Prepare CalComp 9500 Series Tablet for Use in Windows 3.x/95/98/NT

Note:  The 9500 series digitizers must have a firmware revision of "N" or greater to work with this driver set.  If the tablet does not operate properly after following these instructions, the firmware may be an older version. 

       To verify the current firmware: 

       Warning:  Unplug the digitizer before accessing the tablet's electronics.
 
            The flipdown electronics tray is mounted on the back of the digitizer.   To expose the electronics board,
            remove one screw from each side of the tray.  As you unfasten the screws, support the tray with one hand. 
            The firmware chip is located on the processor board at position 'U26'.   Look for a sticker on the top of
            the firmware chip.   It needs to be "Rev. N" or greater. Firmware chips are no longer available for the 9500
            tablets.
            Contact our Sales Department at 1-800-856-0732, ext. 2480 for information on the latest CalComp tablets.

A.  Set soft switches to AutoCAD settings using the 9500 Digitizer Series User's Guide

    1.  Aligning the tablet menu.

        a.  The 9500 menu must be properly aligned on the tablet in order to change the soft switch settings.  
             A plastic menu was originally provided with the 9500.   A paper duplicate of this menu was also included in the
             back of the 9500 User's Guide.

        b.  The tablet menu is a square grid with vertical and horizontal menu strips that form an "L"-shape to the left and
             bottom of the grid.  The original plastic menu had a thin cut that separated the "L"-shaped menu "strips" from
             the grid.  This thin cut needs to be aligned to the lower-left edges of the ACTIVE area of the tablet.

        c.  The 9500 tablet surface consists of a thick border that meets a recessed surface area.   This recessed area
             contains a smaller area called the active area.  The power light and cursor LED will only glow steady in this
              area.

        d.  Two alignment points must be marked on each of the vertical and horizontal edges of the ACTIVE area.  To
             mark the vertical axis, place the cursor at the lower-left corner of the tablet where the tablet border meets the
             recessed surface.  The cursor LED should be blinking at this point.   Slide the cursor 3" up. Slowly begin
             moving the cursor to the right until the LED glows steady.  This is the edge of the active area.   Mark the exact
             point that the LED changed to steady. 

        e.  Move the cursor up another 3", (to about 6" vertical), and repeat the process to find edge of the active area. 
             These two points will be used to align the menu vertically.

        f.  Repeat these steps along the horizontal axis.  There should now be four points that form an "L"-shape.

        g.  Align the "L"-shaped cut in the 9500 menu to these four points.  Tape the menu down and verify the accuracy
             of the menu alignment by placing the crosshairs on the "SETUP" box located in the lower-left corner of the
            menu. Within the borders of this box, the cursor LED should be OFF. Click on the box by pressing the "0"
            button and the LED should glow steady.  Click it again to turn SETUP off.  If the LED does not indicate
            correctly, check your alignment points again starting with step "d".

    2.  Following are the internal switch settings required to enable this digitizer to operate properly.

        AREA 1-

          MODE           RES         FORMAT
         010000          011          10111
       
        AREA 2(PORT A)-

          BAUD           PARITY      STOP1/2,TX2/3,LF,PORT,ECHO
          001             1100                  01010

        AREA 3(PORT B)-

          BAUD           PARITY      STOP1/2,TX2/3,LF,PORT,ECHO
          001             1100                  01010

       (O =  Switch/LED is OFF   1 = Switch/LED is ON) 

    3.  Setting the soft switches.

        a.  Select the SETUP box by placing the crosshairs on the box and clicking the "0" button.  The LED should glow.
             The menu is now active.

        b.  As the cross hairs are placed on each block in Area's 1,2, and 3, the LED will either glow steady indicating
            that the block is ON, or turn off, indicating that block is OFF.  If the LED flashes, the cursor is off the menu
            area.Clicking the "0" button will toggle the state of each block.   Ensure that the settings match those listed
            above. 

        c.  After all the switches are set correctly. click on the "SAVE 1" block in AREA 5 of the vertical menu strip.  This
             step will save these settings as DEFAULT.  

        d.  Click on SETUP to exit.