mxt app

The mxt-app utility

The mxt-app utility allows the user to perform certain operations from the command line and through a menu of select options. The source for the mxt-app and information on how to build the application is available at the following location:

https://github.com/atmel-maxtouch/mxt-app

When run without options mxt-app provides a menu from which the user can choose from the following options:

• Load a configuration file (both .raw and .xcfg format)
• Save configuration file
• Display the info block
• Read object configuration settings
• Write object configuration settings
• Run self tests using the Self Test T25 object
• Flash firmware to the chip (in .enc format)
• Backup configuration data to NVRAM
• Reset the device
• Calibrate the device
• Display raw messages
• Dump diagnostic data

Additional commands are available when running the utility on the command line. These are listed below. The mxt-app command line features also allow scripts to be created for automated testing.

NOTE: mxt-app v1.32 and above is required to work with chips enabled with HA protocol. This would be driver maXTouch I2C Linux driver v3.2 and above.