PolyVision Walk-and-Talk User manual

Part number 370-0199-01
©2008 PolyVision Corporation
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Walk-and-Talk
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User Guide
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Table of Contents i
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Table of Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What are Walk-and-Talk Products? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote Control Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cursor Control in Projection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Marking-Up Computer Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Printing and Saving Mark-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Choosing Mark-up Pen Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Erasing Mark-ups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Walk-and-Talk Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring Walk-and-Talk Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Draw Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Projection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hardware Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the On-Screen Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing a Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking for Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quitting the Walk-and-Talk Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver on a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Multiple Walk-and-Talk Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Walk-and-Talk Products with Multiple Monitors . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Walk-and-Talk Interactive Whiteboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Dry-Erase Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Projecting Your Computer onto the Whiteboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Getting Started with Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Writing Notes Next to a Projected Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboard Icon Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Cleaning Your Whiteboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Daily Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing Permanent Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Walk-and-Talk Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Welcome 3
Walk-and-Talk
™
W
ELCOME
Congratulations on your purchase of a PolyVision® Walk-and-Talk™
product, a sleek and simple solution for interactivity with your computer.
This manual describes how to use the Walk-and-Talk driver with these
interactive products:
• Walk-and-Talk interactive whiteboard (WT)
•
Walk-and-Talk Lightning™ interactive whiteboard (WTL)
•
Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel (IP)
•
Walk-and-Talk Cordless Lectern (CL)
•
Walk-and-Talk Flat-Screen Module (FSM)
•
TS Interactive Whiteboard (TS)
•
TS Lightning Interactive Whiteboard (TSL)
It also provides information about using Walk-and-Talk Wireless, the option
that provides infrared wireless communication between your interactive
whiteboard and your computer. For information on installing your Walk-
and-Talk product, see the corresponding installation and operation guides
For information about installing and using the Bluetooth wireless option,
refer to the WT BT Installation and Operation manual.
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W
HAT ARE
W
ALK
-
AND
-T
ALK
P
RODUCTS
?
Walk-and-Talk products are remote control-operated interactive systems
that connect to your computer. You can capture a snapshot of anything
you write or project by pressing Print or Save on the remote control. Your
digital snapshot prints using the default printer connected to your
computer, or it is saved as a file on your computer, just as a digital image
from a camera would be.
With the Walk-and-Talk driver installed on your computer and your
computer connected to a projector, you have the ability to operate your
computer using the Walk-and-Talk product as a touch screen. You can
operate your computer from the product using your finger or stylus, or you
can roam freely about the room and operate your computer using the
remote control touch pad and buttons.
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Walk-and-Talk
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O
PERATING
Y
OUR
W
ALK
-
AND
-T
ALK
P
RODUCT
U SING THE R EMOTE C ONTROL
The Walk-and-Talk remote control operates at a distance of up to 40 feet
(12 m) from any of the Walk-and-Talk products. Always point the remote
control toward the infrared receiver on your product.
When your computer is projected on the Walk-and-Talk product, the
remote control enables you to roam freely about the room while you give
your presentation. Use the remote control to move the computer cursor,
click and double-click, and launch an on-screen keyboard to enter text into
dialog boxes. The remote control also has buttons that enable you to print
or save a snapshot of your presentation.
Always point the remote control toward the infrared receiver in your Walk-
and-Talk product: at the top of the interactive whiteboard, in the center of
your flat-screen module, or at the remote control receiver that comes with
your interactive panel.
R EMOTE C ONTROL O PTIONS
The remote control functions equally well from these locations:
•
Place the remote control in the holster. The touch pad and buttons are
easily accessible from the holster. (The Flat-Screen Module has no
holster.)
•
Carry the remote control with you using the wrist or neck lanyard
provided.
•
Place the remote control near you on a desk or table top pointed
toward the infrared receiver.
note:NOTE:
If you are using a TS interactive whiteboard, a touch-sensitive icon strip
along the edge of the board functions in place of the Walk-and-Talk remote
control. Refer to “Using TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboards” on page 36
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R
EMOTE
C
ONTROL
F
UNCTIONS
Erase All
Previous
Pen Style Keyboard
Ink Color
Print Save
Cursor Pen
L R
Next
Projection
Print
Print a snapshot of the board
using the default printer connected
to your computer.
Save
Save a snapshot of your board
as a file on your computer.
The file can be in PDF, JPEG,
TIFF, PNG, BMP and other formats.
Erase All
Erase everything and
start fresh. All writing,
in dry-erase marker
or projection mark-up,
is erased from memory.
Ink Color
To write on the board,
choose a dry-erase pen
and press the button that matches
the color. In projection mode,
press one of these buttons
to quickly change the color
of mark-ups.
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Walk-and-Talk
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Erase All
Previous
L R
Next
Projection
Projection
When a projector is connected
to your computer and focused on
the board, press this button to
enter projection mode so you can
control the computer from the board.
Previous
When the cursor is active, press this
button to page up or move
to the previous slide or web page.
When the pen is active, press this button
to display a blank canvas.
Next
When the cursor is active, press this
button to page down or move to
the next slide or web page.
When the pen is active, this button
returns to the computer screen.
Touch pad
In projection mode, use the touch pad
to control your computer cursor just as
you would on a laptop computer
touch pad. Tap once to click and twice
to double-click. Always use the tip of your
thumb or your forefinger. Never use the
flat of your thumb.
Click trigger
L and R
In projection mode, press L for
a left mouse click and R for a
right mouse click (Windows) or
control click (Macintosh). You
can also use the click trigger on
the bottom of the remote
control for a left mouse click or
double-click.
YES NO
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Pen Style Keyboard
Ink Color
Print Save
Cursor Pen
L R
Cursor/Pen
In projection mode, press this button to toggle
between controlling the cursor
and marking-up the image.
Pen Style
Press this button in
projection mode
to choose a new type
of mark-up pen
(color, width, and style).
Keyboard
In projection mode, press this button
to toggle on and off the display of
the on-screen keyboard.
You can use the keyboard
to enter text at the current
text cursor position. Drag the
keyboard to move it.
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Walk-and-Talk
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C
URSOR
C
ONTROL IN
P
ROJECTION
M
ODE
note:NOTE:
Interactive whiteboard users: refer to “Using Walk-and-Talk Interactive
Whiteboards” on page 31 for information about using your board and
placing it in “projection mode” to control your projected computer image.
The following information assumes that your Walk-and-Talk product is
already in “projection mode”.
Walk-and-Talk products display your projected computer image and enable
you to control your computer using:
• your finger (if you have an interactive whiteboard),
•
the stylus, or
•
the remote control.
When you want to control your computer using the Walk-and-Talk product,
always touch the Walk-and-Talk product’s display screen inside the borders
of the projected computer image:
•
To click, tap the display once.
•
To double-click, tap the display twice rapidly.
•
For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold your
finger or the stylus to the display for one second.
With the remote control, you can roam freely about the room and control
the projected computer. To operate your computer with the remote control,
point it toward the infrared receiver on the Walk-and-Talk product:
•
To click or double-click, press the “L”button or the click trigger once
or twice, or tap once or twice on the remote control touch pad.
•
For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), press the “R”
button.
•
To page up or down through a document, press the “Next”or
“Previous”button (for example, if PowerPoint is the active window,
press “Next”to move to the next slide).
When using the stylus with your Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel, the stylus
does not need to touch the display. It operates when the stylus is hovering
within an inch or so of the display.
•
To click, tap the display once.
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•To double-click, tap the display twice rapidly or hover the stylus over
the display and press the stylus button furthest from the tip.
•For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold the stylus
to the display for one second, or hover the stylus over the display and
press the stylus button near the tip.
MARKING-UPCOMPUTER PROJECTIONS
While your Walk-and-Talk product displays a projected computer image,
the Walk-and-Talk driver enables you to draw, highlight, and write over the
projected image. This type of writing is called “mark-up”and it is part of the
projected image, not physical ink.
To mark-up the projected computer image:
1Press the “Cursor/Pen”button on the remote control. The cursor
changes from an arrow to a pen. (To return to mouse operations,
press the “Cursor/Pen”button again.)
2Write over the projected computer image using your finger or the
stylus as shown above on the right.
To quickly change the color of markups:
•Press the black, red, blue, or green “Ink Color”button on the remote
control.
The red “Ink Color”button on the remote control has three optional
functions which you can configure:
•red pen color for mark-ups
•spotlight
•reveal
Pen Style Keyboard
Cursor Pen
L
R
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To use the spotlight:
1Configure the red button for the spotlight option. (Refer to “Projection
Options”on page 23.
2Press the red “Ink Color”button on the remote control. The screen
becomes grayed except one circle of light.
3Drag the spotlight around the screen to focus attention on that portion
of the screen.
4To re-shape the spotlight into an ellipse, drag the circle from any of the
four cardinal points around the edge of the circle.
5To enlarge or shrink the circle, drag it from any point around the edge
except the four cardinal points.
To remove the spotlight:
•Press the red “Ink Color”button on the remote control again.
To use the reveal tool:
1Configure the red button for the reveal option. (Refer to “Projection
Options”on page 23.
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1Press the red “Ink Color”button on the remote control. The projected
screen becomes black except one strip at the top.
2Drag the strip down to reveal more of the screen.
To reveal the entire projected screen and continue your presentation:
•Press the red “Ink Color”button on the remote control again.
If you prefer to write on a clean display, you can change to a blank canvas
to continue writing.
To display a blank canvas for mark-ups:
•Press the “Previous”button on the remote control.
To return to the projected computer image:
•Press the “Next”button.
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Walk-and-Talk™
PRINTING AND SAVING MARK-UPS
Walk-and Talk enables you to capture snapshots that include your
computer screen and the mark-ups you added. Mark-ups leave no ink, but
they are part of the snapshot.
To capture a snapshot of the display:
•Press the “Print”or “Save”button on the remote control.
CHOOSING MARK-UP PEN STYLES
While marking-up the computer image, you can choose from 54 unique
pen styles (six colors, three line widths, and three dash styles) plus three
highlighter pen colors and two mark-up eraser widths.
To change your mark-up pen style:
1Press the “Pen Style”button on the remote control. A palette of
options appears.
2To change the pen style, tap an option in the palette. The palette
closes when you tap a pen style option and the new pen style appears
in future mark-ups.
3To move the palette, drag it with your finger or the stylus.
4To close the palette without changing pen style, you can either tap the
“close”button at the upper corner of the palette, tap anywhere on the
screen, press the “Pen Style”button on the remote control, or begin
writing with a dry-erase marker outside the projected computer
screen.
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ERASING MARK-UPS
Your mark-ups remain available until you erase them.
To erase mark-ups:
•Choose the wide or narrow eraser option in the Pen Style palette and
erase with your finger or the stylus.
•Erase with the circular eraser (Walk-and-Talk or Walk-and-Talk
Lightning Interactive Whiteboard only).
•Press the “Erase All”button on the remote control to erase everything
in the display and start fresh.
USING THE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD
Walk-and-Talk products provide quick access to your operating system’s
on-screen keyboard so you can enter text in a dialog box or other
projected computer window as an alternative to typing from your
computer’s keyboard.
To use the on-screen keyboard:
1Press the “Keyboard”button on the remote control. The on-screen
keyboard appears.
2Tap the board to place the cursor where you want to enter text. (If you
use an interactive whiteboard, you can tap with your finger or with the
stylus.)
3To enter text, tap keys on the on-screen keyboard.
4To move the keyboard, drag the title bar to another location.
5To close the keyboard, tap the “close”button (X) at the upper corner of
the window or press the “Keyboard”button on the remote control.
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Walk-and-Talk™
THE WALK-AND-TALK DRIVER
WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To use Walk-and-Talk products, your Windows-based computer must
have:
•Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Tablet XP, or Vista
•VGA HD-15 video port for projectors or interactive panels
•One USB port (two for the interactive panel)
MACINTOSH SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To use Walk-and-Talk products, your Macintosh computer must have:
•PowerPC G3 or higher or Intel-based processor
•Mac OS 10.2 or higher
•VGA HD-15 video port for projectors or interactive panels
•One USB port (two for the interactive panel)
DRIVER INSTALLATION
Walk-and-Talk products are always close at hand. You need no installation
disk or CD-ROM unless you are using Windows 98. (A CD-ROM is
included for Windows 98 users.) Installing the Walk-and-Talk driver takes
place when you connect the PolyKey on the Walk-and-Talk USB cable to
your computer’s USB port.
To install the Walk-and-Talk driver on your computer if you are not using
Windows 98:
1Locate the PolyKey on the USB cable.
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2Connect the PolyKey on the USB cable to your computer’s USB port.
3Installation should begin automatically. If it does not:
Windows XP and Tablet XP: double-click “My Computer”on your
desktop and double-click the removable disk drive named “PolyKey.”
Installation begins.
Macintosh: double-click the PolyKey icon on your desktop, double-
click the Macintosh folder, and double-click “Walk-and-Talk
Installation.”Installation begins.
4Follow the prompts you see on the screen to complete the installation.
On a Macintosh, you must re-boot your system.
To install the Walk-and-Talk driver on a computer using Windows 98:
1Turn on your computer and wait for Windows to start. For best results,
make sure no applications are running.
2Place the Walk-and-Talk CD in your CD-ROM drive. The setup
program starts. If the setup program does not start, open Windows
Explorer and double-click “Setup.exe”on the CD.
3Follow the prompts to install the driver.
4Restart, if prompted.
When installation is complete, a message appears on your computer
screen and the Walk-and-Talk icon appears in your system tray (Windows)
or system menu (Macintosh).
Instant
Plug and Play
Technology
PolyKey
TM
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Walk-and-Talk™
To start using Walk-and-Talk products:
1Disconnect the PolyKey.
2If you are using the Walk-and-Talk wireless option, refer to “Using
Walk-and-Talk Wireless”on page 39. If you are using the WT BT
(Bluetooth) option, refer to the WT BT Installation and Operation
manual. Otherwise, connect the USB cable to your computer’s USB
port and the other cable end to the Walk-and-Talk interactive
whiteboard. The whiteboard’s Power/Status light should turn green.
The Walk-and-Talk driver runs unobtrusively in the background whenever
your computer is on and connected to the Walk-and-Talk interactive
whiteboard.
CONFIGURING WALK-AND-TALK OPTIONS
The Walk-and-Talk driver is ready to use as soon as it is installed. However,
you can change the default options at any time.
To configure Walk-and-Talk options:
1Click the Walk-and-Talk icon in the system tray (Windows) or system
menu (Macintosh).
Instant
PlugandPlay
Technology
PolyKey
TM
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2The Walk-and-Talk menu appears.
3Choose “Configure Walk-and-Talk.”The Configure Options dialog box
appears. (Shown below on the left for Macintosh users and on the
right in Windows.)
4Options are organized in tabs. Each tab includes these buttons:
“Help”: Click “Help”(Windows) or “?”(Macintosh) to view information
about the options on a tab.
“OK”: Click “OK”to save your changes and close the dialog box.
“Apply”: Click “Apply”(Windows) to save your changes and leave the
dialog box open.
“Cancel”: Click “Cancel”to close the dialog box and make no
changes to options.
“Restore Defaults”: Click “Restore Defaults”to restore factory
defaults.
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