Projection Television User Manual
35 | CHAPTER 4 – TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR SMART BOARD INTERACTIVE 
WHITEBOARD
Troubleshooting using the Ready light
You can troubleshoot your interactive whiteboard using the Ready light, together with 
other observable symptoms and behaviors. Before you start troubleshooting, see 
page 20 to locate the Ready light, and then familiarize yourself with its states during 
normal operation.
The following flowchart directs you to the next stage in your troubleshooting process.
Ink always appears on 
the screen, even when 
you touch the 
interactive surface with 
a finger or the palm of 
your hand.
A pen is missing 
from the pen tray 
and Touch 
Recognition has 
been disabled.
Place all the pen tray tools in their 
slots and press the Help button on 
the pen tray. Select Touch 
Recognition Settings and ensure 
the Enable Touch Recognition box 
is selected.
You have selected 
the lockable pen 
option. See page 24 
for information.
Press any pen tray color button to 
exit the lockable pen option.
An error message 
appears when you try to 
calibrate your 
interactive whiteboard.
A camera isn’t 
properly connected 
or isn’t functioning 
correctly.
Contact SMART Technical Support 
(page 47).
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