Interactive Whiteboard User Manual

Interactive Whiteboard User Manual Please keep this manual for future reference. This is the general manual for the Interactive Whiteboard and there might be slight differences Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 0

between the actual product and these descriptions. Table of Contents ATTENTION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 3 HOW TO INSTALL HARDWARE... 6 HOW TO INSTALL SOFTWARE... 13 SPECIFICATIONS... 25 Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 1

Attention Do not expose this whiteboard to rain or moisture to reduce the risk of fire or electric shock. Do not expose this whiteboard to fire, electric shock, or sunlight for long periods of time. This device is heavy with a Net Weight over 15 kg (33 lbs). Use expansion bolts to securely mount the device to the wall. When the projector and interactive whiteboard are used together, do not stare directly at the light from the projector. This user manual is only applicable to IR interactive whiteboard products. Only the matched pens from our company or human fingers can write or operate on the interactive whiteboard. This product uses the IR annotation technology. Make sure the product will not contact with any other hard objects to avoid deformation of the board s surface. If the interactive whiteboard is connected with a wire, make sure the connection between this device and the computer is secure. It is recommended that the wires are hidden to avoid pulling and dragging the cables. If the interactive whiteboard is connected with a wire, use the cables in the accessory box. Other cables might not be compatible with this product. If the interactive whiteboard is connected by radio frequency, the distance between the receiver and interactive whiteboard must not exceed 15m (49 ft.). Avoid any obstacles which may shield the electromagnetic waves. Do not touch, cut, or scratch the panel and frame with sharp or hard objects. Do not drill holes or nail in any place of the product since it will damage the device. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 2

Please refer to the user manual for instructions on how to use the interactive software. System Requirements Lowest Environmental Requirements: CPU: 1.0 GHz 86 Memory: 256 MB Display Card: Support 256 or higher Hard Disk: 1 GB Screen Display Resolution:800 600, 1024 768, 1280 1024 USB 1.1 Port Recommended: CPU: 2.0 GHz 86 Memory: 512 MB or higher Display Card: Support 256 or higher Hard Disk: 2 GB Screen Display Resolution:1024 768, 1280 1024 USB 2.0 Port Software Running Environment:Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 32-bit or 64-bit Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 3

Introduction This interactive whiteboard uses IR scan and sensor technology. Working seamlessly with a projector and computer, the Interactive whiteboard can become a large touch display. Any projected image on the whiteboard can be operated by pens or fingers directly, thus providing an interactive presentation platform for the presenter. Main Performances: Writing:User can write and draw with pens or fingers directly on the display panel and show your writing information instantly during a presentation. Annotation:The user can operate and annotate over any format files including.ppt,.doc,.xls,.avi,.mpeg,.jpeg, etc. Touching:In working mode, the interactive whiteboard can also be a high precision touching interactive whiteboard. User can use their fingers or a wand as a mouse to click and drag directly on the display panel. Touch Recognition:The interactive whiteboard can recognize touch of a single-finger, multiple fingers, double click, left click and right click. Hot Keys:Hot keys on one side or both sides of the board are used to do functions within the annotation software. Smart Pen tray:the user can change pen writing stroke colors when using the smart pen tray. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 4

Driver Free Mode:This product design is in accordance with HID category standard and supports driver free mode. Display Panel:The board has a high gain and high contrast display. Energy Conservation:Power consumption is less than 0.5W. There isn t a need for any independent power supply. Note: On the upper left and bottom right corner on the board, there are projection area lines (such as " "). When images are projected to the interactive whiteboard, the projection area should be limited within these lines for better results when you are using the board. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 5

How to Install The following instructions apply to the installation for all whiteboard products from our company. The user can refer to corresponding instructions according to the products purchased. Please contact the local distributor for more details. How to Install Hardware I.Whiteboard installation for A series 1. First install the smart pen tray of the interactive whiteboard:insert the box underprop into the pen tray. The PCB in the pen tray should be exactly in the outlet of the underprop and the pen tray joints should be exactly in the box underprop slot. pen tray. See the following diagram: Screw in two M3 screws from the bottom of the Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 6

C QOMO Hite Vision Interactive Whiteboard User Manual 2. Drill 8 holes for expansion bolts on the wall according to your preference (Figure A). Install the wall-mount brackets and tighten the bolts into each hole. Hang up the whiteboard with the calibration hole D in four corners in the wall-mounting bolts (Figure B). A B A A B A Figure A Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 7

II.Whiteboard installation for B series 1.First install the smart pen tray of the interactive whiteboard:lock the smart pen tray to the metal supporting plate with three M5 bolts. See the following diagram. 2.There are wall-mount brackets A and B on the back of the whiteboard. The wall-mount brackets B should be screwed in. See the following diagram. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 9

Install the fixing plate according to the space between wall-mounts brackets A: After hanging up the whiteboard, drill 2 holes for expansion bolts according to actual positions, and fix the wall-mount brackets B into the wall. See the following diagram. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 10

V.Interactive System Building 1. Make sure the whiteboard is firmly fixed before building the interactive system. 2. Adjust the positions of the projector and whiteboard to make sure the images are projected to writing area of the whiteboard in full screen mode. 3. One corner of the whiteboard is set with a USB port (position of the USB port will be varied in different models). Plug the USB cable into the USB port. The USB cable in the accessory box is designed for this whiteboard. Note: A normal USB cable might not be compatible to this whiteboard. 4. Connect the USB cable to the USB port in the computer. 5. Connect the computer and the projector (refer to the projector s User Manual for more details). Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 12

How to Install Software Before installing the software, temporarily disable the anti-virus or virus protection software in your computer since it may affect the proper installation of this software. The instructions in this manual are based on a Microsoft Windows 7 system. There is an installation disc in the accessory box. Insert the installation disc and you will see the following instructions. You can open the disc manually if you do not see the following: Follow the instructions and complete the installation of the whiteboard software. For complete functions, click the Full Installation button and complete the installation as instructed. The computer needs to restart to activate the software after the installation has completed. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 13

Calibration The strokes on the whiteboard should coincide with actual ones, so calibration is needed for proper functioning. The board needs to be calibrated for the following situations. The whiteboard is used for the first time. The whiteboard software have been reinstalled or updated. The position of the whiteboard or projector is changed. The computer connected to the whiteboard is changed. The computer's resolution ratio or refresh rate is changed. Calibration deviation caused by other reasons. How to calibrate: Step 1:Connect all necessary devices and make sure the whiteboard service program has been automatically launched once the computer s power is on. If not, click "Start-All Programs-QOMO-Flow!Works server" and run the whiteboard service program. It will take a few seconds for the program to load. Step 2:A whiteboard driver icon will appear in the taskbar notification area. The red dot in the icon will turn green to indicate that the board and the driver are connected. The service program icon has two statuses:a red icon indicates that the whiteboard is disconnected. A green icon indicates that the whiteboard is Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 14

connected and will work normally. Step 3:Adjust the projection angle and make sure the projection area is within the whiteboard display area. Step 4:Left click on the whiteboard program icon at the bottom right of the screen and you will see the following: Click "Calibrate" and the calibration screen will be displayed: Step 5:Follow the directions that are given on the board. Touch the center of the flashing " 十 " with the interactive whiteboard pen tip or your finger. A Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 15

status bar will appear to be filling up. Hold your contact there until the bar is completely filled. Move to the next calibration point as directed and continue with this process until the calibration is finished. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 16

Notes: Calibration with a finger might lead to inaccurate calibration. Calibration with the pen tend to be more effective. Wrong calibration may lead to the whiteboard not working properly and this requires recalibration. Pressing "ESC" during calibration can cancel the current calibration operation. There are minor differences between the calibration interfaces of different versions of the software. However, the calibration process is very much the same. For products with shortcut keys on the board, there are shortcut-key calibration steps at end of the calibration session. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 17

How to Use the Whiteboard The whiteboard can be used after the calibration is finished. Common computer operations can be launched and used by the simple touch of the screen. Left Click Tapping the whiteboard with a finger or a pen has the same effect as a left click of a mouse. Double Click Tapping the whiteboard twice in the same area with a finger or pen has the same effect as a double click of a mouse. Right Click Touching the whiteboard with a finger or pen for about seconds has the same effect as a right click of a mouse. Double click the Flow! Works annotation software icon on the desktop to run the software. You can do the following with the annotation software: Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 18

Write You can write, draw, and erase with the pen by pressing and sliding on the whiteboard. Hand Rover Spread your palm and press the whiteboard with five fingers at the same time and slide; this activates the hand rover function. Note: The multi-touch whiteboard does not support this function. You can contact the local distributor for more details. Tools and Resources For a more detailed description of all of the annotation software s functions, tools, and resources, refer to the Flow! Works user manual. Key Notes: When using the rover feature, you need to have five fingers pressing the whiteboard at the same time. Your fingers will be recognized as being writing if they are not pressing at the same time. For the best writing results, use the pen in the accessory box to operate. To avoid scratching the surface, do not use other objects to write on the board. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 19

How to Use the Smart Pen Tray Priority increases in order The smart pen tray contains three whiteboard pens and one eraser. The slots on the pen tray from left to right are for the red pen, black pen, blue pen and the eraser. All of them have priority properties: The eraser has the top priority, then blue pen, black pen and lastly the red pen. When you pick up a pen from the pen tray and write on whiteboard, the stroke color is what the slot represents. When you pick up several pens from the pen tray, the stroke color will be what the slot which has the highest priority represents. When pens are picked up from the pen tray, you can choose the stroke color from the software tools bar. Put the pens into corresponding slot in the pen tray when you are not going to use them. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 20

The driver icon is green when the driver program and whiteboard are connected. If the annotation software is not open, you can use the eraser or any pen from the pen tray to open the software and create a new white page. If the writing page is open, you can use the eraser or any pen from the pen tray to switch to other programs. Key Notes: The stroke colors are only associated with the pen tray slots and have no relation with pen colors. When pens are in the pen tray, the pen colors should be corresponding with the color marks in the pen tray slot. They are marked for your convenience. The pen tray slot has built-in PCBs. Do not put other objects in it. Do not expose the pen tray to liquid. Clean the dust in the pen tray slot with a dry cloth regularly. The pen tray might work abnormally if it is not cleaned for a long time. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 21

Screen Keys Screen keys, also known as hot keys, are the icons found on the sides of the whiteboard. If the whiteboard is set with hot keys and the Flow!Works software is not running, you can run Flow!Work by tapping one of the hot keys. Different models have different hot key functions. Refer to the above hot key explanations according to the actual models that you purchased. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 22

Trouble Shooting Solutions to Problems Problems Issue Presumable Causes Solutions Go to Programs menu, click on the Flow!Works Service program has not folder, then click on the No service program started up. Flow!Works server icon on the right program. bottom of the Install the service computer Service program is not program from the Qomo installed. website or installation disk. Connect the whiteboard and computer with the Interactive The whiteboard is not USB cable. If it is whiteboard is connected to the already plugged in, not working computer. disconnect and plug it back in. Drive icon is red Check to see if there are The self-checking feature any other objects of the whiteboard is not pressing on the surface successful and cannot be of the whiteboard. connected. Remove them, if any. Driver malfunction Uninstall the driver and reinstall it. Drive icon is green Inaccurate calibration. Refer to instructions above and recalibrate. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 23

Some calibration points cannot be seen during calibration. No green crossed cursor on whiteboard. The projector is not adjusted correctly so that part of the image is outside the whiteboard projection area. Adjust the projector. Cannot write Mouse pointer can move but no writing stroke. The software is not in writing mode. The current stroke color is same with the background color. Select a writing mode in the annotation software. Change the stroke color or background color. The pen is working but there are deviations. Part of the whiteboard has large deviations. Inaccurate calibration. There is projection distortion. Recalibrate correctly. Adjust the projector. The pen is working but reactions are slow. The strokes do not sync with the writing and there is a delay. Conflict with anti-virus software. The computer is running too many programs. The computer's hardware configuration is too low. Exit, or temporarily disable, the anti-virus software. Exit the programs which will not be used during the presentation. Contact professional personnel to upgrade the computer hardware. The pen tray is not working normally. Cannot change the stroke color when picking up or There are other objects or dust in the pen tray slots. Remove other objects or clean the dust from the pen tray slots. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 24

putting down the pen from the pen tray. The pen tray is not fixed firmly to the whiteboard or not well-connected with the whiteboard. Take off and re-plug the pen tray and press firmly on the bottom of the pen tray. Specifications Technology Infrared Touch System Pen, Finger Resolution 4096 x 4096 Tracing Velocity 125 P/S Scan Period 8 ms Calibration Accuracy 1 mm Consumption (wired) Power < 0.5 W Port USB Operation System Microsoft Windows WP/2003/Vista/7-32 Bit and 64 Bit Operation Temperature -15 to 50 C (17 to 122 F) Operation Humidity 20-90% Storage Temperature -40 to 50 C (-40 to 122 F) Storage Humidity 10-95% We commit ourselves to keeping our products up to date and are always striving to improve our technology. The contents in this manual are subject change without prior notice. Copyright 2012 QOMO HiteVision, LLC. All Rights Reserved 25