C
H A L K B O A R D
UCW2000
V.1.00 Mar/1/2005 95E-0000-003
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V E R I F Y I N G I N S TA L L AT I O N
To ensure that everything has been installed properly, please follow the procedure described below. The user's
manual on the install CD gives full instructions and also provides more suggestions for dealing with unexpected
conditions.
Figure 2 Parts of a chalkboard with USB Interface
V
ERIFYING
H
ARDWARE AND
D
RIVER
F
UNCTIONS
The green LED light on the chalkboard is the main indicator for hardware operation and depending on your model
may be located at a different place than shown in the above diagram. This light normally stays off, and will only come
on and off in response to various conditions. Watch the state of the LED light on the chalkboard as you go through the
following test steps.
Note:
The following tests, except the last two, don’t require the chalkboard driver to be installed.
(1) Tap on any surface with the tip of the pen to “wake it up”, in case it has gone into standby mode.
Press the wake button to “wake it up”, if the chalkboard goes into sleeping mode. These happen if the
pen and the chalkboard are not used for some time.
(2) As soon as chalkboard been powered, the LED light will come on briefly, and will go and stay off
again.
(3) When the chalkboard detects the presence of the pen, the LED light will blink slowly. This happens
when pen tip is directly above the active area the chalkboard and within reading distance.
(4) When you press a button on the pen barrel, the LED light will come on.
(5) When you press the pen tip anywhere in the chalkboard’s active area, the LED light will also come
on.
(6) If the chalkboard driver has been properly installed, a small icon (
) will appear in the
system tray
,
normally at the lower right corner of the screen.
(7) After the chalkboard driver is properly installed, moving the pen over the active area will cause the
cursor on the screen to move accordingly.
V
ERIFYING
P
RESSURE
S
ENSITIVITY
The pressure sensitivity feature is entirely controlled by application software, e.g. Photoshop or Painter. These
programs may require you to explicitly turn on pressure sensitivity support, and some may even turn pressure sensitivity
off completely so that the pen doesn’t seem to respond to pressure anymore. To check the pressure sensitivity regardless
of the behavior of any application program, or adjust other pen configurations you may use the on-screen diagnostics
program that comes with the chalkboard:
(1) Tap the icon (
) in the
system tray.
The c
halkboard control panel
will appear on your screen. Check
if the pressure tab is present. This indicates that the pressure sensitivity feature is properly installed.
