Difference between revisions of "Touch-carrolltouch"

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= [[CarrollTouch]] =

This is an infrared touchscreen offered by Elo [[TouchSystems]].

== How to build [[CarrolTouch]] driver on fedora ==

You can get the sources from elotouch by acessing [[http://www.elotouch.com/Support/Downloads/dnld.asp]], then scroll the page to find and download the latest serial driver for Linux.

'''Get sources'''

# Install the kernel development packages and libraries for calibration

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# yum install gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel openmotif

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# Get the sources, decompress the file, and move needed files under `/etc/opt/elo`

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# mkdir /etc/opt/elo

# tar zxvf Unified_Serial_Driver_v3.2.tar.gz

# mv bin-serial /etc/opt/elo

# cd /etc/opt/elo

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'''Build driver'''

# Change directory into the kernel module folder

# Create the `Makefile` and build the kernel module

# Copy kernel module created to elo folder

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# cd /etc/opt/elo/elok_s-source

# cp makefile_2.6 Makefile

# make

# cp /etc/opt/elo/elok_s-source/elok_s.ko /etc/opt/elo/

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'''Install driver'''

# Go the elo folder

# Set full permissions

# Install xorg driver for [[CarrollTouch]]

# Install kernel driver module

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# cd /etc/opt/elo

# chmod 777 *

# /sbin/install -m 755 elo_drv.so_7.2 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/

# /sbin/install -m 744 elok_s.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/

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== Howto setup elo service for [[CarrollTouch]] driver ==

# Edit `/etc/rc.d/rc.local` file and add

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/etc/opt/elo/loadelo

/etc/opt/elo/eloser ttyS4

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where `ttyS4` is `COM5`, if you have the touchscreen on any other port, then set the right name at last line in the above file.

== How to setup Xorg for [[CarrollTouch]] driver ==

# Open and edit `/etc/X11/xorg.conf ` and add the following section at the end of the file

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Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "elo"

Driver "elo"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/elo_ser"

Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"

EndSection

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# Then and add the following line on `[[ServerLayout]]` section:

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InputDevice "elo"

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In order to setup the drivers environment, reboot the system to load drivers in the proper way after finish to setup xorg configuration file.

== How to install [[CarrollTouch]] driver from rpm ==

Bashlinux rpm repository has an rpm ready for fedora, if the repository is already setup on system, then you can install with yum

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# yum install xorg-x11-drv-carrolltouch-elo

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