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.