Accu-touch Monitor from Elo TouchSystems
Last edited: December 15, 2003 08:08 AM

The accu-touch monitor(formerly known as an Elographics monitor), is a resistive touch screen. It uses its own software drivers and requires Touchnet 4.32 or higher.
Installation

1. Plug in the monitor, connecting touch to COM1.

2. Create a directory called TOUCH and unzip TOUCH.ZIP. Alternatively you can use the disk provided with the monitor.

3. Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT as specified below.
AUTOEXEC.BAT

add the following:

C:TOUCHELODEV 2210,1,9600 -C633,3509,3398,729,1,255

C:TOUCHNOMOUSE

C:TOUCHMONMOUSE -m5 -t+ -b-

Compatibility Problem
Lost Touch After Running Shell

In some instances, compatibility problems have been reported where touch will either be lost when a shell is run, or there will be no touch at all. Adding the -t+ switch to Monmouse should fix this problem. In the rare case that touch is still lost when a shell is run, the following workaround, though goofy, will work.

1. In the AUTOEXEC.BAT run TOUCHNET ELOINIT immediately prior to the normal TOUCHNET command.

2. Create a Shell called ELOINIT with a dummy command like REM.

3. Create a Chain called ELOINIT with the commands Shell to ELOINIT and Quit

4. Create a node in Local Options called ELOINIT and put the command chain to ELOINIT as the Startup Instruction.

5. Make sure any shells that use touch have the Initialize Mouse box checked.
Compatibility Problem
Choose Errors Out Running CoSessions

When CoSessions is run from the Choose menu, Choose will sometimes crash with an error 11.  This is caused by an I/O conflict between the original Elographics touch driver, the shells touch driver, and CoSessions itself.  The fix is to run CoSessions from a batch file that first unloads MonMouse, runs RmHost, then reloads MonMouse before returning control to Choose.

Typical Batch File

@ECHO OFF

C:TOUCHMONMOUSE -X

CDINSYNCCSW

RMHOST -C

C:TOUCHMONMOUSE  -m5 -t+ -b-

Revisions

9/19/96

    Added workaround for applications using shells that are incompatible with Elographics.

12/12/97

    Added -t+ command line switch to Monmouse driver to eliminate a lost or missing touch when running Touchnet and touch sensitive shells.

10/6/98

    Added instructions for correcting three way compatibility problem when running CoSessions from Choose on a system with Elographics drivers.