Touch Input Mapping is an OSD menu setting in the Avocor F50 series, E20 series, and WCD series that allows users to manually select which touch port the currently selected video source will use. This article will explain how touch input mapping works and provide tips for using it effectively.
Connectivity
The Avocor F50-series and WCD series use USB type B inputs to enable touch functionality for computers or presentation devices connected to the video source inputs (HDMI and DisplayPort) on the I/O panel. The number of input sources and their layout on the side panel are different between the F50 and WCD series, detailed as follows.
F-50 Series
Video source inputs:
- DisplayPort (18)
- HDMI (5, 16, 17, 23)
- WPS (HDMI) (2)
Touch source inputs:
- Touch USB 2.0 (3, 6, 22)
- Touch USB HUB 3.0 (20)
WCD Series
Video source inputs:
- DisplayPort (6)
- HDMI (4, 5)
- USB Type-C (12)*
Touch source inputs:
- Touch USB HUB 3.0 (8,9,10)
*Note: Type-C provides an all-in-one video and USB connection, so it does not need a corresponding touch input.
Configuring Touch Input Mapping
This setting can be configured in the OSD menu under Advanced Settings for both the WCD and F50 displays. The input mapping choices for these display lines differ slightly, detailed as follows.
F-50 Series
- Auto
- WPS (3)
- HDMI3~4 (6)
- OPS (21)
- Rear USB (22)
WCD
- Auto
- USB Touch 1 (10)
- USB Touch 2 (9)
- USB Touch 3 (8)
Touch input mapping is set to Auto by default.
Explanation
Knowing the side panel layout and the different touch-mapping options you can select in the OSD, we now come to an explanation of how this works, and how to use it effectively.
What does it mean?
The numbers in bold adjacent to the menu options in the above section correspond with the touch ports in the side panel layout figures we looked at earlier. Choosing any option aside from Auto will activate the touch port indicated by that number.
- For example, if you set the touch input mapping to USB Touch 1 for your WCD, all of your touch controls will come from the lower USB 3.0 Touch Hub (10) for any video source.
To understand why this matters, you need to understand what the default setting, Auto, does.
What is Auto?
By default, when a video input is activated (i.e. something is plugged into it and you have it selected on your display), a specific touch input, and only that specific touch input, is activated as well. Each video input on either display series has a specific associated touch input that's activated with the Auto setting, as detailed below.
F50 Series
- DisplayPort (18), HDMI 1 (17), HDMI 2 (16)----------->Touch USB HUB 3.0 (20)
- HDMI 3 (5)---------------------------------------------->Touch USB 2.0 (6)
- HDMI 4 (23)--------------------------------------------->Touch USB 2.0 (22)
- WPS (2)-------------------------------------------------->Touch USB 2.0 (3)
WCD Series*
- DisplayPort (6)------------------------------------------>USB Touch 1 (10)
- HDMI 2 (5)---------------------------------------------->USB Touch 2 (9)
- HDMI 3 (4)---------------------------------------------->USB Touch 3 (8)
*Note: the WCD makes it a little easier to match up video and touch for the AUTO setting. Just match up the dots and you're good to go!
