Page 3 - Contents
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Overview .................................................................................................................... 5Important Safety Information .........
Page 5 - C H A P T E R 1; Introduction; Overview; Intended Use
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 5 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D C H A P T E R 1 Introduction Overview Congratulations on the purchase of your 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW. This guide describes how to set up your M2256PW Multi-touch Display. The M2256PW Mu...
Page 6 - Explanation of Signal Word Consequences
6 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Explanation of Signal Word Consequences DANGER: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury and/or property damage. WARNING: Indica...
Page 7 - CAUTION; further information.; Important Notes; Keep your display and touch sensor clean.
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 7 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D CAUTION To avoid the potentially hazardous situations associated with the use of isopropyl alcohol which may result in minor or moderate injury or property damage: Follow all instructions and re...
Page 8 - Touch Sensor Care and Cleaning; M Touch Systems Support Services; , where you can download MT 7 software and drivers, obtain
8 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D • Do not install the display in a place where ventilation may be hindered. Always maintain adequate ventilation to protect the display from overheating and to promote reliable and continued oper...
Page 9 - Contact 3M Touch Systems; Contact information for all offices can be found on our website at:
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 9 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D You can contact 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Technical Support (US only -- Eastern Standard Time) by calling the hot line, sending email or a fax. • Technical Support Hot Line: 978-659-9200 • Technica...
Page 10 - C H A P T E R 2; Setting up Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display; Unpack the components; System Requirements; Safety Information” section at the beginning of this document.
10 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D C H A P T E R 2 Setting up Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display This chapter describes how to set up your 3M Touch Systems M2256PW Multi-touch Display. You need to complete the following tasks: • U...
Page 11 - Unpacking Your Touch Display; USB and RS-232 serial communication cables; Cables Included with Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 11 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Unpacking Your Touch Display Carefully unpack the carton and inspect the contents. Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display includes the following cables and accessories: • USB and RS-232 serial commun...
Page 12 - Connecting the Touch Display; Testing the M2256PW Multi-touch Display
12 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Connecting the Touch Display CAUTION You are cautioned that any change or modification to the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority ...
Page 13 - Video Card Requirements; Table 1. Applicable Display Mode and Refresh Rate
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 13 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Video Card Requirements Before you connect your touch display, make sure your computer has a video card installed that supports the native video resolution of 1680 x 1050 for the M2256PW Multi-...
Page 14 - Configuring the Display Settings; Refresh rate (also called vertical scan rate or vertical sync) 60 Hz; Multimedia Features; Be sure to adjust the controls in your normal lighting conditions.; Menu/Select Down Up Auto/Exit Power LED
14 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Configuring the Display Settings After you connect your M2256PW Multi-touch Display and turn on your computer, you may need to configure one or more of these display settings. The ideal setting...
Page 15 - Adjusting the M2256PW Video Display; or; OSD
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 15 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Adjusting the M2256PW Video Display Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display has four controls to adjust the video display. • Menu – Shows or hides the on screen display menu. • Select -- Highlights th...
Page 16 - Adjust the volume of the speakers
16 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D OSD Choices Description setting. CONTRAST Selecting the Contrast option increases or decreases the strength (lightness or dimness) of the image. Adjust the contrast using the up and down button...
Page 17 - Adjusts the position of the OSD on your screen; RECALL
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 17 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D OSD Choices Description TOOLS Choices are OSD Timing, OSD Horizontal, OSD Vertical OSD TIMING Adjust how long the menu remains on the screen. Submenu choices are: Recall, Sharpness, or Exit OSD...
Page 18 - C H A P T E R 3; Enabling Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display; WindowsTM 7 USB Compatibility
18 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D C H A P T E R 3 Enabling Your M2256PW Multi-touch Display Windows™ 7 USB Compatibility 3M multi-touch technology works seamlessly with the Windows™ 7 operating system. The Multi-touch display s...
Page 19 - Installing 3MTM MicroTouchTM Software
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 19 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Installing 3M™ MicroTouch™ Software Remember that Windows™ 7 does not require any additional software to enable multitouch functionality. However, for Windows™ XP, Vista or Linux® operating sys...
Page 21 - A P P E N D I X A; MTM PX USB Controller Communications; Overview of USB Firmware Communications
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 21 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D 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 PX controller. The firmwar...
Page 22 - Receiving Reports from the Controller; HID Class Requests; Set Feature - Calibration; HID Report
22 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D synchronous report in response to some of these requests. You need to know product ID (0502H) and the vendor ID (0596H) to write your own driver. These values are required for identifying the c...
Page 23 - Determining Target Areas
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 23 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Table 2. Calibration Setup Stage Offset Field Size Value Description 0 bmRequestType 1 0x21 Class,H2D,Interface 1 bRequest 1 0x09 Set Report 2 wValue 2 0x0303 Msb 03 = Feature Lsb 03 = Feature ...
Page 24 - Get Feature - GetStatus
24 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D The Calibrate Extended command then positions the first calibration target inward from the lower left corner (0,1049) and the second calibration target inward from the upper right corner (1679,...
Page 25 - Get Feature - GetMaxCount
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 25 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D POC Status – The status of the Power-on Checks. Various controller systems are checked at power-up. If any failures in these systems are detected, a POC flag is set. The POC status field report...
Page 26 - Set Feature - Reset
26 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Table 10. Data Stage (controller response) Offset Field Size Value Description 0 Report ID 1 0x12 Feature Report ID 1 Max Count 1 0x1E Number of actual 30 fingers supported Note: The number of ...
Page 27 - Set Feature –Restore Defaults; Asynchronous Reports; Coordinate Data – MultiTouch Digitizer mode Async Report 0x13
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 27 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Set Feature –Restore Defaults This is a request to restore parameter defaults. Table 13. Restore Defaults -- Setup Stage Offset Field Size Value Description 0 bmRequestType 1 0x21 Class,H2D,Int...
Page 29 - 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 Display M2256PW User Guide 29 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D 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 controlle...
Page 30 - Controller Default Settings; Communication Parameters; Data format; Operating Mode; The; Communicating with the Controller; Commands to the controller are sent on the signal; Receive Data
30 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D 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 Dat...
Page 31 - Sending Commands to the Controller; Receiving Responses from the Controller
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 31 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Sending Commands to the Controller When you send a command to the controller, you must use the correct command format. The general format of a command is as follows: <Header>Command<Te...
Page 32 - command response; Controller Initialization; Firmware Commands
32 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D The command response , which always follows the header, is a range of ASCII characters depending on the type of command sent. Responses can be in many forms. For example, one standard response ...
Page 33 - Command; Calibrate; CX; target areas
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 33 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Note: When you enter commands in terminal mode, precede each command with <CTRL> A to enter the start of header. Table 17. Firmware Commands for PX Serial Controller Development Command C...
Page 34 - Calibrate Procedure; To use the CX command:; Guidelines for Calibrate Command; Here are several guidelines for using the Calibrate commands:
34 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Calibrate Procedure To use the CX command: 1. Enter the Calibrate (CX) command. The controller sends an initial acknowledgment of <SOH>0<CR>. 2. Touch the sensor at a lower left tar...
Page 35 - Get Copyright; Copyright © 2010 3M. All rights reserved.; This command is used to get copyright information.; Mode Down Up; Limits touch reports to touchdown and liftoff events only.; Mode Inactive; MI; Turns off touch reports; Mode Stream
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 35 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D The illustration below shows the coordinates of the calibration targets and display corners. The corners show the video coordinates in parentheses and the touch screen coordinates in brackets. ...
Page 36 - Name Command; NM; Returns a name string; Null Command; Queries the controller and waits for a response.; Output Identity; OI; AD; Soft Reset
36 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D 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 37 - Restore Defaults; RD; Operating Parameter; Unit Type; UT; TtFfffSs
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 37 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D 3M Touch Systems recommends that the host system issue a Reset command whenever the host system is powered on and is attempting to establish communication with the controller. The amount of tim...
Page 38 - Ffff; Bit; Touch Data Format; Data Sequence
38 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D AD Indicates the PX series of controllers Ffff = Four ASCII characters that indicate the features supported by the controller. **** Indicates no additional features configured Ss = Two ASCII ch...
Page 39 - Byte
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 39 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D Data Sequence Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Y - Byte 5 0 Y13 Y12 Y11 Y10 Y9 Y8 Y7 ID – Byte 6 0 N6 N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 N0 Note 1: P is the proximity bit. It is set to 1 when there is a touch, 0 for a liftoff...
Page 40 - A P P E N D I X C; Regulatory Information; Regulatory Agency Approvals; Your product complies with the following regulatory standards:
40 3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D A P P E N D I X C Regulatory Information Regulatory Agency Approvals Your product complies with the following regulatory standards: • FCC-B • CE • UL60950/IEC60950/EN60950 certified in complian...
Page 41 - FCC Warning
3M™ Multi-touch Display M2256PW User Guide 41 3M Touch Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information – 37531 Rev D CAUTION You are cautioned that any change or modification to the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate such equipment. Th...
