Smart Technologies SBFPD manual

Interactive Whiteboar d Installation Guide TM SMAR T Board[...]

FCC W arning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio [...]

99-00667-00 B0 Important Inform ation i Import ant Information Please read this manual carefully before setting up and using the SMART Board™ for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard (SBFPD). W ARNING Mak e sure an AC so cket outlet is near the SBFPD and remain s easily accessible during u se. Assurez-vous qu’une prise secteur se trouve ?[...]

ii Important Inform ation 99-00667-00 B0 A VERTISSEMENT POUR LES CLIENT S EUROPÉENS Le SBFPD doit être utilisé uniquement avec les systèmes de distribution d’aliment ation européens TN et TT . Le SBFPD ne convient p as aux systèmes de distribution d’aliment ation plus anciens de type IP utilisés dans certains p ays européens. “Ce syst[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Important Inform ation iii Other Precautions For operating safety a nd to avoid damage to the interactive whiteboard an d its par ts, please read the following information carefully . • If you transport the interactive whiteboard, we strongly urge you to co mpletely repackage it using the original p ackaging. This packagin g was de[...]

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99-00667-00 B0 Table of Co ntents v T a ble of Content s Import ant Information i Other Precautions ............... ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ............. ........... ............ . iii Introduction 1 Interactive Whiteboard T echnology ............... ................ ............. ................[...]

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99-00667-00 B0 Introduction 1 Introduction The SMART Board for Fla t-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard adds touch-screen contr ol and writing capability to your flat-panel display while only minimally increasing its depth. The SMART Board for Fla t-Panel Displays interactive whiteboard include s an overlay , SMART Board softwar e and a pen tray[...]

2 Introduction 99-00667-00 B0 The overlay , which includes embedded digit al camera s in the top-left an d top-right corners, is mounted onto your flat-p anel display . The pen tray att aches to your overlay and includ es four colored pens and an eraser . T o write over the computer image, just pick up a pe n and write on the interactive whiteboa r[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Introduction 3 • Floating T ools – a virtua l pale tte of writing tools that increases the screen’ s interactive functionality , even if you do n’t have a p en tray • SMART Board Control Panel – allows you to customize the writing tools and to change the SMART Board sof tware settings • Aware – an application for the [...]

4 Introduction 99-00667-00 B0 Import ant Information about Comp atibility Each SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays in teractive whiteboard comes with a SMAR T USB adapter cable that connects the interactive whitebo ard to your computer . The adapter cable works only with version 8.1.3 (or later) of SMAR T Boar d software for Windows operating syste[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing SMART Board Software 5 Inst alling SMART Board Sof tware For the SMAR T Board for Flat-Panel Displays inte ractive whiteboard to function pr operly , you must have SMART Boar d software running on a connected computer . The following procedures guide you through the process of installing SMART B oard soft ware. For more in[...]

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99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 7 Inst alling the Interactive Whiteboard T o install your SMART Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboa rd, you’ll have to: 1. mount th e overlay on the flat-panel dis play (see be low) 2. attach either a pe n tray (page 16) or a contro ller (page 19) 3. complete the insta llation ([...]

8 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 2. With the assistance of ano ther person, carefully remove the flat- panel display from the wall mount or the st and, and place it face down on a flat surface. NOTE: The appearance of your flat-p anel display and its a dapter plate can vary from the diagrams shown in this section. In additio[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 9 5. Place the mo unting brack et’s center section on a flat su rface with th e arrows poin ting upwards and the text “Install Lef t Hanger Here” on your lef t. 6. Attach the lef t hanger bracket to the left side of the mounting bracke t’s center section using T-handles and carriage bo l[...]

10 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 7. Attach the second hange r bracket in the same way . 8. Place the mou nting bracket ov er the flat-panel displa y with the left hang er bracket on your right side. The left bracket goe s on your right because you are looking at the back of the flat-panel disp lay . The hanger brackets shou[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 11 10. Add a supplied washer to each of the exposed adapter plate bolt holes. Don’t add washer s to the two holes covered by the mounting bracket. The washers compensa te for the mounting bracket’s thickness. 1 1. Attach the adap ter plate over the mounting bracket and the washers using the [...]

12 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 12. Loosen the T-handles on the hang er brackets. Push these bracket s towards the flat surface and then tighten the T-hand les. 13. With the assistance of ano ther person, mount the flat-panel display onto a wall mount or onto a stand. 14. If your flat-panel display has remova ble handles, [...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 13 16. Place the overlay facedown on a flat su rface. 17. Attach a washer and an ad justment handle to the overlay’ s two mounting plates, leaving approximately 1/4" ( 0.6 cm) of space be tween the washer and the moun ting plate. IMPORT ANT In the next step, you’ll atta ch two adjustmen[...]

14 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 18. With the assistance of a nother person, mount th e overlay onto the flat-p anel display by sliding the adjustment handles into the U-shaped slots in the hanger bracket s. NOTE: The adjustment handle and the washer must slide behin d the hanger brackets . Ensure the handles are aligned wi[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 15 19. With the assistance of ano ther person, and while supporting the over lay , loosen both adjustment handles, vert ically adjust the overlay so that you can see most of the flat-panel display’s screen, and then tight en the handles. Y ou will vertica lly adjust the ov erlay more accuratel[...]

16 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 21. With the assistance of ano ther person, and while supporting the over lay , loosen both adjustment handles, vert ically adjust the overlay so that you can see all of the flat-panel display’ s screen, and then tighten the handles. NOTE: T o continue the installation, atta ch either a pe[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 17 NOTE: Depending upon where an d how the interact ive whiteboard is mo unted, you may need to perform the following steps by touch due to reduced visibility . 1. Remove the thumbscrews from the pen tray bracket. Y ou need these thumbscrews fo r step 3. 2. Slide the holes in the pen tray over t[...]

18 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 4. Connect the MOD8 cable to th e pen tray (see the next illustra tion). Y ou’ll connect the other end of this cab le to your computer when you complete the inst allation. 5. Connect the DB9 end of the SMART USB adapter cable to the pen tray . Y ou’ll connect the other end of this cable [...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 19 If you purchased the SMAR T Board for Flat-Panel Displays interactive whiteboa rd witho ut the pen tray , you must insta ll a controller unit. NOTE: Depending upon where an d how the interact ive whiteboard is mo unted, you may need to perform the following steps by touch due to reduced visib[...]

20 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 4. Connect the MOD8 cable to the co ntroller . 5. Connect the DB9 end of the SMART USB adapter cable to the controller . Y ou’ll connect the other end of this cable to your computer when you complete the in stallation. OR If you ordered a straight-through DB9-to-DB9 se ri al cable with you[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 21 1. Connect th e MOD8 cable to the correspo nding po rt on the back of the overlay . Y ou connected the other end of this cable to either the pen tray or the co ntroller earlier . 2. Connect the power supply conn ector to the overlay’s power port. NOTE: The power supply connector doesn’t g[...]

22 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 99-006 67-00 B0 3. Connect the power cable to both th e power supply and a power outlet. 4. Connect the SMAR T USB adapter cable to a USB port on your computer . Y ou connected the other end of this cable to either the pe n tray or the controller earlier . OR If you ordered a straight-thr ough DB9-to-DB9 se[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Installing the Inte ractive Whiteboard 23 6. Attach the eraser’s retaining wall and pla ce the eraser in its slot. 7. Place the four pens in the appropriate locations. Eraser Ret aining Wal l Green Pen Red Pen Blue Pen Black Pen[...]

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99-00667-00 B0 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 25 Prep aring the Interactive Whiteboard for Use When you’ve insta lled SMART Board sof tware (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. Y ou mus[...]

26 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 99- 00667-00 B0 1. Press th e SMART Board icon in the system tray (Windows computers) or in the Dock (Macintosh computers), and p ress Orient . The orient ation screen appears. 2. Follow the on-scree n instructions, pressing your finger squar ely on each target. NOTE: If you press on the target s out[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 27 4. If you know to which port you connec ted the interactive whiteboard, select Manually choo se 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 po rt, click the Automatically De te ct S[...]

28 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 99- 00667-00 B0 1. If you haven’t already done so, connect the flat-p anel display to your computer . (See the previous procedure.) 2. Press th e SMART Board icon in the system tray and press Control Panel . 3. Press SMART Board Settings . 4. Select Display Control Settings from the drop-down list.[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 29 1. Connect a serial cable from the flat-p anel display to an available serial port on you r computer . NOTE: Y ou may already have connected the flat-p anel display to t he computer to activate the On-Screen Display Control (page 28). 2. Open the Windows Control Panel for your computer[...]

30 Preparing the Inte ractive Whiteboard for Use 99- 00667-00 B0 The t able below summarizes the fun ction of each icon in the strip. If you find you no longer need the Display Control icon strip, yo u can easily disable and remove it (page 30). 1. Connect the flat-p anel display to a serial port on your computer (page 21). 2. Configure the On-Scre[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Cleaning and Troubleshootin g 31 Cleaning and T roubleshooting Cleaning Shut down your computer before you clean the inte ractive whiteboard. If y ou touch the interactive whiteboard when the computer is in any other st ate (for example, with a program open or at the desktop), you can activate program compon ents or scramble desktop [...]

32 Cleaning and Troubleshootin g 99-00667-00 B0 If you encounter a problem with the intera ctive whiteb oard, check all the cable connections. If this doesn’t solve the problem, note the color of th e LEDs described above and cont act SMART T echnical Su pport (page 33). Calibrating the Cameras Digital cameras in th e corners of the interactive s[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Customer Suppor t 33 Customer Support Online Support www .smarttech.com/support Visit the SMAR T T echnologies support site to view and download user’s guides, “how-to” and troubleshooting ar ticles, software and more. T raining Vis it www .smarttech.com/trainingcenter for free training materials and information about our train[...]

34 Customer Suppor t 99-00667-00 B0 Registration T o help us serve you, register online at www .smarttech.com/registration . Sending Feedback Y ou can help us improve our technical documentation by e-mailing your comments to Documenta tion@smarttech.com. Obt aining More Information on SMART Product s Vis it www .smarttech.com/su pport to: • downl[...]

99-00667-00 B0 Index 35 Index A Activating the SMART Bulb Saver 29 B Bad Orientation Point 26 Bracket 7 Bulb Saver see SMART Bulb Saver C Calibrating the Cameras 32 Cleaning 31 Completing the Install ation 21 Configuring Display Control Icon Strip 29 Manually Configuring a Port 26 On-Screen Display Controller 28 Control Panel SMART Board Software 3[...]

36 Index 99-006 67-00 B0 Overlay Introduction 2 Mounting 7 P Pen Tray Installing 16 Introduction 2 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboa rd for use 25 Q Quick Orientation 25 R Recorder 2 Removing the Display Control Icon Strip 30 S Screen Saver 27 Setting Up the On-Scr een Display Controller 27 SMART Board see Interactive Whiteboard SMART Board Softwa[...]

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