Setup 23xxx tablet with AutoCAD 12 for Windows 3.x

Setup 23xxx tablet with AutoCAD 12 for Windows 3.x


A.  Change Digitizer in AutoCAD to "System Pointing Device"

    1.  Enter Windows

    2.  Enter AutoCAD for Windows

    3.  Type CONFIG at the Command Line to Configure AutoCAD

    4.  Select "Configure Digitizer"

    5.  Do you want to select a different one? [Y]

    6.  Select "Current System Pointing Device"

    7.  Select option "0" and EXIT with changes saved.

    8.  Exit AutoCAD for Windows and EXIT Windows.

B.  Set Tablet Menu Settings to "AutoCAD as GTCO DP5"  from the DrawingBoard User's Guide:

    1.  It is necessary to have a menu strip on the tablet in order change the configuration settings.   
        Some of the early 2300 Digitizers  were made with a fixed setting and do not have a menu strip. 
        These models REQUIRE that you use those fixed settings in AutoCAD, (e.g. Summagraphics MM1201 setting).

    2.  If your model has a menu strip, here are the menu settings required to enable your digitizer to work with 
        AutoCAD 12 for Windows 3.x.

        MODE   PARITY  BAUD RATE    FORMAT     
        01000   1100       001       10000             

        DATA RATE  RESOLUTION     FREQ 
          111        110            1 

       (1 =  Power Light is  ON  0 = Power Light is  OFF) 
   
     3.  To change the menu settings:
  
         a.  Place the cursor on "Setup" box,

         b.  Pick the "0" button & the Power Light will come on.

         c.  Power Light  ON or OFF will indicate whether each switch is ON or OFF. The Pick 0 button will toggle the
              light to the setting you wish.

         d.  When finished, EXIT by hitting the "Setup" box again.

C.  Reconfigure AutoCAD for the CalComp Driver

    1.  Enter Windows

    2.  Enter AutoCAD for Windows

    3.  Type CONFIG at the Command Line to Configure AutoCAD

    4.  Select "Configure Digitizer"

    5.  Do you want to select a different one? [Y]

    6.  Select "Wintab Compatible Digitizer by CalComp"

    7.  Answer the following questions:

        a.  Do you want to configure your digitizer as a mole?  [Y]
        b.  Do you want an audible mole/context state indicator? [Y/N]

        c.  Do you want an visible mole/context state indicator? [Y/N]

        d.  Do you want to assign a CURSOR BUTTON to toggle modes? [N]

        e.  Do you want a PRIMARY MOLE area? [Y]
         
        f.  "Enter Lower-left Hand corner now." (Defining the lower left corner of the active mole area. Select just inside the
            lower left hand corner of the active screen pointing area.)

        g.  "Enter Upper-right hand corner now." (Define the upper right corner of the active mole area. 
             Select just inside the upper right hand corner of the screen pointing area. )
     
          NOTE: The lower-left and upper-right corners that you pick for the MOLE area should define a square area just
          inside the drawing area of your template.

        h. Do you want a SECONDARY MOLE area? [N]

        i. Do you want a PRIMARY TOGGLE area? [N]

        j. Do you want a SECONDARY TOGGLE area? [N]

    8.  Type "0" to Exit to the drawing editor.

    9.  Keep configuration changes.  [Y]

   10.  Select "Preferences" under the "File" menu.

   11.  Select "Digitizer/Mouse Arbitrate" under the Digitizer  
        Input section.

   12.  Select "Save to ACAD.INI" under AutoCAD Settings.

   13.  Select [OK]

   14.  Begin Using AutoCAD for Windows     

F.  Configuring the AutoCAD Template (ACAD.MNU only)

    1.  Type "TABLET" [ENTER] at the command line.

    2.  Type "CFG" [ENTER]

    3.  Enter the number of menu areas.

    4.  Select "4" [ENTER]

    5.  AutoCAD will now ask you to select the, Upper Left, Lower Left, and Lower Right corners of Menu Area 1 located
        at the top of your AutoCAD template.

    6.  Enter the number of columns for menu area 1:

    7.  Type "25" [Enter]

    8.  Enter the number of rows for menu area 1:

    9.  Type "9" [Enter]

   10.  Repeat steps 5-10 for menu areas 2, 3 and 4 using the columns and rows from the following table:

        a.  MENU AREA      COLUMNS     ROWS

               1                           25               9
               2                           11               9
               3                           9               13
               4                           25               7 

   11.  Do you want to respecify the Fixed Screen pointing area?  [Y]

        a.  "Digitize lower left corner of Screen Pointing Area." (Defining the lower left corner of the active mole area.
             Select the lower left hand corner of the active screen pointing area located on the template.)

        B.  "Digitize upper right corner of Screen Pointing Area." (Defining the upper right corner of the active mole area.
             Select the upper right hand corner of the active screen pointing area located on the template.)

   12.  The tablet is now configured for the AutoCAD template.