7 Aug
2006
7 Aug
'06
2:32 p.m.
On Mon, 2006-08-07 22:20:32 +0000, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I managed to guess DIP switch settings and serial line
settings to a point
that I can get useful ASCII data out of the tablet (coordinates and button
info) - but if I could interpret the packed binary stream hopefully it'd
make the tablet seem a lot more responsive...
Usually, these packets are quite easy to decipher.
Just capture the serial stream and move the pen horizonthally (maybe
along the top or bottem line), then look at the stream. The x
coordinate should be easy to guess.
Repeat with a vertical line.
Repeat with buttons or varying preassure.
Most of the tablets I know set the most significant bit of a packet's
first packet to allow for easy packet-start scanning. (The downside is
that all following bytes waste one bit because the high-bit cannot be
used...)
MfG, JBG
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