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  • Page 1 SimplyTouch make it interactive OpticalBar USB User's Guide...
  • Page 2 S.A. All other names and trademarks mentioned in this documentation belong to their respective owners. H2i technologies S.A. and its suppliers decline all liability for any damage or losses resulting from the use of the guide, the SimplyTouch Media Launcher software or the OpticalBar peripheral.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Welcome..................5 2. Box Contents................... 6 3. Installation..................7 4. Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar.................... 8 4.1. Positioning the OpticalBar..................8 4.2. Adjusting your Screen..................10 4.3. Positioning the Window..................10 5. The SimplyTouch Touch Palette............ 11 6.

  • Page 5: Welcome

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Welcome 1. Welcome It's so easy to make your screen interactive with the SimplyTouch OpticalBar. The links made available to you will simplify the use of your computer. Easier, faster and simpler, are the advantages the OpticalBar brings you. You will have 14 icons always ready for you to use, while others are made available to you directly and a infinite number can be customized and configured as you please.

  • Page 6: Box Contents

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Box Contents 2. Box Contents Your SimplyTouch OpticalBar box contains the following items: 1: OpticalBar USB 2: Adhesive pads 3: User guide 4: SimplyTouch Media Launcher software on CD-ROM 6 :: SimplyTouch...

  • Page 7: Installation

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Installation 3. Installation Insert the SimplyTouch Media Launcher CD-ROM into your drive. The software installa- tion process should start automatically. If you have disabled the CD autorun function, double-click on the My Computer icon, then on your CD icon to start the installation. Then follow the step by step instructions on-screen.

  • Page 8: Using The Software For The First Time: Installing And Adjusting Your Opticalbar

    • • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar 4. Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar As soon as the software is installed, it will guide you through the installation and config- uration of your OpticalBar.
  • Page 9 • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar · Mount the OpticalBar on the screen edge as follows: · Right at the edge of the display area (but not on it) ·...

  • Page 10: Adjusting Your Screen

    • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar 4.2. Adjusting your Screen If the display area does not cover your entire screen, and especially if there are black stripes at the top of your screen that are too wide, you will not be able to correctly posi- tion the shortcut window.

  • Page 11: The Simplytouch Touch Palette

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: The SimplyTouch Touch Palette 5. The SimplyTouch Touch Palette The palette is split into five zones: 1, 2: the two shortcut bars These two bars comprise the shortcuts that you have chosen. Point a finger at one of these shortcuts and the related action (starting an Internet link, sending e-mail, starting a program, etc.) will start immediately.

  • Page 12: Changing Shortcuts

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts 6. Changing Shortcuts To configure your palette, use your mouse to click on the icon. The following win- dow appears below it: First click on the palette, then on the icon you wish to change or configure. The window will appear as shown on the next page.

  • Page 13: Window Description

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts 6.1. Window Description 1. Action types This zone lets you choose which action types will be triggered when you choose the se- lected icon. 2. Help This window zone displays information reminding you what to do when configuring the chosen icon.

  • Page 14: Choosing An Action

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts This zone lets you choose the appearance that your icon will have on screen (see page 19). 6.2. Choosing an Action To choose the action that will be assigned to the icon that you have chosen, click on the desired action in the action bar.

  • Page 15: Starting An Application

    • • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts 6.2.1. Starting an Application When you choose the “start an application” action, the action configuration zone looks like this: You have three choices, depending on the button you choose: “My applications...”: This button lets you choose from among the applications in- stalled just for you and not for other computer users.

  • Page 16: Opening A Document

    • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts “Open application window”: lets you configure how the window will open when the link is activated: normal, maximized or minimized. “Program parameters”: lets you specify parameters which will be sent to the pro- gram.

  • Page 17: Sending E-Mail

    • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts “A document...”: lets you browse a list of your files; the application will open the corresponding document. “A folder...”: lets you browse the folders; the application will open an explorer within the selected folder. 6.2.3.

  • Page 18: Keyboard Shortcuts

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts Type the address of the web site you wish to open in the “Web” field. If you would like to open another kind of Internet address (FTP for example), choose the “Other” button and type the required address in the corresponding field.

  • Page 19: Standard Actions

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts 6.2.6. Standard Actions The so-called standard actions comprise actions that are common to a number of pro- grams, such as Cancel, Copy, Paste, Print, Save, etc. When you choose the “Standard actions” action, the action configuration zone looks like this: Click on the action you would like to assign to the chosen icon.

  • Page 20: Validating Changes

    • • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Changing Shortcuts Automatic: Lets the application automatically choose a description text and/or pic- ture. Text: Enter a text to briefly describe your shortcut. This text will be displayed in the center of the palette when you activate it and in the shortcut button if no picture is assigned.

  • Page 21: Preferences

    • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Preferences 7. Preferences Just like for shortcuts, you can also customize the behavior and the appearance of the palette itself. To customize the palette, choose the icon, then click on the “Prefer- ences” tab. Palette options: use these options to change palette visibility.

  • Page 22: Advanced Options

    • • • • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Preferences Transparency: lets you set the palette transparency level. If the cursor is not all the way to the left (“Opaque”), it will be possible to see through the palette. Note than a completely invisible palette will be invisible.
  • Page 23 • • • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Preferences “Run at Windows startup”: chosen by default, disabling this option means that the application will not start automatically when Windows starts. “Show icon in system tray”: by default, a SimplyTouch icon appears in the taskbar. Disable this option if you do not want to see this icon.
  • Page 24 • • OpticalBar User's Guide :: Preferences “Ask before discarding Setting changes”: By default, the application prompts you to confirm when you cancel the changes made to palette preferences. Disable this op- tion if you do not want to eliminate this message. “LED Mode”: Lets you configure or disable the blinking of the LED that lights the Op- ticalBar.

  • Page 25: Hardware Installed

    OpticalBar User's Guide :: Hardware Installed 8. Hardware Installed Choose the “Hardware” tab to see the list of SimplyTouch hardware connected to your computer. You may be asked to provide this information if you contact technical support. SimplyTouch :: 25...

  • Page 26: Care And Contact Information

    USB hub. Using extension cables is not at all advisable and is not sup- ported; this may interfere with correct equipment operation and cause electromagnetic interference. 9.2. Contact and Support Information H2i technologies S.A. 125, rue de l'Hostellerie 30900 Nîmes France Sales contact: contact@h2i-technologies.com Technical contact (hotline): support@h2i-technologies.com 26 :: SimplyTouch...

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