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User Manual

MagniLink AIR - PC

LVI America Inc.

302 Saunders Road, Suite 200

Phone: (888) 781-7811

[email protected]

Riverwoods, IL 60015, USA

www.lviamerica.com

LVI Low Vision International

Verkstadsgatan 5

Tel: +46 470-727700

[email protected]

SE-352 46 Växjö

Faks: +46 470-727725

www.lvi.se

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Page 1: ...ica Inc 302 Saunders Road Suite 200 Phone 888 781 7811 info lviamerica com Riverwoods IL 60015 USA www lviamerica com LVI Low Vision International Verkstadsgatan 5 Tel 46 470 727700 info lvi se SE 352 46 Växjö Faks 46 470 727725 www lvi se ...

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Page 3: ...fety information 7 4 Unpacking 9 4 1 Packaging 9 5 Accessories 10 6 MagniLink AIR Distance 12 7 Control unit 14 7 1 Connection 14 8 MagniLink PCViewer 15 8 1 Minimum system requirements 15 8 2 Recommended system requirements 15 8 3 Installation of software 16 8 4 Licensing 19 8 5 Using the software 21 8 6 Update software 45 9 Ergonomics 48 10 Technical information 49 11 Declaration of Conformity 5...

Page 4: ...MagniLink AIR PC 4 User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC ...

Page 5: ...e with ISO 9001 and environmentally certified in accordance with ISO 14001 The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate However LVI assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this manual In no event will LVI be liable for direct indirect special exemplary incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omissi...

Page 6: ... combined distance and reading camera MagniLink AIR Duo with a distance camera and a reading camera MagniLink AIR Distance is a distance camera that connects to a computer via a network cable You can also connect various LVI reading cameras to the system The system offers features such as the ability to pan and tilt the camera magnification settings autofocus several artificial colours reading mod...

Page 7: ...ondensation moisture can form inside the unit or on the camera lens To prevent problems with condensation the apparatus should be installed in the room at least 30 minutes prior to usage Please follow the instructions in the document called Assembly and Installation Store cables and power supplies securely LVI recommends having two persons present when mounting the unit to a ceiling Make sure the ...

Page 8: ...uch as a medical prescription Make no further adjustments even if the product does not function normally after following the functional descriptions Pull out the power cable and contact service staff or the product distributor Only use spare parts that are specified by LVI If in doubt contact your supplier Warning The product is supplied packed in a plastic bag To avoid risk of suffocation keep th...

Page 9: ...ormation please see the chapter on Installation 4 1 Packaging The packaging consists of the following packaging material LVI recommends that the packaging be kept in case you have to return the system or you need to move it Packing material EPEL E Box corrugated cardboard Polyethylene LDPE4 For sorting and collection of packaging material please call the packaging collection customer service depar...

Page 10: ... the system if you don t want to control the system from the computer The control unit MLAIR A012 is used if the system is not directly connected to a computer The control unit contains pre installed software and cameras are connected to the control box which in turn is connected to a screen Includes a hand held control ...

Page 11: ...PC 11 MagniLink Framegrabber MLAIR A004 Used to transfer images from an external video source e i a projector smartboard to the software Roof bracket MLAIR A014 Used if the ceiling is not using 60x60cm panels Text To Speech for PC TTS PC or Mac TTS MAC ...

Page 12: ...C 12 User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC 6 MagniLink AIR Distance The distance camera is connected using the included network cable The distance camera is available with various brackets Table bracket MLAIR DISTANCE ...

Page 13: ...MagniLink AIR PC User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC 13 Ceiling bracket MLAIR DISTANCE C Wall bracket MLAIR DISTANCE W ...

Page 14: ...a hand held controller a mouse or keyboard The control unit along with the software offers the possibility of split function 7 1 Connection On Off button Turns the system on and off Power supply The power adaptor plugs in here USB 3 1 Used to connect the control box mouse keyboard or a USB camera Sound Connects your headphones HDMI Used to connect an external monitor Ethernet Used to connect a dis...

Page 15: ...ftware 8 1 Minimum system requirements Microsoft Windows 7 Network adapter Ethernet 10 Mbps i3 processor 1 GB RAM 32 bit 2 GB RAM 64 bit 8 2 Recommended system requirements Microsoft Windows 10 Network adapter Ethernet 100 Mbps i5 or i7 processor 4 GB RAM external graphics card with at least 512 MB built in memory LVI has tested the software on several computers without any issues but that is no g...

Page 16: ...p in the MagniLink PCViewer folder When the installation program starts follow the instructions on the screen to complete software installation or see below for a more detailed description Select Next in the dialogue box Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for MagniLink PCViewer NOTE Installation requires administrator privileges on the computer in question and is performed on the user account cur...

Page 17: ... by selecting I accept the terms of the license agreement and click on Next to start the installation Tick the box for Wi Fi If your camera has OCR installed tick the box of the language s included in your license Do not tick a language if you do not have OCR installed Click Next to continue the installation ...

Page 18: ...MagniLink AIR PC 18 User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC Select Install in the dialogue box Ready to Install the Program Select Finish in the dialogue box InstallShield Wizard Complete ...

Page 19: ... US English UK German French Finnish Italian Dutch BE Dutch NL Swedish Danish Polish Spanish Portuguese Norwegian English AU Russian French CA Arabic Hebrew Hungarian Rumanian Bulgarian Czech Slovakian Croatian Turkish Greek 8 4 1 Computer license By licensing the software to a computer you can use the software without a connected camera To license the software you will need an activation key Acti...

Page 20: ...hen click on activate You can now start using the software without a camera The following dialogue box is displayed if there is no internet connection or the application is unable to connect to the activation server Follow the instructions and contact your LVI distributor in order to activate the applications ...

Page 21: ...pending on whether the system is licensed for OCR there is also a tab for handling the OCR processed text 8 5 1 1 Camera tab The following tab will only appear if there are one or more cameras connected Change colours Used to change between natural and artificial colours Decrease magnification Increase magnification Overview mode Reduces magnification to overview mode Click again to restore the ma...

Page 22: ...ween vertical and horizontal split mode Move split left Moves split mode to the left Move split right Moves split mode to the right Pan left Pan right Tilt down Tilt up Position 1 To save the position hold down Ctrl while pressing the button The camera image will then move into the saved position when pressing the button ...

Page 23: ...autofocus is not affected by the pen or your hand Press the button a second time to reactivate autofocus Focus up Reduce focus distance When this function is used autofocus is turned off Focus down Increase focus distance When this function is used autofocus is turned off Reduce brightness contrast Increase brightness contrast Reference line bar left up Adjust the position of the reference line Pr...

Page 24: ... enlarged To view the most recently saved picture quickly hold down Shift when you press the button Start stop video recording Press to open the Save video clip dialogue box A file name with the day s date and time and a folder My video clips are automatically suggested Press Enter to save with the suggested name If you wish to save the video in a different folder or with another name you can chan...

Page 25: ...ed Hold down Shift when you press the button to insert the text on a new page Whole image Only shown if the system has a licence for OCR When this is active the whole camera image is shown Otherwise edit in the image depending on how large the camera window is Notepad Opens images from the camera in the notes tool Next split screen mode Switches to the next split screen mode In order to switch to ...

Page 26: ...alogue box select the file you wish to open It is possible to open PDF files and image files bmp jpg png gif and tiff as well as saved zip files Change colours Changes colours of the OCR processed text Font Used to change the font of the OCR text It is also possible to choose bold and italic text The used font does not impact the OCR result Start Pause reading Stop reading The next reading will be...

Page 27: ...aracter one character is read for each keystroke If the reading mode is word you move forward through the text word by word If the reading mode is sentence you move forwards one sentence If the reading mode is block you move forwards one block Switch reading mode This command selects the reading mode that is to be employed when the Read previous or Read next command is entered The modes available ...

Page 28: ...tepad tab The notes tool consists of three components At the top is a menu bar with buttons On the left is a list of pictures By clicking a picture you can navigate to it You can delete an image by clicking in the upper right corner A surface where you can draw enlarge and pan in the picture New image Opens a new blank page Open Opens the bild The system can open images in jpg and png format ...

Page 29: ...m can save images in jpg and png format Delete Deletes the current page Undo Restore Restores after pressing undo Pen Draw with a pen Highlight Highlight with a highlighter Text Insert text You can move text around after inserting Delete Magnify and pan Magnify and pan the image ...

Page 30: ...elp Opens the user guide in the standard application for showing PDF files 8 5 2 Functions via the keyboard Most functions can be handled using the keyboard The shortcut commands can be changed in settings Below are the standard settings for shortcut commands F1 Natural colours F2 Positive colours forwards Shift F2 Positive colours backwards F3 Negative colours forwards Shift F3 Negative colours b...

Page 31: ...down arrow Increase focus distance Right arrow Increase brightness contrast Left arrow Reduce brightness contrast Ctrl left arrow Reference line left up Ctrl right arrow Reference line right down Ctrl 6 Reduce lamp brightness Ctrl 7 Increase lamp brightness Ctrl R Rotate image clockwise Ctrl Shift R Rotate image anti clockwise Ctrl I Mirror camera image Ctrl F Freeze camera image Ctrl A Always on ...

Page 32: ...icensed for OCR F4 Start OCR The text from OCR processing replaces existing text Shift F4 Start OCR enter The text from OCR processing is entered on a new page Ctrl L Whole image Changes between whole image and cropped image Ctrl V Paste The pasted text replaces existing text Ctrl Shift V Paste and add The pasted text is added to a new page Ctrl S Column selector Activates or deactivates the colum...

Page 33: ...everal pages have been scanned you move to the next page Page Up Previous page If several pages have been scanned you move to the previous page Delete Remove current page If several pages have been scanned you remove the current page 8 Reduce volume 9 Increase volume 6 Reduce speaking speed 7 Increase speaking speed Ctrl 0 Next voice A Pan left If the document is magnified D Pan right If the docum...

Page 34: ... 3 Functions via the mouse Certain functions can be controlled with the mouse In camera mode Pan the image using the left mouse button Zoom in or out using the scroll wheel Zoom using the right mouse button In OCR mode Start och stop the speech using the left mouse button The scroll wheel can be used to enlarge or shrink the image and font size By holding down the right mouse button or scroll whee...

Page 35: ...ght joysticks They are then referred to as the left and right control buttons General VA HA Left edge button Change left between tabs VA HA Right edge button Change right between tabs Left joystick Used to pan Right joystick Move the stick up or down to change the magnification Move the stick left or right to change the contrast mode Up button Natural colours Down button Artificial colours Menu bu...

Page 36: ...tton Rotate the camera image Left button Move the reference line left up Right button Move the reference line right down Right joystick Change to overview mode VA Right control button Change full screen Left control button Change autofocus VA Left control button Image mirroring HA Left control button Freeze the image VA X button Save position 1 X button Go to position 1 VA Y button Save position 2...

Page 37: ...ttings window The Information and settings window consists of a number of different tabs that contain application information and alternative settings 8 5 5 1 About the application Information regarding the software version and license can be found under this tab To deactivate a computer license press remove license The license will then be deactivated on the server and it will be possible to acti...

Page 38: ...You can also set how often it will search Once per day Once per week or Once per month You can also choose to make updates manually by clicking search for updates now note an internet connection is needed for both automatic and manual updates Language Change the language of the software The software is set to use the same language as the computer s default If this language is not available English...

Page 39: ... It is possible to choose the mode you want when changing split screen mode Settings profiles It is possible to save and load settings profiles Menu size The size of the menus and buttons can be changed here Groups It is possible to choose which groups of buttons appear in the menus ...

Page 40: ...0 Hz is possible Frame rate This setting allows the user to limit the frame rate For the best video quality the frame rate should be 60 Hz but it may be appropriate to set the frame rate at 30 Hz for computers with a lower level of performance Quality Depending on performance you may want to use a lower video quality 8 5 5 4 Recording Settings Limit recording length Activate this function if you w...

Page 41: ...phone internal or external sound can be added to the recording Sound source Select which microphone is to be used to record sound for the video Normally only one sound source may be selected 8 5 5 5 Short cut commands Here the short cut commands used for the application can be changed To change a short cut command tab to the command that is to be changed and enter the new keyboard combination It i...

Page 42: ...them Volume Setting the sound level of the voice Speed Setting the speaking speed Read command When this is checked the application reads out the menus when you use them 8 5 5 7 OCR Settings Font Here the user can set which font is to be used to display the OCR processed text The font that is used has no effect on the result of the OCR processing ...

Page 43: ... change the voice accordingly 8 5 5 8 EUC The camera can be configured under this tab If you wish to save changes in the camera press Save When you do this the camera restarts and the configuration has been saved Artificial colours It is possible remove and change the cameras artificial colours To remove a colour combination press X To add to a colour combination press enter To change a colour com...

Page 44: ...duces poor results in the OCR software A minimum of 12pt is recommended for the lowest magnification on the reading camera Avoid glossy paper as this results in reflections in the image This impairs the results of the OCR conversion If you intend to use glossy paper we recommend that the light on the unit is switched off Certain fonts can be difficult for the OCR engine to interpret It is importan...

Page 45: ...of the software is released an update can be made Follow the instructions below when the application finds a new version Click Next in the dialogue box Welcome If there is an update the following dialogue box is shown Click Next in the dialogue box Update available to start downloading the update ...

Page 46: ...46 User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC Ensure that you close MagniLink PCViewer before clicking Next in the dialogue box Important information Click Next in the dialogue box Welcome to the Patch for MagniLink PCViewer ...

Page 47: ...MagniLink AIR PC User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC 47 Click Finish in the dialogue box Installshield Wizard Completed ...

Page 48: ...oes not cause your legs to become numb legs should be at an angle of 90 degrees and you should rest your feet on the floor The reading table should be at a height at which you can rest your lower arm horizontally on it It is important that the table is neither too high nor too low for you The ideal solution is if the screen is slightly below eye level and in as straight a line in front of you as p...

Page 49: ...ific collection systems If the product or its packaging has this symbol on it it is not to be handled as regular domestic waste It should instead be deposited at a suitable collection centre for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment By ensuring that this product is properly taken care of you are helping to prevent the negative impact on health and the environment that might otherwis...

Page 50: ...MagniLink AIR PC 50 User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC 11 Declaration of Conformity ...

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Page 52: ...ia the mouse 34 Information 7 Information and settings window 37 Installation of software 16 Introduction to MagniLink AIR 6 Licensing 19 MagniLink AIR Distance 12 MagniLink PCViewer 15 Minimum system requirements 15 Notepad tab 28 OCR Settings 42 OCR tab 26 Packaging 9 Quality of OCR processing 44 Recommended system requirements 15 Recording Settings 40 Reuse installation and maintenance 7 Safety...

Page 53: ...MagniLink AIR PC User Manual 7946388 MagniLink AIR PC 53 Using the software 21 Video Settings 40 ...

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