Dukane AIRSLATE AS2 User Manual

AirSlate

Product AS2

Fast Start User’s Guide

Dual-color Status LED

1. Lights red momentarily when tablet is turned “on.” No light when battery is dead.

2. Remains red or turns red when batteries are low.

3. Blinks blue when tablet is linked via Bluetooth to the PC and pen is in storage slot or away from the tablet.

4. Lights blue when pen is in proximity to tablet.

5. Lights “off” when pen contacts active area.

USB Cable

attachment port

Off/On Switch

Wireless Pen with

One AAA Battery

Disconnect Button To Use when Changing PC’s

If there is difﬁ culty detecting one or more slates, disconnect the slate from the PC by holding in the silver button for 5 full seconds.

USB Bluetooth Adapter

(Dongle) for Computer

Contents

1. Battery Installation . . . . 1

2. Installation for PC’s with Windows XP, Service Pack 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3. Operating the software, (Inking and annotation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Using Multiple Slates (up to 7) with same PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5. Adjusting the Slate . . . 15

6. Troubleshooting Tips . . 18

7. Installation for Windows 2000 XP, Service Pack 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

8. How to Unpair the Slate and PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

9. Speciﬁ cations . . . . . . . 28

Appendix A, How to identify Windows version and service pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Appendix B, Pen Tip Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Items Included:

Bluetooth Tablet

• Bluetooth Wireless USB Adapter (Dongle)

• (1) AAA Battery - Alkaline

• (4) AA Batteries - Rechargeable

• (1) USB Cable

•

Dukane AirSlate (AS2)

Electronic Pen and (2) extra pen tips

• (1) Application Software CD

• Fast Start Installation Guide

• Pen Tip Extraction Clip

• Battery Charger (for AA)

•

Down side button

LED Indicator

How to change the battery:

Pen Clip

Upper side button

The “+” battery is toward

the pen tip.

Dukane AirSlate (AS2)

Fast Start User Guide

Please read all instructions carefully before attempting to connect your Bluetooth Tablet. TIP: Do Not connect 2 USB Bluetooth Adapters (Dongles) to one computer. Do not connect the USB adapter

(dongle) when an internal Bluetooth is operating. This will result in a conﬂict and neither will work.

Thank you for purchasing this product. The Dukane AirSlate, AS2, can be connected two ways to a computer. These are via a cable or wireless using a Bluetooth radio link. This manual will ﬁrst describe the wireless Bluetooth connection.

Section 1 – Battery Installation for Slate & Pen

1. Charge the AA batteries 24 hours prior to using or start with 2 fresh AA Alkaline batteries.

2. Batteries must be charged in pairs (up to 4 at a time).

3. Insert the two AA batteries into the underside battery compartment of the slate. The compartment is accessed by moving the tab towards the center of the tablet. A “+” is located on the plastic inside the compartment to show battery orientation.

4. Turn on the power switch. With the tablet facing up, the on/off switch is located in the upper left hand corner. The red indicator lamp should light for a few seconds and then go “off”.

5. Place one AAA battery into the pen. The pen can ONLY be used with a AAA alkaline type battery. The “+” terminal of the battery is toward the tip of the pen. When the pen battery needs to be replaced, the pen LED indicator will light.

LED Indicator Information for the SLATE

There are dual color LED’s located just above the top left of the macrokey area. One is Red and the other is Blue.

Operation in Wireless Bluetooth mode:

1. When the Bluetooth Tablet is turned on, the dual Red LED will ﬂash once.

2. When the battery power is low, the Red LED will start to ﬂash until the batteries are exhausted. Please change the batteries once the Red LED starts ﬂashing.

3. The Blue LED will ﬂash continuously when the Slate is linked to the computer.

4. The Blue LED will be on continuously when the pen is detected 1⁄2” above the working area, but will go off when the pen touches the tablet.

Operation in Wired USB mode (Cable connecting the Slate to the computer):

1. When the USB cable is initially connected to the Tablet, the Red LED will ﬂash once and the Blue LED will ﬂash continuously.

2. The Blue LED will be on when the pen is detected above the working area but will go “off” when the pen touches the tablet.

Function Bluetooth Mode USB Cable Mode

Power On (Bluetooth Mode) Red ﬂash once Red ﬂash once

USB cable plugged in (USB mode) Blue ﬂash once Blue ﬂash continously

Working/Linked Tablet to PC Blue ﬂash continously Blue ﬂash continously

Pen above working area Blue light Blue light

Pen tip on the working area of tablet off off

Low batteries in tablet Red light/Red ﬂashing --

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Section 2 – Software Installation For Windows XP, Service Pack 2 Only

(If other Windows Program Go to page 13 for Windows 2000 or Windows XP Service Pack 1). (To identify which Service Pack is installed, see Appendix A).

Wireless mode (using the Bluetooth link):

1. Insert the “Bluetooth Tablet” CD and click on the “Bluetooth Pen Pad Manager”. Follow the installation procedure. Click on “Next”. Click “Finish”.

2. Next add the Bluetooth Software. Caution; BE SURE THAT THE BT ADAPTER (DONGLE) IS NOT PLUGGED INTO THE USB PORT. This also assumes that the PC does not have an internal operating Bluetooth Radio that would be in conﬂict with the dongle.

3. Click on “ Bluetooth Dongle Driver (XP SP2)”. After data for Microsoft Bluetooth software is loaded click “Finish”.

4. The CD-ROM tray will open. Remove the CD from the tray.

5. Now plug the Bluetooth Dongle in the USB port.

6. The “Found New Hardware will appear. This will be followed by the appearance of the “Found New Hardware Wizard”.

7. Check the “Yes this time only” box. Then “Next”. The software will be installed and a Bluetooth Icon will appear in the lower right tray.

8. The install runs on automatically and the “Found New Hardware, Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator” will appear. The “Wizard” will next appear. Check “Install the software automatically”, then “Next”. And then “Finish”. Check to see that the Bluetooth Icon located in the lower right tray by the clock is white with a blue background.

9 Activating the Bluetooth connection. (Paring the PC and the slate).

9.1 Turn “On” the slate. Put pen in holder or keep it away from the slate.

9.2 Press and hold the “Disconnect/Unpairing button” for 5 seconds.

9.3 Go to the PC Start/Settings/Control Panel. Click on “Bluetooth Devices”

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9.4 On the “Bluetooth Devices/Options” check all the boxes in “Discovery” and “Connections”

then click “OK.”

9.5 Go to the “Devices” tab. Click on “Add”.

Step 9.5

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9.6 The “Add Bluetooth Device Wizard” window appears. Check box “ My device is set up and ready to be found.” Then

Click on “Next.”

9.7 Windows will now search for the Bluetooth device (the slate). The dialog window shown below will be displayed

when the Bluetooth device is found. Be sure the Slate is “on” and the Bluetooth dongle is in the USB slot of the PC. Click on the “New Device” in the window, to highlight it and then “Next.”

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9.8 Then select “Don’t use a passkey,” then click Next.

9.9 Figure 6 shows the complete Bluetooth Installation. Click Finish.

10. Windows will then display a dialogue of New hardware found, your new hardware is ready to use.

11. On the CD install the desired application software; Fee Notes, Ofﬁce Ink, Power Presenter REII. If included on

seperate CD, install the Easiteach Software. Please note that mouse control is possible but there must be suitable software operating to annotate (ink) images.

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Wired Mode (using the USB cable)

You only need to install the Bluetooh Pen Pad Driver (Manager) and install the USB cable from the tablet to the PC. STEP 1: Software Installation Please install the Bluetooth Pen Pad Driver

1. Click “Bluetooth Pen Pad Driver” to start installation

2. Click “Next”

3. Cllick “Finish”

STEP 2: Hardware Installation Please plug the USB cable ﬁrmly to Bluetooth Pen Pad Tablet and your PC. STEP 3: Installl the application software and operate the tablet.

Section 3 – Operation of Slate

1. Turn Slate On using switch on top left side. The indicator LED should show a momentary blue and red and then go

out or switch to blue slowly blinking at 3 second cycle rate. If no light after the red this is OK.

2. After 30 seconds, the slate should be found by the PC. This will cause the status INDICTOR LED to blink blue at the

3 sec. cycle rate. Be sure the pen is away from the slate or it is in the pen holder.

3. Take the pen and bring it to slate. When the Pen is above slate surface by about 0.5inch the blue LED is

continuously on. When it touches the slate the blue LED goes out.

4. Pen will now act as a cursor (mouse) control. Move cursor as desired and press pen to click on

applications.

5. Open inking software programs as desired. They are described in the following paragraphs.

Ofﬁce Ink - Overview

Ofﬁce Ink is a tool that provides users annotation (inking) in applications that support image insertion, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Photoshop, CorelDraw, and others. It is able to embed your handwriting and drawing into the document.

Ofﬁce Ink Pallet

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Free Notes - Overview

Free Notes is a handwriting and drawing tool that gives users added ﬁle and background options. Free Notes offers two modes, Letter Mode and Desktop Mode to meet your needs. In the Letter Mode you can work with pen tools and select a background paper. In the Desktop Mode the PC desktop becomes the background. The images will be saved

as Fns/JPG.

Free Notes Palette

Power Presenter RE2

Power Presenter RE2 has inking along with backgrounds and can annotate directly on PowerPoint slides. Images are stored as JPG ﬁles in the desired folder. A short recorded sequence of annotation is also possible with recording and playback controlled by “circle” and “triangle” buttons on the command bar.

Power Presenter RE2

Tool Bar

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Power Presenter RE2 (continued)

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Easiteach

Load the Easiteach CD. This program contains the basic window and toolbars to annotate (ink) over any application. The toolbar for inking and color selection are shown. A detailed operation guide is available in the FILE/HELP menu.

The “Starter Pack” of lessons and games is located in the “File/Open/Starter Pack”.

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