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            Elo Touchscreen Linux Driver - Serial v 3.2 beta-1
       
                       List Of New Features

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                        Version 3.2 beta-1 
                         August 15, 2008
                        Elo TouchSystems

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Summary of new features in driver v3.2 :
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  1. Touchscreen support for various video rotation modes [normal, inverted, left and right].
     Rotation modes are supported for one touchscreen and one video configuration only. 

  2. Support for newer Xorg and Xserver versions [ Xserver v1.3 and v1.4]


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Previous Versions:
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                           Version 3.1 
                         April 09, 2008
                         Elo TouchSystems

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Summary of new features in driver v3.1 :
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  1. Multiple monitor support (with and without Xinerama)   

  2. Multiple touchscreens support (maximum: 32)

  3. Support for modular Xorg (Xorg v7.2 or later) based Xwindows 
     versions     

  4. Support for newer kernel versions beyond 2.6.17

  5. Precalibration support using touchscreen controller's NVRAM (Non 
     Volatile Random Access Memory) if available

  6. Desktop position independent calibration using precalibration 
     feature in a multiple monitor setup

  7. Dynamic adjustment of touchscreen calibration to suit current 
     video resolution using precalibration feature [eloautocalib]

  8. Redesigned video alignment/calibration utility with new user 
     interface, Escape key and timeout features [elova]

  9. Video monitor to touchscreen associations for multiple 
     touchscreens enables touch routing to correct video monitor 

 10. Beep on touch feature with adjustable parameters (Enable Beep, 
     Beep Frequency, Beep Duration)  

 11. Tool to display or modify current global and device specific 
     touchscreen parameters [eloconvertconfig]   

 12. Support for Serial port communication with or without flow 
     control (hardware handshake)

 13. Detect touchscreen hardware disconnection and respond gracefully

 14. Robust and improved user interface for all driver components with
     more usage options

 15. Better help interface with usage options and examples for all 
     driver components



Supported System Configurations:
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 The current version of the serial driver will support the following 
 video and touchscreen configurations: 

 1. Single video and single touchscreen.
 2. Multiple video (Xinerama mode) and single touchscreen. 
 3. Multiple video (non-Xinerama mode) and single touchscreen. 
 4. Multiple video (Xinerama mode) and multiple touchscreens. 
 5. Multiple video (non-Xinerama mode) and mutiple touchscreens.   


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