Dell Premium Active Pen, PN579X User Manual

Regulatory Model: PN579X

Dell Premium Active Pen

PN579X

User’s Guide

Copyright © 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other
trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their
respective owners.

2018 – 04

Rev. A00

Notes, cautions, and warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.

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Contents

What’s in the box ........................... 5

Features .................................. 6

Setting up your Dell Premium Active Pen ........ 8

Installing the battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Attaching the lanyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pairing with a Bluetooth device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mode Checking between AES and MPP. . . . . . . . . . 10

Inking Mode Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Active Pen Control Panel .....................12

Installing Active Pen Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using Active Pen Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Holding the Dell Premium Active Pen............15

Tip replacement ............................15

Troubleshooting ............................16

Specifications..............................18

Getting help and contacting Dell ...............19

Self-help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Statutory information....................... 20

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Limited warranty and return policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

For U.S. customers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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For European, Middle Eastern and African customers: . . . . . . 20

For non-U.S. customers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Regulatory statement........................21

Federal Communication Commission Interference

Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Industry Canada statement: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for EU Countries. . . . 23

低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

What’s in the box │ 5

What’s in the box

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Dell Premium Active Pen

PN579X

Quick Start
Guide

© 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries.

© 2018 Microsoft Corporation.

2018 - 04

1 Dell Premium Active Pen 2 lanyard

3 nib and tip remover 4 AAAA battery

5 manuals

NOTE: For warranty purposes, note the PPID number on the box or
retain the box.

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Features

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Feature Functionality

1 Tip Move the tip over a touch screen to move the pointer.

Allows you to write, draw, select objects, and so on.

2 Bottom Barrel

Button

Press and hold this button and move the tip over the area
you want to erase. To change the functionality of this
button, see Using Active Pen Control Panel.

3 Protocol

changing light

Mode Checking:

• Press briefly on both Bottom Barrel Button and Top
Barrel Button, to indicate the current Inking Mode as
follows:

• Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) — Blinks twice

• Active Electrostatic (AES) — Blinks once

Mode Switching:

• Press and hold for 2 seconds on both Bottom Barrel
Button and Top Barrel Button to trigger Mode Switching.
After completion of mode switching, indicator will show
the current effective Mode as follows:

• MPP — Blinks twice

• AES — Blinks once

NOTE: The default Inking Mode is AES.

NOTE: The Dell Premium Active Pen PN579X
supports Wacom’s Universal Pen Framework
(UPF) that enables to switch between
Microsoft Surface devices and Wacom Active
ES (electrostatic) devices.

The Microsoft Surface devices support the
MPP protocol and the Wacom ES devices
support the AES protocol.

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4 Top Barrel

Button

Press this button to open the context menu or perform a
right-click. To change the functionality of this button, see
Using Active Pen Control Panel.

5 Bluetooth

pairing light

Blinking white light indicates pairing mode is enabled.
A solid white light indicates the pairing is complete. For
information on pairing the pen with a Bluetooth device, see
Pairing with a Bluetooth device.

6 Hole for

lanyard

Attach the lanyard here. For information on attaching the
lanyard, see Attaching the lanyard.

7 Top button The new Active Pen Control Panel allows the Top button to

be programmed to launch specific applications listed in the
content menu. The default applications launched from the
Top button are:

• Single Press — Ink Worspace

• Double Press — Screen Sketch

• Long Press — Sticky Note

NOTE: The highlighted gesture of Single
Press, Double Press and Long Press are only
valid after adding Active Pen Control Panel
application.

NOTE: For more information on system
compatibility, please refer to the system’s user
manual.

• In presentation mode, press and hold to go to the next
slide and press twice at short intervals to go to the
previous slide.

NOTE: This feature is only available after
installing the Active Pen Control Panel. For
instructions on installing the Active Pen Control
Panel, see Installing Active Pen Control Panel.

8 │ Setting up your Dell Premium Active Pen

Setting up your Dell Premium Active Pen

Dell Premium Active Pen uses one AAAA battery. The battery provides power
for the tip, barrel buttons, Bluetooth functionality, and top button quick-launch
features.

Installing the battery

CAUTION: Incorrectly installing the battery damages the pen.

1. Remove the top cover from the pen.

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1 pen 2 top cover

2. Insert the battery in the battery holder then attach to the top cover with the
positive side of the battery facing the top cover.

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1 battery 2 battery holder

3 top cover

3. Align the at side of the pen with the at side of the top cover and attach the
top cover to the pen.