SlateCtrl

Short:        Tablet driver for Calcomp 3200 series
Author:       Frank Mariak <F.Mariak@ping.de>
Uploader:     F Mariak ping de
Type:         driver/input
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

This is a graphics tablet driver for the CalComp DrawingSlateII series.
It requires at least OS3.x and acts like a commodity that sends input events
to the input.device to let the tablet work as a mouse replacement.
It supports the tablet messages supported by OS3.x and the passive API mode
of Roland Schwingel's Wacom tablet drivers.

Tooltypes
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DEVICE_NAME     name of the serial device driver the tablet is used with.
                It defaults to "serial.device"
DEVICE_UNIT     unit number the tablet is connected to.
                Defaults to "0"

What is CalComp DrawingSlateII (3200 series)
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CalComp DrawingSlateII is a 4"x5" graphics tablet. It has a pen that is
pressure, tilt and height sensitive. All that data is passed to OS 3.x
and can be used by software that supports the OS3.x tablet message
interface. It has a button built into the tip plus two side buttons on
the barrel. The button built into the tip acts as a left mouse button
where the two side buttons act as middle and right mouse button.
This tablet also has a menu strip at the top with a row of 18 keys. This
can be used to configure the tablet manually but also as macro keys by
custom software. The driver does not yet support the keys, though.

How to use it
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In order to use it you must set the tablet's transfer settings to 9600Baud,
8N1. Set it to data transfer mode CalComp AFT. You can find info on how
to do that in the Calcomp DrawingSlateII users manual.

Special features of the driver
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You can switch between relative and absolute mode by pressing button 3
outside the actual tablet drawing area.

To Do
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- GUI to set preferences
- Macro and tablet button support