Automatic display rotation with ProtectSmart Accelerometer

[heatlesssun]

Nice work!

[Toby]

Working fine here, thank you. However, how fast is normal switching? It takes about the same time as the button press.

[swidwaks]

Is this only enabled for slate mode, or will it start switching it up if my leg starts to twitch?

Either way thanks a bunch for taking the initiative, this is one of the biggest features I've missed in the tm2.

[wakeupneo]

Strange thing here with the x64 version: It quits as soon as it should rotate :S

[CompuGeek]

Please make sure you have the Visual C++ 2010 redistributable.

x64: Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)

x86: Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)

Also this requires the HP ProtectSmart Driver, it is known to work with version 4.1.1.1.

[CompuGeek]

Here is an update for x64: http://compugeeksoftware.com/softwar...ometer/fix.zip

Open Task Manager and switch to the processes tab. Then find tm2_accelerometer.exe, select it and click end process.

Open C:\Program Files\CompuGeek Software\tm2 accelerometer\ in explorer. Replace the existing files with the ones in the zip.

That should fix the delay and some rotational issues.

[amademan78]

Still a no go for me with x64. Installed the x64 version, Protectsmart, Visual C++, & x64 update. It doesn't crash but the screen doesn't rotate when I rotate the tablet in any direction.

[motionride]

Same here, not working properly, it only rotates into one position regardless of how I am holding it. Maybe it needs a little bit of a calibration tool as I think it could be that the accelerometer gives back different values than on CompuGeeks TM2.

Just an Idea.

[wakeupneo]

Still a no go for me with x64. Installed the x64 version, Protectsmart, Visual C++, & x64 update. It doesn't crash but the screen doesn't rotate when I rotate the tablet in any direction.

Same here. I have 3D drive guard 4.0.3.1 (the one that came with the notebook). I could only find inf files for the 4.1.1.1.

SOLVED: Go to device manager and manually update the HP Mobile Data Protection Sensor's driver to this one (4.1.1.1):
http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...1e2dc13b92.cab

Thank you CompuGeek, kudos With some calibration it will work flawlessly (right now it rotates about 15% of times).

What do you think about disabling rotation when it's in notebook mode? Right now it rotates the screen upside down :S
PM me if you need help understanding sensor data (accidental movement, shakiness on a train or in a bus, difference between rotation and fast movement up, left or right, etc etc). I have experience with windows mobile accelerometers.

[pttuan89]

I have the app installed, no error showed up. But it doesnt keep running in background. Looking at the task manager, after double click the exe file in ProgramFiles folder, tm2_accelerometer.exe show up for about 1 second, and dissappeared! I have driver, .net, and Visual C++ installed...