Abocom Systems UCW2000 User Manual

CHALKBOARD

UCW2000

USER’S MENUAL

OVERVIEW

Congratulation on your purchase of the RF(Radio Frequency) wireless Chalkboard.
By using the advanced RF technology, a 360° of operation is possible, and no line-of-sight is required between the

receiver and the chalkboard. The chalkboard, with the high performance and long distance, will bring users the best
operation accuracy and efficiency.

GETTING STARTED

This guide will help you to install the device driver and PenSuite™ utilities, and also contains tips on using a
chalkboard as well as solutions to common problems. See the user's manuals on the Driver and PenSuite CD for more
detailed instructions. To install the chalkboard you will need:

(1) Connect the hardware to the PC,

(2) Install the driver and pen utilities software, and

(3) Verify that the chalkboard functions correctly.

CONNECTING THE HARDWARE TO THE PC

(1) Connecting the receiver with USB interface to the PC:

Please insert the USB connector into an available USB port on the PC according to the diagram below). After

detecting the receiver, the system will start to install the device driver.

Figure 1 Connecting a chalkboard with USB Interface to a PC

(2) Setting up the correct channel for both the receiver and the chalkboard:

The RF wireless chalkboard provides 78 different RF channels, and 18 identification codes to avoid interference

with other radio devices or other same model of RF wireless chalkboard.

Before you using the wireless chalkboard, please set the same carrier frequency and ID channels for both receiver

and chalkboard.

Please follow the procedures to set up:

1. Installing the batteries

This RF wireless chalkboard uses 2 AA batteries.
To apply the batteries, please follow the following steps:

1. Flip the chalkboard upside down and remove the battery cover by the opening tab.

2. There are signs to indicate the polarity of the batteries. Carefully follow the signs to place the batteries.

3. Place the battery cover back and make sure it is firmly closed.

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CHALKBOARD

UCW2000

Battery Warning!

When replace the batteries, use rechargeable. You may use other heavy duty NiMH or alkaline batteries, but do
not mix them with each other.

Do not mix used old and new batteries toget he r!

2. Establishing communication between the receiver and the chalkboard

1. Press and release the “Bind” switch on the back cover side of the receiver. The Bind LED inside the
receiver will light up to indicate the receiver is waiting for a new configuration of ID and channel. The
Bind LED will stay on for around 35 seconds if no configuration message is received. Then the receiver
turns off the LED without any change of ID and channel. If a valid configuration message is received
before the end of wait time, the LED will be off as well and then the Data-received LED begin blinking
when ever the receiver received the message sending from the chalkboard.

2. Press and release the “Bind” switch on the back cover side of the chalkboard when the receiver is in
waiting for a connection. The Bind LED of the receiver will turn off immediately if a configuration
message is received. Establishing a connection between the receiver and the chalkboard starts from the
press and release the receiver’s “Bind” switch, within a period of time, no more then 15 seconds, press
and release the chalkboard’s “Bind” switch. There will be duration of around 10 seconds for the
chalkboard and the receiver to complete the connection.

3. The receiver and the chalkboard have a feature to re-establish the connection when there is interference
or when the chalkboard wakes up from sleeping. We urge you to put the chalkboard as close as possible
to the receiver when you feel like to re-connect the receiver and the chalkboard

Note: The connection between your computer and the chalkboard can also be established by directly

plugging the USB cable into both your computer and the chalkboard. See the following figure:

INSTALLING THE DRIVER AND PENSUITE SOFTWAR E

In Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, follow this procedure:

(1) Insert the Driver and PenSuite CD into the CD-ROM drive, and wait for the main menu to appear.
(2) On most systems, the setup program will start automatically. If not, you can start the setup programs

manually by selecting Start /Run, and typing in "E:\setup" (where “E:” represents the CD-ROM
drive), and pressing Enter key,

(3) Select Driver Setup and press the Enter key on all subsequent questions. The driver will now be

installed. Back in the main menu, select PenSuite Setup, select the modules you want to install, and
click OK. The PenSuite software will then be installed.

(4) After completing the driver installation and restarting the PC, you will see a small icon (

the system tray, normally at the lower right corner of the screen. This indicates that the chalkboard is
operational. You may now verify its functions as described in the next section.

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