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 Table of Contents

1 Description .................................................................................................................................................... 6

1.1 System Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 6

2 Software Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Windows Platform ................................................................................................................................ 7

2.2 Linux Platform .................................................................................................................................... 10

3 ILITek iUniTouch Tool ................................................................................................................................ 11

3.1 TP List Page ....................................................................................................................................... 11

3.2 Mode Switch........................................................................................................................................ 14
3.3 Touch Behavior .................................................................................................................................. 17
3.4 FW Upgrade ........................................................................................................................................ 18

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 List of Figures
Figure 2-1: Setup.exe .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2-2: Welcome Installation ....................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2-3: Destination Folder ........................................................................................................................... 8
Figure 2-4: Installation Progress Window ........................................................................................................ 8
Figure 2-5: Installation finish ............................................................................................................................. 9
Figure 2-6: Installation finish ........................................................................................................................... 10
Figure 3-1: TP List Page ................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 3-2: Mode Switch ................................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 3-3: Touch Behavior .............................................................................................................................. 17
Figure 3-4: FW Upgrade .................................................................................................................................... 18

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 List of Tables
Table 3-1: Detailed description of TP List Page ............................................................................................. 12
Table 3-2: Detailed description of Mode Switch............................................................................................. 14
Table 3-3: Detailed description of Touch Behavior ....................................................................................... 17
Table 3-4: Detail description of FW Upgrade ................................................................................................. 18

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1 Description
ILITek iUniTouch Tool provides a configuration utility for all kinds of ILITek capacitive touch IC. This
document would help to use ILITek iUniTouch Tool in detail.

1.1 System Requirements

 ILITek USB interface capacitive touch related products
 Windows OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10
 Linux OS: Ubuntu 12.04.5, Ubuntu 14.04.4, Ubuntu 16.04.1

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2 Software Installation

2.1 Windows Platform

Double click at the setup.exe file to start software driver installation. The setup program will guide user to
complete software installation.

Figure 2-1: Setup.exe

Press Next button to continue installation.

Figure 2-2: Welcome Installation

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User can choose the destination folder. Press Install to continue.

Figure 2-3: Destination Folder

Installation will take a few minute, please wait patiently.

Figure 2-4: Installation Progress Window

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When completed install please reboot your computer to make change take effect.
After reboot, you can see the ILITek iUniTouch Tool shortcut on desktop and start menu.

Figure 2-5: Installation finish

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 2.2 Linux Platform
Extract zip file
Use Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut to open terminal
Enter “sudo ./install.sh” command in extract folder (if you cannot execute shell file, please enter “sudo
chmod +x install.sh” modify file permission)
Please reboot machine after installation finish

Figure 2-6: Installation finish

Application path is “/etc/ilitek/”, you have to become root before you execute the application

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3 ILITek iUniTouch Tool
The following sections describe the tool function. ILITek iUniTouch Tool provide the same user
interface on windows and linux. Therefore, the functions will be introduced together.

3.1 TP List Page

Figure 3-1: TP List Page

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Table 3-1: Detailed description of TP List Page
No. Item Description
1 Language Setting The UI language selections provide English, Traditional Chinese and
Simplified Chinese.
Monitor mapping switch (for mouse mode only)
2 If user select “ON”, and then click ”Start Mapping”, This function will help user
to does monitor mapping. a new window will be popped-up on a monitor as
below

 Condition exclusion
(a) If you plug / unplug a monitor and your ‘touch to mouse’ position was
incorrect, please remap again to fix it.
(b) If you change display settings and your “touch to mouse” position was
incorrect, close tool and launch again to fix it.
(c) Screen Orientation of both monitor must be the same.
Multi-Monitor Mapping

Or

Not support more than 2 monitors.

3 Monitor display orientation support. If user select “ON”, this utility will correct
Support Display
the touchscreen orientation to match with monitor display orientation
Orientation
whenever it detects monitor rotation.
4 Monitor Identify The tool shows the monitor ID on every screens
5 TP List User can double click to select the TP list in the window to do configuration for
it. Also, all of the other property pages will be updated for this selected TP.
6 SET Button Make change take effect.

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 3.2 Mode Switch

Figure 3-2: Mode Switch

Table 3-2: Detailed description of Mode Switch

No. Item Description
If user select “MOUSE” TP will become mouse with configuration
1 Mode Switch If user select “TOUCH” TP will become touch panel without
configuration
2 Reset to default Click to clear all settings and load default.
Select “OFF” will turn off touch function.

3 Touch Function
 Note
In multiple TP/Monitor system, Only one TP will be turned off.
4 Hide Mouse Cursor Select “ON” will hide mouse cursor (Linux has no this item)
5 Mouse Function with AP Configuration whether resident with software
There are 7 mouse emulation modes for ILITek touchscreen
controllers. Click combo box to change the emulation mode.
6 Click Setting
1. Normal
Behaves mouse button down and mouse move. User can select this

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mode to select object, and dragging the object.
2. Drag OFF
With this “Drag OFF” mode, the driver emulates a mouse release
when the finger move or finger release.
3. Click on touch
With this “Click on touch” mode, the driver emulates a mouse click
event when the touchscreen state was switched from un-touched
state to touched state. Then, the driver always generate mouse
move event and is tracking the touch position until the touchscreen
state switched to un-touch state.
4. Click on touch without moving cursor
With this mode, the driver behaves similar as “Click on touch” mode.
The cursor does not move to the touch position except the first touch
point.
5. Click on release (needs fw support)
With this “Click on release” mode, the driver emulates a mouse click
event when the touchscreen state was switched from touched state
to un-touched state.
6. Click on release without moving cursor (needs fw support)
With this mode, the driver behaves similar as “Click on release”
mode. The cursor does not move to the touch position except the
lift-off point.
7. Desktop mode
With this mode, the driver behaves similar as “Normal” Mode. But
the driver will not report mouse button down immediately after user
touches down.
User needs to touch and stay at one point for a few milliseconds and
then the driver will report mouse touch down.
The following slider is used to set time period.
Finger Touch TP Moving after Leave TP
Option touch

Normal Press left Move cursor Release left

button button
Drag Off Press left Release left Release left
button button button
Click on touch Click left Move cursor No action
button
Click on touch Move cursor No action No action

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 without moving and click left
cursor button
Click on release Move cursor Move cursor Click left
button
Click on release No action No action Move cursor
without moving and click left
cursor button
Desktop mode Press left Move cursor Release left
button (Need button
to wait)

 Note
In multiple TP/Monitor system, Only one TP will be changed.
7 Beep Sound Beep sound on/off switch.
User can select beep occasion
Beep On Touch meaning driver generate beep when finger touch TP
8 Beep Occasion
Beep On Release meaning driver generate beep when finger
release TP
9 Beep Frequency Adjust the beep sound frequency, set range 500Hz~2000Hz
10 Beep Duration Adjust the beep sound duration, set range 100ms~500ms
To select beep from buzzer or speaker (Linux has no this item)

11 Beep Device Selection

 Condition exclusion
(a) Beep from speaker needs iUniTouch tool is running.

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 3.3 Touch Behavior

Figure 3-3: Touch Behavior

Table 3-3: Detailed description of Touch Behavior

No. Item Description
If the touchscreen was kept touched for a specified time, the driver will generate
1 Right Key ON/OFF a mouse right button click event if this function was enabled.
The following slider used to adjust trigger time.
Two continuous clicks at the same area within this specified time and area will
be recognized as a double click event.
When select “OFF” the following sliders used to adjust area and time to prevent
OS recognized two continuous clicks as a double click event.
2 Double Click ON/OFF

 Condition exclusion
Due to “System Mouse Double Click Range” is setting of Windows, must reboot
System to take effect. (Linux has no this item)
If Lock Point is “ON”，this is a criterion to judge if the most recent touched point
is same as the previous touched point. If the points difference is within this area,
3 Lock Point
it will be recognized as the same touch point and the driver does not generate
new mouse event for this new touch point.

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 3.4 FW Upgrade

Figure 3-4: FW Upgrade

Table 3-4: Detail description of FW Upgrade

No. Item Description
1 Hex File Selection User select hex for FW upgrade
Show FW upgrade progress during upgrade FW

 Note
1. After upgrade completed, have to reboot system or re-plug
2 Upgrade Progress
Device to make it effect.
2. If you use other application to upgrade FW, Multi-monitor
mapping will lose. You have to map again (reference to section
3.1)

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