Texas instruments TI-SmartView Guidebook for Macintosh

TI-SmartView™

Guidebook

for Macintosh®

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Contents

Important Information................................................................... ii

Getting started .......................................................................1

What's new in version 2.0.............................................................. 1

Overview of TI-SmartView............................................................. 2

System requirements...................................................................... 3

Installing TI-SmartView.................................................................. 3

Things you need to know .............................................................. 3

Choosing a display option ............................................................. 4

Changing the size of TI-SmartView............................................... 6

Changing the color of the face plate............................................ 6

Saving and loading an emulator state.......................................... 6

Resetting the emulator state......................................................... 7

Saving calculator data to the computer ....................................... 8

Loading a calculator file from the computer ............................... 9

Updating the software from the Internet .................................. 11

Working with images ...........................................................13

Capturing calculator screens........................................................ 13

Adding or removing a border ..................................................... 13

Saving a screen image.................................................................. 14

Viewing screen images................................................................. 15

Dragging and dropping an image to another application........ 16

Using the key press history ..................................................19

What is the key press history? ..................................................... 19

Showing or hiding the key press history..................................... 19

Clearing the key press history...................................................... 19

Copying the key press history to another application............... 20

Using scripts ..........................................................................21

What is a script? ........................................................................... 21

Recording a new script................................................................. 21

Tips for recording a script ............................................................ 22

Playing a script.............................................................................. 23

Adjusting the script speed ........................................................... 24

Saving a script............................................................................... 24

Saving a copy of a script .............................................................. 25

Opening an existing script........................................................... 25

Closing a script.............................................................................. 25

Stepping through a script............................................................ 26

Stopping a script........................................................................... 27

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Pausing a script .............................................................................27

Inserting a delay into a script.......................................................28

Inserting a text point into a script...............................................29

Inserting a Go to Home command ..............................................30

Editing a script ..............................................................................31

Copying a script to another application......................................32

Locating common scripts..............................................................33

Connecting a calculator or CBL 2/CBR 2 .............................. 35

Using a connected calculator to control TI-SmartView .............. 35

Transferring data to and from a connected calculator .............. 38

Using a connected CBL 2 or CBR 2...............................................39

FAQs and keyboard shortcuts.............................................. 41

Frequently asked questions.......................................................... 41

Using the computer keyboard .....................................................42

Legal information ................................................................ 47

Texas Instruments Support and Service .......................................47

Index ..................................................................................... 49

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Getting started

What's new in version 2.0

• Control the TI-SmartView™ software using a connected
calculator — Connect a TI-84 Plus or TI-84 Plus Silver Edition

graphing calculator to the computer. When you press keys and
perform calculations on the calculator, those actions are repeated
automatically on TI-SmartView™. The connected calculator acts as a
remote keyboard.

• Connect a CBL 2™ or CBR 2™ — Use TI-SmartView™ to collect
real-time data from a CBL 2 or CBR 2 connected to the computer.
Then graph and analyze that data.

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• Select the View
show for each of the three displays.

• Save calculator data to the computer — Send data (lists,
matrices, etc.) from TI-SmartView™ to files stored on the computer.
You can use these files as backup copies of your data, or you can
transfer that data to a compatible TI graphing calculator. You can
also load calculator files from the computer.

• Hold down the arrow keys to scroll — When you use an arrow
key to move the cursor, you can hold down the key to scroll the
cursor continuously, instead of having to press the key repeatedly. In
the key press history and in a script, the icon for a repeating arrow

key has a clock symbol attached to it. For example:

™ screens — Select which calculator screen to

• Use the alpha typing mode with the computer keyboard —
When you click ƒ or press [F7], the keyboard switches to its
alpha typing mode, where pressing [A] types A. (In the keyboard’s
normal shortcut mode, [A] is a shortcut to .) To lock the alpha

key, click y 7
press [F7].

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or press [F6] [F7]. To unlock it, click ƒ or

Overview of TI-SmartView

The TI-SmartView™ software gives you a TI-84 Plus calculator on your
computer. The entire functionality of the TI-84 Plus is at your disposal,
including the ability to load and use calculator files such as applications
(Apps), lists, matrices, programs, and so on. The Apps that come already
loaded on the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition are also included with
TI-SmartView™.

TI-SmartView™ lets you show the TI-84 Plus to an audience without using
calculator-specific projection equipment and gives you additional
functionality that aids in presentations and demonstrations.

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• Supplement the current TI-84 Plus screen by using the View
to show three extra screens simultaneously. You can select any three
of the following calculator screens: Y= editor, table, graph, stat plot,
list, and window.

• Repeat demonstrations quickly and easily by using scripts to play
back a series of keystrokes.

• View the history of your calculator entries, any open scripts, and a
large version of the current calculator screen.

• Capture screen images that you can save and use in other
documents.

™ pane

2 Getting started

System requirements

The personal computer that you use to run the TI-SmartView™ software
must meet the following hardware and software requirements.

• Mac® OS X 10.3 or later

• G3 CPU or higher

• 256 MB RAM

• 65 MB of available hard-disk space

• CD-ROM drive

• Safari™ 1.0 or later;
Firefox 1.0;
Internet Explorer 5.5 or later;
or Netscape® 6.0 or later

Installing TI-SmartView

If you are installing a full version of the TI-SmartView™ software (as
opposed to a trial version), find the CD key located on the CD case or CD.

1. Insert the TI-SmartView™ CD in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The
disk icon appears on the desktop.

2. Double-click the TI-SmartView™ disk icon to display its contents.

3. Either drag or copy the TI-SmartView™ program icon to the
Applications folder or an appropriate location.

The first time you run the full-version of TI-SmartView™, you are
prompted to enter the CD key.

Note: When entering the CD key, be careful to not enter a zero for the
letter O or a letter O for a zero. Similarly, do not confuse the number one
with a lowercase letter L.

Things you need to know

The mouse pointer takes the place of your finger pressing keys
on the calculator.

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When you use the mouse, remember that the pointer takes the place of
your finger. You must click the keys on the calculator just like you would
press the keys on the TI-84 Plus. The TI-SmartView™ calculator screen is
not interactive. For example, when you change mode settings, you might
be tempted to click the mode setting on the calculator screen to select it.
However, clicking on the screen does nothing. You must click the arrow
keys to move the cursor to the desired setting and then click Í to
select it.

Typing text using the computer keyboard doesn’t work unless
you first place the keyboard in its alpha typing mode.

By default, the keyboard is in its normal shortcut mode, in which keys are
simply shortcuts to calculator keys. For example, pressing

[A] is the same

as clicking  on the calculator. In this mode, you cannot directly type
the letters A through Z.

To type a letter or other alpha character, click ƒ or press [F7] first.
For example,

[F7] [A] gives you an A, not the  key and not a B (the

alpha character associated with Œ). After you type the character, the
keyboard returns to its normal shortcut mode.

To lock the alpha key so you can type more than one character at a time,
click y 7 or press
mode, click ƒ or press

In alpha typing mode,

[1] types Y (the alpha character associated with À). To type a number,

[F6] [F7]. To return to the normal shortcut

[F7].

[0] through [9] still act as shortcuts. Pressing

be sure the keyboard is not in the alpha typing mode. These keys do type
the digits 0 through 9 in the normal shortcut mode.

When you record a script, you record only calculator key presses.
These key presses can be difficult to interpret, viewed by
themselves.

Because you record key presses, editing a script can be a little tricky. For
example, if you change the mode to parametric, the script records z
† † † ~ Í. The script doesn’t overtly tell you that you changed the
mode to parametric. For this reason, it can be quite helpful to step
through a script one key press at a time, or to play the script back at a
slower speed so that you can see exactly where an edit needs to be made.

Choosing a display option

By default, the TI-SmartView™ calculator is displayed by itself. However,
you can open optional windows to display additional information that
may be helpful to you.

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The View3™ drawer initially shows the Y= editor, table, and graph
screens. However, you can select which calculator screen you want to
show for each of the three displays. (The stat plot, list, and window
screens are also available.) The screens are updated each time you press
one of the graphing keys (p, q, r, s), change the
Window or Zoom settings, or press Í.

The History window shows all of the calculator keys you have clicked.

The Large Screen window shows a large image of the current calculator
screen.

Script windows show any open scripts.

Display Option Click:

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or to toggle the

View

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™ drawer

Window > Show/Hide View

drawer open and closed.

Window > Show/Hide Key History or to

Key press history

toggle the History window on and off.

Window > Large Screen or to show the
Large Screen. To close the window, use the close

Large screen

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button in its title bar or

W.

Display Option Click:

Scripts

File > Open

File > New Script or to open a new, blank

script window.

The close button in the script window’s title bar or
press

Note: Hiding the key press history does not clear it.

or to open a script.

W to close the script.

Changing the size of TI-SmartView

When you first use the TI-SmartView™ software, the largest window size
that will fit on the screen is displayed. You can use whichever size you

want, but the small, medium, and large versions are optimized for the
following screen resolutions.

If your screen resolution is: Click:

800 x 600 View > Size > Small

1024 x 768 View > Size > Medium

1280 x 1024 View > Size > Large

Changing the color of the face plate

Just like with the TI-84 Plus, you can change the color of the face plate on
the TI-SmartView™ calculator. You can choose from four colors. The
default face plate color is silver.

f Click View > Color and then click a color.

Saving and loading an emulator state

When you save the emulator state, a file is created that stores the
calculator with all of the changes that you have made to its setup. Think
of the emulator state file as representing a single TI-84 Plus that you have
used and then set aside. When you load an emulator state, you pick up
that same TI-84 Plus to use again. All of the changes that you made to
the calculator are intact.

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For example, you might want to set up a class demonstration by entering
functions in the Y= editor and changing Window and Zoom settings.
When you save your changes in an emulator state file, you simply load
the file to show your demonstration. If you want to create different
demonstrations for different classes, you can create multiple emulator
state files. There is no limit on the number of emulator states that you
can save.

Note: The key press history, screen capture images, open scripts, face
plate color, and size are not saved in the emulator state file.

Saving the emulator state

1. Click File > Save Emulator State.

2. In the dialog box:

a) Navigate to the folder in which you want to store the

emulator state file.

b) Type a file name. Use a name that describes the emulator

state.

c) Click

Save.

Loading an emulator state

1. Click File > Open.

2. In the dialog box:

a) Navigate to the folder that contains the emulator state file.

b) Click the emulator state name to highlight it.

c) Click

Open.

Resetting the emulator state

Resetting the emulator state returns the TI-SmartView™ software to the
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition factory-default settings. The key press history is
cleared. Any open scripts are stopped, but remain open.

1. Click

2. In the dialog box, click

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File > Restore Default State.

Restore to confirm that you want to reset the

emulator state.

Saving calculator data to the computer

By saving data (lists, matrices, programs, etc.) from the TI-SmartView™
calculator to files on the computer, you can make backup copies of that
data. If you delete the data from TI-SmartView™, you can load the
calculator files from the computer at any time.

1. Click

2. Click an item to highlight it.

3. Click Save Selected Item(s).

4. In the dialog box, navigate to the folder in which you want to store

5. Click

6. When you’re finished, click

Note: In the Device Contents dialog box, you can sort the list by clicking
a heading. For example, click Name to sort by name and switch between
ascending (a-z) and descending (z-a) order.

File > Save Calculator File.

The Device Contents dialog box lists the data items on the
TI-SmartView™ calculator, which may take several seconds.

• To select multiple items, hold down on the computer
keyboard as you click each additional item.

• To select a range of items, click the first item in the range. Then
hold down Shift and click the last item in the range.

the files. If necessary, click New Folder.

Choose.

Each selected item is saved as a separate file on the computer. File
names are assigned automatically. The file name’s extension
identifies the data type.

If the folder already contains a file with the assigned name,
TI-SmartView™ automatically adds a suffix such as -1, -2, etc., to the
new file name.

The Device Contents dialog box stays open so you can select and save
additional data items.

Close.

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Transferring files to supported graphing calculators

You can transfer files to the following calculators: TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus
Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.

To transfer calculator files from the computer, use TI Connect™ software
and an appropriate TI Connectivity Cable available from
education.ti.com. Some calculators come with a TI Connectivity Cable,
which lets you connect the calculator to the computer.

You can also transfer data directly between TI-SmartView™ and a
connected calculator, much the same way you can connect two
calculators and transfer data between them.

Loading a calculator file from the computer

If you previously stored calculator files containing lists, programs,
applications, etc., on your computer, you can load them into the
TI-SmartView™ software. The files may be backups saved by
TI-SmartView™ or files transferred to the computer from a calculator.
(See “Transferring files from supported graphing calculators” on
page 10.)

1. Click

2. In the dialog box:

File > Load File.

a) Navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to

load.

b) Click the file name to highlight it.

c) Click

If TI-SmartView™ already contains a data item with that name,
you’re prompted whether to overwrite the existing item.

Open.

Calculator file names on the computer

Calculator file names have the form:

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filename.8x?

where filename is as close as possible to the data item’s name on the
calculator, 8x indicates the file was created by TI-SmartView™ or a
supported graphing calculator, and ? is a letter that identifies the type of
data. Common data types are:

If ? is: Type of data

c complex variable

d GDB (graph database)

eequation

ffunction

ggroup

i picture

k Flash application

l list (real or complex)

mmatrix

n real number

pprogram

s string variable

ttable setup

v application variable

w user zoom window

z zoom window setting

Note: If you load a Flash application file, TI-SmartView™ automatically
installs the application.

Transferring files from supported graphing calculators

TI-SmartView™ can load files transferred to your computer from the
following calculators: TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, and
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.

To transfer files from a calculator to the computer, use TI Connect™
software and an appropriate TI Connectivity Cable available from
education.ti.com. Some calculators come with a TI Connectivity Cable,
which lets you connect the calculator to the computer.

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You can also transfer data directly between TI-SmartView™ and a
connected calculator, much the same way you can connect two
calculators and transfer data between them.

Updating the software from the Internet

Visit education.ti.com for free software updates that you can download.

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Working with images

Capturing calculator screens

You can capture the current calculator screen image using the
TI-SmartView™ screen capture tool. When you capture a screen, the
Screen Capture window opens. In this window, you can view, manipulate,
and save screen images.

f Click Screenshots > Take Screenshot or click .

With a border, the image size is 100 pixels wide by 68 pixels high.
Without a border, the image size is 96 pixels wide by 64 pixels high. A
border is automatically added to each image when you capture it, but
you can remove it.

The number of screen images you can capture is limited only by the
available memory on your computer. Each unsaved screen image is stored
in memory until you quit the application or delete the image. Closing the
Screen Capture window does not discard unsaved screen images.

Adding or removing a border

The toolbar button for adding or removing a border toggles between

add and remove depending on whether or not the selected
image contains a border.

Adding or removing a border on a single screen image

1. Click the screen capture image to select it.

2. Click

Screenshots > Remove Border or click to remove the

border.

—or—

Click

Screenshots > Add Border or click to add a border.

Adding or removing a border from a group of screen
images

1. Switch to thumbnail view.

2. Select the group of images. You can either:

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