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- Re: Using Tilt Pen for new Specter x360

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07-04-2020 05:34 AM
Hi
Just looking for some hints on using the 'Tilt Pen' that came with my Spectre x360.
Nice pen but what applications use the full features.
I want do draw stuff! All the apps I have tried work but ignore tilt, rubber etc.
Tried:
Windows Draw3d, nice but no proper pen integration.
Windows paint. Not a lot of use.
Snip and Whiteboard - Usefull but not for art and drawing.
MyPaint brilliant on linux with WACOM. No tilt on windows with pen. Not really a Windows app!
Any suggestions, preferably Open Source or free!
Thanks
Stuart
07-06-2020 06:47 PM
Welcome to the HP support community.
Try the steps mentioned in this HP document to fix the issue:- Click here
I hope that helps.
To thank me for my efforts to help you, please mark my post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.
Cheers.
Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee
07-08-2020 08:07 AM
Thanks for the reply, however this did not help.
My pen does NOT have a butten you can hold down for 3 seconds to pair with the bluetooth on my laptop.
It looks like the one in the pictures. It has a slide up bit to uncover the usbc charge port and it has two buttons near the tip. When I press the top it does nothing. There is no click, nothing.
This pen was supplied with my (new) Spectre x360. It's HP P/N: L85659-001.
It is NOT listed in the windows devices view and yet it still works! I have never paired it. It just worked out of the box.
My problem is that none of the SW recognises it, other that as a mouse! No tilt, no pressure sensitive.
I have tried FreshPaint which is MPP 2 complient and that is the only app that recognises the pen properly.
Is there any further configuration I should be doing?
Regards
Stuart
07-08-2020 06:57 PM
This might require one on one interaction to fix the issue.
I request you to talk to HP support.
They might have multiple options to help you with this.
- Click on this link - https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true
- Select the country.
- Enter the serial of your device.
- Select the country from the drop-down.
- Click on "Show Options".
- Fill the web-form. A case number and phone number will now populate for you.
I hope that helps.
To thank me for my efforts to help you, please mark my post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.
Cheers.
Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee
07-09-2020 07:07 AM
Ok. So I went with your suggestion.
However my experience was not as you described. After signing in and idenifying my product (laptop) the only contact options are:
Virtual Agent: Worse that useless. No matter how a phrase my question I just end up re-phrasing my question with NO workable response. Very frustrating. I left some feedbact to that effect!
This forum: This is this forum so I am already doing that!
Phone support: While I am OK to contact HP by phone I would have thought a simple email of online chat with a technical support person would be sufficient. I will keep this as my last option.
Again thanks for your help.
Stuart