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M-POINTER
Wireless Virtual Interactive Whiteboard
User’s Manual
The content of this manual is subject to change without prior notice.
All rights reserved.
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Annotation 14
Table of Contents
Safety Instructions 3
Package Contents 4
Part Names and Function 5
Installation
Software Installation. 6
Using the Software . 10
Calibration 10
Options 13
Functions
Whiteboard 18
Keyboard 20
Shortcut 21
PPT 22
Tools 23
Using the IR Pen 25
Setting Up 26
Changing RF Communications Channel 27
Troubleshooting 30
Specifications 31
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Safety Instructions
Congratulations! You have now possessed one of the most
sophisticated and environmental friendly presentation tools. It will
assist you in your lecturing and interacting with your audience in a
professional way.
Warning
If smoke or strange odor arise, continued use could result in fire. In
such case, immediately switch off the M-Pointer and if appropriate,
disconnect the USB cable. After making sure that the smoke or
odor has stopped, contact your dealer for repairs. Do not attempt to
make repairs yourself.
Do not open the cabinet. There are no user serviceable parts inside.
Should the unit become faulty, please contact your dealer.
Do not press the pen too hard onto the wall or screen
Cleaning Do not use abrasive chemical or solvents for cleaning. Use
only soft cloth and mild cleaning products.
Do not place the M-Pointer on unstable surface. The accuracy of
the calibration will be compromised if the M-Pointer moves after
calibration.
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To make sure you have a thorough understanding of the various
functions of the M-Pointer, please go through this booklet in details.
Please also keep it in a handy place for future reference when
necessary.
Package Contents
Before you start, please check the package contents, if any are missing,
please contact your dealer immediately.
- IWB Main Unit
- IR Pen
- RF Dongle
- USB cable
- User’s Instructions
- Software disk
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Part Names and Function
(1) LED Indicator
Lights up when the M-Pointer is turned On.
(2) Rotating Camera Head
(3) USB Port
Used for charging the internal battery or for direct connection with PC
(4) Tripod Mount
Use with Tripod or with the Ceiling Mount Kit.
(5) Pen Tip
(6) USB Dongle
Use for Wireless Connection of M-Pointer with PC
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Installation
Software Installation
The M-Pointer Driver program is on the CD ROM. Turn on your PC and
insert the CD into the CD ROM driver. Follow the instruction to install the
program.
1. click “MPOINTER.EXE” to start the installation.
2. Accept the terms and conditions of the license agreement, then click NEXT
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3. Set the location to install the MPOINTER software, then click INSTALL
to start the installation.
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4. Click FINISH to complete the installation.
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Using the Software
Connect the M-POINTER unit via the USB cable or insert the wireless USB
dongle into the USB port of your PC. Start the MPOINTER application
software. The icon will appear in the task bar on the bottom of the screen and
the menu will display as follows :
: Before using the functions of the M-Pointer the unit needs to be set to
read the screen size. Click on then select CALIBRATE.
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Calibration
4 points mode : standard
Touch the displayed crosshairs with the IR pen. If the device is able to
detect the signal from the pen, the crosshairs will move to the next
calibration point.
075, 0.5 and 0.3 modes : When the camera is not able to cover the whole
screen, that is the top parts of the screen is out of reach, then use these
modes. 0.75 mode, the crosshairs start to appear ¾ the way up the screen,
0.5 mode half way up and 0.3 mode 1/3 the way up.
For greater accuracy, use the 25 and 16 point calibration modes.
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Picture in Picture :
: When the PiP function is selected, a
small window of the whole screen will appear, as in the following picture.
Calibrate as in the main calibration procedure but for the small window.
This is particularly useful in situations when the entire screen is large
and the top of the screen is out of reach.
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OPTION : Basic settings for the M-Pointer. The options can be changed
for personal preferences or left as they are.
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Functions
The following describes the functions of the M-Pointer software.
ANNOTATION
PEN : A selection of different pen
styles
ERASER : Selecting ways to delete
annotations
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PEN
Fountain pen
Pencil
Highlighting pen
Brush
Dotted line style
Clear all writings on the screen
Input text by keyboard. Move
cursor to location where you would like
the text to be placed. Press and hold
LEFT mouse button then move mouse
to open required box size.
To increase or reduce pen
width or text size
Selects pen or text color
Previews pen thickness, color and
text size
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ERASE
erase at the cursor position
Erase an enclosed area
Cancels last operation
operation
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Reverse the cancelled
Clear all annotations
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GRAPHICS
Use this function to draw various
regular shapes on the screen
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WHITEBOARD
A blank screen to let you draw
and write.
PEN, ERASER, GRAPHICS,
functions exactly as in
ANNOTATIONS.
3DBOARD :
(PNG files). Each numbered tile can be selected
and displayed as the main tile on the screen.
Can draw, write on each file and the whole set
can be stored in the SAVEFILE folder. Prepared
files can be imported to aid presentations.
Files are stored in the following format
SaveFile\yy-mm-dd-mi-zt\WhiteBoardTemp
(where yy is year, mm is month, dd is day, mi is
minutes).
Displays a set of 20 files
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KEYBOARD
Sets the IR pen equivalent to operate as the
RIGHT BUTTON of a mouse.
Sets the IR pen equivalent to operate as the
DOUBLE CLICK action of a mouse
Closes opened applications
Provides options RESTORE, MINIMIZE, ESC
and KEYBOARD. See Below
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SHORT CUT
The options are equivalent to
computer commands,
minimizing, restoring and escape
functions for applications
windows. A soft keyboard to aid
input.
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PPT
PPT : opens, plays and annotate PPT or
WPS files.
SAVE : Option to save annotated active files
to desired storage locations.
3DPPT : Same function as 3Dboard but
instead displays the pages of the PPT as a
series of PNG files which are stored in a
PowerPoint folder
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TOOLS
Capture and display images.
Images
capture a selected area of the screen
capture whole screen
print selected image
select and display previously stored
images
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SCREEN
MEDIA : Browse pictures with the 3D board.
stop recording screen activity
pause recording screen activity
playback captured video
Captured video is in AVI file format
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Using the IR Pen
Unscrew the rear cap to open and insert two AAA size batteries into the
compartment. Please note the correct polarity of the battery.
1. Click
Lightly tap the pen tip once on the menu or icon of the screen.
2. Double Click
Light tap the pen tip twice on the same place of the screen.
3. Drag
Lightly press the pen tip on an icon and move it, placing it on the screen
within the active area.
4. Writing and Drawing
Use the pen like a normal pen.
Note: As the operation of the M-Pointer depends on identification of the
IR dot as emitted by the pen by the camera on the main unit, it is
essential that the human body or the hand or arm do not block the path
between the camera and the pen tip.
Setting Up
1. Place the M-Pointer at a distance to the screen of about the width of the
projected image. The M-Pointer works fine over a wide range of
positions.
2. Plug the Wireless Dongle onto a USB 2.0 port on your PC for wireless
operation or connect the port on the rear of the Main Unit to the USB
port on your PC.
3. Turn the camera head up by rotating outwards. There is a magnetic
switch inside the M-Pointer. The unit will turn On immediately when
the camera is rotated outwards. Please place the camera head back to
its closed position to turn Off the unit. This will save the battery
operating time.
4. Rotate the camera head to a position so that the center of the camera is
approximately in line with the center of the screen. This does not
require very precise setting.
5. Click on the M-Pointer Driver to start the software.
Note: Please charge up the battery after the box is opened
by connecting the M-Pointer to the USB port of your PC.
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Changing RF communications channel
Set MAIN UNIT
- check that both the main unit and RF dongle is powered OFF
- connect the USB cable from the main unit to a computer
- invoke the MPointer software
- click on then click on EFFECT SETTINGS
- on the computer keyboard press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘F’ simultaneously to give
obtain the following screen
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Select an unused channel (channel 80 is factory default), for example
channel 100.
- slide the vertical bar to the right until 100 is displayed, then to the
right of the RF channel bar click on OK
- Click on the OK at the bottom of the settings screen to finish
- Close the MPointer software and disconnect the main unit from the
computer
Set RF DONGLE
- plug the RF dongle to an unused USB port on the computer
- invoke the MPointer software
- click on then click on EFFECT SETTINGS
- on the computer keyboard press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘F’ simultaneously to give
obtain the following screen
- Click on SETTING THRESHOLD pull down options, then click RF
CHANNEL
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- slide the green bar to channel 100 (same channel as the main unit),
then on the right click on OK
- Click on the OK at the bottom of the settings screen to finish
- Close the MPointer software then remove dongle from computer to
finish
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Installation Diagram
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem Reason and Solution
LED on the camera
does not light up
Mouse cursor not
accurate after
calibration
Cursor moves about
randomly
Two or more
wireless IWB units
operate at the same
time
Rechargeable battery runs low. Recharge battery
using the supplied USB cable
The M-Pointer might have moved during
installation. Recalibrate. Please do not change
the resolution on your computer AFTER the driver
software is opened
Point the unit away from bright natural light and
areas of high IR emission.
Set one of the wireless units to operate on different
RF channel (see setting RF channels)
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Better than Pentium 4, 1.0 G, 512 M RAM and 2G
Dimension (WxLxH)
SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
PC Reqirement
Scan Rate
Resolution(pixels)
Calibration Method
Interface
Accuracy
Uniformity
Operating Distance
Wireless Distance
Battery Operating Time
Power Consumption
Weight
Harddisk space
67 frames/second
300,000 Native, 1.2M expanded
4/16/25 points selectable
USB 2.0
Less than 1.5 pixels
>85%
Standard Throw Short Throw
8 m open space
More than 8 hours
Approx.
60x130x30mm
173g (inclusive of IR pen and rf dongle)
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