Interwrite Learning Interwrite Pad Getting Started
Getting Started InterwriteTM Pad
GETTING STARTED
InterwriteTM Pad
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for Windows and the Mac
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InterwriteTM Pad Getting Started
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Getting Started InterwriteTM Pad
Table of Contents
Interwrite Pads
About This Guide 5
Product Overview 5
Interwrite Pen 5
Bluetooth Technology 5
Workspace Software 5
Installation Overview
1. Unpack Your Interwrite Pad 6
2. Set Up Your Interwrite Pad and Interactive Pen 6
3. Install the Interwrite Workspace Software 6
4. Connect Your Interwrite Pad 6
Setting Up Your Interwrite Pad
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Charging the Interwrite Pad and Interactive Pen 8
Attaching the Tether to the Pad and the Pen 8
The Electronic Interwrite Interactive Pen 9
Install the Interwrite Workspace Software
Installing the Interwrite Workspace Software on Windows 10
Installing the Interwrite Workspace Software on the Mac 11
Connect Your Interwrite Pad
BluetoothTM Wireless Installation 12
About Bluetooth and Workspace 12
Bluetooth Requirements 13
Bluetooth Communications 13
Installing the USB Adapter 14
Keeping Track of the Bluetooth Adapter 14
Moving the Bluetooth Adapter 14
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Connect the Interwrite Devices
Connecting a Wireless Device on Windows 15
Connecting a Wireless Device on the Mac 17
Operating the Interwrite Pad
Operating the Interwrite Pad 19
Operating the Buttons 20
The Sleep/Wake Button 20
The Connect Button 20
The Disconnect Button 21
Light and Tone Indicators 21
The Status Lights 21
The Power Status Light 21
The Connection Status Light 21
The Pad Battery Status Light 21
The Pen Battery Charging Status Light 22
Tone Indicators 22
Replacing the Battery Pack
Replacing the Interwrite Pad Battery Pack 23
Getting Started with Interwrite Workspace
Begin an Interwrite Workspace Session 26
The Interwrite Workspace Toolbar 27
Using the Pen Tool 28
Presentation Files 29
Distributing Presentation Files 30
Additional Interwrite Learning Resources 30
What is PRS? 30
Regulatory Statements and Warranty
Regulatory Statements 31
Warranty 39
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Interwrite
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About This Guide
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This Getting Started guide describes how to set up your Interwrite Pad and
Interactive Pen, install the Interwrite Workspace software, and establish a
communication connection with the PC or the Mac. It ends with an overview
of the Interwrite Workspace software.
Product Overview
The Interwrite Pad is a tablet system featuring the patented digitizer and peninput technology. Used with the Interwrite Workspace software on a PC or a
Mac, Interwrite Pads allow you control the computer by running applications,
opening and editing files, and annotating screen images and presentation files
from anywhere in the room. When used with an InterwriteTM Board, Interwrite
Pads provide the ultimate collaborative system for the interactive class room
or the interactive meeting room.
Interwrite Pen
The electronic Interwrite Pen, when positioned 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 Workspace Annotation Tools is
selected from the projected Toolbar. When 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 attributes.
Bluetooth Technology
The Interwrite Workspace system uses the BluetoothTM wireless technology
to establish communication between the Pad and the computer. The Interwrite Pads come with the Bluetooth module built into the Pad, so the only
installation required is the Bluetooth USB Adapter on the computer.
Workspace Software
The operation of your Interwrite Pad is facilitated by the Interwrite Workspace 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 Workspace software has three operational modes: White-
board Mode, Interactive Mode and Office Mode (Windows only).
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Interactive Mode, the operational mode used by both Interwrite Pads and
Interwrite Boards, allows you to take advantage of the power and features
of the Workspace software. An Interwrite Pad, acting as an input device to
the computer, remotely controls the computer from anywhere in the room.
When the Interwrite Board and a video projector are added, the computer’s
desktop image projects onto the Interwrite Board’s surface, and the board,
communicates as an input device to the computer.
In this environment, both the person at the Interwrite Board and users with
Pads seated around the room can interact with the presentation. Office
Mode makes it possible to interact directly with Microsoft’s Office suite of
products, PowerPoint, Word and Excel on the PC. Annotations, notes and
calculations can be added directly to the native application files when in this
operational Mode.
Installation Overview
This section describes what you will be doing and the order in which you will
be doing it, to facilitate the setup of your Interwrite Pad and its preparation for
use.
1. Unpack Your Interwrite Pad
The package includes the Interwrite Pad and the rechargeable Interwrite
Interactive Pen, a Pen tether, a Pad Charger, and an Interwrite LearningTM CD
and a Bluetooth USB Adapter.
2. Charge Your Interwrite Pad and Interactive Pen
Your Pad and Pen must be charged before you can use them. Place the
Interactive Pen in the Pad’s Pen Tray and plug the Pad Charger into the
Charger Jack located at the top of the Pad and the other end into a standard
wall socket. The Pad is charged when the Pad Battery Status Light goes off.
3. Install the Interwrite Workspace Software
4. Connect Your Interwrite Pad
Your Interwrite Pad must be able to communicate with the Interwrite Workspace software on your computer. This communication link is established
wirelessly between two Bluetooth communication modules—one built into
the Pad and the other connected to the computer. The wireless Bluetooth
Pad must then be “connected” to Workspace by the Device Manager, one
of the Interwrite Workspace software applications.
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Setting Up Your Interwrite Pad
The Interwrite Pad communicates with the computer using Bluetooth
wireless technology. The Bluetooth communications module is built into the
Interwrite Pad. The Pad communicates through its built-in Bluetooth module
with another Bluetooth module installed on the computer. The Interwrite Pad
runs on Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, which provide about 40 hours of
wireless operation before they have to be recharged.
Power Status Light
Connection Status Light
Pad Battery Status Light
Pen Battery Charging Status Light
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Pen Tray
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Disconnect Button
Connect Button
Sleep/Wake Button
InterwriteTM Pad
Workspace
On/Off
Power
Switch
Charger
Power
Jack
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The first thing you should do when you unpack your
new Interwrite Pad and Interactive Pen is charge them.
Charging the Interwrite Pad and
Interactive Pen
Before you use your Interwrite Pad and Interactive Pen for the first time, they
should be charged for about three hours, or until the Pad Battery Status Light
goes off. Whenever the Pad battery is low and needs to be recharged, the Pad
Battery Status Light will flash slowly.
1 Place the Interactive Pen in the Pen Tray with the Rocker Button and
Tether Loop facing up.
2 Connect the Pad Charger’s cable to the Charger Power Jack at the top of
the Pad.
3 Plug the Charger into an AC power outlet.
The Interwrite 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 Interwrite Pad.
5 Turn on the Power Switch when the Interwrite Pad is charged.
The buttons and status lights are described in more detail in the Operating the
Interwrite Pad section beginning on page 20.
The Pen can be charged only when it is placed in the Pen Tray on the
Pad, and only when the Pad is being charged. A Pen charge lasts over 40
hours. You should always charge the Pen when the Pad is being charged.
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 Tether Loop eyelet on the Pen.
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The Electronic Interwrite Interactive Pen
The Interactive Pen is an input device to the computer. You will use it to write
and draw in Annotation Mode and to control mouse movements in Mouse
Mode by moving the tip of the Pen just above (in prox of) or touching the
Pad’s workspace surface. When the Pen Tip is in prox or touching the Pad’s
workspace, it simulates the same effects you would get using the left mouse
button both in Windows and on the Mac.
Using the Pen
When the Pen is in prox, press the left end of the Rocker Button to simulate a
left mouse button double-click in Windows and on the Mac. Press the right
end of the Rocker Button 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 touching the Pad’s surface, hold down the left Rocker Button to erase.
Sleep Mode
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. It goes back to flashing green
when the Pen is out of prox.
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Rocker
Button
Pen Tip – Up or Down
Same as Left Mouse Button on Windows and Mac
Left – Double-Click Mouse Button with Pen Up
Windows and Mac
Right – Right Mouse Button (Windows)
Ctrl-Click (Mac)
Tether
Loop
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Installing the Interwrite Workspace
Software on Windows
The Interwrite Workspace software must be installed on Windows
by a user with Administrator privileges. Interwrite Workspace is
compatible with Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.
If you are using Windows 98/Me/NT, you must use Interwrite
Workspace version 5.0. For more information, contact Technical
Support to order an installation CD.
1 Log in as Administrator. Insert the Interwrite Learning CD into the
CD drive on your PC. The installer will autoload. If it doesn’t, click
on the Start button on the Windows Task Bar and select Run from
the menu. Type X:\setup.exe (X represents the CD drive letter).
2 Select the Install Interwrite Workspace Software menu option.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions for the software installation. You
will know Interwrite Workspace has installed successfully by the
appearance of the Interwrite Workspace icon in the System Tray on
the Windows Task Bar. If the icon does not appear, restart your
computer.
The Interwrite Workspace icon on the Task
Bar indicates that the Interwrite
ager is now running on your PC.
Device Man-
Click on the
Workspace icon to display the options on the
Device Manager Menu shown here. Device
Manager, in addition to managing the Interwrite
hardware devices, provides direct access to the
three operational modes of the Interwrite
Workspace software.
Click the Interwrite Workspace icon in the System Tray of the
Windows Task Bar to display the Device Manager Menu. Select the
Check for Updates
download it now. You should periodically check for updates.
option. If a new version of Workspace is available,
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Installing the Interwrite Workspace
Software on the Mac
Interwrite Workspace must be installed on the Mac by a user with
Admin privileges. Interwrite is compatible with Mac OS X version 10.4
or higher.
1 Insert the Interwrite Learning CD into the CD-ROM drive on your
Mac. An Interwrite Workspace CD icon will appear on your
desktop.
2 Double-click on the Interwrite icon on the desktop to display the
CD’s contents. Double-click on the Install Interwrite icon.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions for the software installation.
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The appearance of the Interwrite
Workspace icon on the Menubar
indicates that the Device Manager is
now running on your Mac. It will load
and run in the background every time
you start up your Mac. Click on the
Interwrite Workspace icon to display the
options on the Device Manager Menu,
shown here. Device Manager, in addition to managing the Interwrite hardware devices, provides direct access to
the two operational modes of Interwrite
Workspace on the Mac.
Click the Interwrite Workspace icon on the Menubar to display
the Device Manager Menu. Select the
new version of Interwrite Workspace is available, download it now.
You should periodically check for updates.
Check for Updates
option. If a
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Connect Your Interwrite Pad
BluetoothTM Wireless Installation
This section of the Interwrite Pad Getting Started guide describes how to
connect the Bluetooth USB Adapter to the computer
establish communication between the Bluetooth modules
using the Interwrite Workspace software.
Bluetooth BTCOM2
Module
Bluetooth USB Adapter
About Bluetooth and Workspace
The Interwrite Workspace system employs BluetoothTM wireless technology
to establish wireless communication between the Interwrite Boards and
Interwrite Pads and the computer. A Bluetooth Module must be installed on
each component involved in wireless communication. The Bluetooth
BTCOM2 Module is installed on the Interwrite Board. The Bluetooth USB
Adapter shown here is installed on the computer, if necessary. The Interwrite
Pads have the Bluetooth Module built in, so no installation is necessary.
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