Preface
iii
Getting Started
Getting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard set up and ready to use is easy. Follow
the steps below and you’ll find that as soon as you install SMART Board software on your
connected computer, your interactive whiteboard becomes touch sensitive: In other words,
every touch on the interactive whiteboard will be interpreted by your computer as a mouse
click. Open, minimize or close applications, scroll through files, open your browser – all just
by touching the board. You can also press a SMART Pen Tray button to use the SMART
Keyboard or make your next contact with the interactive whiteboard a right-mouse click
(Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems only).
To activate your Pen Tray so you can write over projected applications, just open the SMART
Board tools. You can now pick up a stylus from the Pen Tray and write over any application
displayed on the SMART Board surface.
Your first task is to connect your computer to the interactive whiteboard. You have the option
of using the provided serial cable or, if you prefer to use a USB cable, you can order a USB
adapter cable from SMART Technologies Inc. that is especially designed for connecting your
interactive whiteboard. To quickly find the connection procedure that meets your needs, refer
to the table below.
NOTE
: The information provided in this section applies to the SMART Board 500 front-
projection interactive whiteboard series. If you have a
Rear Projection
SMART Board unit or a
SMART Board
for Plasma Displays
model, refer to the installation manual that came with your
product for complete set-up instructions.
Operating System
Cable Connection
Page
Windows
Serial
iii
Windows
USB
vi
Macintosh
USB
vii
Macintosh
Serial
viii
Windows Serial Cable Setup
1
Insert the SMART Board software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
The SMART Board software setup program should start automatically. If it doesn’t, select
Start
>
Run
and enter
x:\autorun.exe
(where x: is your CD-ROM drive). Follow the on-
screen instructions to install SMART Board software.
During SMART Board software installation, you’ll be asked if you want to put the SMART
Board icon in your StartUp Folder. We recommend you reply affirmatively. Then, whenever
you activate your Windows operating system, SMART Board tools will always be open, and
your interactive whiteboard will be fully functional without any further action.
2
Without removing the SMART Board software CD, shut off your computer.
3
Connect the short DB9 end of the supplied serial cable to the 9-pin serial port
underneath the SMART Board interactive whiteboard (see the figure on the next page).
Win
