Re: Digitizer SNAFU, desparate now! [PilotMgr]

[Oliver Skelton <skelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In case this chimes with any of the digitizer problems mentioned:

I am onto my third Palm and all have suffered digitizer problems. These are problems which don't seem amenable to being fixed by any calibration patches and as soon as I get time this one is going back for a new screen.

My current Palm3xe is suffering a similar screen distortion to it's Palm3 predecessor: in this case the writing area has narrowed so that I often write numbers or hit the main menu by accident. However in other parts of the screen the width remains correctly mapped. A straight line drawn in TealPaint up the right edge of the screen actual draws a curve as it is also distorted in at the center. The previous Palm3 instead had distortion at the top right and it became impossible to access the days of the week in the calendar.

The first (PalmPilot Professional) had glitches when writing:
Teal echo revealed the problem with graffiti recognition: A forward slash (diagonal stroke) had spikes up to the top-left direction.

With problems on three machines I am surprised not to see the same reported by other people.

I wondered if long flights (air pressure changes) could be a partial cause, or sticking 3M tape across the writing area (though the distorted areas seem to occur in different places). I suspect it may also be due to leakage or lack of seal at the edge of the screen.

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Regards,
Oliver

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Oliver Skelton
 
 
 

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