ELAN, FocalTech and Synaptics (Smart Touchpad) Driver (Mac OS X)

[EMlyDinEsH]

Last update: 17 Sep 2017

 

UPDATE: 17 - 09 - 2017

Just wanted to clear few things about my commitments to community, and development on my projects which has been going slow due to my personal life as I have been hit really hard since an year, and I am trying to sort out personal things still. So decided to take timeout on my commitments to my projects and put my attention on personal life first. Don't expect any regular updates on this project and others projects of mine till end of this year 2017. It does not mean I will not be working, and it is just that I won't post any update or respond to you all unless I have something worth to share. 

 

I know many of you are disappointed with me and some of my choices/decisions for the last one year, but believe me I had no other option and good reason for that. So your patience will be rewarded properly once I have started releasing updates as I have big plans and willing to commit myself to long term development, and I apologize for not keeping up with promises so far.

 

In case I fail to keep up like I promised above, then I will give up and release all of my work to others to continue. 

 

Hope you understand and support me with beta tests when I need them 

 

Thanks

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

This is a multitouch driver for ELAN, FocalTech and Synaptics touchpad for Mac OS X based on the documentations available and some ideas from VoodooPS2, ApplePS2 and Linux open source code. I have successfully accomplished everything so far and added many new features to take advantage the touchpad completely to make it close to Apple touchpad in every way. Also my driver is implemented with my own universal logic for all the features, so it can be adapted to all touchpads easily and I'm still improving these to achieve even better results.

My driver supports every hardware version of ELAN touchpads except version 1 (which is too old and can't find in existing notebooks will support that if i get some testers),  mostly all available FocalTech touchpads and Synaptics touchpads (still experimental) with firmware version v7.5+.
 

NOTE: For Synaptics,  it was developed based on my touchpad hardware i have, so support is limited to touchpad with firmware version 7.5+ only, but will try to improve support other hardwares also if users interested in my features and help me with beta testing.

 

 

FOR BUG REPORTING:

If you have problems with my driver the follow steps to report the bug from this link: Touchpad issues. Use this thread only to ask about features, feedback and for any other comments. 

    

Please read the below threads which explain the features after installing the driver, so you can understand and learn how to use every feature. If anyone still have doubts/issues then PM me to get help from myself (or) post them in other thread about issues so others can help you. I will respond to you mostly during weekends only for some time.

 

FEATURES DETAILS: (UPDATED FOR v4.6)

Touchpad features: Click here to learn
Keyboard features: Click here to learn

 

Supports OS X version 10.6 or later (10.6 support is only from v4.4)

 

For Prefpane, try to install the version from this link, and add the prefpane to start up items:

http://www.hackintosh.zone/file/997-correct-preference-pane-trackpad-macos-sierra/

 

 

 

UPDATE: 06-06-17

Hi everyone,

 

It has been long time since I have given you all an update on my development. The reason for this was I had a pretty rough personal life and busy time in my job last few months, so I was really under big stress and had busy days which did not allow me to do any progress on my projects. 

 

Good news is that I was able to sort some of my issues, and find some time to continue my projects again. I have already done some analysis on my project, and figured that I had to do some major code rewrite (most of the code was depending around work arounds which are not optimized well for the time being back then) in order to better support future hardwares and also improve features with ease. 

 

My plan is

• Setup a way to support and track bugs from users 
• Setup a way to gather feedback from users
• Re-build the project from the scratch with good design for cross-platform support in mind, to support multiple touchpad vendors and interfaces (thinking about I2C) as universal driver 
• Refactor the project code with as much clean code (so when I make it open others can understand) as possible of mine from the scratch 
• Finish basic features (Keyboard and Mouse emulation)
• Integrate basic vendor specific features 
• Develop and Integrate basic prefpane of mine
• Release first beta to test 
• Integrate and implement my old driver features one by one for better stability
• Update prefpane for new features and release another beta
• Update and improve support for newer hardware based on linux and other sources
• Finish integrating all the features of old driver by reviewing each one with community feedback
• Add new features and improve it's stability and performance

I have big list of TODO's, but I promise this time that I will try to finish each of them as soon as possible with a beta release happening very soon before the end of this month in best case. Understand your patience is really needed here, as I do not want to rush and have limited time of mine. Also, I am gonna give weekly update on my progress if possible when I have finished my milestones.

 

I will try to respond to your PM during weekends, and if you want to be beta tester then send me your skype ids with GMT time via PM.

 

One more thing, current version of my driver is deprecated and so will not be continuing this. But, I will try to give you some support if there is a need before I finish my new version of driver for any issues which are not big enough for time being.

 

Thanks for your support and co-operation. 

 

PS: Sorry for those who want my project to be open sourced now, as I cannot do that until I finish above TODO's. Hope you understand, and support me as I really worked hard on this project. I have worries to get this open right now, and understand that with more people development can progress faster but opening this right now might create issues and end myself supporting to the development in the long run due to fragmentation.

 

 

I would request you to go through plist editing for controlling the features (as I have a lot of them and its important users to know about those details, because it will allow the driver to be tweaked as you want and my default values are not going to be best for every touchpad or user) for now (will make my own prefpane very soon within 3 months, and its a promise). Going to update my thread which details the features every week one after another for keeping it updated with latest version.

 

Version v4.7 beta 5 (10 - 12 - 2016) (work in progress, available to try from attachments).

• Added back feature multi finger drag due to users request (can be dragged using 1-3f, Note: This drag wont be as smooth as 1f because the data is not as good as 1f in 2-3f which is why I stopped working on this long time ago, but currently it works nicely and usable in my touchpad. So its usage varies to each touchpad). You have to hold fingers for 2-3 sec at fixed position and move to trigger drag.
• Improved support for Sierra 
• Support for new style prefpane (most of the features wont control my feature, but I will fix them by next weekend to match them) [Drag, scroll, double click speed can be controlled inside Accessibility Settings->Mouse & Trackpad]
• [Experimental] USB mouse can now stop trackpad if you enable Accessibility setting of Ignore Trackpad [Works only in 10.10 or lower (?). Will find a way for new OS X versions asp]
• Improved scroll inertia with more control options in Plist to choose 
• Fixed Sierra Caps Lock bug using a workaround
• Fixed a bug with some new ELAN touchpads which have issues with virtual buttons acting weird if pointing was enabled at button area, so added option to diable/enable this in plist
• Fixed sierra OS X functions like Launchpad, Dashboard, Mission control etc., which are not working by redirecting to new keyboard shortcuts. (Needs to be configured at Keyboard shortcuts)
• Updated support for Asus keyboard backlight with two levels 
• Several minor bug fixes and improvements
• And more to come as am still looking at improving others things that are buggy and also using feedback from users

 

Version v4.6.5 Released

• Major code optimizations
• Updated support for 10.12 (Still some Fn keys wont work, will try to fix close to release)
• Added plist options to control Apple Trackpad prefpane values for 10.12 
• Several bug fixes and improvements 

Version v4.6

• Fixed CapsLock key change plist option
• Fixed a firmware bug in ELAN v3 hardware
• Updated driver to accept new revisions of ELAN Touchpad to be recognized as Version 4
• Added plist option to disable the touchpad when LID id closed (Enable back auto when its opened)) which will stop strange behavior from touchpad when using HDMI in some systems.
• Pointer acceleration enhancements (new plist options to control)
• Partial support for the extra buttons and track point from Synaptics trackpad 
• Improved support for synaptics
• Updated documentation for features 
• Several minor bug fixes and optimizations

Version v4.5

• Added new plist option to control touchpad edges dead zone
• Added plist option to change 2f and 3f tap default actions
• Added option to tweak pointing acceleration
• Added 4f pinch gesture and plist option (ELAN and Focaltech)
• Updated plist options to better organize
• Improved 2f dragging in clickpads
• Improved edge swipes
• Fixed synaptic touchpad sleep issue seen in some systems
• Fixed some keyboard bugs
• Several improvements, minor bug fixes and optimizations

Version v4.4.5 :

• Improved support for Synaptics touchpads (Clickpad working fine now)
• Updated support for new ELAN touchpads
• Improved edge swipes
• Fixed a bug with Karabiner app to allow mapping
• Several bug fixes and optimizations

Version v4.4 : Released (For Asus keyboard backlight auto off, use updated DSDT patch and v2.5 Fn keys kext)

• Improved support for Synaptics touchpad (Clickpad still have some issues so i need beta testers)
• Improved support for some new ELAN and Focaltech touchpads
• Improved pointer acceleration
• Reworked scrolling
• Improved Swipes, Zoom and Rotations
• Added more plist options to tweak the gestures and option to control delay after sleep
• Added GIGABYTE Fn key mode layout
• Added support for 10.6 (32bit build)
• Fixed several bugs in both keyboard and Touchpad
• Optimizations

Version v4.3 :

• Added support for Synaptics touchpads (Firmware v7.5+) found in new laptops but still its experimental for others as it has not been tested on many laptops. (Tested only on Lenovo Z50-70 and G400)
• Added support for unsupported touchpads to work in enhanced mouse mode without multi touch
• Improved support for Focaltech and ELAN touchpad (especially ELAN v2)
• Improved pointing and scroll with new smoothing features and other improvements which can be controlled in plist
• Improvements and optimizations for all features
• Added plist option for keyboard to make Num Lock into clear instead of soft controlled num lock mode
• Added Fn keys mode layout for Lenovo
• Added support for ACPI brightness controls from EC calls (You have to use DSDT patch)
• Fixed many bugs 

 

 

For the complete change log of all the updates follow this thread:
 https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1966-elan-touchpad-driver-issues/
 

FEATURES OF  ELAN v4 HARDWARE, FOCALTECH and SYNAPTICS: (Supports up to five fingers touch)

• Mouse mode with Virtual Buttons Left, Right and Middle
• Tapping - Up to 5 fingers
• Clicking - Up to 5 fingers
• Dragging : Tap to release and Finger Lift
  ⃠Left Button Drag, Double Tap Drag, Single Tap Drag and Click Drag
• Corner Tapping
• Scrolling - Single finger Edge and Two Fingers swipe
• Continuous, Linear, Sling and Inertial scroll effects
• Finger Press - Up to 5 fingers
• Swiping - Edge, Three and Four Fingers
• Zoom - Two fingers pinch zoom, OSX Zoom with Keyboard
• 4 (Elan, Focaltech) & 5 fingers Pinch gesture
• Rotations - Arc and Swipe Rotations
• Accidental Input/Palm check when typing
• Fn Keys Mode
• Features Toggle
• Full customization

FEATURES OF ELAN v2 and v3 HARDWARE: (Supports up to three fingers touch)

• Mouse mode with Buttons Left, Right and Virtual Middle
• Tapping - Up to 3 fingers
• Dragging - Tap to release and Finger Lift
  ⃠Left Button Drag, Double Tap Drag and Single Tap Drag
• Corner Tapping
• Scrolling - Edge Scroll and Two Fingers
• Continuous, Linear, Sling, Circular and Inertial scroll effects
• Finger Press - Up to 3 fingers
• Swiping - Edge and Three Fingers
• Zoom - Two fingers pinch zoom, OSX Zoom with Keyboard
• Rotations - Arc, Circular and Swipe Rotations
• Accidental Input/Palm check when typing
• Fn Keys Mode
• Features Toggle
• Full customization

 
HOW TO INSTALL:

• Remove any existing "ApplePS2Controller, VoodooPS2Controller, AppleACPIPS2Nub, ApplePS2Keyboard and old Elan Touchpad" kexts if you have already installed from the HDD '/System/Library/Extensions ',  '/Extra/Extensions', and '/System/Extensions/Library/myHack.kext/Contents/Plugins/' (if you used myHack USB installer for OSX).
• If you use USB installer to boot (used to install OSX), then you have to remove the above kexts from USB  '/Extra/Extensions'.
• Install the Kexts (Recommended to use Kext utility for installing) inside the attached zip file using any kext installing methods (In clover, some systems may have problems with kext injection, so try to install them to System/Library/Extensions in that case). 


​            NOTE: From v3.3, there is only one kext  as my driver in the attached zip file. 
 
 
For Support PM me or POST here . I may respond slowly sometimes due to busy life.
 

NOTE: Please don't mirror my files at other places, let the people know about this thread for the latest version and support.

 

 

NOTE:

I've worked very hard on this driver (especially ELAN v2, 4 and Focaltech without hardware) and will try to continue support in future. I do the development everyday with some time dedicated to this and many other projects. But i need your support so i can get more time to spend on these projects for improvements. Also we maintain this website without ads for all of you and it costs a bit for us to host. 

 

 

IF POSSIBLE PLEASE MAKE A DONATION BY CLICKING BELOW PAYPAL DONATE BUTTON FOR ME 

Paypal: 
 

FOR WEBSITE DONATE HERE: http://www.osxlatitude.com/donate/

 

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

 
I would like to thank following people for beta testing the driver and providing valuable feedback:
Leon, Ramalxlama, Shin zon, Sherlocks, Dragon, Ðнтошка, Thomas benhamou,68x, Eli and many others.
 

SOURCE:

 

Project source code: https://github.com/E...Touchpad-Driver

I am still doing some major work with beta testers to improve the features and stability, so I cannot update my git until its done, because it may allow others to modify and distribute their own  version which can miss my changes and also worried about something else too which I do not want to mention here. I want to support this project for very long time and did spend hundreds of hours  so far with testers (without hardware) and implemented many of the features myself from the scratch. So, I deserve and have rights to not to update my project source until I feel confident. The base of the Apple PS2 open sources I have used for my project are pretty much same which you find in the source from my above git link and rest of the changes from that are based on documentation    and my own ideas.

CREDITS:

ELAN - Arjan Opmeer for ELAN linux documentation/source

FocalTech - mgottschlag (github) for linux source

Synaptics - Synaptics official documentation and linux source

 

I would like to thank the VoodooPS2 team (Slice, King, rehabman and many others who contributed to the VoodooPS2) for ideas, Apple for their PS2 open sources which i've used as base for my driver and linux sources for the touchpad initialization and packet info.

SmoothMouse 1.0.5.zip

mouseaccelerationpref11d.zip

Apple Keyboard Layout ID.rtf

ElanTouchpad_v2.8.3.zip

ELAN_v3.8.5_Final_Upd.zip

ELAN_v4.0.5.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.2_Final.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.3_Final.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.4_Final_64bit.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.4_Final_32_64bit.zip

SmartTouchpad_v4.4.5_32_64bit.zip

SmartTouchpad_v4.4.5_64bit.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.5_Final_64bit.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.6.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.6.5.zip

SmartTouchPad_v4.7 beta 3.zip

SmartTouchpad v4.7 beta 5.zip

[davefraud]

Try to install my kexts in S/L/E and what kexts you have removed? Can you see Elan log in verbose output during boot?

installed in S/L/E. now its working!

 

Acer Aspire S3 i5

 

• Core i5Intel i5-2467M / 1.6 GHz
• Memory4 GB 
• Hard Drive240 GB
• OSX10.8.2

 

thx!!!

[EMlyDinEsH]

The new driver works and does not freeze for me.

 

The pointer and the three buttons works for the S3-951 without any kind of problem.

2 fingers seems not to, but I need to test when I can.

 

Thank you Dinesh.

 

For two finger scrolling you need to change the speed of the Scrolling once to get it work and also have to enable them in Trackpad preferences.

[bogis]

Tried many times on UX21E with 10.7.5 with no sussess. No trackpad, no keyboard at all. Had to use USB ones. Should it work on 10.7 or 10.8 only ?

[dreamer_]

For two finger scrolling you need to change the speed of the Scrolling once to get it work and also have to enable them in Trackpad preferences.

 

Hi Dinesh.

 

I confirm that 2 finger scrolling does also work for me after changing the speed

 

 

So, as far as I know, the v4 works for me:

- Pointer

- left, middle and right buttons

- 2 finger scrolling

 

Thanks a lot.

[Jo12031992]

I have updated my driver today with fixes for freezing & many other and its very stable, so check out. If you wanna donate then contact me at my mail.

 

I have v3 you just updated the v4 or?

 

I can't get the three finger left right work Nothing happen when i swipe from left to right with three fingers...

and after sleep sometimes the trackpad freezed so i have to restart...

can u help me?

[joe-mac]

work on acer S3.. 2 finger..

 

Great and you're genius !!!!

[Lev Odarenko]

Touchpad stop works after system sleep/wake.

 

Samsung NP350U2B

Kext 1.8BetaV4

[trat]

EMlyDinEsH Youre a genius!!! Working really well on my asus f201

Beta v4

 

intertia scrolling would be great but hey, at least i do have scrolling at all!

 

weird: dragging files & folders by double-tapping works, but dragging windows does not.

window dragging only works by clicking with one finger and dragging with another

not working: 3-finger-swipes

[lumpilump]

Hello,

i have an Acer V5-171 Ivy Bridge Core i5 and it's working quite fine, except for 3 finger actions. 

My Elan Hardware:

18.01.13 09:35:01,000 kernel[0]: Elan: Touchpad found, Assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x461f01)

Thank you for the great work!!