53 appendix, Api / smbus / touch keypad access, Introduction – Hatteland Display 13 inch - HD 13T21 MMC (Widescreen, Inte Cor2 Duo CPU) User Manual

Page 53: Installing api drivers

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Appendix

IND100077-136

API / SMBUS / Touch Keypad Access

Introduction

API

= Application programming interface. Standard industry term for how software components should interact.

SMBUS = System Management Bus. Standard industry term on how to access hardware registers directly.

Installing API Drivers

In order to access and communicate with the HD 08T21 MMC and HD 13T21 MMC computer unit, it may or may not

already have pre-installed drivers depending on factory defaults. If you need to install or re-install drivers, please

follow the instructions as described below:

Note: Drivers available for Microsoft® Windows® Operating System only (32 and 64bit). Linux Drivers available when

implemented.

1: From the “Drivers and Documentation DVD” (MEDIA STD-007 or higher) that are included in the package contents.

- Either attach a external DVD player or copy drivers from DVD onto USB Memory Stick using other computer and

insert the USB Memory Stick into the MMC and install drivers. Make sure you copy all files within

from these directories (including the folder names shown in green):

“Complete_DVD\Current_Products\Panel_Computers\MMC_SeriesX\

Drivers

\*” and

“Complete_DVD\Current_Products\Panel_Computers\MMC_SeriesX\

HDxxT21MMC-xxx-xxxx_y

\*”

(where xx is either

08

or

13

and y is either

a

or

d

).

Note:

a

or

d

at the end of directory stands for:

a

= with Intel® Atom™ CPU -

d

= Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU.

Your USB Memory Stick should now contain the following directories (example for D:\)

“D:\Drivers”

“D:\HD08T21MMC-xxx-xxxx” or “D:\HD13T21MMC-xxx-xxxx_a” or “D:\HD13T21MMC-xxx-xxxx_d”

Execute “menu_run.exe” from within any of the “HD08T21” or “HD13T21” directory respectively for your unit.

2: or visit our website and download driver package from:

http://www.hatteland-display.com/support_hardware_drivers_computers.php

Unpack (important) the .zip file onto a location on your storage device. Execute the “menu_run.exe”.

3: Click the “Install API Prerequisite”

package from Microsoft® and follow

their instructions.

4: Click the “Install Hatteland Display® API Drivers”

and follow the instructions.

* Illustration Only. Actual text and version numbering on screenshot above may have been revised since the writing of this manual.

5: You can now access the API functionality as described further on the following pages.

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