PolyVision Walk-and-Talk User Manual
Walk-and-Talk
User Guide
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Part number 370-0199-01
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Table of Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What are Walk-and-Talk Products? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote Control Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cursor Control in Projection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Marking-Up Computer Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Printing and Saving Mark-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Choosing Mark-up Pen Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Erasing Mark-ups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Walk-and-Talk Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring Walk-and-Talk Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Draw Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Projection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hardware Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the On-Screen Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing a Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking for Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quitting the Walk-and-Talk Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver on a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Multiple Walk-and-Talk Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Walk-and-Talk Products with Multiple Monitors . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Walk-and-Talk Interactive Whiteboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Dry-Erase Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Projecting Your Computer onto the Whiteboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Getting Started with Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Writing Notes Next to a Projected Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboard Icon Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Cleaning Your Whiteboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Daily Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing Permanent Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Walk-and-Talk Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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ELCOME
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Congratulations on your purchase of a PolyVision® Walk-and-Talk™
product, a sleek and simple solution for interactivity with your computer.
This manual describes how to use the Walk-and-Talk driver with these
interactive products:
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Walk-and-Talk interactive whiteboard (WT)
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Walk-and-Talk Lightning™ interactive whiteboard (WTL)
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Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel (IP)
Walk-and-Talk Cordless Lectern (CL)
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Walk-and-Talk Flat-Screen Module (FSM)
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TS Interactive Whiteboard (TS)
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TS Lightning Interactive Whiteboard (TSL)
It also provides information about using Walk-and-Talk Wireless, the option
that provides infrared wireless communication between your interactive
whiteboard and your computer. For information on installing your Walkand-Talk product, see the corresponding installation and operation guides
For information about installing and using the Bluetooth wireless option,
refer to the
WT BT Installation and Operation
manual.
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HAT ARE WALK-AND-TALK PRODUCTS
Walk-and-Talk products are remote control-operated interactive systems
that connect to your computer. You can capture a snapshot of anything
you write or project by pressing Print or Save on the remote control. Your
digital snapshot prints using the default printer connected to your
computer, or it is saved as a file on your computer, just as a digital image
from a camera would be.
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With the Walk-and-Talk driver installed on your computer and your
computer connected to a projector, you have the ability to operate your
computer using the Walk-and-Talk product as a touch screen. You can
operate your computer from the product using your finger or stylus, or you
can roam freely about the room and operate your computer using the
remote control touch pad and buttons.
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PERATING YOUR
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SING THE REMOTE CONTROL
The Walk-and-Talk remote control operates at a distance of up to 40 feet
(12 m) from any of the Walk-and-Talk products. Always point the remote
control toward the infrared receiver on your product.
When your computer is projected on the Walk-and-Talk product, the
remote control enables you to roam freely about the room while you give
your presentation. Use the remote control to move the computer cursor,
click and double-click, and launch an on-screen keyboard to enter text into
dialog boxes. The remote control also has buttons that enable you to print
or save a snapshot of your presentation.
Always point the remote control toward the infrared receiver in your Walkand-Talk product: at the top of the interactive whiteboard, in the center of
your flat-screen module, or at the remote control receiver that comes with
your interactive panel.
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EMOTE CONTROL OPTIONS
ALK-AND-TALK PRODUCT
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note:NOTE:
The remote control functions equally well from these locations:
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Place the remote control in the holster. The touch pad and buttons are
easily accessible from the holster. (The Flat-Screen Module has no
holster.)
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Carry the remote control with you using the wrist or neck lanyard
provided.
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Place the remote control near you on a desk or table top pointed
toward the infrared receiver.
If you are using a TS interactive whiteboard, a touch-sensitive icon strip
along the edge of the board functions in place of the Walk-and-Talk remote
control. Refer to “Using TS and TSL Interactive Whiteboards” on page 36
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EMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Erase All
Erase everything and
start fresh. All writing,
in dry-erase marker
or projection mark-up,
is erased from memory.
Ink Color
To write on the board,
choose a dry-erase pen
and press the button that matches
the color. In projection mode,
press one of these buttons
to quickly change the color
of mark-ups.
Print
Print a snapshot of the board
using the default printer connected
to your computer.
Erase All
Previous
Pen Style Keyboard
Print Save
Projection
Next
L R
Cursor Pen
Ink Color
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Save
Save a snapshot of your board
as a file on your computer.
The file can be in PDF, JPEG,
TIFF, PNG, BMP and other formats.
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Erase All
Previous
Projection
Next
L R
Projection
When a projector is connected
to your computer and focused on
the board, press this button to
enter projection mode so you can
control the computer from the board.
Next
When the cursor is active, press this
button to page down or move to
the next slide or web page.
When the pen is active, this button
returns to the computer screen.
Previous
When the cursor is active, press this
button to page up or move
to the previous slide or web page.
When the pen is active, press this button
to display a blank canvas.
Touch pad
In projection mode, use the touch pad
to control your computer cursor just as
you would on a laptop computer
touch pad. Tap once to click and twice
to double-click. Always use the tip of your
thumb or your forefinger. Never use the
flat of your thumb.
YES
L and R
In projection mode, press L for
a left mouse click and R for a
right mouse click (Windows) or
Click trigger
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control click (Macintosh). You
can also use the click trigger on
the bottom of the remote
control for a left mouse click or
double-click.
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Cursor/Pen
In projection mode, press this button to toggle
between controlling the cursor
and marking-up the image.
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Pen Style
Press this button in
projection mode
to choose a new type
of mark-up pen
(color, width, and style).
Keyboard
In projection mode, press this button
to toggle on and off the display of
the on-screen keyboard.
You can use the keyboard
to enter text at the current
text cursor position. Drag the
keyboard to move it.
L R
Cursor Pen
Pen Style Keyboard
Ink Color
Print Save
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note:NOTE:
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URSOR CONTROL IN PROJECTION MODE
Interactive whiteboard users: refer to “Using Walk-and-Talk Interactive
Whiteboards” on page 31 for information about using your board and
placing it in “projection mode” to control your projected computer image.
The following information assumes that your Walk-and-Talk product is
already in “projection mode”.
Walk-and-Talk products display your projected computer image and enable
you to control your computer using:
•
your finger (if you have an interactive whiteboard),
•
the stylus, or
•
the remote control.
When you want to control your computer using the Walk-and-Talk product,
always touch the Walk-and-Talk product’s display screen inside the borders
of the projected computer image:
•
To click, tap the display once.
To double-click, tap the display twice rapidly.
•
For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold your
•
finger or the stylus to the display for one second.
With the remote control, you can roam freely about the room and control
the projected computer. To operate your computer with the remote control,
point it toward the infrared receiver on the Walk-and-Talk product:
To click or double-click, press the “L” button or the click trigger once
•
or twice, or tap once or twice on the remote control touch pad.
For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), press the “R”
•
button.
To page up or down through a document, press the “Next” or
•
“Previous” button (for example, if PowerPoint is the active window,
press “Next” to move to the next slide).
When using the stylus with your Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel, the stylus
does not need to touch the display. It operates when the stylus is hovering
within an inch or so of the display.
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To click, tap the display once.
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• To double-click, tap the display twice rapidly or hover the stylus over
L
R
the display and press the stylus button furthest from the tip.
• For a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold the stylus
to the display for one second, or hover the stylus over the display and
press the stylus button near the tip.
MARKING-UP COMPUTER PROJECTIONS
While your Walk-and-Talk product displays a projected computer image,
the Walk-and-Talk driver enables you to draw, highlight, and write over the
projected image. This type of writing is called “mark-up” and it is part of the
projected image, not physical ink.
To mark-up the projected computer image:
1 Press the “Cursor/Pen” button on the remote control. The cursor
changes from an arrow to a pen. (To return to mouse operations,
press the “Cursor/Pen” button again.)
Cursor Pen
Pen Style Keyboard
2 Write over the projected computer image using your finger or the
stylus as shown above on the right.
To quickly change the color of markups:
• Press the black, red, blue, or green “Ink Color” button on the remote
control.
The red “Ink Color” button on the remote control has three optional
functions which you can configure:
• red pen color for mark-ups
• spotlight
• reveal
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To use the spotlight:
1 Configure the red button for the spotlight option. (Refer to “Projection
Options” on page 23.
2 Press the red “Ink Color” button on the remote control. The screen
becomes grayed except one circle of light.
3 Drag the spotlight around the screen to focus attention on that portion
of the screen.
4 To re-shape the spotlight into an ellipse, drag the circle from any of the
four cardinal points around the edge of the circle.
5 To enlarge or shrink the circle, drag it from any point around the edge
except the four cardinal points.
To remove the spotlight:
• Press the red “Ink Color” button on the remote control again.
To use the reveal tool:
1 Configure the red button for the reveal option. (Refer to “Projection
Options” on page 23.
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1 Press the red “Ink Color” button on the remote control. The projected
screen becomes black except one strip at the top.
2 Drag the strip down to reveal more of the screen.
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To reveal the entire projected screen and continue your presentation:
• Press the red “Ink Color” button on the remote control again.
If you prefer to write on a clean display, you can change to a blank canvas
to continue writing.
To display a blank canvas for mark-ups:
• Press the “Previous” button on the remote control.
To return to the projected computer image:
• Press the “Next” button.
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PRINTING AND SAVING MARK-UPS
Walk-and Talk enables you to capture snapshots that include your
computer screen and the mark-ups you added. Mark-ups leave no ink, but
they are part of the snapshot.
To capture a snapshot of the display:
• Press the “Print” or “Save” button on the remote control.
CHOOSING MARK-UP PEN STYLES
While marking-up the computer image, you can choose from 54 unique
pen styles (six colors, three line widths, and three dash styles) plus three
highlighter pen colors and two mark-up eraser widths.
To change your mark-up pen style:
1 Press the “Pen Style” button on the remote control. A palette of
options appears.
2 To change the pen style, tap an option in the palette. The palette
closes when you tap a pen style option and the new pen style appears
in future mark-ups.
3 To move the palette, drag it with your finger or the stylus.
4 To close the palette without changing pen style, you can either tap the
“close” button at the upper corner of the palette, tap anywhere on the
screen, press the “Pen Style” button on the remote control, or begin
writing with a dry-erase marker outside the projected computer
screen.
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