Pressure Sensitivity not available in CS4

I have a Calcomp DrawingBoard lll with pressure sensitive stylus which works fine in other applications like Painter 11 but loses its pressure capabilities in CS4 (both AI and PS). The stylus behaves like a mouse but in shape dynamics the pen pressure settings show a warning sign and in AI they are grayed out. It performed correctly in CS3.
Any hints?
Thanks
Jon

Photoshop CS4 has had the tablet input re-written or somethign to that effect. The specific tablets it is designed with in mind are by Wacom, so it may be an issue that may not be fixed. What Operating System are you on?

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