Alexandre Balaban + Andy Broad GPL Wacom Driver for AOS4
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    Raf_MegaByte
    Posts: 430 from 2004/10/10
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    I am happy owner of Wacom Graphics Tablet Bamboo "Touch & Fun" CTH 460.

    It can draw with finger touch and with stylus and it also emulates mouse. It supports also multitouch.

    Accuracy is circa 120 dpi with touich system, but I think it is lesser as drawing with fingers is very inaccurate.

    With stylus on PC Wintel systems it works like charm.

    I own this great powerful tool but unfortunately it does not work properly with MorphOS as MOS UISB stack just rcognize its touch feature and just in emulating mouse function.

    It does not even recognize finger tapping, as mousebutton pressing.

    I must press onboard tablets buttons for left and right mousebutton emulation.

    In the past I tried to use wacomfix.elf software by Yomgui. It resolves Poseidon Stack issues and allow Intous tablets to work with MorphOS, but it was written for Yomgui Intous Wcom Tablet and when I launch this fix it just hang-ups Bamboo Tablet indefinitely. A reset is required to make it working again.

    Tablet is binded in Poseidon as HID.Class so I also tried to edit HID.Action preferences.

    Unfortunately again seems that Poseidon has not sympathy for USB devices that sport multiple functions and are binded to 2 or more classes.

    Everytime I tried to make Poseidon recognize Bamboo as Digitizer Action feature in the Action preferences of Poseidon, it reverts to Mouse even before saving prefs.

    There should be some issues that originates from my tablet device.

    Yesterday I discovered that Alexandre Balaban modified a tablet driver by Andy Broad in AmigaOS4 camp in 2012 and has resolved problem issues of new models of Wacom Tablets with features of a GPL driver from Linux that integrates in USB stack of OS4.

    http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=driver/input/wacomtablet.lha

    As long as this Driver is GPL and complete of sources (and updateable in the future) is it possible to integrate this driver with Poseidon HID.Class or make it working standalone on MorphOS?

    Be aware that mine is a simple question not a obliged request for a porting (I made this disclaimer before the casual readers could start complain as usual on threads like this one)

    [ Edited by Raf_MegaByte 16.05.2015 - 18:43 ]
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    Raf_MegaByte
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    I wrote again entire thread as it was accidentally deleted due to double post.
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    The only problem I see is actually having access to a tablet like that. I don't think anyone in the team has one and since USB is a bitch, I wouldn't want to do blind coding myself...
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    Jeckel
    Posts: 133 from 2007/3/11
    I would be interested also, I have a CTH-480. :)

    Is there a "how to", to explain how to configure/develop what's necessary to add support for custom HID USB devices?

    [ Edited by Jeckel 17.05.2015 - 14:13 ]
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    Raf_MegaByte
    Posts: 430 from 2004/10/10
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    Quote:

    jacadcaps wrote:
    The only problem I see is actually having access to a tablet like that. I don't think anyone in the team has one and since USB is a bitch, I wouldn't want to do blind coding myself...


    Drivers by Balaban covers a vaste range of modern Wacom Tablets.

    I think the only problem is to divert calls to USB Stack of OS 4 and redirect it to Poseidon MorphOS.

    It is no necessary to teach again Poseidon about tablet characteristics and stylus data streaming via USB, as it is the Driver which passes data to Stack..

    Sure it is frustrating to have a powerful tool like Wacom Bamboo, and CPU so performant that TVPaint works like charm and being not able to use it.

    In lack of any other solutions, I think I will buy an Intuos 3 A3 of second hand, or from stock items remains in warehouses or shops, as it is sure that intous 3 model works on MorphOS thanks to Yomgui Fix.

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6185&forum=9

    [ Edited by Raf_MegaByte 19.05.2015 - 10:52 ]
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