Multi-Touch Ring Encoder
Software Development Kit
Users Guide
Ver1.1
Bulletin #1198
561 Hillgrove Avenue
LaGrange, IL 60525
Phone: (708) 354-1040
Fax: (708) 354-2820
E-mail: instinct@grayhill.com
On the Internet: www.grayhill.com/instinct
Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Users Guide v1.1
Copyright © 2012 Grayhill, Inc. All rights reserved.
The information supplied in this manual is believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of its publication. Grayhill,
Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or suitability of its products for a particular application.
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................. 3
What’s in this Guide?.................................................................................................. 3
What’s in the Kit? ....................................................................................................... 3
Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Features........................................................................... 3
Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Medical Demo ................................................ 4
Downloading the Medical Demo ................................................................................ 4
Running the Demo ...................................................................................................... 4
Demo Functions .......................................................................................................... 8
Exiting the Demo ...................................................................................................... 13
Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Overview ...................................................... 13
USB – I/O Interface .................................................................................................. 15
Touchpad .................................................................................................................. 15
Ring Encoder ............................................................................................................ 16
Pushbutton ................................................................................................................ 16
Proximity .................................................................................................................. 16
Backlight................................................................................................................... 17
Highlight Ring .......................................................................................................... 17
Additional Information ............................................................................................. 17
Grayhill’s Instinct
TM
Gesture Recognition Library Introduction.......... 17
What makes the Grayhill Instinct Gesture Recognition Library unique? .................. 17
Additional Information ............................................................................................. 19
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Introduction
What’s in this Guide?
Welcome to the Grayhill Multi -Touch Ring Encoder (MTRE) User
Guide.
We’ll first get your encoder up and running with a demo so you can
quickly begin to appreciate the MTRE’s many features and capabilities.
Next we’ll dive in deeper into the MTRE operation. Lastly, we’ll introduce
Grayhill’s Instinct Gesture Recognition Library
that makes product
development a snap.
Let’s get started!
What’s in the Kit?
The Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Software Development Kit contains a Quick
Start Guide, and (1) Grayhill Multi-Touch Ring Encoder (Part number
T101-5C3-111-M0) mounted in a case, with a USB cable ready to plug into
your type “A” USB host connector on your hub or PC.
Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Features
The Grayhill Multi-Touch Ring Encoder has the following features:
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A 50mm or 70mm round projected capacitive touchpad, that can
track up to 5 touch positions.
A rotating knob - detented with three different torque options, and
encoded for 32 or 48 positions.
Integral pushbutton
Proximity sensor
Overlay, with custom logo capabilities, backlit with 256 level
adjustable brightness settings
Highlight ring, backlit with 256 level adjustable brightness settings
Interface connectors – (1) USB signaling , (1) redundant encoder
(quadrature) and pushbutton I/O
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Multi-Touch Ring Encoder Medical Demo
Downloading the Medical Demo
The Medical Demo is a Windows XP or Windows 7 application that will
introduce you to some of the basic features of the MTRE. The Demo is a
simulation of some of the functions that may be required in a typical imaging
application. To load and run the demo, follow these steps:
Plug in the USB cable into any convenient USB port on your PC. Your
computer should automatically recognize the device without any special
drivers.
Next find the Medical Demo Application at
http://www.grayhill.com/instinct
For users of Google’s Chrome browser
Click on the link: MTRE Demo – Medical (zip)
When the download is complete, click on the zip file MTREDemo_med.zip
that should appear in the download area at the bottom of the screen.
Follow the instructions of your zip file extraction tool to extract and locate
the file on your PC where it can be easily found (i.e. your desktop.)
For users of Mozilla’s Firefox browser
Click on the link “MTRE Demo – Medical (zip)
The browser should open a pop up box. Under “What should Firefox do
with this file?” select your zip file extraction tool under “Open with.”
Follow the instructions of your zip file extraction tool to extract and locate
the file on your PC where it can be easily found (i.e. your desktop.)
For users of Microsoft Internet Explorer
Click on the link “MTRE Demo – Medical (zip)
The browser should open a pop up box. Under “Do you want to open or
save this file?” select “Open.” Under certain settings this step may be
skipped.
Follow the instructions of your zip file extraction tool to extract and locate
the file on your PC where it can be easily found (i.e. your desktop.)
Running the Demo
To run the demo, navigate to the file on your system where it was
downloaded and double click the filename. There is no special installation
necessary since the program is self-contained. The connect screen should
appear as shown below:
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On the connect screen chose “Detect Devices” and a list of currently
installed MTRE’s will appear. You’ll likely have only one unit connected,
and this device should appear under device #1. If it does not, check your
USB cable and click “Detect Devices” once again.
Next we’ll need to connect to the device. To do this Click the “Connect”
button next to the device that you wish to connect. Again, in this case, you’ll
probably only have one device connected, so select the “Connect” button
next to Device #1.
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