Matrix Orbital HTT Series Use and care manual

HTT Series
For all variants of the HTT50A, and HTT70A
Gesture Recognition Firmware Guide
Revision 1.0

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Contents
Revision History .............................................................................................................................................................2
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................3
Features.....................................................................................................................................................................3
Setting up the Firmware................................................................................................................................................4
Installing the firmware ..............................................................................................................................................4
Enabling Multi-Touch ................................................................................................................................................5
Windows ...............................................................................................................................................................5
Ubuntu..................................................................................................................................................................6
Testing New Features ....................................................................................................................................................6
Downloads.....................................................................................................................................................................6
Utility Program ..........................................................................................................................................................6
Firmware ...................................................................................................................................................................6
HTT Resources...........................................................................................................................................................6
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................................7
Support ..........................................................................................................................................................................7
Contact ..........................................................................................................................................................................7

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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
Author
1.0
January 28, 2019
Initial Release
Divino

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Introduction
The HTT Gesture Recognition firmware enables the use of common touch gestures such as swipes and pinches on
compatible applications. Depending on the application, swipes can be used to scroll through pages or navigate
through photos, and pinch gestures can be used to zoom in and out of the current screen. The firmware will also
allow up to 5 touch points to be recognized simultaneously on capacitive touch HTT variants, allowing
compatibility with applications that utilize more than 1 touch input.
Features
Compatible with Windows and Linux hosts, including:
oRaspberry Pi
oBeagleBone
oTinkerBoard
Swipe and Pinch gestures are supported on compatible applications
Multi-touch enabled on capacitive touch HTT variants
Available for:
oResistive touch
oCapacitive touch

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Setting up the Firmware
Installing the firmware
The following procedure describes all the steps that need to be completed to install the gesture recognition
firmware.
1. Power down the display and disconnect all connections from the unit. On the back of the HTT, you will
find either a 3 pin bootloader header or a bootloader pushbutton.
- If your HTT is populated with a 3 pin bootloader header, short the center pin and the pin designated with
the white block with a wire or jumper.
- If your display is populated with a pushbutton, hold the pushbutton down.
2. While your bootloader header is shorted/pushbutton is held down, connect your HTT to a PC through the
USB header on the back of the display. A window should appear with a ‘firmware.bin’ file present.
3. Once this window appears, you can release the pushbutton or remove the bootloader jumper. Delete
the firmware.bin file and copy over the HTT Multitouch firmware onto your display.
4. Once the firmware file has been copied over, you can boot up the display and find that the firmware has
been installed.

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Enabling Multi-Touch
Once the firmware has been installed on the HTT, you will have to enable multi-touch capabilities on your host
platform. This process is only necessary for users with Capacitive touch HTT variants.
Windows
There are a few steps that will need to be followed in order for the multi-touch functionality to run properly on
Windows:
1. Search for and open the ‘Run’ desktop application in the Windows Start Menu.
Figure 1: Opening the 'Run' application
Figure 2: Running the windows multi touch command
2. Run the following command
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
3. Once the command runs, a new window should open. Press ‘Setup’ and follow the instructions on the
screen
Figure 3: Tablet PC Settings
Once your display is setup, Windows will be able to recognize multi-touch inputs. You will be able to rotate your
display’s image as normal using Windows Display settings. The touch screen’s orientation will follow the display’s
image orientation.

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Ubuntu
There are a few steps that will need to be followed in order for the multi-touch functionality to run properly on
Ubuntu:
1. Make sure that the HTT is setup as the primary display
2. If you are looking to use Mozilla Firefox, you may need to set the following environment variable
MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1
Or start firefox as follows
MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1/usr/bin/firefox
Once your display is setup, Linux will be able to recognize multi-touch inputs.
The touchscreen will not automatically rotate along with the display, so when you rotate the display, you will have
to rotate the touchscreen as well.
This can be down by using both xrandr and xinput commands, or by using the rotate.sh script.
Testing New Features
Multi-touch capabilities and gesture recognition can be tested at the following links:
http://photoswipe.com/ - a photo gallery that demonstrates swipe, pinch to zoom, and scrolling gestures.
https://www.paulirish.com/demo/multi - A painting demo that can make recognize of multiple inputs
http://scripty2.com/demos/touch/touchspector/ - a finger tracking demo that allows you to observe multiple
inputs
Downloads
Utility Program
A terminal executable program called HTT Utility can be used to adjust characteristics such as touch orientation,
calibration, and sensitivity. Updates, bug fixes, and new features are continuously being added to the HTT Utility
program and released on a regular basis. The latest versions of the HTT Utility program can be downloaded for
free from https://www.matrixorbital.com/index.php?route=download/download_category&dpath=12_333.
Firmware
After release, Matrix Orbital may publish updates to the HTT’s firmware to improve functionality, add new
features, or fix bugs. These firmware upgrades can be easily applied to the unit in the field. The latest firmware
builds can be downloaded for free from https://www.matrixorbital.com/firmware/htt-firmware
HTT Resources
HTT drawings, models, and technical data can be found on our website and downloaded for free from
https://www.matrixorbital.com/index.php?route=download/download_category&dpath=274_178_246

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Troubleshooting
If you have any problems with setting up the HTT’s multi-touch firmware on your display, please contact
[email protected] and one of our friendly support representatives can help you out.
Support
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