InFocus LiteShow network adapter manuale d’uso

USER’S GUIDE LiteShow ® WIRELESS FREEDOM FOR YOUR PROJECTOR. 6793LS_UG.qxd 4/19/04 4:53 PM Page 1[...]

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Contents Introd uction 1 What is LiteShow ? 2 Contents 5 About the docum entation 6 If you need assi stance 6 Projecting v ia LiteShow 7 About the LiteShow Adapter 7 The LiteSh ow Splash Screen 9 The LiteShow Manager 11 Set ting s Wind ow 16 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 23 Trouble shoot ing 23 Frequently Asked Questions 26 Glo ssa[...]

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InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 1 Intr oduction Con gratul ations. Y ou hav e ch osen to st ep into the futur e of wi reless projec tion b y us ing the InF ocus ® LiteSho w ® cable-fr ee digital pr ojection system. LiteShow is a powerf u l an d secure w ire less pr ojection adapt er wh ich allows y ou to send shar p images fr om a PC or Mac[...]

2 InF ocus LiteSh ow Use r’s Guide Be sur e to r egister y ou r Li teShow on line at www .infocus.com/serv ice/re gister to receive pr oduct updates, announce- ments, and r egistrati on incentives. What is LiteSho w ? The Li teShow a dapter contai ns an 802. 1 1b c ompatibl e wireless radio that wo rks in tand em wi th the pr oprietary Lite- Show[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 3 LiteSho w and the projector The LiteShow adapter conn ects to a compatible projecto r by plugging i t s embedded M1 connector i n to a pr ojector ’s M1-D or M1 -DA recepta cle. The ad apter ’s latc h mechan ism is at tached by tighte ning the two thumbs crews. If the pro- jector ’s Auto-Sour ce option i[...]

4 InF ocus LiteSh ow Use r’s Guide Fe a t ur e S e t s One of Lit eS how’ s capabilit ies is to s w itch fr om one netw ork to a nother , an d to find a vailable pr ojectors on other net - works via the LiteSho w Mana ger' s Scan bu tton. This is kn own as the Advance d F eature set . Some w ir eless PC car ds do n ot support advan ced ne [...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 5 Contents Y our LiteShow system com es wit h the it ems shown in the illustr ation below . Note tha t the w ir eless PC ca r d adapter* i s optional. LiteShow has two possibl e packaging c onfiguration s: • If you bought the L iteShow system that co mes with a wirel ess PC car d adapter , you sh ould have it[...]

6 InF ocus LiteSh ow Use r’s Guide About the documentatio n Use the LiteShow Quick Start Guide included in the LiteSho w packaging to install an d set up Lit eShow . The Lite Show Us er ’ s Gu ide con tain s mor e informa tion and can be used to fine tune yo ur wi reless projec tion s ettings to match your n eeds or to troubleshoot problems you[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 7 Pr ojecting vi a LiteSho w This s ection g ives you more detail on LiteS how and i ts components. Reading this section s hould giv e you a better unders tanding of t he Lite Show system and allow you t o, if nee ded, make cha nges to it. About th e Lite Sho w Adapter Befo r e you be gin pr ojectin g via Lite [...]

8 InFo cus Li teSho w User’ s Guide LiteSho w adapter ti ps In r egar ds to your LiteShow a dapter , keep the followin g in min d: • Be car eful with the LiteShow adapter: do not drop i t or otherwise m ishandle it. Keep the LiteSh ow ad apter i n its prot ective sleeve when you ar e not using it. • The hing e on the Li t eShow ada pter shoul[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 9 The LiteSho w Splash Screen Once yo u’ve atta ched the LiteSh ow adap ter to a projector a nd powered tha t projector on, you should se e the L iteShow Splash S cr een, as depicted below . The LiteSh ow Splash Scr een is a small wind ow that appea rs in the upper left c orner of the pr ojected screen. If yo[...]

10 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e If you ca nnot see th e Lit eShow Spla sh Screen af ter you’ ve atta ched it to a proj ector and powered the projecto r on, con- firm th at Au to Sou rce is sele cte d on you r projecto r and that th e M1 sou rce is con nect ed. If that d oesn’t help , try po wer- ing the pr ojector off. Deta ch the LiteSh[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 11 The LiteShow Mana ger softwar e The LiteSh ow Manager client applica tion is your tool for contr olling the LiteShow adapte r and wir eless projec tion. W e r ecomm end th at you p eriodic ally r efer to the In Focus Upgr ade and Dow nload s center at updates@ infocu s.com for softw are e nhancements and se [...]

12 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e The list win do w The li st wind ow cont ains f ive c olumns: •F a v o r i t e s : When you check t h is b ox for a pr ojector , the li st window displays t hese projecto rs whe ther th eir status is Unknown, In Use, or A vailable. The Favorites column is helpful becaus e you can quickly locate your most fre[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 13 Project/St op Butt on If an A vailable or Unknown pr ojector is selected, the Pr oject button is enabled. Th e Pr oject butt on is disabl ed if ther e ar e no pro jectors found or selected. When you select an available projector and click the Pr ojec t b u tt on (o r hit <Alt> <P>), the scre en p[...]

14 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e Settings Bu tton The Settings butt on is enabled w hen a pr ojector in the list is select ed. Clickin g it o pens th e Settings win dow . The Set- tings w indow , disc ussed on page 16, co ntains t he Setting s, Diag nostics and WLAN tab s. Pr efer ences bo x The Pref erences box is avai lable at the bot tom o[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 15 Enable en cr ypt ion whil e I’m projec ting The def ault state for Enable e ncr ypt ion whil e projecti ng is disab led (not checked). When checked, it a llows yo u to pr oject utiliz ing 128-bit A dvanc ed Encry ption S tandar d (AES) securit y techn ology . When En able en cr yption while p r ojec ting i[...]

16 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e Settings Wind o w Note : When discussing "S ettings, " keep in mind that the S ettings w indow opti ons are for the Lite Show adapter , while the settin gs in the Pref erences b ox ar e for y our computer . Clicking the Settings butt on in the Lite Show Mana ger cau ses th e Settin gs win dow to o pe[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 17 3 Click the OK butt on to save the password and close the w indow . The Setting s tab is still open, but the Set Pass- wor d button toggle s to Ch ange Password . The next time you clic k the Sett ings tab, all of its text fields and cont rols ar e r ead-only ex cept for the Enter Password , OK , Can cel and[...]

18 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e Settings T ab The fields i n the Settings tab a re populated wi th the selected project or ’s settings. LiteShow Name : By defa ult, th e name is m yLiteS how , but you shou ld chan ge it to dist inguish it fr om oth er LiteShow adapt ers on th e WLA N. The nam e you gi ve you r LiteSh ow adapt er sho uld no[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 19 The Dia gnos tics T ab The Diagn ostics tab cont ains a butt on for bli nking the LE D. It also shows you LiteShow v ersion informa tion and the MAC Addr ess. Bl ink th e LED on the Lit eSho w modul e: When you clic k the Blink LED bu tton on th e Diagnostic s tab, the two gr een LEDs on one side of t h e Li[...]

20 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e The WLAN T ab The WLAN tab cont ains conne ction and s ecurity/au thenticat ion options. When you make chang es in this tab, the LiteSho w reboot s and is t emporari ly unavailab le. T ype s of con nect ions Ther e ar e two methods of connecting to a wir eless ne twork. Ad-hoc mode, al so known as “computer [...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 21 road and use Ad-Hoc mode, ch ange your L iteShow settings BEFORE leaving. If yo u do not, you will ne ed to do a fac- tory reset (page 24) which sets the LiteS how to A d-Hoc m ode. Note that reset ting to A d-Hoc mo de wi ll remove any stored WE P key informat ion wh ich will need t o be re -entered if y ou[...]

22 InFoc us Lite Show Us er’s Guid e Netw ork Name (w hen using In frastruc ture m ode) : The field changes fr om a text-entry field t o a drop-dow n menu when you select Infrastr uctur e mode. Choose an ex isting WLAN name fr om the lis t, or ch oose "Other WLAN name" and enter a WLAN . W ARNING: If y ou enter a non-vali d network name[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 23 T r o ub leshooting and F requentl y Ask ed Questions T roubleshooting No LiteS ho w adapters appear in the list of LiteSho w Manager . T r y the follo w ing : • Make sur e that the LiteShow -enabled proje ctor is i n range wit h your computer and that the projecto r is power ed on. •C l i c k t h e Scan[...]

24 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Rese ttin g your LiteS how T o reset your LiteShow to the original factory setting s, do the follow ing: 1 Remove the LiteShow module from the project or . 2 Grasp t he module in bot h hands. Pr ess firmly on the ribbed portion of t he clear plasti c top to di sengag e the lockin g tab. The ta b is located on t he[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 25 4 Replace t he LiteSh ow on the pr ojector (with the car d still r emoved from the slot). A status dia log appe ars and pr o- vides a 30-secon d countdow n for the re set. After se veral mo re sec onds, the splash screen show s “Resto red” . The Splash Screen fields are upda ted with t he pres et values.[...]

26 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide F requently Asked Quest ions The fol lowing ar e questions t hat you m ay have about t he LiteS how sy stem an d its indiv idual part s. Q : The Sc an button is not enabl ed, and the LiteS ho w Manag er windo w sho ws “Basic f eatur e set”. What should I do? A. Wha t this m eans is t h at your cur re nt wir el[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 27 Update a Wireless Dr iver Contact y our wireles s hardwar e vendor ’s techn ical support for 802.1 1b driv er updat es. Most vendors n ow support WLAN configura tion optio ns that pr ovide for advanced network switching features. The Adv anced Fea ture set in th e LiteShow Man a ger is referen cing th is W[...]

28 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide T o set up Networ k Pr ofiles, the follow ing wir eless LAN sett ings nee d to mat ch. This allow s LiteShow to w ork withou t a wir eless adapt er driver that fully su pport th e Advan ced Feat ure set: • SSID (BSS ID) or Network Name • Network m ode (ad-hoc or in frastru cture ) • IP a ddress and subnet ma[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 29 WLAN - or Network Name (a lso known a s SSID (B SSID)) IP addr ess - both PC and adapter must use co mpatible IP address and subnet masks In a ddi tion , t he f ollo win g se tti ngs m ust mat ch o n b oth P C a nd ad ap ter: Network mod e - Ad-Hoc or Infr astructur e (LiteShow f actory setting i s ad-hoc) W[...]

30 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Macint osh 800 x 6 00 x th ousan ds of color s 1024 x 768 x tho usan ds of co lors 1024 x 7 6 8 x m illions of colors Q: Why does m y comp uter or my desktop ic ons fl icker , or my task bar go blank whe n I click th e Project bu tton? A: It is lik ely that your c omputer is switc hing r esolutions. I f you are u [...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 31 Q: I see a Security Alert message fr o m Windo ws Fire w all. What does this mean? A: If you are using XP and Service P ack 2, this mes sage appears d ue to th e new firewal l functiona lity . Simply select “Unb lock this pr ogram, despit e the secu rity risk ” and click OK to us e LiteShow . Q: I r ecei[...]

32 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Q: I’m a r estricted PC user and the LiteSho w response time is v er y slo w . Wh y? A: This invol ves the differen t methods u sed by restricted and adminis t rative users for tur ning off Win dows XP Net- work Zer o Configuration. The process for restric ted use rs takes longer. Q: Ho w do I g et a WE P k ey f[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 33 Glossar y 802.11 : IEEE 802. 1 1 specificatio ns are wir eless standa rds t h at spe cify an ov er-th e-air interfac e between a wir eless client and a base station or between two w ireless c lients, su ch as the LiteShow a dapter and a compu ter ’s wir eless adapt er . Access po int: A bas e station in a [...]

34 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide IEEE: Institut e of Elect rical an d Electr onics Engin eers, New Y ork, (www .ieee.or g) Infra structu re Mo de: an 802.1 1 networking framework where devices communicat e with eachother by first going through an Access Poi nt (AP). In this mode, wireless devices can communi cate with each other or with a wired n[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 35 Appendix Specifications Te m p e r a t u r e Ope rati ng Non-o perati ng 50 to 104 ° F (10 to 40 ° C) at sea lev el 50 to 95 ° F (10 to 35 ° C) at 10, 000 feet -4 t o 1 58 ° F (-20 to 70 ° C) Altit ude Ope rati ng Non-o perati ng 0 to 1 0,000 feet (~ 3,000m) 0 to 20 ,000 fee t (~6, 000m) Humid ity 10% [...]

36 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Accessories The LiteShow system comes w ith the follow ing accessori es, except wh ere not ed: Included Accessory Part Number LiteShow adapter 591-0260-01 Wireless a dapter * 412-0 003-xx Pro tectiv e sleev e 110-0682-xx CF Card f o r LiteShow ada pter 412-0006-xx Lite Show Adapter plasti c cover 340-107 8-xx User[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 37 Compatible pr ojectors The followi n g tabl e contains pr ojector models that h ave been t ested and ar e known to be compa tible with the LiteS how wir eless pr ojec tion sys tem. V isit ou r websit e at www .infoc us.com/se rv ice/lit eshow f or the most updated list of compatible pr ojectors. InF ocus ASK[...]

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InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 39 Numerics 32-bit co lor depth 3 802.11 33 802.11b 2 A Access point 33 accessories 36 Ad-ho c Mode 33 Advanced Feature s et 33 adva nced f eat ures 26 assis tanc e 6 B Basic Feature set 33 basic features 26 Blink the LE D 19 BSS 33 C compat ible projectors 37 Contents 5 D data rate 3 DCHP 33 Diagno stics ta b [...]

40 I nFocus LiteShow User’s Guide L LAN 34 list win dow 12 Available 12 In Use 12 Stat us 12 Unknown 12 LiteSh ow adapt er 7 features 7 resetting 24 tips 8 LiteShow doesn’t see the projector 23 LiteShow Manager 3, 11 list win dow 12 LiteShow Nam e 12, 18 LiteShow Splash Screen 9 IP 9 Model 9 Name 9 Unique ID 9 Version 9 WLAN 9 LiteShow-compa ti[...]

InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’ s Gu ide 41 R range 3 register your LiteShow 2 resetting your LiteShow 24 restoring factory de faults 24 S Scan bu tton 13 Scan button not operationa l 4, 26 Set Pas sword 16 Set Up Network P rofiles 27 Settings butto n 14 Set ting s ta b 18 IP Address 18 LiteShow Nam e 18 WLAN/Netwo rk Name 18 Set tings wi ndow 16 Diag[...]

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LiteShow User’s Gu ide 43 One-Y e ar W arra nty Limite d W arranty Subj ect to t he Limit ations, Exclusio ns and Disclaimer s hereo f, InFoc us Corporat ion (“In Focus”) wa rran ts that the Pro- jector , La mps and A ccessories (hereinafter c ollecti vely or in dividually referr ed to as “Pr oduct” as appr opriate) pur- chased from InFoc[...]

44 Lit eShow Us er’s Guid e The Accessory Pr oduct Limited W arranty covers the accessory item only and excludes normal wear . The La mp Prod- uct Limited W arran ty exclu des ex pected lamp degr adation. Remanufactur ed P roduct s and Softwar e Products ar e exempt from the for egoing Limit ed W arranty . Please refer to the appr opriate Remanuf[...]

LiteShow User’s Gu ide 45 paid, to an InFocus S ervice Center or to a serv ice facilit y authorized by In Focus. When r eturning Pr oduct to InF oc us, a Service Re quest Number (SR #) is r equired a nd must be clearly displ ayed on the outside of the shipping carton or a simila r packag e affor ding an equal deg ree of prot ection. I nFocus or t[...]

46 Lit eShow Us er’s Guid e LiteShow Wireless Pr oducts So ftware W arran ty Statemen t Y ou agr ee that this SOF TW ARE PRO DUCT is pr ovided by InFo cus “AS IS” w ithout any wa rranty of any kind. InFocu s has no responsibility or liability for any bug or defect fixes or service support . ACCORDINGL Y , TO THE M A XIMUM EXTENT P ERMITTED BY[...]

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