Prepare CalComp 2300 Series Tablet for Use in Windows 3.x/95/NT

To use the DrawingBoard 2300 Tablet with the Wintab™ drivers and CCMouse, the Tablet Menu Settings need to be changed to the following:

It is best to be outside of the Windows environment when setting up the menu strip. The board may need to be switched off and on, prior to doing the settings.

Set the Tablet Menu Settings to a "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, manufactured before Aug, 1988, were made with a fixed setting and do not have a menu strip. These models will not work with Windows environment or with the CCMouse Driver.

2. If your model has a menu strip, here are the menu settings required to enable your digitizer to work with Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT and CCMouse:

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 clicking the "Setup" box again.

The Tablet Menu Settings are now complete & the tablet is now set up to work with the CalComp Drivers.

Setup 23xxx tablet without using the menu strip

A. If your 2300 DrawingBoard DOES NOT HAVE a menu strip with which you can change the tablet settings, you either have a Fixed Setting Board, (pre Aug, 1988), or may have simply misplaced the menu strip, (which is removable, on a Multiple Format Board). The purpose of the menu strip is to enable you to easily change the board settings in order to meet the configuration settings required by software packages and the CalComp Digitizer & Mouse Drivers.

B. Determining Board Type:

1. Type the following statement at the DOS prompt to change the board to the GTCO settings which are required by
    Windows 3.x & AutoCAD for Windows:

MODE COMx: 9600,O,8,1
ECHO 2GOj>COMx

The x in COMx above represents either a 1 or 2, depending on the COM port the digitizer is plugged into on your computer. Most IBM-Compatible computers come standard with two serial ports (COM1 and COM2).

2. Download ccmouse.exe from the GTCO CalComp website. Boot your system to DOS or use a bootable dos disk to
    start your system.

a. Type CCMOUSE [ENTER] at any DOS prompt. Answer yes to extract.
b. At the DOS prompt, type CCMOUSE /C1. If the board is plugged into COM1, ccmouse should find the board
    automatically.
c. If the board is plugged into COM2, type: CCMOUSE /C2
d. If the message, "Tablet not Found..." appears, see Section C, Fixed Setting Board.
e. If the message "Tablet driver loaded ...and...found on COM1 or 2" appears then you have a Multiple Format Board. See Section D, Multiple Format Board

C. Fixed Setting Board (pre Aug, 1988)

1. Place the following Mode & Echo statements into the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

MODE COMx: 9600,O,8,1
ECHO 2GOj>COMx

The x in COMx above represents either a 1 or 2, depending on the COM port the digitizer is plugged into on your computer. Most IBM-Compatible computers come standard with two serial ports (COM1 and COM2).

These statements will allow the board to be automatically configured upon boot-up to the GTCO settings used in AutoCAD.

2. This board defaults to a Summgraphics MM-1201 format when reset. Because of the reset and configuration
    commands our drivers send to the 2300 series tablet, the Fixed Setting Board is unable to use the Windows drivers.

D. Multiple Format Board (post Aug, 1988)

1. Place the following Mode & Echo statements into the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

MODE COMx: 9600,O,8,1
ECHO 2GOj>COMx

2. This board can use the most current driver set for the DrawingBoard series of digitizers. Protected mode ADI drivers
   for AutoCAD as well as Microsoft Mouse emulation drivers are available in the latest TabletWorks 5.2 release.

NOTE: The TabletWorks 5.2 Driver is available by downloading the file from the CalComp Web Site at http://www.gtcocalcomp.com

3. Install the portion of the Digitizer Mouse Driver Set ver. 5.2 to be used. If you have AutoCAD for Windows, you will
    want the Windows portion of the Digitizer & Mouse Driver installed and working properly.