Bulletin No. PMY08022

Released Date:July 2, 2008

The PenMount Controller Operating System Support List

The PenMount touch panel controller series include PenMount 6000 (COMBO), PenMount 9000 (RS-232) and PenMount 5000 (USB). PenMount is noted for its driver support for almost every operating systems, therefore, allowing user to switch their main input device to touch panel right after setting up the system. The most commonly supported operating systems are listed in the table below. Please visit our website at http://www.penmount.com and download the appropriate drivers you need.

 

PM9000
(RS-232)

PM5000
(USB)

PM6000
(RS-232)

PM6000
(USB)

Windows 2K/XP/2003/Vista

Windows Vista_64bit

Windows XP_64bit

Windows XP Embedded

Windows NT

 

 

Windows 98/Me

 

 

Windows 95

 

 

 

Windows 3.1

 

 

 

Windows CE4.2/5.0/6.0

Dos

 

 

Ubuntu 8.04

Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu 6.06/6.10/7.04

Debian 3.1

 

 

 

Fedora Core8

Fedora Core5/6/7

Fedora Core4

Fedora Core4_64bit

 

 

 

Fedora Core3

 

Fedora Core2

 

 

 

Slackware12.0

Slackware10.0

 

 

 

Red Hat 9.0

 

Red Hat 7.3/8.0

Suse 10.2/10.3

Suse 10.1

Suse 10.0

 

Suse 9.3

 

 

Suse 9.2

 

 

Suse 8.0/9.0/9.1

 

 

 

Linux XFree86 4.x.x

 

 

Linux XFree86 3.3.6

 

 

 

Linux for GPM

 

For operating systems like Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows Vista, a new hand input device type is defined, in addition to the traditional mouse emulation for touch panel. As a result, user may use the applications like handwriting, Journal, Sticky Notes, Pen Flicks, etc., to improve their touch activities. When using the PenMount 6000 USB controller with the driver designed for pen input devices, user not only can enjoy the built-in applications for Tablet-PC, but also can use the PenMount calibration utility for touch panel linear correction. If you are using Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or Windows Vista, please contact us for the PenMount 6000 USB pen input device driver.

For operating systems like DOS or Linux, the IRQ and I/O address settings for COM port devices must be manually set. This is the reason why sometimes the same hardware works fine under Microsoft Windows, but fails to operate under DOS or Linux.  In DOS system, please check if the IRQ or I/O address conflict with other devices; in Linux , please check whether the COM port has been initialized or not, especially those other than COM1 and COM2. If the FAQs of the driver's readme file still cannot solve your problem, please gather all the information of your software and hardware environment and contact us via email.

For more PenMount controllers and drivers information, please visit our websites: http://www.salt.com.tw and
 http://www.penmount.com. Please feel free to contact us at our email address salt@salt.com.tw or
 service@penmount.com .