README.TXT File ScrollPoint Mouse Device Driver for OS/2 Version 2.0 May 14, 1998 (c) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation, 1998. All rights Reserved. Contents ----------- 1.0 Installation Instructions 2.0 Hardware Considerations 3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters 3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse 3.2 Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse 3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page 4.0 Copyright and Trademark Information 1.0 Installation Instructions ---------------------------------- 1. The SCROLLMS.EXE file that you received contains the following 5 scrolling mouse files in a self-extracting compressed format. - MOUINST.EXE Executable that installs your scrolling mouse - MOUSE.SYS ScrollPoint mouse device driver - README.TXT This file that you are reading - WPSTKMOU.DLL Mouse functional DLL - WPSTKMRI.DLL Mouse informational DLL To use these mouse driver files, you must expand the SCROLLMS.EXE file into its 5 component files by (a.) opening an OS/2 window and (b.) typing SCROLLMS at the OS/2 command prompt. Once the SCROLLMS.EXE file is expanded, please continue with the installation instructions. 2. Open an OS/2 Window on your system. 3. Change your directory to the directory containing the scrolling mouse files. As an example, type A: if you are installing the driver from a diskette. 4. At the OS/2 command prompt, type MOUINST. This command will load the new mouse.sys device driver, add the associated DLL's and place the ScrollPoint Mouse Object on your OS/2 desktop. 5. This completes the installation procedure. You must now REBOOT your system to initialize the scrolling mouse driver. 2.0 Hardware Considerations ------------------------------------- 1. This ScrollPoint Mouse device driver does not support attachment of your scrolling mouse through a serial port PS/2-style connector. 2. This driver only runs effectively in a uni-processor system. You may experience reliability problems in a system running multiple processors. 3. If you are attaching your scrolling mouse to a notebook computer such as an IBM ThinkPad that has a built-in mouse, you may have to disable the built-in mouse to ensure your scrolling mouse stick/wheel scroller works properly. 3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters ----------------------------------------------------- The ScrollPoint Mouse driver supports both stick-type (ie., IBM ScrollPoint) and wheel-type (ie., Logitech MouseMan+) scrolling mice. The physical attributes of the scroller device in your scrolling mouse determines the operational characteristics of the scrolling portion of the mouse. Other features, including button functions, are the same as on a non-scrolling mouse. 3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse ---------------------------------------- A stick-type mouse will allow the cursor to move vertically either line-by-line or page-by-page and horizontally either space-by-space or tab-by-tab, depending on the amount of time the stick is held at its maximum-deflected position for the chosen direction. Typically, up or down stick-deflections of less than one second will cause the cursor to move vertically on a line-by-line basis. When the stick is held deflected up or down for more than one second, the cursor will change its vertical movement from a line-by-line to a page-by-page motion. Similarly, left or right stick-deflections of less than one second will cause the cursor to move horizontally on a space-by-space basis. When the stick is held deflected left or right for more than one second, the cursor will change its horizontal movement from a space-by-space to a tab-by-tab motion. 3.2 Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse ------------------------------------------ A wheel-type scrolling mouse has a wheel and either 3 or 4 buttons, with the 3rd or 4th button physically under the wheel. In a 3-button/wheel mouse configuration, spinning the wheel up or down will move the cursor vertically line-by-line. A 3-button/wheel configuration does not support horizontal scrolling. A 4-button/wheel mouse configuration typically has the 3rd button on the side of the mouse, under the thumb-position. Spinning the wheel up or down will move the cursor vertically line-by-line. However, depressing the 3rd (thumb-position) button while spinning the wheel changes the scrolling direction from vertical to horizontal, and the cursor will move left or right in a space-by-space motion. 3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page ----------------------------------------------- A tabbed-page named Scroller has been added to the ScrollPoint Mouse Properties that sets the parameters for the stick or wheel scroller functions for your scrolling mouse. The mouse Scroller Properties can be accessed by selecting the ScrollPoint mouse icon on your desktop, depressing the right mouse button, selecting Properties from the pop-up menu and then selecting the Scroller tab. The Scroller scrolling-speed can be selected from the scolling speed pull-down and can be set to slow, normal, fast or none. Normal is the suggested default. Selecting "none" will disable the scroller. Checking the "Use PageUp/PageDn" box will enable the line-by-line to page-by-page vertical motion switching described above. Checking the "Use Tab/Shift Tab" box will enable the space-by-space to tab-by-tab horizontal motion switching described above. For wheel-type scrolling mice, page-by-page vertical motion and tab-by-tab horizontal motion cannot typically be achieved even if the boxes discussed above are checked, because the wheel cannot be constantly-spun for more than one second. 4.0 Copyright and Trademark Information ----------------------------------------------------- The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. IBM OS/2 ThinkPad ScrollPoint Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.