Installation Guide TM SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard
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Important Information Please read this manual carefully before setting up and using the SMART Board™ for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard (SBFPD). WARNING Make sure an AC socket outlet is near the SBFPD and remains easily accessible during use. Assurez-vous qu’une prise secteur se trouve à proximité du SBFPD et demeure facilement accessible durant l’utilisation. Asegúrese de que hay una toma de corriente alterna cerca del SBFPD y que es fácilmente accesible para su uso.
AVERTISSEMENT POUR LES CLIENTS EUROPÉENS Le SBFPD doit être utilisé uniquement avec les systèmes de distribution d’alimentation européens TN et TT. Le SBFPD ne convient pas aux systèmes de distribution d’alimentation plus anciens de type IP utilisés dans certains pays européens. “Ce système (type IT) est largement utilisé isolé de la terre, dans certaines installations en France, avec une impédance à la terre, à 230/400V, et en Norvège, avec limiteur de tension, neutre non distribué, à 230V ligne à ligne.
Other Precautions For operating safety and to avoid damage to the interactive whiteboard and its parts, please read the following information carefully. • If you transport the interactive whiteboard, we strongly urge you to completely repackage it using the original packaging. This packaging was designed with optimal shock and vibration protection.
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Table of Contents Important Information............................................................................................................... i Other Precautions .................................................................................................................... iii Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 Interactive Whiteboard Technology............................................
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Introduction The SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard adds touch-screen control and writing capability to your flat-panel display while only minimally increasing its depth. Flat-Panel Display Interactive Whiteboard Pen Tray The SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard includes an overlay, SMART Board software and a pen tray equipped with an eraser and color pens.
The Overlay The overlay, which includes embedded digital cameras in the top-left and top-right corners, is mounted onto your flat-panel display. Cameras Overlay The Pen Tray The pen tray attaches to your overlay and includes four colored pens and an eraser. To write over the computer image, just pick up a pen and write on the interactive whiteboard as you’d write on a standard whiteboard.
• Floating Tools – a virtual palette of writing tools that increases the screen’s interactive functionality, even if you don’t have a pen tray • SMART Board Control Panel – allows you to customize the writing tools and to change the SMART Board software settings • Aware – an application for the Windows operating system that makes a number of conferencing, graphics, word processing and presentation programs work seamlessly with the interactive screen TIP Aware applications (sometimes referred to as Ink
Important Information about Compatibility Each SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard comes with a SMART USB adapter cable that connects the interactive whiteboard to your computer. The adapter cable works only with version 8.1.3 (or later) of SMART Board software for Windows operating systems or version 8.1.2 (or later) of SMART Board software for Macintosh computers.
Installing SMART Board Software For the SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard to function properly, you must have SMART Board software running on a connected computer. CAUTION Don’t connect the SMART USB adapter cable to the computer until after you’ve installed SMART Board software (version 8.1.3 or later). If you do this by accident, the Found New Hardware wizard appears. Click the Cancel button in the wizard, and then unplug the SMART USB adapter cable from the computer.
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Installing the Interactive Whiteboard IMPORTANT The installation procedure varies depending upon whether you ordered your interactive whiteboard with or without a pen tray. To install your SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard, you’ll have to: 1. mount the overlay on the flat-panel display (see below) 2. attach either a pen tray (page 10) or a controller (page 13) 3.
4. Place the overlay facedown on a flat surface. 5. Attach a corner bracket without a triangular notch to the top-left corner (when you’re looking at the back of the overlay) by aligning the corner bracket with the threaded posts on the overlay, and then loosely attaching thumbscrews to hold the bracket in place. TIP There is an arrow engraved on the rear of each bracket. If you position each bracket in its appropriate corner, these arrows point upwards. 6.
7. With the assistance of another person, carefully place the overlay over the flat-panel display, and then maneuver the corner brackets until they fit around the flat-panel display’s corners. There will be a slight gap on each side. 8. Tighten the thumbscrews to hold the overlay against the flat-panel display. CAUTION Take care when mounting and then positioning the overlay. The overlay can be scratched if it’s held tight to the flat-panel display and then moved in any direction. 9.
10. In the same way, attach a bracket without a triangular notch to the bottom-left corner (when you’re looking at the front of the overlay). Optional Security Procedure If you want an additional level of security, you can install a 1/4-20 × 1/2" security screw on each corner bracket. Security Screw Hole Supply and install a security screw in each corner NOTE: SMART Technologies doesn’t supply these screws. NOTE: To continue the installation, attach either a pen tray (see below) or a controller (page 13).
NOTE: Depending upon where and how the interactive whiteboard is mounted, you may need to perform some of the following steps by touch due to reduced visibility. CAUTION Don’t connect the interactive whiteboard to the computer until after you've installed SMART Board software. For more information, see page 5. 1. Remove the thumbscrews from the pen tray bracket. You need these thumbscrews for step 3. Thumbscrews 2. Slide the holes in the pen tray over the threaded posts on the pen tray bracket.
4. Connect the MOD8 cable to the pen tray (see the next illustration). You’ll connect the other end of this cable to your computer when you complete the installation. 5. Connect the DB9 end of the SMART USB adapter cable to the pen tray. You’ll connect the other end of this cable to your computer when you complete the installation.
To attach the controller CAUTION Don’t connect the interactive whiteboard to the computer until after you’ve installed SMART Board software. For more information, see page 5. If you purchased the SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard without the pen tray, you must install a controller unit. NOTE: Depending upon where and how the interactive whiteboard is mounted, you may need to perform some of the following steps by touch due to reduced visibility. 1.
4. Connect the MOD8 cable to the controller. MOD8 Cable Controller 5. Connect the DB9 end of the SMART USB adapter cable to the controller. You’ll connect the other end of this cable to your computer when you complete the installation. DB9 Connector OR If you ordered a straight-through DB9-to-DB9 serial cable with your interactive whiteboard, connect one end to the controller. You’ll connect the other end of this cable to a serial port on your computer when you complete the installation.
To complete the installation 1. Connect the MOD8 cable to the corresponding port on the back of the overlay. You connected the other end of this cable to either the pen tray or the controller earlier. Port NOTE: Your configuration may have a controller instead of a pen tray. MOD8 Cable 2. Connect the power supply connector to the overlay’s power port. Power Port Power Connector NOTE: Your configuration may have a controller instead of a pen tray.
3. Connect the power cable to both the power supply and a power outlet. Power Supply Power Cable NOTE: Your power cable might look different because your interactive whiteboard comes with a power cable that works with your country’s power outlets. 4. Connect the SMART USB adapter cable to a USB port on your computer. You connected the other end of this cable to either the pen tray or the controller earlier.
6. Attach the eraser’s retaining wall and place the eraser in its slot. Eraser Retaining Wall 7. Place the four pens in the appropriate locations.
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Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use When you’ve installed SMART Board software (page 5), set up your SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard and connected it to the computer (page 7), the interactive whiteboard still isn’t quite ready to use.
To orient the interactive whiteboard 1. Press the SMART Board icon in the system tray (Windows computers) or in the Dock (Macintosh computers), and press Orient. The orientation screen appears. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions, pressing your finger squarely on each target. NOTE: If you press on the targets out of sequence or inaccurately, a Bad Orientation Point dialog box appears. Use the mouse to click OK, because touch awareness isn’t available. 3.
4. If you know to which port you connected the interactive whiteboard, select Manually choose COM port. The Select COM Port dialog box appears. Highlight the correct port from the list, and press Select. OR If you’re unsure of the correct port, click the Automatically Detect SMART Hardware button. SMART Board software locates the correct port for the attached interactive whiteboard. The Ready Light on the pen tray should change to green to indicate that the interactive whiteboard is now touch sensitive.
4. Select Display Control Settings from the drop-down list. 5. Select the Manufacturer, the Model of your flat-panel display and the Communications Port on your computer that you've connected the serial cable to. 6. In Automatic Standby, specify how long the flat-panel display should wait after the screen saver activates before going into sleep mode. 7. Press OK. The On-Screen Display Control activates automatically. A Display Control icon appears in the system tray.
To activate the SMART Bulb Saver 1. Connect a serial cable from the flat-panel display to an available serial port on your computer. NOTE: You may already have connected the flat-panel display to the computer to activate the On-Screen Display Control (page 21). 2. Open the Windows Control Panel for your computer. 3. Double-click the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box appears. 4. Press the Screen Saver tab. 5. Select SMART Bulb Saver from the list of screen savers. 6. Press the Settings button.
The table below summarizes the function of each icon in the strip. Press this icon... To do this... Sleep Mode Activation Put the flat-panel display into sleep or standby mode Input Source Selection Select an input source (e.g.
Cleaning and Troubleshooting Cleaning Shut down your computer before you clean the interactive whiteboard. If you touch the interactive whiteboard when the computer is in any other state (for example, with a program open or at the desktop), you can activate program components or scramble desktop icons. Clean the interactive whiteboard surface regularly so that dust buildup doesn’t interfere with the interactive whiteboard’s operation. Don’t spray glass cleaner directly onto the interactive whiteboard.
If you encounter a problem with the interactive whiteboard, check all the cable connections. If this doesn’t solve the problem, note the color of the LEDs described above and contact SMART Technical Support (page 27). Calibrating the Cameras Digital cameras in the corners of the interactive screen track objects like your finger or a pen tray pen. If the cameras become misaligned for any reason, you can experience “broken ink” (gaps in your writing) or an area of the screen that’s unresponsive to touch.
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Index A I Activating the SMART Bulb Saver 23 Aware Applications 3 Installing Completing the Installation 15 Controller 13 Interactive Whiteboard 7 Mounting the Overlay 7 Pen Tray 10 SMART Board Software 5 Interactive Whiteboard Cleaning 25 Completing the Installation 15 Installing 7 Orienting 20 Preparing for use 19 Technology 1 Troubleshooting 25 Introduction Display Control Icon Strip 3 Overlay 2 Pen Tray 2 SMART Board Software 2 B Bad Orientation Point 20 Brackets 7 Bulb Saver see SMART Bulb Saver C
U Overlay Introduction 2 Mounting 7 Using Display Control Icon Strip 24 On-Screen Display Controller 22 SMART Bulb Saver 22 P Pen Tray Installing 10 Introduction 2 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for use 19 V Video Player SMART Board Software 2 Q W Quick Orientation 19 Warranty 27 R Recorder 2 Removing the Display Control Icon Strip 24 S Screen Saver 21 Security Procedure 10 Setting Up the On-Screen Display Controller 21 SMART Board see Interactive Whiteboard SMART Board Software Aware 3 Cont
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