Installing Pen Tablet with RS232C Interface

 

Before attempting to install the Pen Tablet on your computer, please check that the system requirements are all met. This section describes the installation procedure for Pen Tablet with RS232C Interface.  If you have a Pen Device with USB interface, please see Installing Pen Device with USB Interface.

You attach the Pen Tablet to the computer by inserting the Pen Tablet’s Keyboard Connectors between the keyboard and the computer, and by connecting the Pen Tablet’s RS232C Connector to an available COM (serial) port.  The procedure is described below.

  1. Shut down Windows and turn off the power of your PC.
  2. Examine the connecting parts of the Pen Tablet.
  3. Figure 3 Parts of the Pen Tablet for connecting to the PC

  4. Locate where the Original Keyboard Connector attaches to the computer.   In the figure 4 below, we assume it is in the back of a desktop PC. Examine the size of the keyboard connector (see figure 5 below).

  5. Figure 4 Connection of the keyboard to a desktop PC before installing the Pen Tablet

    Detach the Original Keyboard Connector from the Keyboard Socket, and remember the location of the Keyboard Socket so you can find it later. Examine the connector and try to match one of the pictures in the figure below. If it matches Small Connector, go to the next step. Otherwise, you need to find two Keyboard Acaptors (not included) so the connectors will match.

    Figure 5 Identifying the Keyboard Connector

  6. If your keyboard has a small (PS/2) connector (see figure above), connect the Original Keyboard Connector to the Female Keyboard Connector (the one connected with a single data cable). Then, connect the Male Keyboard Connector (the one with a split data cable) to the PC at the Keyboard Socket to which the keyboard was originally attached.  Go to Step 6.
  7. Figure 6 How the Pen Tablet is attached to a desktop PC with a PS/2 keyboard

  8. If you have a notebook PC, connect the Male Keyboard Connector (the one with a split data cable) to the PS/2 Port.  If there is an external keyboard (assuming it uses a PS/2 connector), and you wish to keep it, you should then attach the Original Keyboard Connector to the Female Keyboard Connector (the one with a single data cable).  See figure below.  Go to Step 6.
  9. Figure 7 How the Pen Tablet is attached to a notebook PC

  10. Take the 9-pin RS-232C Connector running from Tablet Plate and insert it into COM1 port of the computer. If COM1 is in use, for example, by a mouse, you may plug into COM2 port instead.  In this case, since many COM2 ports require a 25-pin connector, you will need to find a 9-pin-to-25-pin adaptor (not included). Also, if your computer has a built-in modem using one of COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4 ports, please seek help from a professional to ensure that the Pen Tablet can indeed use an apparently unused serial port. A built-in modem may use up a COM port which is shared by an outside COM port socket. The Pen Tablet requires a free COM port to operate, and it can co-exist with a mouse and/or a modem connected to a different COM port not in conflict with the port used by the Pen Tablet. If the mouse uses a PS/2 port, it will not conflict with any COM port.
  11. Turn power on and wait for Windows to start up.
  12. Verify that the Pen Tablet hardware functions properly.

The hardware installation is now complete. Please proceed to install the Driver and Pen Utilities that provides pointing device function and Pressure Sensitivity (through a Wintab-compatible interface), plus additional pen functions with Pen Utilities such as Annotate All, Annotate for Word, PenSigner, PenMail, and PenCommander.