Smart Technologies PC - Manual (Page 24)

18 Camfire PC Installation and User's Guide
Calibrating the System
The camera boom houses two digital cameras and each camera photographs a portion of the
notes on your whiteboard. Before the notes are captured, image-enhancing software stitches
the two photographs into a single snapshot and crops excess wall surface from the image.
This software also corrects the perspective, whitens the background, sharpens the writing,
and improves the color.
All you must do is refine the image alignment. Under most circumstances, you only need to
do this once before you save your whiteboard notes for the first time. However, if you move
the camera boom or whiteboard, you may need to repeat the process.
Reordering and Naming Multiple Whiteboards
If you only have one camera boom connected to the computer, you can skip this procedure
and begin refining the image alignment (page 19). However, if you have multiple camera
booms, you’ll need to name the whiteboards and change the order in which the software
recognizes each one before you refine the image alignment.
To reorder and name multiple whiteboards
1. Erase any writing that may be on your whiteboard. Use a black or dark blue, dry-
erase marker to draw a number on the center of each whiteboard in extra large print
(approximately 6 in. or 15 cm high).
Figure 8: Drawing a Number on Each Whiteboard
2. At your computer, click the Camfire PC icon in the system tray and select Configure
Camfire.
Camfire PC Icon
If you don’t see the Camfire PC icon in your system tray, select Start > Programs >
Camfire PC Software to open the program.
The Welcome to the Camfire PC Configuration Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
If you have multiple whiteboards, the wizard displays thumbnail images of the
whiteboards in your Camfire PC system. At this point, the order of these thumbnails
may not match the physical arrangement of the whiteboards on the wall, so you must
correct this problem by reordering and naming the thumbnails.