PictureTel Personal Whiteboard User manual

Personal Whiteboard
Setup Guide and Quick Start

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1
Setup and
Quick Start
This guide tells you how to connect and conÞgure the PictureTel
Personal Whiteboard (PWB) and gives some quick-start information
to get you up and running.
The Personal Whiteboard allows you to create and share a common
workspace with your colleagues, both local and distant. By
connecting the IWB or IFC to a PC with Microsoft
¨
NetMeeting
ª
,
and then connecting that PC to a PictureTel videoconferencing
system (VCS), you can interactively share and annotate documents
with people miles or continents away, just as if you were sitting in
the same room.
For more information on using the PWB or LiveShare Plus, see that
respective user documentation.

SETUP AND QUICK START
2
Minimum
Requirements
You will need these minimum requirements to use the Personal
Whiteboard.
❑
A Desktop PC with the following speciÞcations:
¥ A 200 Mhz Intel
¨
Pentium
¨
processor or better
¥ 32 MB RAM
¥ 8 MB of free disk space
¥ 2 available serial ports conÞgurable to at least 38400 bps
¥ 1 bus mouse port (must not be a serial mouse)
¥ Windows 95
¨
¥ An SVGA monitor with 800 x 600 resolution and 256 colors
❑
A Live200
ª
for Windows 95 videoconferencing system (VCS),
version 1.5 or higher, with LiveShare Plus, version 4.0 or higher
The PWB is also compatible with these Multipoint Control Units
(MCUs):
❑
PictureTel Montageª version 6.0
❑
PictureTel Prismª version 6.0

Connecting the Hardware
3
Connecting the
Hardware
The Þrst step in setting up your Personal Whiteboard is to connect it
to your PC.
To connect the PWB:
1. Connect the PersonalWhiteboard 9-pin serial cable to COM 2 on
your PC.
2. Plug the PersonalWhiteboard pen into the connector on the upper
right portion of the pad.
Installing your
Personal
Whiteboard
Software
After connecting the hardware, you must install the PictureTel
Drivers and Utilities Software for your PWB.
To install the software:
1. Insert the diskette labeled 1 of 2 into your diskette drive.
2. Click theWindows 95 Start button and choose Settings > Control
Panel.
3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
4. Click Install.
5. Click Next to letWindows search for the setup file, and then click
Finish to start the installation program.
6. When prompted,insert disk 2 into your diskette drive and click OK .
7. Click
OK to continue with the installation.
8. Click the graphic button to continue with the installation.
A series of progress bars appear.
9. Click Yes to allow IFC setup to search the available COM Ports.
10. Click
OK to accept COM Port 2.
11. Click OK to make changes to your system.ini file.
12. Click OK to restart Windows.
Before the system reboots, remove the diskette from the drive.