Dukane AirSlate AS1B User manual
AirSlate
Product AS1B
Bi-color Status LED
1. Lights red momentarily when tablet is turned
“on.” No light when battery is dead.
2. Remains red or turns red when batteries are low.
3. Blinks green when tablet is linked via Bluetooth
to the PC and pen is in storage slot or away from
the tablet.
4. Lights green when pen is in proximity to tablet.
5. Lights “off” when pen contacts active area.
Disconnect Button To Use when
Changing PC’s
If there is diffi culty detecting one or more slates,
disconnect
the slate from the PC by holding in
disconnect the slate from the PC by holding in disconnect
the silver button for 5 full seconds.
Off/On Switch
USB Bluetooth
Dongle for
Computer
Wireless Pen
with One AAA
Battery
Contents
1. Battery Installation
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2. Installation for Windows XP, Service Pack 2
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3. Operation with software, (Inking and annotation).
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4. Using Multiple Slates (up to 4) with same PC
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5. Adjusting the Slate
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6. Handwriting Recognition (PenSoft)
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7. Troubleshooting Tips
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8. Installation for Windows 2000 XP, Service Pack 1
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9. Bluetooth Adapter
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9. Bluetooth Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Bluetooth Adapter
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Fast Start User’s Guide
10. Appendix A, How to identify Windows version and service pack.
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Dukane AirSlate (AS1B)
Bluetooth Tablet
Bluetooth Wireless USB Dongle
(1) AAA Battery - Alkaline
(4) AA Batteries - Rechargeable
(1) USB Cable
(1) USB Extension Cable
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Electronic Pen and (2) extra pen tips
(2) Application Software CDs
Fast Start Installation Guide
Pen Tip Extraction Clip
Battery Charger (for AA)
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Items Included:
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Please read all instructions carefully before attempting to connect your Bluetooth Tablet.
TIP: Do Not connect 2 USB Bluetooth Dongles to 1 computer. This will result in a confl ict
and neither will work.
Section 1 – Battery Installation for Slate & Pen
1. Charge the AA batteries 24 hours prior to using or start with 2 fresh AA Alkaline batteries.
2. Batteries must be charged in pairs (up to 4 at a time).
3. Insert the two AA batteries into the underside battery compartment of the slate. The compartment is
accessed by moving the tab towards the center of the tablet. A “+” is located on the plastic inside the
compartment to show battery orientation.
4. Turn on the power switch. With the tablet facing up, the on/off switch is located in the upper right
hand corner. The red indicator lamp should light for a few seconds and then go “off”.
5. Place one AAA battery into the pen. The pen can
only
only
be used with a AAA alkaline type battery. The
“+” terminal of the battery is toward the tip of the pen.
Section 2 – Software Installation For Windows XP, Service Pack 2 Only:
(If other Windows Program Go to page 13 for Windows 2000 or Windows
XP Service Pack 1).
(To identify which Service Pack is installed, see Appendix A).
1. Install the Bluetooth USB dongle into an available USB port on the computer.
2. Insert the “Bluetooth Tablet” CD and click on the “Bluetooth Adapter Driver”. Follow the installation
procedure. Restart the PC if requested.
3. Next click on the “Bluetooth/USB Tablet Manager.” Follow the installation procedure.
4. After installing software, the Bluetooth icon in the tray by the clock should be white on blue background.
5. Install the “Free Notes & Offi ce Ink” software by clicking on the titles.
6.
Activating the Bluetooth connection.
Activating the Bluetooth connection.
6.1 Turn “On” the slate. Put pen in holder or keep it away from the slate.
6.2 Press and hold the “Disconnect/Unpairing button” for 5 seconds.
6.3 Go to the PC Start/Settings/Control Panel. Click on “Bluetooth Devices”
Dukane AirSlate (AS1B)
Fast Start User Guide
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6.4 On the “Bluetooth Devices/Options” check all the boxes in “Discovery” and “Connections”
then click “OK.”
6.5 Go to the “Devices” tab. Click on “Add”.
Step
6.5
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6.6 The “Add Bluetooth Device Wizard” window appears. Check box “ My device is set up and ready to
be found.” Then Click on “Next.”
6.7 Windows will now search for the Bluetooth device (the slate). The dialog window shown below
will be displayed when the Bluetooth device is found. Be sure the Slate is “on” and the Bluetooth
dongle is in the USB slot of the PC. Click on the “New Device” in the window, to highlight it and
then “Next.”
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6.8 Then select “Don’t use a passkey,” then click Next.
6.9 Figure 6 shows the complete Bluetooth Installation. Click Finish.
6.10 Windows will then display a dialogue of New hardware found, your new hardware is ready to use.
6.11 Remove the CD and insert the “Power Presenter RE2” CD and install the program.
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Section 3 – Operation of Slate
1. Turn Slate On using switch on top right side. This is
not
the button near the white slate area. The
not the button near the white slate area. The not
indicator LED should show a momentary red and then go out or switch to green slowly blinking at
3 second cycle rate.
2. After a few seconds, the slate should be found by the PC. This will cause the status
INDICTOR
LED
to blink green at the 3 sec. cycle rate. Be sure the pen is away from the slate or it is in the pen holder.
3. Take the pen and bring it to slate. When the Pen is above slate surface by about 0.5inch the green LED
is continuously on. When it touches the slate the green LED goes out.
4. Pen will now act as a cursor (mouse) control. Move cursor as desired and press pen to click on
applications.
5. Open inking software programs as desired. They are described in the following paragraphs.
Offi ce Ink Overview
Offi ce Ink is a tool that provides users annotation (inking) in applications that support image insertion,
such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Photoshop, CorelDraw, and others. It is able to embed
your handwriting and drawing into the document.
Offi ce Ink Pallet
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Free Notes Overview
Free Notes is a handwriting and drawing tool that gives users added fi le and background options. Free
Notes offers two modes, Letter Mode and Desktop Mode to meet your needs. In the Letter Mode you
can work with pen tools and select a background paper. In the Desktop Mode the PC desktop becomes
the background. The images will be saved as Fns/JPG.
Power Presenter RE2
Power Presenter RE2 software can be loaded from a separate CD. This program has inking along
with backgrounds and can annotate directly on PowerPoint slides. Images are stored as JPG fi les
in the desired folder. A short recorded sequence of annotation is also possible with recording and
playback controlled by “circle” and “triangle” buttons on the command bar.
Free Notes Palette
Power Presenter RE2
Tool Bar
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Power Presenter RE2 (continued)
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Easiteach
Load the Easiteach CD. This program contains the basic window and toolbars to annotate (ink) over any
application. The toolbar for inking and color selection are shown. A detailed operation guide is available
in the FILE/HELP menu. The “Starter Pack” of lessons and games is located in the “File/Open/Starter
Pack”.
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Easiteach (continued)
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Section 4 – Using Multiple Slates
Software Installation for Windows XP, Service Pack 2 Only: (For other operating systems go to page 13)
1. Be sure the Bluetooth adapter (dongle) is in the USB port. Also, one slate is already operating.
2. Turn on new slate.
3. In the Control Panel, click on Bluetooth device and then click on the “Options tab.” Then click on the
“Turn Discovery On.”
4. Click the Devices tab. Then click ADD. The Wizard will appear. Check box “My device is set up and
ready to be found.”
5. The Wizard will fi nd a new Bluetooth Tablet.
6. Select New Device tablet to be added and click Next. Then check “Don’t use a passkey,” and “Next.”
7. The additional tablet will appear in the box as Bluetooth Tablet. Click NEXT.
8. Up to four Slates can be connected to a single PC, but only one at a time can be used. There may be a
delay of 1-3 seconds when switching between slates.
9. If there is diffi culty, press and hold the “Disconnect” button for 5 seconds. Then restart the
discovery process.
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To add an additional tablet, Turn on the new tablet. Then repeat the detection procedure.
Click the
ADD
button to detect the additional tablet.
The additional tablet will appear in the dialogue box as NEW DEVICE. Click NEXT.
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The additional tablet will be displayed in the Bluetooth Devices dialogue box. Click on the new
tablet and check the “Don’t use a passkey” then “Next.” Click “FINISH” and you may now use the
additional tablet.
Up to four tables can be connected to a single computer.
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Using Multiple Slates (continued)
Note:
When using multiple slates. Only one slate’s
input may be used at a time. There is also a
delay of 1-3 seconds when switching from one
slate to the other.
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Section 5 – Adjusting the Slate
To open the slate control window, “click” on the slate icon located in the lower tray next to the clock.
For the icon to be present, the slate will need to be ON. If you cannot fi nd the icon, click START/RUN
and enter “atwtusb.” Click OK and the icon will appear.
Tracking Mode On the “Control” tab.
Pen [Absolute mode]
– the area of the tablet corresponds to the whole area of the screen. For
example, if you place your wireless pen in the top right hand corner, the mouse pointer will always
be at the top right of the screen.
Mouse [Relative mode]
– acts like a mouse, moves in relation to where the mouse pointer
currently is. For example, place your wireless pen anywhere on the tablet. If you move up, the
mouse pointer will follow, regardless of where you start on the tablet.
The Click Pressure slider allows you to adjust the sensitivity of your pen as a percentage of the entire
sensitivity.
The fi gure in the box ranges from 0-30, with 0 as the most sensitive and 30 as the least possible setting.
In practice, when you push your wireless pen gently on tablet, the tablet detects a pressure starting from
0 (if you set 0). If you push harder the value increases (to 511).
If you adjust to a larger value, the tablet will not detect the pen being pushed down on until the
pressure reaches that fi gure.
You can test the settings with the pen using the “Click Pressure Test” window.
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ICON
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Changing Pens – Pen Offset Value
If you want to change the pen when using the same Tablet, and do not restart the computer, the new pen
may need to calibrated by the Pen Offset Value setting.
1. On the “Buttons” tab, clear the “Auto Setting” check box to remove the former value.
2. Tap the “Adjustment” Button to launch the “Adjust Pen Offset Value” dialogue box. Then follow the
on-screen instructions for adjustment. Tap the “OK” button until the “O.K.” message appears.
3. Check the “Auto Setting” check box so that the computer can still automatically detect the new pen
offset value whenever your computer is restarted.
Section 6 – Handwriting Recognition Software
To install the “PenSoft Pro” software, connect the slate to the USB port on the PC with the cable pro-
vided. Then insert the CD and download the program.
The PenSoft Pro recognition has a help menu to describe the operations. To use the recognition software,
the program should be opened while Word is in operation. It places the written words in the Word docu-
ment.
Section 7 – Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting The Installation
If you have problems installing the Tablet successfully on Windows XP SP2, please do the following:
1. Check if Windows XP SP2 is installed successfully. (See Appendix A)
2. Check if the Tablet driver is installed successfully. (Icon in the lower tray by clock.)
3. Check if the batteries in the Tablet are good. Does the red LED come on for a few seconds when the
tablet is switched “ON” and then goes out?
4. Turn the Tablet “Off” then turn “On.”
5. Press “Disconnect” button on the Tablet for at least 5 seconds with the tablet on.
6. Follow procedures in Section 2 to discover and for pairing the tablet with the PC Bluetooth.
Pen Not Operating
If there is no response from the pen, you may need to re-seat or replace the battery. The battery should
have the Positive (+) side facing the pen tip. You may also need to replace the battery if you have diffi -
culty in getting
RIGHT CLICK
function to work in windows or with the softkeys.
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Troubleshooting (continued)
Notes on Operation
1. The battery life indicator of the device is designed for 1800mAh 1.2V rechargeable batteries. Please use
batteries of this specifi cation to ensure that the battery life indicator displays the correct information.
2. The Bluetooth IC has a memory function. Before connecting to a different Bluetooth device, please
reset the Bluetooth IC memory by pressing the
“DISCONNECT”
button for
5
seconds.
3. To ensure a good Bluetooth connection, one may use the slate USB cable to increase the length of the
Bluetooth Dongle from the USB slot. In addition, remove any nearby metal objects to avoid
interference.
Off/On Switch
Disconnect Button To Use when
Changing PC’s
If there is diffi culty detecting one or more slates,
disconnect
the slate from the PC by holding in
disconnect the slate from the PC by holding in disconnect
the silver button for 5 full seconds.
Bi-color Status LED
1. Lights red momentarily when tablet is turned
“ON”
2. Remains red or turns red when batteries are low.
3. Blinks green when tablet is linked via Bluetooth
to the PC and pen is in storage slot or away from
the tablet.
4. Lights green when pen is in proximity to tablet.
5. LED is “OFF” when pen contacts active area.
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** For Windows XP users: The procedure described below is only used for XP operating systems that
have not been upgraded to Service Pack 2.
Note: Do not connect the Bluetooth dongle at this time. This connection MUST be made during the software
installation process.
This section describes the software installation procedure for the Bluetooth dongle.
1. Locate the CD named “Bluetooth Tablet” which contains “Bluetooth / USB Tablet Driver”. Insert this CD into
the CD-ROM drive.
2. Follow the on screen prompts. As the installation progress, there will be two notifications.
A. A driver signature dialog box may be displayed. If this dialog appears, click the Ok
button and then the “Continue Anyway” button.
B. A dialog window will appear that indicates “Bluetooth device not found”. When this
dialog appears, connect the Bluetooth dongle to an available USB port.
3. At the end of the software installation, restart the computer.
4. After the computer has restarted, the next step in the installation process is to install the Slate
application software. Insert the application CD, Dukane AirSlate (which is for the key menu strip) and follow
the installation instructions. The serial number for the software will be located on a label
which is placed on the backside of the CD jacket.
5. Restart the computer.
After the computer has restarted, use the following procedure to configure the Bluetooth device.
Section 6 - Software Installation Procedure For
Win2000 and XP Service Pack 1
Section 8
driver.
Bluetooth Adapter Driver (for Wireless)
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Bluetooth Adapter Driver (for Wireless) continued.
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