Using the interactive whiteboard pen as a mouse – Smart Technologies Smart Board V280 User Manual
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CONNECTING YOUR INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD TO A COMPUTER
Using the Interactive Whiteboard Pen
as a Mouse
Your interactive whiteboard includes two battery-powered pens. After SMART product
drivers are running on your connected computer, use these pens to write in digital ink
on your desktop image or any open application. If necessary, move the mouse or
touch any key on your keyboard to bring your computer out of standby mode.
When you touch your interactive whiteboard’s writing surface with the pen, infrared
digital cameras located in the upper corners of your interactive whiteboard’s frame
detect light reflected from the pen’s tip above the writing surface, and register the tip’s
horizontal and vertical (or x and y) coordinates on the display surface. Your
computer’s mouse driver interprets these coordinates and moves the pointer
to the corresponding point on the projected image.
To open an application on your interactive whiteboard, press the tip of the pen twice
consecutively on the application’s icon. When you double-press the pen to open an
application, it is the same as double-clicking your mouse to open an application on
your computer. Similarly, each time you single-press on your interactive whiteboard’s
screen with the pen, it is the same as a single left mouse click.
As you press the pen on your interactive whiteboard, the LED indicator light in front of
the battery compartment should illuminate green. If this light is red, the pen’s battery
charge is low and you should replace the battery. If the applications that you’re using
don’t respond to the touch of the pen, check that the indicator light is illuminated. If it
doesn’t illuminate, apply more pressure. If it still doesn’t illuminate, the pen’s battery
has no charge or isn’t installed. In either case, you should install a fresh battery.
for more information on
troubleshooting your SMART Board V280 interactive whiteboard’s pen.