Hamilton Buhl LyteBoard User Manual
Buhl LyteBoard
Interactive Whiteboard
User Guide
Buhl Industries
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Buhl LyteBoard IWB User Guide V.12/7/09
Contents
1. Declaration ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Important Notes ..................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Copyright ............................................................................................................... 4
2. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Specification Standards .......................................................................................... 6
2.2 Package Checklist .................................................................................................. 8
2.3 T echnical Index ...................................................................................................... 9
2.4 System Requiring ................................................................................................. 12
2.5 Products’ Certification and Quanlity Assurance .................................................. 12
3. Installation and Connection ....................................................................................... 13
3.1 Whiteboard Installlation ....................................................................................... 13
3.2 Intelligent Penholder Installlation ........................................................................ 17
3.3 Connecting to PC and Projector ........................................................................... 21
3.4 Driver Installation and Uninstall .......................................................................... 24
4. Operation instruction for Whiteboard software ...................................................... 29
4.1 Software Characters ............................................................................................. 29
4.2 Start up Software and Whiteboard Orientation .................................................... 30
4.3 Software Toolbar Introduction ............................................................................. 34
5. Using skill, Maintenance and Transportation .......................................................... 46
5.1 Control and Skills ................................................................................................ 46
5.2 Caution ................................................................................................................. 47
5.3 Transportation ...................................................................................................... 49
5.4 Maintenance ......................................................................................................... 49
6. Appendix ................................................................................................................... ... 50
6.1 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................... 50
6.2 Connecting to USB HUB ..................................................................................... 52
6.3 Other Service Information ................................................................................... 53
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1. Declaration
1.1 Important Notes
To ensure that you can use this product correctly please be sure to comply with the use of
manual strictly. Please read this manual before installation in order to avoid unnecessary
problems and also save your time.
Please completed the after-sales service card in detail and require the designated dealers
of Buhl Industries to stamp their official seals on it. Once you have found any flaw,
please contact with Buhl Industries or local designated dealers with your receipt (or
invoice) and after-sales service card to obtain timely after-sales service.
For any damage (including indirect individual damage, the loss of business profits,
business interruption, the loss of business information or any other financial loss) that
caused by using or not using this product , Buhl Interactive Whiteboard will not bear any
responsibility.
This product includes the Whiteboard software. Once you install this product, you are
willing to be bound by every articles of this manual. The articles of this manual are as
effective as any written agreement, which made through negotiations, signed by you. If
you do not agree with the articles of this manual .you cannot install or use this product.
After opening package as agree to buy the products, returns will not be accepted.
1.2 Copyright
This product (including, but not limited to any trademarks, images, photographs,
animations, videos, records, texts and additional program of the product), printed
materials, any copies that you made with the authorization of Buhl Industries are
productions of Buhl Industries, while their intellectual property belong to Buhl
Industries. The structure, organization and code are the trade secrets and confidential
information of Buhl Industries,
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This product protected under the Copyright Law of People’s Republic of China,
international treaties and the law of the country that the users in.
This product will be prohibited in any way to be copied, modified, rented, leased, loan or
transferred this product, or any part of it, unless with written agreement. The products
will be prohibited reverse engineering, reverse compiler, disassemble or other ways of
finding source code for this product.
Buhl Industries has right to offer replacement of the product for you and charge you the
cost of modification or upgrade. At the same time Buhl Industries has the right to
modify the content of this manual without prior notice,
2. Introduction
Buhl IWB interactive Whiteboard, which is based on the infrared sensor technology from
Buhl Industries, is a new interactive Whiteboard with independent intellectual property.
Its system is mainly composed of hardware and supporting software. While fingers or
any other non-translucent objects with which you write working in the region of
projection on the whiteboard. The location of objects will be received by these sensors
around the Whiteboard so as to be detected and captured the writing location and
movement information by the whiteboard, then through a USB cable to send these
information’s to the PC, thus constitute a complete interactive demonstration system
finally.
In replace of the mouse, users can achieve the functions such as mobile, click, double
click, drag, right key so as to control PC with fingers (or any non-translucent objects) and
make use of supporting software to achieve writing, erasure, label, drag, magnifying,
screen shade, spotlights, print Screen, screen conservation, screen recording and playback,
handwriting recognition, keyboard input, text input, links from web to video and sound,
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insert and control. With the help of the third-party remote collaboration software, not only
achieve the functions of long-distance education and meetings which are powerful
Interactive teaching and learning and demonstration, but also create multimedia
courseware for the classroom and the meetings.
The product can completely replace the blackboard and ordinary Whiteboard in teaching
and demonstration. Widely used in teaching, lectures, multimedia web conference,
e-commerce, work reports, tele-medicine, product exhibitions, training, on military
command, scientific research, engineering, project design, the Securities Review, and
entertainment and Studio, sports, maps, weather, astronomy, vehicle scheduling,
interactive presentations, hotels, colleges, primary and secondary schools teaching and
long-distance education.
This manual which apply to the installation of all types of the Buhl IWB series, is the
Installation manual of Buhl interactive Whiteboard You can see the software's help files
or the software manual” Buhl IWB - DrawView software instruction manual ” for the use
of supporting software.
2.1 Specification Standards
IRBOARD-78W Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
Touch square：
Physic size：
Writing tool：
black AL frame, white PVC board, writable film
1469mm(width) × 1145mm (height)
1634mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object, normal Whiteboard pen
IRBOARD-78 Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
black Al frame, white PVC board, writable film
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Touch square：
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1469mm(width) × 1145mm (height)
Physic size：
Writing tool：
1634mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object
IRBOARD-82W Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
Touch square：
Physic size：
Writing tool：
black Al frame, white PVC board, writable film
1632mm(width) ×1145mm (height)
1797mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object, normal Whiteboard pen
IRBOARD-82 Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
black Al frame, white PVC board, writable film
Touch square：
Physic size：
Writing tool：
1632mm(width) ×1145mm (height)
1797mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object
IRBOARD-88W Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
Touch square：
Physic size：
Writing tool：
black Al frame, white PVC board, writable film
1795mm(width) ×1145mm (height)
1960mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object, normal Whiteboard pen
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IRBOARD-88 Infrared interactive Whiteboard
Appearance：
Touch square：
Physic size：
Writing tool：
black Al frame, white PVC board, writeable film
1795mm(width) ×1145mm (height)
1960mm(width) X 1290mm(height) X 40mm(thick)
Finger or other opaque object
2.2 Package Checklist
Infrared interactive Whiteboard one
Intelligent penholder one
Normal write-board pen three
Board eraser one
USB connecting line（5 meters, blue） one
Installation disc one
Operation manual one
Follow-up services card one
Wall-Mount brackets two
Wall-mounted installing screws（3*20mm KA） ten
Plastic screw column（6*28mm） ten
Penholder installing screws ( 3*8 KM ) four
Penholder installing screws（4*14 PA） eight
USB extension line（5 meters, argent） one
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2.3 Technical Index
Touch characteristics
Induction way : Infrared induction
Positioning accuracy ： Typical accuracy﹤2mm
Cursor speed : 120d/s
Resolution ：
4096 × 4096
First spot（click） : 25 ms
Respond time：
Continuous（write） : 8 ms
Respond objects’ size： ﹥Ø3.0mm ,recommended size：Ø5.0mm
Touch life：
exceed 60,000,000 single-point touch
Power supply
USB provides power directly
Power supply:
(no external power connection）
Working voltage：
DC 4.6V ~ DC 5V
Power consumption： ﹤1W，operate under USB-5V，current﹤200mA
Working environment
Temperature
Humidity
Operation temperature： -10 °C to 45 °C
Storage temperature： -30 °C to 60 °C
Working humidity： 20% to 85%
Storage humidity： 0~95%
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Incandescent lamp (220V,100W),working distance：
Illumination test
350mm
Working height above sea level 3,000m
PC USB2.0
Working lifetime: More than 5years
Working Environment：
Software function
Mouse function
Remark function
Writing function
Whiteboard function
Zoom function
Can work under the sun, indoor and outdoor.
Can completely instead of mouse. Support click, double
click and right click
Support OFFICE software such as PPT, WORD, EXCEL,
etc. Hold on the pen to remark directly. Support hold on,
copy and remark function for all application software.
Provide a wide range of T-type, the variety of linear
Yangzi, Pai pens, highlighter, object pen writing function
Support functions such as building Whiteboard,
blackboard, black drop face, desk face, and the unlimited
and full screen writing function.
Support zooming or enlarge the showing content’s
functions
Object editing function
Searchlight function
Cover screen function
Resource bank function
Support the editing functions, such as copying, canceling,
moving and so on.
Support searchlight’s moving, changing colors or shapes’
operations.
Support shelter screen from top to bottom, and around
freely
Support on-limits resource bank, users can add or delete
the contents of the bank optionally.
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Multimedia Presentation
functions
Multimedia record function
Camera function Support camera function
Index function Support the search function on Whiteboards
Support to introduce all kinds of files such as FLASH ，
PPT，Movie, music and so on。
Support to keep the sound and written contents as
multimedia files functions, so that you can copy or
replay the contents。
2.4 System Requiring
CPU： Based on X86 processor，over Pentium IV
Memory： 512 MB RAM（ recommended 2GB RAM）
Hard disk： 400 MB spare room
USB surface：No less than one free USB entrances
Projectors： Recommend at least XGA Resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio
2.5 Products’ Certification and Quality Assur ance
Pass FCC/CE certification, Quality guarantee for the body of our electronic Buhl
Whiteboard is two years , other parts for one year1 .
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3. Installation and Connection
3.1 Whiteboard Installation
3.1.1 Wall-mounted Installation
Accessories list:
name
total use of quantity
wall-mounted pieces 2 2
expansion screw 12 8
screw（3.5*16KA）
12 8
Installation steps:
1. wall-mounted pieces Installation
(1)Check the height and location of the Whiteboard installation, then line out the center position of
wall-mounted pieces(
P 3-1) on the wall.(P 3-2)
P 3-1
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h
1170mm
floor
P 3-2
(2)To drill holes at the marked position of the screw on the wall with a drill bit (diameter
6 mm), then put the expansion screws into the holes.
(3)Fix the wall-mounted pieces onto the wall with eight screws (3.5*1 KA). Finish
wall-mounted pieces installation.
2. Whiteboard Installation
Aim the holes of the Whiteboard (P 3-3) at the wall-mounted pieces, and then hang the
Whiteboard onto the wall-mounted pieces.
P 3-3
Notice:
1. Ensure that the wall is firm enough to bear the Whiteboard.
2. Make sure that the two wall-mounted pieces have same horizontal height and with a
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center distance of 1170mm.
3. The perfect height between Whiteboard and the floor is 75-80cm.
3.1.2 Rolling floor stand Installation
Accessories list:
Name Total use of quantity
parts of floor stand 4 4
wheel 4 4
screw 12 12
pothook 4 4
Installation steps:
1. Install floor stand
(1) Fix four parts of floor stand with screws (P 3-4)
P 3-4
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