There have been some Pablo tablets for sale on eBay and not all of them have the USB adapter cable. Here's a picture of the wiring for the USB - 15 pin adapter cable.
Drivers for the JamCam cameras and the Pablo graphics tablet are hard to find since
KidBoard/KBGear closed down, but there is hope ;-)
Drivers for the JamCam cameras (1, 2, & 3), including some for Windows XP and Mac OSX,
are available from
www.thejamcam.com. You have to register (free)
to download.
They also have some of the JamCam manuals in HTML or PDF format.
Some of the drivers for the Pablo Graphics Tablet can be downloaded here.
If you purchased a Pablo Tablet on Ebay and need a USB adapter cable,
a pictorial wiring diagram
(not a real schematic, as I don't know your wiring skills) is at the bottom of the page.
I am NOT associated with the former KidBoard or KBGear in any way, I just happen to have some of their products. I do NOT provide support for any KBGear product or software, so email asking for support will get a very short answer - "NO". These files are provided primarily for those (often children) who get a "pass-along" camera or graphics tablet and can't make use of it without the basic drivers and/or image download software.
The original documentation says the PC versions are for "Windows 95 and later". They work in Windows 98 but I do not know if they will work with any later version of Windows.
This was sent to me by someone who got the Pablo working on USB in Windows XP. I haven't tried it.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that driver pablo-Wtkp1215 works with windows XP. It's kind of tricky to install, but I've figured out this method. USB Mode only: 1. Unzip and run the setup. 2. When the program exits, prompting you to reboot. Cancel the reboot process, and then plug in your tablet. 3. XP should begin the detection routine but then just peter out not finding anything, and not complaining either. 4. Re-Run the setup program again, this should complete the detection routine, and your tablet should be active from there on. Known Issues: When you log off your windows session, or switch users, the tablet may not work when you come back. Easiest solution I have found to resolve this issue is to unplug the stylus, and plug it back in. This should effectively reset your tablet, and reinitialize it.
I have only two files for the Mac, the Pablo USB driver (thank you, Tony) and the Pablo ADB driver (thank you, Ryan). As far as I know, neither works with OS X.
Each of these files will fit on a 3.5" diskette, so you can download them on any computer that has Internet access and install them on the destination computer from the diskette. This works well for a child's computer that does not have Internet access. The files ending in ".exe" are self-extracting files that can be double-clicked to extract the files, then double-click on "setup" to install the software.
Most of the files have been zipped to reduce the download size - I'm getting "You are near the download limit" messages from my ISP. Since this is an unfunded project, the site will be shutdown in any month that the download limit is exceeded. In other words, take what you need, but only what you need now.
If you don't have a zip/unzip utility, download FreeZip [250kb] from DS Software. Once the files are extracted, double-click on "setup" OR the .exe file with the same name as the zip file to install the driver.
Any other software or instructions that may have come in the box with these products is NOT available.
To save a file, right click and select "Save As".
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