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iPen User's Manual
Version 1.1.1 Date: July/2006
Micro-Nits Virtual Electronic White Board
User Manual
Micro-Nits Co., Ltd.
Page: 1/24
Room 212, #40, Rd HsiehFu, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Version 1.1.1 Date: July/2006 Micro-Nits Virtual Electronic White Board User Manual Micro-Nits Co., Ltd. Page: 1/24 Room 212, #40, Rd HsiehFu, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5.5 Is your initialized parameter OK? ………………………………………………..…….P.20 5.6 What if I do not see the alignment square nuts? ……………………………..………P.20 6. Warranty ………..……………………………………………………………………………..P.21 Micro-Nits Co. Ltd. Has the right to change the content without any notice to customers. Version 1.1.1 Date: July/2006 Page: 2 of 24...
  • Page 3 Figure 03: Sensor driver installation request Figure 04: Sensor driver files copied Figure 05: Sensor driver installation completion Figure 06: iPen application main menu Figure 07: Optional menu & Help menu Figure 08: Auto alignment screen Figure 09: Sensor code...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    Micro- Nits Co. LTD Introduction The Micro-Nits Virtual Electronic White Board is an accurate and fully automated product as the interactive tool during presentation with projected material. It is specially designed for the modern high resolution front projector application of LCD, LCOS or DLP technologies.
  • Page 5: Function Buttons

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 02: Wireless handhold device picture 1.2 Function buttons Please refer to Fig 02, There are totally 11 buttons for the wireless handhold device to fully function without the access to the key board after the H/W is setup and basic alignment is done.
  • Page 6: System Requirements

    Due to the high technology used, there are couple requirements on the operation system and limitation to environment. A. Operation system: MS Windows 2000 or XP with Direct show installed B. Operation CPU: Better than 1.0 GHz, for iPen application. C. Operation memory required: Better than 200 MB for iPen application.
  • Page 7 Optimized alignment accuracy within chess board area: +/- 10 pixel 1.4.5 Optimized alignment repeatability within chess board area: +/- 10 pixel 1.4.6 Full screen full scan area optimized resolution: 2000 x 1500 (Micro-Nits Lab environment with certified projector) 1.4.7 Optimized cursor jittering: +/- 4 pixel (Micro-Nits Lab environment with certified projector) 1.4.8...
  • Page 8: Installation

    Follow the instructions shown on the screen to install the application, drivers to the destination disk and folder. After the s/w installation, plug the iPen USB cable into the notebook USB 2.0 port and wait the notebook to inform you that new unknown devices are connected. The installation wizard notice will show up as Fig 03.
  • Page 9 INF file from the installation folder. Using browser button to select the right folder, the default older is “ C:\\Program Files\iPen\Driver”. Click next for the system to automate the driver installation procedures. Figure 3.C Sensor driver installation request Version 1.1.1 Date: July/2006...
  • Page 10: Figure 04: Sensor Driver Files Copied

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 04. Sensor driver files copied There will be another message popup as Fig 04. After couple system drivers installed, the Completed message shows up as Fig 09. Then the system is installed complete.
  • Page 11: Installed Components

    The Windows operation system will recognize and register the port that connected with iPen. If the connected port is changed to other port, the operation system will request to re-install the driver again. However, due to the s/w chosen, you might be requested to reboot your notebook or PC after the driver re-installed, this will not happen in most of the cases.
  • Page 12: Application

    After the basic setup, user can click on the iPen icon to activate the application, please refer to the following sections to learn more about the meaning of the user interfaces.
  • Page 13 User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Fig 6. ViewPen application main menu Fig 6.1 Projection Screen aspect ratio selection and setting Version 1.1.1 Date: July/2006 Page: 13 of 24...
  • Page 14 User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Fig. 7. Option menu and Help menu 3.1.1 In the File menu, as shown in Fig 7, there are two critical items under File menu. Menu Hot Key Description Purpose Auto Align Show alignment screen & auto align...
  • Page 15: Table 4: Help Menu Selection Item

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 8: Auto alignment screen 3.1.2 As shown in Fig 6.1. In the Aspect menu, there are three items showing different display screen image aspect ratio, the default is 4:3 or 1024 : 768 or 800 : 600.
  • Page 16: Figure 10: Sensor Code Input

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 10: Sensor code input Figure 11: Alignment accuracy information 3.1.5 To make sure the alignment performance, if the average error is too high, the application will ask the user to repeat the alignment step.
  • Page 17: Auto Mode

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 12: Readme.txt 3.2 Auto mode After pressing F5 to go to the auto alignment mode as shown in Fig 8. User can see a rectangle on the top left corner on screen and displaying maximum 7 x 5 nuts. Using the...
  • Page 18: User Tips

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD 4. User Tips 4.1 During setup 4.1.1 In the auto-alignment mode, there is a preview window on the top left corner of the application window that is used for basic aiming. Sometimes during very tough situation, there is no or less square nuts shown in the preview window.
  • Page 19: During Writing

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD 4.2 During writing and presentation There are some tips that user needs to pay attention to make the presentation more enjoyable. 4.2.1 Do not block any of the projected handwriting image by user hands or body.
  • Page 20: Figure 15: Asian Font Hand Writing Input Pad

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Figure 15: Asian Font hand writing input pad 4.2.10 Presenter can also use the English mode for handwriting recognition input mode to replace the function of screen keyboard. This is also a recommended input method 4.2.11 To insert important annotation in Word application, you can do with the help of...
  • Page 21: Trouble Shooting

    User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD 5. Trouble Shooting 5.1 Is the H/W connection OK? 5.1.1 The sensor status of electrical connection to PC can be confirmed by looking at the LED light on the sensor base. 5.1.2 Presenter can check the wireless handhold communication to sensor base by click right, left button or push the cursor move button.
  • Page 22: Warranty

    6. Warranty Micro-nits Limited Warranty Thanks for your purchase of a Micro-Nits Product. We at Micro-Nits seek to maintain the highest quality and workmanship in our products in order to give you, our customer, value for money and a quality product synonymous with the standard provided by Micro-Nits.
  • Page 23 (including death) to any person, or for any lost profits, savings data or loss of use arising from or relating to the use of this product, even if Micro-Nits or its licensors have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 24 User’s Manual Micro- Nits Co. LTD Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

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