Freedom Scientific TOPAZ Connectivity Pack User manual

Part Number # 440340-001 Rev. D
TOPAZ™
Connectivity Pack
User's Guide
Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group, Inc.
July 2007

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Freedom Scientific
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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................... 1
What’s Included with the TOPAZ Connectivity Pack .................... 2
Installing the Connectivity Pack to TOPAZ................................... 3
Attaching Components to the Pack............................................... 7
Power............................................................................................ 9
Control Pad................................................................................... 9
Computer Monitor ....................................................................... 10
Foot Pedal................................................................................... 11
Distance Camera (Optional) ....................................................... 11
Using the TOPAZ Camera Controls............................................. 12
Brightness Dial (Yellow –Left).................................................... 14
Focus Lock Button (Orange –Second From Left) ...................... 15

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Magnification Dial (Center) ......................................................... 16
Position Locator Button (Red –Center)...................................... 17
Video Mode Button (Blue –Second From Right)........................ 17
Power Button (Green)................................................................. 18
Using the Control Pad .................................................................. 19
Power Button (Green –Bottom Right) ........................................ 21
View Selection Button (Orange –Bottom Center)....................... 21
Camera Selection Button (Yellow –Bottom Left)........................ 22
Line Button (Red –Top).............................................................. 22
Masking Button (Blue –Center).................................................. 23
Position Dial (Top Left) ............................................................... 23
Width Dial.................................................................................... 24
Using the Foot Pedal .................................................................... 25
What To Do If You Have Difficulty ............................................... 27

TOPAZ Connectivity Pack User’s Guide 1
Introduction
The TOPAZ Connectivity Pack lets you connect a computer and a
camera to the TOPAZ. The Connectivity Pack also provides:
Additional display controls via a control pad and a foot pedal
The ability to cycle through the document camera, an optional
distance camera (if available), and the computer screen
Split-screen displays of the document and the computer screen,
or the distance camera and the computer screen
Masking
Line display

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What’s Included with the TOPAZ Connectivity Pack
The TOPAZ Connectivity Pack includes the following:
Connectivity Pack
Power supply
Hand-operated control pad
Foot pedal (with attached cable)
RJ11 cable (for the control pad)
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VGA-type Computer Monitor Input Port (for computer
connection)

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Installing the Connectivity Pack to TOPAZ
The TOPAZ Connectivity Pack connects to the back of the TOPAZ
and requires no special tools or equipment to install. Before you
begin, turn off the TOPAZ move to the back of the TOPAZ.
1. Disconnect the video cable from the back of the camera module.
2. Line up the screws on the Connectivity Pack with the keyhole
locks on the back of the TOPAZ support column and slide the
Pack firmly into place. (See illustration on next page.)

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Keyhole
Locks
Keyhole
Locks

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3. Connect the TOPAZ monitor’s video cable to the monitor video
port on the top of the Connectivity Pack.
Top view of Connectivity Pack and input port

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4. Plug one end of the short RJ45 cable into the top of the
Connectivity Pack and the other end into the rectangular RJ45
port on the back of the TOPAZ just below the power input ports.
5. Connect the power adapter to the port on the lower right of the
Connectivity Pack.
You are now ready to connect the components that you want to use
with the TOPAZ. (See the section Attaching Components to the Pack
on the next page.)