Smart SBX885, SBX880 User Manual

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SMART Board™ X800
Series Interactive
Whiteboard

User’s Guide

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Important information

Before you install and use your SMART Board™ X800 series interactive whiteboard,
read the following warnings carefully. Failure to read the warnings below, or to follow
the installation instructions included with your SMART product could result in personal
injury or product damage.

NOTE

In this document, the term “interactive whiteboard” refers to your interactive
whiteboard and its accessories and options.

WARNINGS

• Ensure that any cables extending across the floor to your SMART produ ct are
properly fastened together and marked to avoid a trip hazard.

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose your SMART
product to rain or moisture.

• Refer to the safety warnings and precautions published by the projector
manufacturer. Do not stare (or allow children to stare) directly into the
projector’s beam of light.

• Do not touch (or allow children to touch) your projector because it can
become extremely hot during normal operation.

• Do not stand (or allow children to stand) on a chair to touch the surface of
your SMART product. Instead, safely fix the product at the approp ria te heigh t
on a wall or use a SMART height-adjustable floor stand.

• Do not climb (or allow children to climb) on a wall- or stand­supported SMART Board interactive whiteboard.

• Two people are required to safely mount your interactive
whiteboard because it is too heavy for one person to safely
maneuver . When you and your assistant lift your interactive whiteboard,
support its weight at the bottom, avoiding the corner cameras, and balance
the top with your other hands.

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• To prevent injury or product and pro perty damage, use only the mounting
hardware supplied with your SMART Board X800 series interactive
whiteboard when you install your prod uct on drywall. The mounting hardware
provided with other interactive whiteboards may not be strong enough to
support the weight of SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboards.

• Use two wall-mounting brackets to install SMART Board interactive
whiteboards with a diagonal width of 87" (221 cm) or more.

• For operating safety and to prevent damage to your interactive whiteboard,
connect its USB connector, or SMART connection extenders, only to a
computer that has a USB compliant interface and that bears the USB logo. In
addition, the USB source computer must be compliant with CSA/UL/EN
60950 and bear the CE mark and CSA and/or UL mark(s) for CSA/UL 60950.

• To prevent injury or pro duct damage as a result of tipping, mount your
interactive whiteboard only on a floor stand that is certified for use with
SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboards, such as the SMART
FS670 Mobile Floor Stand or SMART HAWM FS-UX Mobile Floor Stand. Do
not modify your interactive whiteboard or your floor stand to make them
compatible.

• Move a floor stand-supported SMAR T Board interactive whiteb oard with care.
Sudden stops, excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the product
to overturn.

CAUTIONS

• If you need to lean your interactive whiteboard against a wall, make sure that
it remains in an upright position, resting on its pen tray brackets, which are
designed to sustain your interactive whiteboard’s weight. Do not rest your
interactive whiteboard on its side, on the top of its frame or on the corners of
the frame where the cameras are located .

• Do not add any extra weight or excessive pressure to a wall-mounted
interactive whiteboard or its pen tray. SMART designed the brackets to
support only the weight of your interactive whiteboard and its accessories
during normal use.

• There are no user-serviceable parts inside th e pen tray. Only qualified
personnel should disassemble the pen tr ay’s printed circ uit boards, using
proper electrostatic discharge (ESD) protect ion .

• When transporting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard, repack it with
as much of the original packaging as possible. This packaging was designed
with optimal shock and vibration protection.

• Do not use compressed air to clean the interactive whiteboard’s cameras
because the force of the air could damage them.

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• Do not allow cleaner to flow onto the reflective strips at the edges of the
interactive whiteboard’s frame, or into the pen tray slots.

• Do not set up and use your interactive whiteboard in an area with excessive
levels of dust, humidity or smoke.

• If your SMART Board interactive whiteboard requires replacement parts,
make sure that the service technician uses replacement parts specified by
SMART Technologies or parts with the same characteristics as the original.

Other precautions

If you own a SMART product other than a SMART Board X800 series interactive
whiteboard, refer to the installation manual for your product for re levan t warnings and
maintenance instructions.

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Contents

Important information.....................................................................................................i

Other precautions.....................................................................................iii

1 About your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard............................. 1

In this chapter................................................................................................. 1

Features.......................................................................................................... 2

Your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard.......................... 2

Feature highlights..................................................................................... 3

Understanding how your SMART Board interactive whiteboard works .......... 4

Other components.................................................................................... 4

Included parts and accessories........................... ........................................... 5

Pens......................................................................................................... 5

Eraser....................................................................................................... 5

................................................................................................................. 5

SMART Board interactive whiteboard wall-mounting kit .......................... 5

SMART USB cable................................................................................... 5

Power supply............................................................................................ 5

2 Installing and securing your SMART Board interactive whiteboard ...................... 7

In this chapter................................................................................................. 7

Environmental requirements........................................................................... 7

Installing your SMART Board interactive whiteboard ..................................... 8

Installation Tips ........................................................................................ 9

Replacing a SMART Board interactive whiteboard on drywall................. 9

Securing the pen tray and interactive whiteboard............................. ... ... ... ... 10

Securing the pen tray to the pen tray brackets....................................... 10

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3 Connecting your interactive whiteboard to your computer ............... ... .... ... ...... ... 11

In this chapter............................................................................................... 11

Connecting the USB cable............................ ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ............ 11

Installing SMART Product Drivers ................................................................ 12

Configuring your computer settings.............................................................. 13

Recommended settings ................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ...................... 13

Matching your computer’s resolution to your projector’s resolution....... 13

Calibrating your interactive whiteboard......................................................... 14

Orienting your interactive whiteboard........................................................... 15

Connecting a guest laptop............ ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ......... 16

4 Using and maintaining your SMART Board interactive whiteboard . ... .... ...... ... ... 17

In this chapter............................................................................................... 17

Getting started.............................................................................................. 17

Turning the interactive whiteboard on and off........................................ 17

Power panel controls and indicators ...................................................... 18

Using the pen tray......................................................................................... 20

Pen tray buttons............................................ ... ... ... .... ... ......................... 20

Customizing your pen tray buttons......................................................... 20

Using Ink Aware............................................................................................ 21

Updating SMART software........................................................................... 21

Writing, selecting and erasing using Touch Recognition........ ... ... .... ... ... ... ... 22

Enabling Locked Ink mode..................................................................... 22

Using gestures.............................................................................................. 22

Selecting and deselecting an object (clicking)........................................ 23

Displaying menu options (right-clicking or Control-clicking)................... 23

Double-clicking....................................................................................... 23

Dragging an object, scroll bar or window ............................................... 24

Erasing digital ink................................................................................... 24

Best practices for gestures..................................................................... 25

Tips for trouble-free performance.................... .... ... ... ... ................................ 27

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Safety tips for teachers .......................................................................... 27

Preventing damage to your interactive whiteboard.......................... ... ... 27

Keeping the writing surface clean................................................................. 28

Cleaning the pen tray’s sensors............................................................. 28

5 Troubleshooting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard .............................. 29

In this chapter............................................................................................... 29

Adjusting the projected image ...................................................................... 29

Resetting your interactive whiteboard........................................................... 30

Troubleshooting tips ............................................ ......................................... 30

Troubleshooting using SMART Board Diagnostics....................................... 33

Checking the camera view..................................................................... 33

Checking the interactive whiteboard’s calibration .................................. 34

Finding more information.............................................................................. 34

Contacting SMART Technical Support......................................................... 35

Transporting your interactive whiteboard...................................................... 35

Removing the pen tray.................................................................................. 36

A Hardware environmental compliance.................................................................. 37

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations (WEEE Directive) .. 37

Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS Directive).................. 37

Packaging..................................................................................................... 37

China’s Electronic Information Products regulations........................ ... ... ... ... 38

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act ........................................ 38

B Customer support................................................................................................ 39

Online Information and Support.................................................................... 39

Training......................................................................................................... 39

Technical Support......................................................................................... 39

Shipping and Repair Status.......................................................................... 39

Index ................................................................................................................... 41

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Chapter 1

About your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard

Your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboar d is the most a dvanced and
intuitive touch sensitive, front projection interactive whiteboard in the world, featuring
SMART’s proprietary DViT™ (Digital Vision Touch) technology. Its modular and
expandable hardware and software architecture enables you to do everything you can
do at your computer—open and close applications, conference with others, create
new documents or edit existing ones, visit websites, play and manipulate video clips
and more—just by touching the interactive surface. Two users can also draw on the
interactive surface at the same time, and you can use an array of gestures within
applications.

You can also write over any application in digital ink using a pen tray pen or your
finger, and then save these notes for future reference and distribution.

In this chapter

Refer to these topics to learn more about your SMART Board X800 series interactive
whiteboard and for information about product parts and accessories.

Features................................................................................................. page 2

Understanding how your SMART Board interactive

whiteboard works................................................................................... page 4

Included parts and accessories........................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... .. page 5

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Pen color

buttons

Pen tray buttons

and indicators

Cameras

Interactive
surface

Pen tray

Cameras

Eraser slot

Pen slot

Pen slot

Pen tray

Power
module

Keyboard

button

Right-click

button

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Features

Y our SMART Board X800 series inter active whiteboard
includes the familiar features of other SMART Board
interactive whiteboard series. In addition, it features the
ability for two users to draw simultaneously over the
entire interactive surface, allowing improved
collaboration. The X800 series also features a modular
pen tray design that makes it easy to add accessories.

The following models are available:

• SBX880—77" (195.6 cm) diagonal

• SBX885—87" (221 cm) diagonal
Refer to the product specification sheets for specific product dimensions.

Your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard

Use the illustration below to familiarize yourself with the components of your
interactive whiteboard.

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Feature highlights

Software

To use all the features of your interactive whiteboard described in this guide,
download the latest version of SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software
and SMART Product Drivers from the following links:

• smarttech.com/SBX800Win

• smarttech.com/SBX800Mac

Dual sketch capabilities

Two people can each pick up a pen and draw on the interactive surface at the same
time, providing a higher degree of interactivity.

Touch and gestures

You can perform mouse functions with your finger, and write and erase digit al ink wi th
a pen tray pen or the eraser. The Touch Recognition feature enables you to pick up a
pen, and then write, select or erase without replacing the pen.

Pen tray

The SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard features a modular pen tray
with an intuitive new design. As well as two pens and an eraser, pen tray buttons
activate the pen’s color, the on-screen keyboard, right-click, Orientation and He lp
functions.

Durable surface and dry erase

The hard-coated surface is scratch resistant, optimized for projection, compatible
with dry-erase markers and easily cleaned.

(for Windows® operating systems)

(for Mac operating systems)

Wall-mount bracket

Wall mount brackets enable you to install your SMART Board interactive whiteboard
simply and securely.

Cables

Connect your SMART Board interactive whiteboard to your computer with the
included, standard USB cable, and to a wall outlet with the included power supply.

Security cable lock

Lock your interactive whiteboard with a security cable to help safeguard it from theft.

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WHITEBOARD

Understanding how your SMART Board interactive whiteboard works

Your interactive whiteboard functions as an input device for your computer, just like a
mouse, enabling you to work in any app lication on your computer from your interactive
whiteboard.

When you touch your interactive whiteboard’ s surface, the four cameras located in the
interactive whiteboard’s corners detect the contact’s horizontal and vertical (or x,y)
coordinates. Your computer interpret s these coordinates and mo ves the po inter to the
corresponding location on the interactive whiteboard’s surface.

Other components

Using your interactive whiteboard requires
two additional components: a computer and
a digital projector.

These components work together as follows:

• Your computer runs an application and
sends the image to your projector.

• Y our projector casts the image onto your
interactive whiteboard.

• Your interactive whiteboard acts both as your computer’s monitor and its input
devices, that is, its mouse and keyboard, enabling you to control any application
by touching the interactive surface.

When you install SMART Product Drivers on your computer, the touch of your finger
on the interactive surface becomes a mouse click, enabling you to control your
computer from your interactive whiteboard. When you use a pen from the pen tray, the
system detects which tool you’re using. SMAR T Product Drivers the n interact with the
computer’s mouse driver to change the pointer to a colored pen, enabling you to write
in digital ink on your desktop or any open applicatio n. When you use the eraser, you
can erase the digital ink. You can even use your finge r on the interactive whiteboar d’ s
surface without returning the pen tray tools—automatic Touch Recognition determines
the tool you’re using based on the contact on the interactive surface. You can also
save your notes to a SMART Notebook file, or directly into any Ink Aware application.

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Included parts and accessories

Your SMART Board X800 series intera ctive whiteboard includes the following
accessories.

Pens

There are two pens included with your
interactive whiteboard. Pick up a pen and
press one of the four color buttons on the
pen tray (black, red, green or blue) to
change the color of digital ink you write on
the interactive whiteboard.

Eraser

The eraser is rectangular like a traditional ch alkboard
eraser.

SMART Board interactive whiteboard wall-mounting kit

The 32" (81.3 cm) wall-mount bracket comes with five screws and toggle bolts,
enabling you to wall-mount your interactive whiteboard simply and securely. Model
SBX885 comes with two wall-mounting kits.

SMART USB cable

An included 16' 5" (5 m) USB cable enables you to
connect your SMART Board X800 series interactive
whiteboard to a USB receptacle on your computer.

Power supply

The SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard
receives power from a wall outlet through the inc lud ed
country-specific power supply and cable.

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WHITEBOARD

Chapter 2

Installing and securing your SMART Board interactive whiteboard

In this chapter

Refer to these topics for information about mounting your SMART Board X800 series
interactive whiteboard on a floor stand or on a wall.

Environmental requirements.................................................................. page 7

Installing your SMART Board interactive whiteboard ............................ page 8

Securing the pen tray and interactive whiteboard................................ page 10

Environmental requirements

Before installing your interactive whiteboard, review the following environmental
requirements.

Environmental
requirement

Operating temperature 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)
Storage temperature -40°F to 120°F (-40°C to 50°C)
Humidity 5% to 80% relative humidity, non-condensing
Water and fluid

resistance

Parameter

• Intended for indoor use only. Doesn’t meet any
salt-spray or water ingress requirements.

• Don’t pour or spray liquids directly onto the interactive
whiteboard or any of its sub-components. These liquids
might get into areas where they could damage sensitive
electronic components. Refer to page 28 for detailed
instructions on cleaning your interactive whiteboard.