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SMART SBX880 User Manual

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  • Page 1 P L E A S E T H I N K B E F O R E Y O U P RI N T SMART Board™ X800 Series Interactive Whiteboard User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 SMART Technologies. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of SMART.

  • Page 3: Important Information

    Ensure that any cables extending across the floor to your SMART product 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. •...
  • Page 4 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.
  • Page 5 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 relevant warnings and...
  • Page 6 I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    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.......................
  • Page 8 Calibrating your interactive whiteboard............14 Orienting your interactive whiteboard ............15 Connecting a guest laptop ................16 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 ............
  • Page 9 Preventing damage to your interactive whiteboard ........ 27 Keeping the writing surface clean..............28 Cleaning the pen tray’s sensors ............. 28 Troubleshooting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard ......29 In this chapter ....................29 Adjusting the projected image ..............29 Resetting your interactive whiteboard............
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  • Page 11: About Your Smart Board X800 Series Interactive Whiteboard

    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 12: Features

    W H I T E B O A R D Features Your SMART Board X800 series interactive 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.

  • Page 13: Feature Highlights

    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 Help...

  • Page 14: Understanding How Your Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard Works

    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.

  • Page 15: Included Parts And Accessories

    CH A P T E R 1 – A BO UT Y O UR SM ART B OA RD X 80 0 S ERI E S I NT E RA CT I V E W H I T E B O A R D Included parts and accessories Your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard includes the following accessories. Pens There are two pens included with your interactive whiteboard.
  • Page 16 CH A P T E R 1 – A BO UT Y O UR SM ART B OA RD X 80 0 S ERI E S I NT E RA CT I V E W H I T E B O A R D...

  • Page 17: Installing And Securing Your Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard

    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 18: Installing Your Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard

    The weight of the interactive whiteboard is approximately 52 lb. (23.7 kg) for the SBX880 model and 61 lb. (27.5 kg) for the SBX885 model. Check your local building codes to ensure that your wall can support this weight, and use...

  • Page 19: Installation Tips

    Power cord location Replacing a SMART Board interactive whiteboard on drywall If you’re replacing a SMART Board 500 or 600 series interactive whiteboard with the heavier X800 series interactive whiteboard on drywall, you must remove the wall- mount bracket and mounting hardware, and then install all the mounting hardware and brackets supplied with your X800 series interactive whiteboard instead.

  • Page 20: Securing The Pen Tray And Interactive Whiteboard

    Securing the pen tray and interactive whiteboard Because your SMART Board interactive whiteboard’s pen tray is detachable, you might want to safeguard it—and your interactive whiteboard—by anchoring it with a security cable. Underneath the pen tray, you’ll find a lock slot that accommodates a security cable, such as a Kensington®...

  • Page 21: Connecting Your Interactive Whiteboard To Your Computer

    Connecting your interactive whiteboard to your computer In this chapter Refer to these topics for information about connecting your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard to your computer. Connecting the USB cable..............page 11 Installing SMART Product Drivers ............page 12 Configuring your computer settings .............

  • Page 22: Installing Smart Product Drivers

    SMART Product Drivers on your interactive whiteboard. 2. Download SMART Product Drivers from the link on page 3. When you have downloaded the file to your computer, run the installation program and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

  • Page 23: Configuring Your Computer Settings

    COM PU TE R SMART Board Tools opens automatically. 3. If SMART Board Tools doesn’t open, select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART Product Drivers > SMART Board Tools. The Ready light in your interactive whiteboard’s pen tray turns from flashing green...

  • Page 24: Calibrating Your Interactive Whiteboard

    SMART software. SMART software then interprets this information as mouse clicks, digital ink or ink removal in the appropriate location. The first time you connect your SMART Board interactive whiteboard, if you don’t see a pop-up bubble telling you to calibrate the interactive whiteboard, open the SMART control panel to start the calibration process as described below.

  • Page 25: Orienting Your Interactive Whiteboard

    Orienting your interactive whiteboard After you install SMART Product Drivers on your computer and calibrate your interactive whiteboard, an orientation screen appears. The 4-point orientation process ensures that the calibration coordinates are accurately associated with the relative location of your projected image on the interactive surface.

  • Page 26: Connecting A Guest Laptop

    SMART Product Drivers. This is normal. See page 19 for more information about Ready light states. You must also install SMART Product Drivers (see page 12) on your laptop if you want to use all the features of the interactive whiteboard.

  • Page 27: Using And Maintaining Your Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard

    Using and maintaining your SMART Board interactive whiteboard In this chapter Refer to these topics for information about using and maintaining your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard. Getting started ..................page 17 Using the pen tray................page 20 Using Ink Aware................... page 21 Updating SMART software ..............

  • Page 28: Power Panel Controls And Indicators

    When you turn on or reset your interactive whiteboard, the indicator lights on the pen tray cycle twice. When the system is running and SMART Product Drivers are installed, the lights come on only for the ink color you select. The pen tray detects the removal of the pens and the eraser using infrared sensors.
  • Page 29 Flashing green Your interactive whiteboard is receiving power and is communicating successfully with your computer’s USB HID driver. SMART Product Drivers aren’t installed. NOTE In HID mode, interactive whiteboard tools such as the pens and the eraser don’t work, but you can move the mouse pointer and perform mouse functions by touching the interactive surface.

  • Page 30: Using The Pen Tray

    2. Press SMART Hardware Settings and select your SMART product from the list. For more information about customizing your settings, open the online Help by pressing the Help button on the pen tray, and then select the SMART Hardware Settings topic.

  • Page 31: Using Ink Aware

    Updating SMART software Your interactive whiteboard system uses SMART Notebook software. Once you install your software, you can find more resources and updates at smarttech.com/Support. You can also check for software updates using SMART Product Update.

  • Page 32: Writing, Selecting And Erasing Using Touch Recognition

    SMART software interprets your intent when you press the interactive surface, based on the initial size of the contact area. • If you press the interactive surface with the pen, SMART software identifies a small contact area, and you write or draw in digital ink on the screen. •...

  • Page 33: Selecting And Deselecting An Object (Clicking)

    23 | CH A P T E R 4 – U S I NG A N D MA IN TA INI NG Y O U R S MA R T B O A RD INT E R A C T IV E W H I T E B O A R D Selecting and deselecting an object (clicking)

  • Page 34: Dragging An Object, Scroll Bar Or Window

    24 | CH A P T E R 4 – U S I NG A N D MA IN TA INI NG Y O U R S MA R T B O A RD INT E R A C T IV E W H I T E B O A R D Dragging an object, scroll bar or window Press the object, scroll bar or window on...

  • Page 35: Best Practices For Gestures

    25 | CH A P T E R 4 – U S I NG A N D MA IN TA INI NG Y O U R S MA R T B O A RD INT E R A C T IV E W H I T E B O A R D Best practices for gestures Follow these guidelines when you use gestures with your interactive product.
  • Page 36 26 | CH A P T E R 4 – U S I NG A N D MA IN TA INI NG Y O U R S MA R T B O A RD INT E R A C T IV E W H I T E B O A R D •...

  • Page 37: Tips For Trouble-Free Performance

    Preventing damage to your interactive whiteboard Although your SMART Board interactive whiteboard’s surface is very durable, take the following precautions to prevent damage to the interactive surface and other components.

  • Page 38: Keeping The Writing Surface Clean

    Don’t use compressed air to clean the interactive whiteboard’s cameras because the force of the air could damage them. Keeping the writing surface clean With proper care, your SMART Board interactive whiteboard will provide years of trouble-free service. Follow these tips to keep the interactive whiteboard’s surface clean: •...

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting Your Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard

    Troubleshooting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard In this chapter Refer to these topics for information about troubleshooting your SMART Board X800 series interactive whiteboard. Adjusting the projected image ............. page 29 Resetting your interactive whiteboard..........page 30 Troubleshooting tips ................page 30 Troubleshooting using SMART Diagnostics ........

  • Page 40: Resetting Your Interactive Whiteboard

    30 | CH A P T E R 5 – T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G Y O U R S M A R T B O A RD I N T E R A C T I V E W H I T E B O A R D Resetting your interactive whiteboard If your interactive whiteboard behaves erratically or becomes unresponsive, possibly...
  • Page 41 Start SMART Board Tools. isn’t running. icon doesn’t appear For Windows computers, select in the Windows Start > All Programs > SMART notification area or Mac Technologies > SMART Product Dock. Drivers > SMART Board Tools. For Mac computers, select Finder >...
  • Page 42 Ink always appears on A pen is missing Place all the pen tray tools in their the screen, even when from the pen tray slots and go to the SMART control you touch the and Touch panel > SMART Hardware interactive surface with Recognition has Settings >...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting Using Smart Board Diagnostics

    Diagnostics If you touch the interactive whiteboard’s surface and nothing happens, or if there is no digital ink or the ink appears in some locations and not in others, use SMART Board Diagnostics to help identify and resolve these issues.

  • Page 44: Checking The Interactive Whiteboard's Calibration

    Access the Help Center by pressing the Help button on the pen tray. The Help button also provides access to the orientation screen and SMART contact information. For more information on the pen tray buttons, see page 20. Alternatively, you can access...

  • Page 45: Contacting Smart Technical Support

    (if you printed it). To determine your You can find the serial number in two places: on the back of your SMART Board interactive whiteboard, and on the bottom right-hand edge of your interactive interactive whiteboard’s...

  • Page 46: Removing The Pen Tray

    36 | CH A P T E R 5 – T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G Y O U R S M A R T B O A RD I N T E R A C T I V E W H I T E B O A R D Removing the pen tray It might be necessary to remove the pen tray when you transport or service your...

  • Page 47: Hardware Environmental Compliance

    Appendix A Hardware environmental compliance SMART Technologies supports global efforts to ensure that electronic equipment is manufactured, sold and disposed of in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations (WEEE Directive) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations apply to all electrical and electronic equipment sold within the European Union.

  • Page 48: China's Electronic Information Products Regulations

    China’s EIP regulations. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act The United States has enacted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which limits the lead (Pb) content in products used by children. SMART Technologies is committed to complying with this initiative.

  • Page 49: Customer Support

    Technical Support If you experience difficulty with your SMART product, please contact your local reseller before contacting SMART Technical Support. Your local reseller can resolve most issues without delay. NOTE To locate your local reseller, visit www.smarttech.com/where.
  • Page 50 40 | AP PENDI X B – C U S T O M E R S U P PO R T...

  • Page 51: Index

    5 pen tray pens, 5 powersupply, 5 diagonal, 2 USB cable, 5 documentation, 39 wall-mounting kit, 5 drivers, 3, 11, 12 drivers.SMART Product Drivers, 4 dual users, 3 durability, 3 buttons customizing, 20 flashing, 32 Help, 18 environmental requirements, 7...
  • Page 52 2 safety tips, 27 security, 10 security screw location, 10 SMART Notebook, 3 laptop, 16 SMART Product Drivers, 11, 12 lights, meanings, 19 on a laptop, 16 lock location, 10 SMART Product Update, 21 Locked Ink mode, 22, 32...
  • Page 54 Toll free 1.866.518.6791 (U.S./Canada) or +1.403.228.5940 www.smarttech.com...

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