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

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    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 [...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Important Information 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 trouv[...]

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    ii Important Information 99-00668-00 REV 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 s[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Important Information 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[...]

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    iv Important Information 99-00668-00 REV B0[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Table of Contents v T a ble of Content s Important Information..................................................................... ..................................... ..... i Other Precautions ............... ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ............. ........... ...... iii Introd[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV 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 [...]

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    2 Introduction 99-006 68-00 REV 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 white[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV 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 [...]

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    4 Introduction 99-006 68-00 REV 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 [...]

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    99-00668-00 REV 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 mor[...]

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    6 Installing SMART Board Software 99-00668-00 REV B0[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive 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 10) or a contro ller (page 13) 3. complete the insta llatio[...]

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    8 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 99-00668-00 REV B0 4. Place the ov erlay facedown on a flat surface. 5. Attach a corner bracket without a triangular no tch to the top-left corner (when yo u’re looking at the back of the overlay) by aligning the co rner bracket with the threaded p osts on the overlay , and then loosely attachin g thumbscre[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 9 7. With the assistance of ano ther person, carefully place the overlay over the flat-panel display , and then maneuver th e corner brackets un til t hey fit around the flat-panel display’ s corners. There will be a slight gap on each side. 8. T ighten the thumbscrews to hold th e overlay [...]

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    10 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 99-00668-00 REV B0 10. In the sam e way , attach a bracket without a tr iangular no tch to the bottom-le ft corner (when you’re looking at the front of the over lay). NOTE: T o continue the installation, atta ch either a pen tray (see below) or a controller (p age 13). Y ou attach the pen tray to threaded [...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 11 NOTE: Depending upon where an d how the interact ive whiteboard is mo unted, you may need to perform some of 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 [...]

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    12 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 99-00668-00 REV 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 cabl[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 13 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 some of the following steps by touch due to re[...]

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    14 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 99-00668-00 REV 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 installation. OR If you ordered a straight-through DB9-to-DB9 se ri al cable with yo[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 15 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’[...]

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    16 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 99-00668-00 REV 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 [...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Installing the Interactive Whiteboard 17 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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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 19 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 [...]

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    20 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 99-006 68-00 REV 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 [...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 21 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 c[...]

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    22 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 99-006 68-00 REV B0 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 yo u've connected the serial cable to. 6. In Automatic St andby , specify how long the flat-panel dis[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 23 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 21). 2. Open the Windows Control Panel for your compu[...]

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    24 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboard for Use 99-006 68-00 REV 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 24). 1. Connect the flat-p anel display to a serial port on your computer (page 15). 2. Configure the On-S[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Cleaning and Troubleshoo ting 25 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 desk[...]

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    26 Cleaning and Troubleshoo ting 99-00668-00 REV 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 27). Calibrating the Cameras Digital cameras in t he corners o f the intera c[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Customer Su pport 27 Customer Support Online Support Visit www .smarttech.com/support to view and download user ’s guides, “ho w-to” and troubleshooting ar ticles, software and more. T raining Visit http://smarttech.c om/trainingcenter for fr ee training materials and information on our training services. Cont acting SMART [...]

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    28 Customer Su pport 99-00668-00 REV B0 Registration T o help us serve you better , 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 Visit www .smarttech.com/support to[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 Index 29 Index A Activating the SMART Bulb Saver 23 Aware Applications 3 B Bad Orientation Point 20 Brackets 7 Bulb Saver see SMART Bulb Saver C Calibrating the Cameras 26 Cleaning 25 Completing the Install ation 15 Configuring Display Control Icon Strip 23 Manually Configuring a Port 20 On-Screen Display Controller 21 Control Pa[...]

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    30 Index 99-00668-00 REV B0 Overlay Introduction 2 Mounting 7 P Pen Tray Installing 10 Introduction 2 Preparing the Interactive Whiteboa rd for use 19 Q Quick Orientation 19 R Recorder 2 Removing the Display Control Icon Strip 24 S Screen Saver 21 Security Procedure 10 Setting Up the On-Scr een Display Controller 21 SMART Board see Interactive Whit[...]

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    99-00668-00 REV B0 SMART T echnologies 1207 – 1 1 A venue SW , Suite 300 Calgary , AB T3C 0M5 CANADA www .smarttech.com/support www .smarttech.com/contactsupport Support +1.403.228.5940 or T oll Free 1.866.518.6791 (Canada/U.S.)[...]