Firmware Commands
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 41 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E A P P E N D I X B 3M™ PX Serial Controller Communications This appendix is intended for software developers only and discusses the fundamentals of communicating with the 3M™ PX serial contr...
Page 42 - Controller Default Settings; Communication Parameters; Data Sequence; ID – Byte 6; Operating Mode
42 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Controller Default Settings Communication Parameters The operation of the PX serial controllers is N81 (no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bits) at 115,200 baud (nonadjustable). Data Format...
Page 43 - Communicating with the Controller; Sending Commands to the Controller
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 43 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Mode Stream is the default operating mode for the 3M™ PX serial controller. In Mode Stream, the controller sends a continuous stream of data packets when the sensor is touched. The controll...
Page 44 - Receiving Responses from the Controller; character to the sensor.
44 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E This appendix lists each command as a string of ASCII control characters and printable characters consisting of a header, the command, and a terminator as follows: <SOH>Command<CR&...
Page 45 - Controller Initialization; Firmware Commands; Command
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 45 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Controller Initialization To initialize the 3M™ PX serial controller for new development, 3M Touch Systems recommends that the host system issue a Reset command whenever the host system is ...
Page 46 - Calibrate; Initiates an interactive 2-point calibration.; Calibrate Procedure; To use the CX command:
46 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Calibrate Syntax: <SOH>CX<CR> Response: <SOH>1<CR> Valid point response. A Valid Point Response (‘1’) signifies that a touch coordinate was detected and is in range ...
Page 47 - Guidelines for Calibrate Command; Here are several guidelines for using the Calibrate commands:
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 47 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Touching the two valid calibration points results in a successful calibration. If either calibration point is invalid, the calibration fails. The PX controller restores the previous calibra...
Page 48 - Get Copyright; This command is used to get copyright information.; Mode Down Up; Limits touch reports to touchdown and liftoff events only.; Mode Inactive; Turns off touch reports; Mode Stream
48 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Note: Other screen resolutions will scale proportionally. The touch coordinates will not change. Get Copyright Syntax: <SOH>Q101<CR> Response: <SOH>Copyright © 2012 3M. Al...
Page 49 - Name Command; Returns a name string; Null Command; Queries the controller and waits for a response.; Output Identity; AD; Restore Defaults
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 49 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Description: This is the default mode of operation at power up. Touch reports include touchdown and liftoff events as well as continuing touches. Name Command Syntax: <SOH>NM<CR>...
Page 50 - Operating Parameter; Soft Reset; Tt
50 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Response: <SOH>0<CR> Positive response. Description: Returns to the factory default operating parameters. The Restore Defaults command copies the 3M Touch Systems factory defaul...
Page 51 - Ss; Bit
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 51 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E **** Indicates no additional features configured Ss = Two ASCII characters that provide status information about the controller hardware. The two characters represent one byte. Each charact...
Page 52 - A P P E N D I X C; Troubleshooting & Maintenance; Display Installation Problems; Issue
52 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E A P P E N D I X C Troubleshooting & Maintenance If you have a problem setting up or using your display, you may be able to solve it yourself. Before calling 3M Touch Systems, try the su...
Page 53 - Troubleshooting the Touch Sensor; Possible Solutions
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 53 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Issue Solution • Check that the video input from the video card falls within the refresh rate of the display. Refer to Supported Video Display Modes and Refresh Rates in Chapter 1. • Check ...
Page 54 - for additional information.; Power Management
54 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E Common Installation Issues Possible Solutions for additional information. Cursor does not follow finger movement or does not reach the edges of the sensor • Calibrate the touch sensor for t...
Page 55 - A P P E N D I X D; Regulatory Information; Regulatory Agency Approvals; Your product complies with the following regulatory standards:
3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 55 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E A P P E N D I X D Regulatory Information Regulatory Agency Approvals Your product complies with the following regulatory standards: • FCC-B • CE • UL60950/IEC60950/EN60950 certified in comp...
Page 56 - FCC Warning
56 3M™ Multi-Touch Chassis Display User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – TSD-39373 REV E This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules: Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept...
