Thanks for these drivers - Wacom Intuos A4 Oversize (GD, v1.2 - white one) now working @ 99%...

There is one niggling problem however, the pressure sensitivity goes a bit random at times.

For example, I can be sketching a line softly and it will work as expected, but after a few strokes (same pressure applied), the line is drawn at maximum thickness - as if full pressure was exerted on the pen/tablet.

Anyone have a similar experience? Set-up is in signature. Would really appreciate some help, don't fancy forking out £350 for an Intuos3 A4 oversize!

Edit: worth mentioning I'm using a Prolific USB to serial adapter (RS232) with this driver.

Thanks for the reply. My tablet is the 1400x1050 one, Wacom digitizer, WACF004.

hey I follow all that, but frankly I don't see anywhere on the 2.0b11 where it says anything about don't query fields, in any of the 5 tabs across the preference pane. Thus I don't see any opportunity to edit those fields.
on my computer, the extras tab looks like this, I can even see in the manual theres supposed to be a don't query option, but I don't appear to have one. I installed the earlier ß8 version too. The tracking is my last big hurdle here.
Anyway, is it one of the other panels, and not labelled, or maybe it was removed for this version.
thanks
kenny
edited to provide more troubleshooting info.

my machine has been running swell didn't install vanilla and i am Worried about updates So might have to rebuild

umm... i believe this problem is caused by when you installed tabletmagic, you were using the AppleSMBIOS.kext from netkas, to make your computer pretend it's a mac pro. I would try uninstalling tabletmagic, putting back the vanilla AppleSMBIOS.kext, install tabletmagic, and see if the "Don't Query" is there under the extras tab. If it's there, I think you can go ahead and put the netkas AppleSMBIOS.kext back and use the modified daemon that i posted previously. Hopefully that solves your problem.

thanks for the reply, this figuring this stuff out can be frustrating. I uninstalled tablet magic, got the vanilla AppleSMBIOS.kext from my macbook, and swapped it out in the Extensions [repaired perms, deleted extension pref etc -restart] then I reinstalled the tabletmagic, but its still the same as the previous printwindow - so just to see what I was looking for, I installed the ß11 version onto my real CoreDuo Macbook, and the same result, no Don't Query area. I then, just to check, installed the ß8 version, and got the same result, so no go, unless I am doing something wrong in my flow of install re-install -
Anyway, does it hurt the computer to keep the vanilla kernel in there, or do you think I should swap back in the modded one - [Im using the Kalyway DVD as my basis for this] anyway, any other suggestions or tryouts are appreciated. I registered this as a bug, so maybe someone will have an idea.
thanks again
KWJ

kteljenkins, i compiled a daemon with widescreen as default.. maybe this will work? give it a try?

hey thanks for making that, it didnt appear to make a difference, there still was the increasing drift, and I tried it with both beta versions I have, I didn't change that vanilla AppleSbios.kext back to a hacked one, should that make a difference though?
anyway, thanks for the attempt, I wonder what the heck is making that option for the panel not appear…
if thats a preference thats reported somehow, maybe I could edit where it reports to.
who knows all I know from around here is the stuff I read on these forums.
KWJ

maybe try this.. I took my whole prefpane and made it a zip file.. see if you get the "Don't Query" now.

so I installed the PPane you sent me onto my macbook first, and the extras panel was the same, see pic
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and the first panel looked like this, until I switched it from automatic, and it sensed the bluetooth as a serial port and greyed it all out like on the other page. The Dont' Query is supposed to be on the extras panel, right?
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thanks again for giving this thought, the developer of the prefpanel had a note saying he was travelling until the end of the month so maybe he'll have ideas too at some point.
I did go ahead and put it on my toshiba too, the results were the same, it always sees the serial port though.
Kenny

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who loves cake!

drawn with that ole xp tablet edition drive stuck back in [no pressure sensitivity there]

Im still stuck on this driver tracking problem, if the developer of tablet magic is around [mentioned an update at the end of Jan, hoping for so relief for my tracking issue/missing preferencepane dialogue area]
not harrassing, but a friendly bump

"Don't Query" guy. Do you get the "No Tablet Found" problem? When Scott wrote the TabletPC support he coded it to detect the machine model name. Nowadays, these names are different, and so we have a problem. Anyone wanna look for the modelname code and tweak it? I don't. x.x

I find the driver now that I have imported the modified daemon[sp], I get the tablet working fine, I edited my resources plist for the WACF004, which is the one I have according to my device manager, and even get pressure sensitivity. What I don't get is the "don't query" area of the preference pane where you can [switch that on or off] and enter the tracking adjustments, its not even showing up on the panel[see picture above]. I saw the dialogue where Scott mentioned that theres machine name issues in there. I don't know what the next step would be to move forward with this.
thanks
Kenny

Sorry for the long wait! Try the new version of TabletMagic posted here:

http://thinkyhead.com/pub/TabletMagic2b12.dmg (711K)

This release uses a more robust technique to recognize non-Apple hardware configurations and should be compatible with all your favorite custom kernels. When your TabletPC system is recognized you will find an extra set of controls in the "Extras" pane:

• Don't Query Digitizer: Assume a digitizer exists on the selected serial port.
• Range: Fix tracking problems by changing these values. If the pen tracks too little, decrease these values. If it tracks too far, increase them.

If you have the Port popup set to "Automatic" then only the first serial port will be scanned, so try selecting the actual serial port if Automatic fails.

hey thanks for all the work guys, I still havent gotten it sorted yet [becuase Im zonked] but thanks to the newest version, I can now fiddle with the tracking, its super late on the east coast and I just got in, but I had to install and try it out, I really need some sleep. tomorrow Ill try every combo til I sort this out.
Thanks again to cloud, ferret, and scott!!
Kenny

so using the entries 30250 and 18800 from an earlier post, and maximizing the screen area in the mapping panel, I got a acceptable non-drifting tablet mac! thanks to all involved in making this work for me.

kenny

the thing is working great, but it doesn't remember the preferences from restart to restart, otherwise all is well with the tracking. Is there a way to lock the entries in on the preference? the pull down presets remember my preset names, but not the data. Even if this never got further,its good enough to be usable full time, just keeping you all posted on my observances,
KWJ

I may sound like a noob, but how do I uninstall this?
I thought I would need it for something with my wacom but then I figured out wacom's driver had it built in.


oh and I AM a noob

hey all, quick question, in the testing panel of tabletmagic, isn't if you are using the eraser, the eraser green button is supposed to light up [of the four buttons to the right of the testing window], on my setup, it stays the button #1.
If there's a solution to changing this, I'd be up for it.
loving my hackintosh tablet,
Kenny

@kteljenkins what you rocking?

my hardware details are below, software-wise, its running logic studio and painter mainly, haven't decided if I want to risk a live 7 install on a machine I may have to reformat [painter registration is already hosed due to this!]
Kenny

nice I love LIVE. I have to rebuild my tablet at some point for vanilla, but I am enjoying it too much right now. My sound did not work, but wireless did out of the box.

enjoy.

gotta check out painter, haven't used that in forever

Still no worky on my X60 Multitouch tablet, even with new version
I'm through my OSX phase now anyway. I rarely use it. Stop with the negative propaganda and get with Vista people XP is not better than Vista, even if you say it a million times.

It doesn't recognize my tablet. It just says No Tablet Detected when I click the enable button. I am on a Fujitsu Lifebook T4215.

any help?

Hi! I try to install drivers on Tablet Lenovo X61.
TabletMagic 2b12 installed.
Apple16X50Serial.kext modified with correct ID Name (WACF004) but still not working: when I switch ON bluetooth hardware button on my notebook I have "ISD V4.0 (TabletPC)" on panel but pen is not recognized; when I switch off this button Tablet is not recognized..

Maybe a conflict with Bluetooth ports?!

SCOTT, help us (Lenovo users) please:-):-):-)
I would like to support project with a donation but I would like to use pen with my tablet, before:-)

Thanks a lot!

Alex

It sounds like your serial port simply isn't being recognized. Do you see the digitizer's serial port in the "Ports" popup menu? If all you see is bluetooth or modem, that's not it! You need to go back to earlier steps and get your serial port configured. If on the other hand, you do see the serial port but the tablet still isn't recognized when the port is selected, then you probably need to enable the "Don't Query" checkbox in the Extras tab. If you get the serial port up, and you see stuff happening in the Testing pane of TabletMagic and yet the behavior is totally erratic then it may be an unsupported digitizer, and that's where I can help.

Unfortunately I'm too busy to handle all the hackintosh requests I receive, almost all of which come from people who simply haven't got their serial ports configured properly. Fortunately for my time and sanity this thread has all the answers you're seeking. Please read through this thread and ask other members for assistance when you get stuck.

That said, I welcome you to write if you find a bug in TabletMagic, need a new feature, or have an unsupported serial digitizer and you want TabletMagic to drive it. For example, someone wrote recently to tell me that the TabletPC digitizer Scale numbers in the Extras pane aren't sticking through restarts. Now there's the kind of bug I can fix!

Alex, what version of osx did you install?

Hi Scott!
Thanks a lot for your fast reply:-)
Yes, maybe serial port isn't recognized: in fact I have only 3 kind of choice: "automatic, Bluetooth PDA-Sync, Bluetooth Modem".. It's a strange thing because I did modify the Apple16X50 kext file with correct ID name..
I didn't find other ways to configure serial port in previous topics so, if you could suggest me other tricks I would be very happy.
Bye
Alex

P.S. For psychoboogie: version I installed was Kalyway 10.5.1.. no audio no LAN, no wifi (I have a dongle wifi Digicom that is OK) video partially ok (resolution 1344x1008 scaled, because native resolution is 1400x1050) QE enabled hardware acceleration.

I have a wacom enabled tablet pc (Fujitsu Lifebook T4215) I cant find the exact model number, but your program, just says Tablet Not Recognized. The setting is Automatic. I used iAtkos r2, so is there anyway to get it working?

FujitsuFreak - if you haven't edited the Apple16X50 to contain your specific wacom type [read through earlier postings for details] it will never see it. This step, then adding a modded daemon would be the stages to getting results.
kenny

repost from 189...

For people who can't get their serial port detected...

Try copying the whole Apple16X50Serial.kext to the desktop, delete the one in the extensions, reboot, then put it back in, repair permissions, and reboot again.

A modded daemon probably isn't needed if you have TabletMagic 2.0b12 or later. The bug in which it misidentified some hackintosh systems has been fixed.

I did it.. Nothing happens:-( Same bluetooth ports listed..
I noticed that, when I type in terminal "IOreg -kx" there isn't any string referring to Apple16X50 like previous post 95. It seems that serial port doesn't exist!
Maybe tablet digitizer of Lenovo X61 tablet has another connection?!?!

Bye!
Alex

It's a serial Wacom ISD-V4 so it should be supported. Try the command:

ioreg -kx | grep WAC

and perhaps you'll find other matching strings to modify your KEXT with.

Hi Scott, I tried your command (see attachment) without success.. no WAC string detected.
Now I have done a clean install of Kalyway 10.5.1 without any kext modified (except for Video) but same result: NO SERIAL detected (only bluetooth)..
What a pity.. I'm feeling so close to the goal but I cannot continue.

SOB
Alex

P.S. My keyboard is strange because the "|" character is impossible to do: when I hit this key I have ">" symbol (so I have to open Text Edit, insert symbol "|" and then paste it in terminal.. but there are 4 "|" that are very similar! I tried to paste the first). .

I have a motion tablet, I got the serial port # from xp before my build. I had a lot of probles at first. ioreg didn't even report my serial tablet. What worked for me was what cloudrainstar was saying above. Grab Apple16X50Serial.kext and copy to desktop. Delete from it's main location. Modify it to name your correct serial port and save, then the key for me was copying from the desktop to it's location via the command line, not drag and drop in finder. I think I used the mv command mv /user/"yourname"/Desktop/Apple16X50Serial.kext /system/library/extensions/Apple16X50Serial.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Apple16X50ACPI.kext

I have tablet magic 2.0b11 installed with cloudrainstars mod located here
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=533600

I deleted the cache's and rebooted.

and everything worked out. this is with kalyway 10.5.1

tabletmagic is a little flakey, it starts when it wants to start, so sometimes I might have to plug in a wireless mouse to open control panel to enable it. minor inconvenience.

Cloudrainstar, based on your signature, I can tell you have a similar laptop make to mine (fujitsu lifebook t4215) I would be wondering how you were able to switch out your wireless adapter. Also, (total noobie here) how would I repair permissions? specifically what code do I type?

hey, I removed my hacked preference pane, and reinstalled, and sure enough, works great.
still not remembering the scale data, but no modified daemon now either.
Thanks'
kenny

Same probablem on my X61 Tablet. Modifying the 16X50 Serial kext with both the actual serial port and the WACF004 results in just a working serial port. Something is very wonky on our laptops with Leopard.

Note that the only way to see WACF004 on our systems is through ioreg -l, ioreg -lx gives a longer "name" field (5741434630303400). Manually loading the 16X50 driver results in f. all. Apple16X50Serial.kext simply does not attach to DTR. Attaching my -l and -lx, only changes since this export are the addition of an Atheros card to replace the Intel card preinstalled, but it didn't work before and after that change.

Hi outZider! You have got the same model I own (great tablet!)
I suggest you to download the last Kalyway Combo Update 10.5.2!!! After that you can download Leopard Graphics Update that finally makes able to use the correct (and wonderful!) resolution of our display: 1400x1050 without mouse artifacts!!!!!
Yesterday night I updated all.
Unfortunately things didn't changes for TABLET
Bye

P.S. If you have some tricks, please, send me messages in PM. I'll do the same thing for you

I've been thinking about starting an X61 Tablet thread, as the wiki is so locked up. I did do those updates yesterday afternoon, and got beautiful working graphics, for about two reboots. It's back to distorted crap again, and I will be fighting with that today. Nothing new on the serial port, unfortunately.

Hi OutZider, have you changed something before this reboot?! I'm afraid because, at now, all it's going ok
Remember to donwload and install the newer vanilla kernel from Kalyway (kalyway_10.5.2_kernels.mpkg). After this the time of reboot returns like before the 10.5.1 to 10.5.2 upgrade.
It's a great idea to make a new thread about X61 installation (if you want I can help you)..
Well, if SCOTT could give us the last HELP for making usable our pen, it would be very, very appreciated
Pleazzzzzzzzze

P.S. Sorry for my bad english! I'm italian but I hope to be understood

Understand you just fine. I'm currently doing a fresh install of the operating system and retracing my steps to try to get this thing to work right. I loved the feature set of this thing, which is the only reason I bought it over a MacBook, but would rather get OS X running on the thing than Vista. Man, does that OS tick me off.

I did a raw 10.5.2 update, and manually patched files. I will try the Kalyway updater and see where that goes. I'll start a X61 Tablet thread over in installation.

Also, I don't think our host at TabletMagic will be able to help us with our issues. His software works great, but the OS needs to see the serial port before his software even takes over. This is most decidedly our/Lenovo's/Apple's problem. I'm going to check the Ubuntu revision log to see if Linux does anything fancy to get the serial port to wake up. Our ioreg node is far less verbose than other serial ports, including our DURT entry.

Scott,

Thanks for your response to my email last week. I wasn't able to get it working from where I was at due to having changed too many things. After a clean install of Kalyway 10.5.1 on my HP/COMPAQ TC4200 TabletPC, I made the recommended edits to the Apple16x50.kext and fiddled with the settings a bit and now have it working very well.

HP/COMPAQ TC4200 Tablet PC (Standard Build)

Video works, no QE/CI, no Rotation (DAMN!)
{Tried manually w/ Xrandr, looked for possible edits to force display as Rotation = Supported, but I am not the guy with any answers on that}
Audio works, a little flaky but I haven't spent any time on it
On Board Ethernet - works fine
On Board Wireless - Doesn't work (using a USB F5D7050B v3000)
SD Slot - Not seeing my cards, but maybe I need to work on it
USB - All 3 ports firing

1. Install OSX (can probably gleen that info from 1xxx other posts)
2. Edit Apple16x50.kext with tablet ID (WACF006)
3. Install latest TabletMagic
4. Calibrate the pen to screen

Most important thing I DIDN'T DO on this install was download the Khashoggi driver. TabletMagic worked fine on the TC4200 without it and since there doesn't appear to be any further development by Khashoggi (spelling? whatever), no sense wasting my time.

In a bit of a rush, but wanted to say thank you again for a killer app and excellent support!

Mahalo!

I have a p1610 with iAtkos r1,

Everything works less audio, touchscreen and wifi. I tried to install tabletmagic and don't work.

1. Install OSX (iAtkos)
2. Edit Apple16x50Serial.kext with tablet ID (FUJ02E6)
3. Install latest TabletMagic
4. Port: serial() Tablet: ISD V4.0 (TabletPc)
5. Don't work

Please help

As you know, before Mac OS X can recognize your TabletPC's digitizer at all you have to open Terminal, find your digitizer's ID string with something like ioreg -lx | grep -A15 -E "\+-o (DIGI|WACM)" | grep -m1 \"name\", replace the string PNP0501 in a fun-to-find system file...

/System/Library/Extensions/Apple16X50Serial.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Apple16X50ACPI.kext/Contents/Info.plist

...then delete /System/Library/Extensions.mkext, cross your fingers and reboot. Blech!

As a special gift for Leap Day - and so I don't have to explain this process ever again! - here's a bash script that automates it all, except the finger-crossing part. It's been tested pretty thoroughly and should work in almost all cases.

So hey! Why not Download Enable TabletPC Digitizer and give it a try?

And for those of us who don't get an enabled device immediately, I'm still working on it. heh.

Hey guys I'm hoping someone can help me. I have an IBM X41 Tablet running XxX 10.4.11. I edited the Apple16x50.kext and added WACF004, installed the latest tabletmagic and the tablet is recognized and the pen works. My only problem is the tracking. the right side of the screen the cursor is almost on the money with the pen, but then it drifts as you move to the left. I read through the thread and tried the tips to go into the testing pane and move the pen to the far right notice the number and then the far bottom and notice the number. I entered them into the Extras tab. But still i can't get the tracking/calibration right. I've tried the "max" value in the Mapping tab with no luck. Has anyone got the X41 setup correctly?

Okay - I've pressed "more" until the left square's area is completely covered, but as I play with the right area it just constrains the space in which the cursur will move to a smaller or larger area of the screen. Calibration of the pen is still erratic. I'm using Mac OS 10.4.8 on a Motion LE1700. any suggestions?

This is the exact tracking experience I'm having using TabletMagic on my Motion LE1700 - not any help, I know, but I'll be following these posts along with you and if I come up with a solution I'll let you know.