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Part number 370-0155-05
©2005 PolyVision Corporation
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Walk-and-Talk ™ User Guide Part number 370-0155-05 ©2005 PolyVision Corporation All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 5,623,129; US 5,665,942; US 5,790,114; US 5,838,309 US 6,353,193; US 6,355,895; US 6,445,384; US 6,667,739; Other patents pending. PolyVision Corporation reserves the right to make changes in product design, or detail, and to discontinue any product or material without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    The Walk-and-Talk Driver ........

  • Page 5: Welcome

    Congratulations on your purchase of PolyVision® Walk-and-Talk™- enabled product, which provides a sleek and simple solution to interactivity using your computer for conferences and presentations. This manual describes how to use the Walk-and-Talk driver with the: Presentation Series Whiteboard •...

  • Page 6: What Are Walk-And-Talk-Enabled Products

    file on your computer, just as a digital image from a camera would be. 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 stylus, or you can roam freely about the room and operate your computer using the remote control touch pad and buttons.

  • Page 7: Operating Your Walk-And-Talk Product

    SING THE EMOTE ONTROL The Walk-and-Talk remote control operates at a distance of up to 40 feet from the infrared receiver, enabling you to roam freely away from your computer while you give your presentation. While using your computer with a projector, the remote control enables you to move the computer cursor, click and double-click, and launch an on- screen keyboard to enter text into dialog boxes.

  • Page 8: Remote Control Functions

    The file can be in Adobe Acrobat PDF file, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP and other formats. By default, files are saved in your "My Documents" (Windows) or "Documents" (Macintosh) folder. To specify the file type and location of snapshot files, refer to "Save Options." Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product...
  • Page 9 R for a right mouse click (Windows) or control click (Macintosh). You Click trigger can also use the click trigger on the bottom of the remote control for a left mouse click or double-click. Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product...
  • Page 10 You can use the keyboard to enter text at the current text cursor position. Drag the keyboard to move it. Refer to "Using the On-Screen Keyboard." Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product...

  • Page 11: Cursor Control Using The Stylus Or Remote

    NOTE: Interactive whiteboard users: refer to “Using Walk-and-Talk Software with Whiteboards” on page 28 for information about using your board and placing it in “projection mode” to control your projected computer image. The following information assumes that your whiteboard is already in “projection mode”.

  • Page 12: Marking-Up Computer Projections

    When using the stylus with your Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel: note: NOTE: The Interactive Panel stylus does not need to touch the panel. It operates when the stylus is within an inch or so of the panel. to click, tap the panel once •...
  • Page 13 Choose the wide or narrow eraser option in the Pen Style palette and • erase with the stylus. To erase everything and start fresh, press the Erase All button on the • remote control. Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series Whiteboard only: Erase with the • circular eraser or your finger. Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product...

  • Page 14: Using The On-Screen Keyboard

    Keyboard on the remote control. note: NOTE: In Windows 2000 and XP, Walk-and-Talk can be configured to use the built-in on-screen keyboard instead. This keyboard is useful for typing special characters from some languages. (Refer to “Configuring Walk-and- Talk Options”...

  • Page 15: The Walk-And-Talk Driver

    CD-ROM (unless you are using Windows 98: a CD-ROM is included for Windows 98 users). Installing the Walk-and-Talk driver takes place when you connect the PolyKey (on the Walk-and-Talk USB cable) to your computer’s USB port. To install the Walk-and-Talk driver on your computer using Mac OS 9.x, 10.2 or higher, Windows ME, 2000, XP, or Tablet XP:...
  • Page 16 Explorer and double-click “Setup.exe” on the CD. Follow the prompts to install the software. Restart, if prompted. When installation is complete, a message appears on your computer screen and the Walk-and-Talk icon appears in your system tray (Windows) or system menu (Macintosh). The Walk-and-Talk Driver...

  • Page 17: Configuring Walk-And-Talk Options

    USB cable. ONFIGURING PTIONS The Walk-and-Talk driver is ready to use as soon as it is installed. However, you can change the default options at any time. To configure Walk-and-Talk options: Click the Walk-and-Talk icon in the system tray (Windows) or system menu (Macintosh).
  • Page 18 The Walk-and-Talk menu appears. Walk-and-Talk Choose “Configure Walk-and-Talk.” The Configure Options dialog box appears. Macintosh Windows Options are organized in tabs. Each tab includes these buttons: “Help”: Click “Help” (Windows only) or “?” (Macintosh) to view information about the options on a tab.

  • Page 19: General Options

    Sounds are enabled by default. “Use Windows on-screen keyboard instead” (Windows): Check this box to enable the on-screen keyboard (if available) rather than the Walk-and-Talk keyboard. Refer to “Using the On-Screen Keyboard” on page 10. The Walk-and-Talk Driver...

  • Page 20: Save Options

    The snapshot file name is “PolyVision nnnnnn.pdf,” where “nnnnnn” is a sequentially increasing number from the time the software is first installed. The name of the first image you capture is PolyVision 000001. At the one-millionth snapshot, the number returns to 000000 and begins to sequence upwards again.

  • Page 21: Draw Options

    • “Startup Pen Style”: To specify the pen style that is used when you start up Walk-and-Talk software on your computer, check “Remember Last Used.” Otherwise, click “Choose Startup Style.” The factory default pen style is a medium black line.

  • Page 22: Print Options

    The Projection tab appears in the Configure Options dialog when a Walk- and-Talk Interactive Whiteboard without Lightning Technology is connected to your computer. If a Walk-and-Talk product with Lightning Technology is connected, the Projection tab is absent. To configure options that apply...
  • Page 23 Walk-and-Talk Interactive Whiteboard or Flat-Screen Module enters projection mode: Click the “Projection” tab. You see these options: • “Alignment Points”: Choose between three levels of projection alignment: 4-point, 8-point, and 16-point. The more points you choose, the more accurately the cursor will be controlled from the whiteboard in projection mode.

  • Page 24: Hardware Options

    If you choose “A/B/C” the selected product responds regardless of the position of the slide switch on the remote control. (Refer to “Using Multiple Walk-and-Talk Products” on page 25.) To assign a slide switch position to one of the installed hardware products on a Macintosh, select a product in the “Installed Hardware”...
  • Page 25 On a Macintosh, when you click “Find Serial Whiteboards” Walk-and-Talk software searches all serial ports for attached boards and adds them to the list. In Windows, click “Find Serial Whiteboards”...

  • Page 26: Using The On-Screen Remote Control

    Choose “Help” from the Walk-and-Talk menu for information about using Walk-and-Talk products. IEWING A UTORIAL Choose “Tutorial” from the Walk-and-Talk menu to start a video tutorial on using the board. HECKING FOR PDATES Walk-and-Talk software and firmware updates are available via the Internet.

  • Page 27: Using Webster Instead

    NSTEAD Advanced users can download a copy of the Webster software from the PolyVision web site. If you would prefer to use the advanced features of Webster instead of the ease and simplicity of Walk-and-Talk software, you can disable Walk-and-Talk software and start Webster.

  • Page 28: To Uninstall The Walk-And-Talk Driver In Windows

    NINSTALL THE RIVER ON A ACINTOSH You have two ways to uninstall the Walk-and-Talk driver on a Macintosh, based on whether you have access to the PolyKey. If you have access to the USB cable with the PolyKey: Insert the PolyKey located at one end of the USB cable in the USB port of your computer.

  • Page 29: Using Multiple Walk-And-Talk Products

    SING ULTIPLE RODUCTS If your room includes multiple Walk-and-Talk devices, you can operate up to three of them with the same computer and remote control. Multiple devices can be associated with the same computer, but multiple computers cannot be associated with one board.
  • Page 30 Click the Walk-and-Talk icon in the system tray (Windows) or the system menu (Macintosh). Windows system tray (bottom right) Walk-and-Talk icon Mac system menu (top right) Choose “Configure Walk-and-Talk” from the menu. Click the “Hardware” tab. Click “Change Remote ID.”...

  • Page 31: Using Walk-And-Talk Products With Multiple Monitors

    Since all the boards connected to your computer are communicating via the Walk-and-Talk driver, you have the option of pointing the remote at the active board or at the most convenient of the communicating boards.

  • Page 32: Using Walk-And-Talk Software With Whiteboards

    SING OFTWARE WITH HITEBOARDS Some Walk-and-Talk features are exclusively for use with the Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series Whiteboard. SING RASE ARKERS WITH OARD Your Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series Whiteboard senses writing and erasing by detecting pressure. Use only the eraser provided with your whiteboard.

  • Page 33: Projecting Your Computer Onto The Whiteboard

    Getting Started with Your Projector Cable connections between your computer, the board, and the projector enable you to control your computer from the Walk-and-Talk whiteboard. Getting started is simply a matter of connecting your projector to your computer and then pressing the Projection button on the remote control.

  • Page 34: Presentation Series Whiteboards Without Lightning Technology

    To set up the projector: Plug the Walk-and-Talk USB cable into your computer. Locate your projector’s video cable and connect it to the video port of your computer. Connect the other end of the video cable to your projector. Connect the projector’s power cord to an outlet.

  • Page 35: Presentation Series Whiteboards With Lightning™ Technology

    Press the Projection button on the remote control one time. To exit projection mode when you are finished operating your computer from the board: Press the Projection button on the remote control again. • Using Walk-and-Talk Software with Whiteboards...

  • Page 36: Writing Notes Next To A Projected Image

    While in projection mode, you can also use a dry-erase marker to write notes on the board beside the projected image from your computer. Snapshots include everything you see, including any writing, the computer projection, and mark-ups. Using Walk-and-Talk Software with Whiteboards...

  • Page 37: Technical Support

    8 AM Eastern time to 8 PM Pacific time. Fax: 678.542.3200 • E-mail: support@polyvision.com • Internet: www.polyvision.com • Or, outside the USA, contact PolyVision Europe/Asia Technical Support: Phone: +32 (0)89 32 31 30 • Fax: +32 (0)89 32 31 31 • E-mail: business.center@polyvision.be •...
  • Page 38 Technical Support...

  • Page 39: Index

    28 erase all button 9, 29 markup 8 erasing 29 pen styles 9 markups 9 menu options 14 Exit Walk-and-Talk 23 mouse clicks 5 multiple products getting started 25 file name 16 status 20 Find Serial Whiteboards 21 find snapshot on computer 16...
  • Page 40 10 installation for Windows 98 12 exiting 31 menus 14 getting set up 30 options 14 markup 8 requirements 11 moving the mouse 7 sounds tools 6 turning on or off 15 Start Walk-and-Talk 23 Startup Pen Style 17 index...
  • Page 41 33 text entry in projection mode 10 TGA 16 TIFF 16 touch pad using 5 Tutorial 22 uninstall Walk-and-Talk driver Macintosh 24 Windows 24 USB cable PolyKey 11 Use Webster Instead 23 using the on-screen keyboard 10 writing color...
  • Page 42 Index...

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