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Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

hernan — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 06:37:32 -0000

hi. Is there a chance to make run an artpad II serial in windows 8 ? I couldn't with a manhattan usb-rs232 cable up to now. thank you so much.
I already put the registry key ...

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

KOZMOGRAF/X motion & design — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:35:21 -0000

Sorry guys, I just noticed my editing error in the first sentence. It should read "with your registry modification,...). Whatever... MY TABLET WORKS! :)

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

KOZMOGRAF/X motion & design — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:33:04 -0000

THANK YOU AARON. With to your registry modification, I am now able to use my old (but awesome) GD 0405 R tablet on my Win 7 64-bit box!! I have to use a serial-to-USB converter cable and the 6.10.6 Wacom driver (installed as Win 2000) AND IT WORKS! (However, so far, now I get the odd Visual Basic error, which I just ignore, and oddly, CorelDraw X5 won't open at all, though all of my Adobe and Microsoft apps work. This doesn't derail me, but it would be nice to have Coreldraw functional. No luck finding that solution yet. )

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

cornerro — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:02:27 -0000

mine didn't work ...

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Efrain Cedeño — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:02:31 -0000

i am searching too... for windows 7 64 bits... exist...
http://www.vtablet.com/ but i cant work.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Efrain Cedeño — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:00:26 -0000

i have the same, and i have windows 7 64 bits... i need resolve... do you?

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Efrain Cedeño — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:59:05 -0000

Hi... i have the same
UD-1212-R i need help, i have windows 7 64bits how you install it?

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Efrain Cedeño — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:57:35 -0000

How you can do it please! helpme... i have a ud-1212-r

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Manni — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:19:10 -0000

I have finished building the WaxBee converter from serial to USB.

IT WORKS!!!!!

So, if anyone wants his/her tablet to work with Windows 7, this solution may be the one for you!

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Klacto — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:28:58 -0000

OK I have a UD1218 and a Win 7 64PC. With no Wacom 64bit drivers available I installed VTab. It works but no pressure senstivity (at least in Photoshop 32bit, PS64 hangs on startup)
Consulting with VTab they say its Adobe's bug. The Vtab driver cannot offer pressure with a 32bit prog and the 64bit prog doesn't work!, Even though the tablet manager reports pressure is being received VTab say there is no fix. Adobe won't release code to them and apparently Wacom license theur drivers from them!
This is the case with CS4 and CS5 and for all I know CS6, I cannot afford to try it!
Has anyone come up with a solution? Its a scandal that this isn't fixed and as far as I can see, no guarantee that newer tablets will work properly. Vtab said to me that the situation 'is a mess'!

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Quasimodox — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:36:32 -0000

I got the Wacom GD-0912-R working on Windows 7 64 bit via Keyspan Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter. I previously used a MANHATTAN Data Transfer Cable Adapter,
Although I could see the device in Device Manager, but I couldn't get the driver installed.

After switching to Keyspan, I add the registry key, then installed the driver pro610-6_int.exe under compatibility mode to Win 2000 as admin, then reboot and install the drive again with compatibility to Win Vista. Then it works!

I bought my Keyspan at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...

The serial-to-USB converter makes the difference. I hope my experience can say others some trouble. Good luck to others who are looking for solution to their old Wacom. Thanks for everyone here who provided solid advise and information.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

cki — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:29:32 -0000

I've got the UD-1212 and tried to connect it with the serial or the usb method, many driver (installers) and I always get it in the "hardware" manager but always with the yellow exclemation mark - an not working... I can't find any working driver ...
Work with Windows 7 HomeEdition... any other tip?

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:56:47 -0000

Yes, Registry edit at top of this page.
win7 64 ultimate.
if you can not work , look at another comments - make tablet.dat file.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:47:42 -0000

yes, registry edit

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:46:45 -0000

yes

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Meatpixel256 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:13:14 -0000

The same registry edit at the top of this page?

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:53:17 -0000

Windows 7 64bit - it works!

I use com1 port(not usb to serial cable), asrock extreme4 gen3

Edit registry.

Download driver (not 7 version, for Vista version !!!, Whether any version of ...)
i works test version 612-5.exe (Old versions can get it from Europe, the Wacom website)

612-5.exe run checked Compatibility mode and choose Windows Vista and I also checked Privilege level as run this app as an Administrator. (not 2000!!, for Pressure-sensing)

Reboot!!

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:52:37 -0000

Windows 7 64bit - it works!

I use com1 port(not usb to serial cable), asrock extreme4 gen3

Edit registry.

Download driver (not 7 version, for Vista version !!!, Whether any version of ...)
i works test version 612-5.exe (Old versions can get it from Europe, the Wacom website)

612-5.exe run checked Compatibility mode and choose Windows Vista and I also checked Privilege level as run this app as an Administrator. (not 2000!!, for Pressure-sensing)

Reboot!!

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

눈팅돌이 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:49:26 -0000

Windows 7 64bit - it works!

Download driver (not 7 version, for Vista version !!!, Whether any version of ...)
i works test version 612-5.exe (Old versions can get it from Europe, the Wacom website)

612-5.exe run checked Compatibility mode and choose Windows Vista and I also checked Privilege level as run this app as an Administrator. (not 2000!!, for Pressure-sensing)

Reboot!!

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Dragon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:52:57 -0000

I would go ask this on bongofish. It's certainly possible that you only damaged the 12 volt part and if you bypass that to power it with 5V USB it will work.
Try looking at http://forum.bongofish.co.u... which has instructions for using a terminal program to directly communicate with the tablet and see if it's outputting its tablet type and coordinates as normal. I remember seeing another thread on Bongofish where someone's tablet output that it had version 0.0 firmware and he found a thread on a Wacom support forum with an obscure tool to reflash the firmware and it fixed his problem. I think his firmware got corrupted by some sort of short circuit or wrong voltage as well, so you could have that problem too.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

John — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:57:56 -0000

Hi there; I am trying this as well. After the install are you able to open the "Wacom Tablet Properties" under the control panel? My tablet works but I cant access the settings.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Pete — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:18 -0000

Hi, feeling all your efforts and the frustrations of the so far unsuccesful. I think I have tried all the combinations/configs of settings that comments suggest may make the difference but in my case suspect my plugging the wrong power supply unit in may have bricked(maybe moreso tiled) my ud 0608r. No smoke but the AC instead of DC 12v may inherently not smoke to signal my stupidity. I didnt have it in for long and it shows a orange for power which changes to green when pressing the stlus button or "drawing" with it.

I did get some readings though seemingly erratic in the staus tab from Vtablet but since soon after reloading after trying other things the status and cursor tabs are disabled and inaccessible tabs.

I saw the instructional forum posting elsewhere
http://forum.bongofish.co.u...
on converting to USB and wonder whether an AC voltage "hosing" on the strength of the LED indications might have only attacked the serial communication dept., since the mod allows 5v USB to run device after the mod, the dubious logic being that the 12v circuit internally reduced to a lower voltage for the rest of the device might possibly include some circuitry that filters out the neg voltage as well.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Manni — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:31:07 -0000

That would be great!

I still don't want to lose my great ArtPad II!

Today I downloaded VirtualTablet for my new Windows 7 x64 installation but the trial run was very disappointing: Nothing happened.

And right before I came here I just thought about what I should do now... Contact VTablet and buy new software for an old tablet?
Buy a Bamboo Pen & Touch?
Buy an Intuos 4 S?

Now I really hope my KT-0405 is supported by "WaxBee"...

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Dragon — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:33:05 -0000

For anyone still struggling with this problem in 64 bit Windows Vista or 7, there's a new hardware modification that converts your Serial tablet to a USB tablet using a $14 adapter and free "WaxBee" firmware. Rudimentary soldering skills required. See http://forum.bongofish.co.u...

Re: Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

Lilib — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:43:10 -0000

Hi, let me share my GD-0608-R and Windows7 64bits "fight" experience with result: "It works!"

At first, I must admit, that I made some complicated, unlogical and undocumented steps before as I assume found that right method which is not proved yet.

Equipment: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 motherboard contains one serial port and flashed with the latest BIOS - F14, serial Wacom Intuos 1 and Windows7 x64 EN sp1 and all fixed installed on

Wacom was plugged and powered in the last try I made after that tablet works.

I installed pro605-7_int.exe drivers, which are the latest drivers serial Intuos were supported as someone mentioned on internet.

I was logged as Administrator and I made 2 changes on this installer file. a/ I checked Compatibility mode and choose Windows2000 and I also checked Privilege level as run this app as an Administrator.

After common install procedure computer has been restarted and since now tablet works as I expected. ;)

ps.: As I mentioned early, I made some crazy "hacks" dunno If something more I made during those experiments is not needed to success.

I hope this small will help you if you still fighting ...

Good Luck