eInstruction RPN Users Manual

GETTING STARTED

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for Windows and the Mac

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We at GTCO CalComp are proud of our InterWriteTM family of prod­ucts. We strive to continue to bring you the best the technology has
to offer. We urge you to visit our Web site, where we will post the
latest information regarding any updates and changes we have made
that would impact the instructions in this Getting Started document.

www.gtcocalcomp.com

Support/InterWrite/Software Downloads

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Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Setup the InterWrite Model 400 Pad 6

The Electronic InterWrite Pen 7

Charging the InterWrite Pad and Pen 7
Attaching the Tether to the Pad and Pen 7

Make the Connection 8

Install the Bluetooth Device on the Computer 9

Install the Bluetooth Software on the PC 9
Install the USB Adapter 9
Install the PC Card 10

Install the InterWrite Software on Windows 11

Install the InterWrite Software on the Mac 12

Connect the Devices 13

Connect the InterWrite Pad on Windows 14

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Connect the InterWrite Pad on the Mac 16

Operating the InterWrite Model 400 Pad 18

Operating the Buttons 18

The Sleep/Wake Button 18
The Connect Button 19
The Disconnect Button 19

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Light and Tone Indicators 20

The Status Lights 20

The Power Status Light 20
The Connection Status Light 20
The Pad Battery Status Light 20
The Pen Battery Charging Status Light 20

Tone Indicators 20

Getting Started with InterWrite 21

Begin an InterWrite Session 21
Pen Selection in Windows 22
Pen Selection on the Mac 23
Pen Selection during a Presentation 23
Presentation Files 24
Distributing Presentation Files 25
Additional GTCO CalComp Resources 25

APPENDIX

Limited Warranty for MeetingPad 400 and SchoolPad 400 26

CE Certification for MeetingPad 400 and SchoolPad 400 27

Safety Statements 30

Battery Handling and Precautions 31

INTERWRITE MEETINGPAD 400 AND SCHOOLPAD 400

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The InterWrite Model 400 MeetingPads and SchoolPads are tablet
systems that feature the patented digitizer and pen-input technology
for which GTCO CalComp is famous. InterWrite Pads are used with
the InterWrite software on a PC or a Mac to remotely control the
computer by running applications, opening and editing files, and
annotating captured screen images and pages in a presentation file.
The versatile, interactive Pad allows you to control the presentation
from anywhere in the room. When used in concert with an Inter­Write Whiteboard, InterWrite Pads provide the ultimate collaborative
system for the Boardroom or the Classroom.

This Getting Started guide describes how to set up your InterWrite
Model 400 Pad and Pen, install the InterWrite software, and establish
a communication connection with the PC or the Mac. It ends with an
overview of the InterWrite software.

The electronic InterWrite Pen, which, when just above (in prox of), or
touching, the surface of a powered-on, connected Pad, controls the
movements of the mouse on the computer. The Pen becomes
a writing and drawing instrument when one of the many InterWrite
Annotation Tools is selected from the projected InterWrite Toolbar.
In Annotation Mode, a user can make notes on a PowerPoint Slide
Show, highlight areas of interest on a spreadsheet, or edit a docu­ment using a wide range of pen colors and pen widths.

The InterWrite Model 400 Pad runs off batteries that must be
charged prior to setting up communication with the PC or the Mac.
The InterWrite system uses the Bluetooth
establish communication between the Pad and the computer. Each
Device in the InterWrite system has to have a Bluetooth device
installed through which it communicates with the other InterWrite
Devices in the system. The InterWrite Model 400 Pads come with the

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wireless technology to

Bluetooth device built into the Pad, so the only installation required
here is the Ezurio USB Adapter or Ezurio PC Card on the computer.

The operation of your InterWrite Pad is facilitated by the InterWrite
software. The software is installed as part of the process of establish­ing communication between the Pad and the computer and is
covered in this guide. The InterWrite software has three operational
modes: Whiteboard Mode, Interactive Mode and Office Mode
(Windows only). Whiteboard Mode, used only when an InterWrite
Whiteboard is part of the system, makes it possible to easily capture
the notes, drawings and calculations on the Whiteboard for print
and/or electronic distribution.

Interactive Mode, the operational mode used by both InterWrite
Pads and InterWrite Whiteboards, allows you to take advantage of
the full power and robust features of the InterWrite system. An
InterWrite Pad, acting as an input device to the computer, remotely
controls the computer from anywhere in the room. When the
Whiteboard and a video projector are added to the mix, the
computer’s desktop image is projected onto the Whiteboard’s
surface, and the Whiteboard, like the Pad, communicates as an input
device to the computer. In this environment, both the person at the
Whiteboard and users with Pads seated around the room can
interact with the presentation and participate actively in the collabo­rative experience.

Office Mode makes it possible to interact directly with Microsoft’s
Office suite of products, PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Annotations,
notes and calculations can be added directly to the native application
files in this operational Mode.

The overview presented here of the features and tools of the
InterWrite software will get you started with the InterWrite system.

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Setup the InterWrite Model 400 Pad

The MeetingPad 400 and SchoolPad 400 communicate with the com­puter using BluetoothTM wireless technology. The Bluetooth communica­tions device is built into the Model 400 Pads. The Pad communicates with
a Bluetooth device – either an Ezurio USB Adapter, or Ezurio PC Card –
installed on the computer. The Pad runs on Nickel Metal Hydride
batteries, which provide about 40 hours of wireless operation before they
have to be recharged.

The Model 400 package includes the InterWrite Pad (MeetingPad 400, or
SchoolPad 400) and the rechargeable, electronic InterWrite Pen, a Pen
tether, pad charger, and an InterWrite CD. Optional components include
an Ezurio USB Adapter, or Ezurio PC Card, and the Bluetooth CD.

The first thing you should do when you unpack your new
Pad and Pen is charge them.

Before you use the Pad and the Pen for the first time, they should be
charged for about three hours, or until the Pad Battery Status Light goes
off. Plug the pad charger into the Power Jack. The Pad Battery Status
Light will flash slowly when the Pad battery is low and needs to be
recharged. The On/Off Power Switch turns on the charged Pad.

The three indented buttons at the top left corner above the Pad Work-

space are the Sleep/Wake Button, the Connect Button, and the Discon­nect Button. The Sleep/Wake Button is a toggle that puts the Pad into

Sleep Mode, or wakes it from Sleep Mode. The Connect Button wakes
up the Pad, if it is in Sleep Mode, and tries to connect or reconnect a
discovered Pad. The Disconnect Button disconnects the Pad. The
buttons and status lights are described in more detail in the Operating
the InterWrite Model 400 Pad section beginning on page 18.

Power Status Light

Connection Status Light

Pad Battery Status Light

Pen Battery Charging Status Light

Disconnect Button

Connect Button

Sleep/Wake Button

Workspace

SchoolPad 400 pictured

On/Off
Switch

Pen Tray

Charger
Jack

The Electronic InterWrite Pen

The InterWrite Pen is an input device to the computer. You will use it to control mouse movements on the computer by moving the tip
of the Pen just above (in prox of), or touching, the Pad’s Workspace surface. When the tip of the Pen is in prox of, or on, the Pad’s
Workspace, it simulates the same effects you would see with the left mouse button both in Windows and on the Mac. When the Pen is
in prox, press the Rocker Button nearest the tip to simulate a left mouse button double-click in Windows and on the Mac. Press the
outside Rocker Button (the button farthest from the Pen Tip) to simulate a right mouse button click in Windows and a Ctrl-click on the
Mac. In Windows, hold down the left Rocker Button and touch the Pen Tip to the Pad’s Workspace to erase. On the Mac, with the Pen
Tip already touching the Pad’s surface, hold down the left button to erase.

The Pen goes into Sleep Mode after about two minutes of inactivity to conserve power. Touching the Pen to a surface, or clicking one
of its Rocker Buttons, wakes up the Pen. When the Pen is in prox, the Power Status Light on the Pad will go from flashing to solid
green. When the Pen is out of prox, the Power Status Light goes back to flashing green.

The Pen can be charged only when it is placed in the Pen Tray on the Pad, and the pad charger is plugged into the Pad. A Pen charge
lasts over 40 hours. Always charge the Pen when the Pad is being charged.

Charging the InterWrite Pad and Pen

1 Set the InterWrite Pen into the Pen Tray with the Rocker Button facing up.
2 Connect the charger’s cable to the Power Jack at the top of the Pad.
3 Plug the charger into an AC power outlet.

The Pad can be used while it is charging.

4 When the Pad and Pen are charged and the Pad Battery Status Light goes

out, unplug the charger from the Pad.

Attaching the Tether to the Pad and the Pen

The tether has a loop at each end. One end has a metal ring attached to the
loop – that’s the Pen loop. The other end is the Pad loop.

1 Thread the Pad loop up through the hole above the Pen Tray. Thread the

Pen loop through the Pad loop. Pull to tighten.

2 Thread the metal ring through the eyelet on the Pen.

Electronic InterWrite Pen

Rocker Button

Press for:
Right-click – Windows
Ctrl-click – Mac

Press for:

Pen Tip

Double-click
(both Windows and Mac)

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Make the Connection

The InterWrite system employs BluetoothTM wireless technology to
establish wireless communication between the Whiteboards and
Pads in the InterWrite family of products and the computer. A
Bluetooth device must be installed on each component involved in
the wireless communication. The BTCOM Module is installed on the
Whiteboard. An Ezurio USB Adapter (or dongle, as it’s commonly
referred to) or Ezurio PC Card is installed on the computer. The
Model 400 Pads have the Bluetooth device built in, so no installation
is necessary. This section of the Getting Started guide describes how
to install the Bluetooth software on the PC—it’s already installed on
the Mac—how to install the Ezurio USB Adapter or PC Card on the
computer, and how to establish communication between the
Bluetooth devices using the InterWrite software.

An InterWrite wireless system that includes an InterWrite Whiteboard
and MeetingPads 400 or SchoolPads 400 uses a single Bluetooth
device through which the InterWrite Devices communicate with the
computer. Up to seven Bluetooth-enabled Devices—Pads and
Whiteboards—can communicate with one USB Adapter or PC Card
on the computer. Only one Ezurio Bluetooth device (USB Adapter or
PC Card) should be installed on the computer at any time.

Ezurio PC
Card

Ezurio USB Adapter

BTCOM Module

Bluetooth
Devices

InterWrite Model 100 Pads are the only Pads that have a cable that connects the Pad to the computer. InterWrite Model 300,
310 and 400 Pads are wireless. You can have a mix of wired and wireless InterWrite Pads and Whiteboards communicating
with the computer.

InterWrite 5.0 for Windows and later versions of the InterWrite software require TDK Bluetooth drivers version 1.4.2.10, or
later, in order to operate using Bluetooth wireless communication. Older versions of Bluetooth must be uninstalled before
installing the new drivers. Updated Bluetooth drivers are available on www.gtcocalcomp.com.

Install the Bluetooth Device on the Computer

Windows: The Bluetooth software must be installed on your Windows PC before you install the

Bluetooth Device, whether it is the Ezurio USB Adapter, or the Ezurio PC Card. Install
on Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP, only.

Mac: The InterWrite system is compatible with the Mac OS X version 10.2.5 or above

installation of the Bluetooth software for wireless communication.

Install the Bluetooth Software on the PC

For a Windows installation, login as Administrator, insert the Bluetooth
Software CD in your PC CD-ROM drive, select the Install Bluetooth Software

option from the menu, and follow the instructions on the installation screens.

Install the USB Adapter

1 Insert the USB Connector into one of the USB ports on your computer. It

cannot be plugged into a keyboard USB port on the Mac. The operating system will
auto-detect and configure the new hardware device.

2 Use one of the two Holders that came with your Bluetooth Comm Kit to attach the

USB Adapter to your computer. Remove the paper backing from the Holder and
attach it to the side of your monitor, or to the lid of your laptop. Slots on the back of
the Adapter casing will slide into the channels on the Holder.

Do not install the USB Adapter behind metal enclosures, as this will limit
performance. Metal serves as a shield and reduces the signal strength. Mount the
Adapter so the top of the unit is positioned above the computer or monitor case. A
5’ USB cable extender can be used when additional length is needed to mount the
USB Adapter away from metal or other enclosures.

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Ezurio USB Adapter

Adapter Holder

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Install the Bluetooth Device on the Computer

The Adapter-to-USB-port and software installation must be performed by a
user with Administrator privileges. If the configuration is changed, that is, if
the Adapter is moved to another USB port on the computer, or if a
different USB Adapter is installed in the USB port on that computer, the
process must be managed by the Admin.

If your computer has multiple USB ports, or multiple
PCMCIA card slots, the USB Adapter or PC Card
should be installed in each of the ports or slots at this
time. Then, if the USB Adapter, or PC Card, is moved,
all the ports and slots will have been properly config­ured for that USB Adapter or PC Card.

Install the PC Card

1 Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot in your computer. The

operating system will auto-detect and configure the new
hardware device. (Typically, the PC Card is installed in a
notebook computer.)

Ezurio PC
Card