Manual for FP3 Board

FINGER TOUCH PORTABLE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD

FP3 BOARD MANUAL

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Contents
Introduction and Features.1

Specification Data and Package..2

Working Environment.... 3

Hardware Installation... ..4

Calibration Software....7

Application Software .....18

Gesture Recognition Introduction...26

Tips..28

FAQ..30

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Introduction
Interactive Whiteboard FP3 Board is the first portable Interactive Whiteboard that supports finger touch in the world market. It can work with any projectors or LCD screen and turn the projection screen or LCD screen into finger touchable. Key features: portable and finger touch; detect any non- transparent objects; work on any flat surfaces, no limited on the material; active sizes range from 40-100; can work with common board and save the record of both mark pen and finger writing.

Emitter

Sensor

* 6 months replacement, 2 years limited warranty for the FP3 Board model. Features 1, Support finger touch: Use the finger instead of the pen to write or control;

2, Support Multi-touch: Ten People can do writing and erase simultaneously;

3, Shortest installation distance is 35cm: For example, the active size is 80inch, then installation distance is around 100cm;

4, Portable and easy to install. Totally weight is around 1.6kg. The installation is very easy. Just put the emitter part to the upper of projection screen by double adhesive tape, and put the Sensor (camera) part together with projector or ceiling by mount. No need professional technicians.

5, Turn common board or wall into touchable. Our product can turn any flat surface (like board, wall, LCD) into touchable; just put the emitter part on the upper of the projection screen.

6, Support to operate by any non-transparent objects. In the active area, any non-transparent objects can work as pen does the operation.

Manual for FP3 Board Specifications: Finger Touch Portable Interactive Whiteboard -- FP3 Board Calibration Gesture Recognition Multi-touch Delay Filter Minimum Active Size Max Active Size Technology Positional Accuracy Aspect Ratio Throw Ration Laser Beam Laser safety Wave of the laser Power Power of Laser Beam Power requirements Signal receiver Connect Weight OS Requirement Software Certification Warranty Package Automatic(5s) / Manual (25/36 points)/Semi Automatic (4 points) Single finger is for Write, Two fingers is for move zoom in or out and scroll bar, Palm for Erase Ten points touch, write and eraser can be together. <30ms Software control the open and close 40 inch 120inch( no sunshine room);100inch( sunshine room) Laser Image Calibration Technology 1 Pixel (Resolution: 4096*4096) 4:316:916:10 Ultra short throw : 0.19; Short throw0.34Long throw3.0 Short throw/ Long throw: 3units; Ultra short throw: 4units. CLASS I (safety laser) 808nm 5w 150mW/unit *3 5V/1A 640*480,120fps. The receiver and computer are connected by USB Cable; Emitter and Receiver are wireless; Emitter just need power 1.6kg Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Calibration software(driver) and GL board(education software) CE, FCC 2-year 1. Sensor 2.Emitter 3.Mount 4.USB cable 6.Power Adaptor 7. CD(Softwares and Manual) (12m) 5.Pionter

Manual for FP3 Board Package Includes

Device (Sensor and Emitter)

12m USB Cable

Mounts

Power Adaptor

Pointer

Working Environment

CPUP4 Computer

2.8 or Above

RAM1G

Hard disk20G SystemWindow XP / Vista/ Window7/Window8

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Hardware Installation
1. Preparation

FP3 Board: A: Paste the double adhesive tape on the back of the emitter part of FP3 Board, like Pic1, (Note: dont rip off the cover of the double adhesive tape)

Pic2

Pic1 B. Use screw installs the emitter on the board.

Whiteboard Prepare a flat whiteboard: Please leave a space between the projection screen and whiteboard edge as marked as Pic2 (about 5cm).

FP3 Board (Emitter) 5cm

Projection screen

Pic2

2.

Installation

Emitter installation

This marked area is for installing the emitter of FP3 Board. Rip off the cover of the adhesive tape on emitter, then press it on the whiteboard as the Pic3.

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Pic3

Sensor installation

Install Sensor to ceiling or projector by mount, as Pic4:

Pic4

Manual for FP3 Board Cables connection Connect Sensor to computer by USB Cable, connect adaptor to emitter, beamer connect to computer by VGA, see the Pic5

Emitter 5V,1A Size: 3.5cm*17cm*2.4cm

Sensor
Attach to the projector

USB VGA
Pic5

Note:

USB cable have two ports, one port marked PC then this

port connect PC, the port marked with Device, then this port connect to sensor.

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Calibration Software
Introduction
1. Operate menu list

Operate Menu list including run, stop, parameter settings, manual calibration, semi-auto calibration, auto calibration, disable the optical pen control and exit.

(1) Parameter setting: almost parameter of the calibration software here, such as sensitivity, Gama value, advance settingSee Advance setting (2) Manual calibration, semi-auto calibration and auto calibration are three kinds of calibration ways. (3) Disable the optical pen: chose it, then you disable of function of the pen or finger, so you cannot use the pen or the finger any more. Usually when the mouse out of control before the calibration, then you can chose it. (4) Exit: mean you wan not use the software and exit it.

Note:

in the top right corner, which is not mean exit the software, it is mean you close (bottom right corner)

display on window, but the software will be there

2.

Parameter Setting(As Pic6)

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Pic6

(1), Optical Pen detects sensitivity: 10 is highest, mean the sensor will more sensitive to the infrared signal, whereas the sensitivity is low. Suggest using Recommended.

(2), Gamma Value: adjust to high, and then it is brighter in software interface.

(3), Default setting: Click it, all parameter will be recommended value.

(4) Advance setting: Click it, and then you will enter into advance setting, as Pic7.

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Pic7 3. Advance settings (1), automatically masking area inflation radius: means if the interference light on the projection screen, then the software will mask it with large. The larger this number, the large of the mask place radius. (2), Guide line Position: change the number to change the position of the guide line in software interface. (3). Calibration Horz Deviation compensation: if it is greater than zero (>0), then the mouse position will move right 5pixes. If it is less than zero (<0), then the mouse position will move left 5pixes. (3). Calibration Vert Deviation compensation: if it is greater than zero (>0), then the mouse position will move downward 5pixes. If it is less than zero (<0), then the mouse position will move upward 5pixes. (4), Set the proportion of the spot: To set how large the spot will cause the sensor to detect. (5), Eraser in multiple of spot: set how large the spot will appear eraser. (6), Set time to defined as fixed bold: set how long time when interference light stay on projection screen to start auto mask. (7), Auto calibration of the brightness: adjust the brightness of the software interface when does calibration. (8). Auto Mask detect threshold: adjust the size of the mask area. (9) Manual Collection spot: before use the gesture recognition, Must do it. (As Pic8) Touch the square in red, one by one, total nine square.

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Pic8 4. Mask Bitmap Edit

1 Specify the screen area: choose the screen area 2 Clear the whole mask area: erase the whole masked area. 3 Auto mask clutter: chose it, then software will mask the bright spot automatic. 4 Add mask area: manually mask the bright spot 5 Clear mask area: manually erase the masked area. 6 Undo: cancel the step done before 7 Redo: cancel all the step done before 8 End edit: mean save, after you do any operate in mask, you must end edit.

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Video (1). Show Status: check frame rate and real-time frame rate of the camera. If the frame rate lower than 110fps, then you should check if there any problem. (2). Installation tuning image mode: chose this mode before calibration, then you can see the screen more clearly and then adjust the position of camera. (3).Normal Usage image mode: after calibration, then use this mode to check the image. (After you calibration, then you can see the image in normal mode).

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(1) Language option: chose the language as you like. (2) About: company and software information

7.

Right click the minimized software menu

(1) Display the main windows: display the interface of the calibration software (2) Coordinate calibration: not use this option for now. (3)Auto run at system startup: chose it, the software will be start when the computer starts. (4) Exit: Exit the software.

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Calibration Software Installation:

Step1. Find flash disk named ISAESY@1968:

Open the file folder Calibration Software and double click GloviewSetup.

Step 2. Chose Video-Mode 1, then you can see the whole projection screen clearly (As Pic9). ***Adjust the cameras position to make Projection screen image take up 60-80% of the software interface. ***Make sure the Projection screen image under the white line of the software interface. ***The four edges of Projection screen image should be straight as far as possible.

Software interface

Projection screen image

Pic9 Step 3. Chose Video-Mode 2. In this mode, check if there is any interference light in the projection screen. If you see the entire projection screen is darker, then there is no any interference light (As Pic10):

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Pic10 Use the finger approaching to the board slowly, when your finger is 2-3mm from the board, then there is light point inside, and then it is ok. ***If more than 3mm, the light point appear, please use some card like name card insert from upper of the emitter side until the finger be detected distance within 3mm.

Step 4. Choose Operation- Auto Calibration. After about 4 seconds, ca libration success. Then you can use finger do operation in the projection screen.

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Automatic calibration:
Just click Operation, chose Automatic calibration, then you will see as Pic11:

Pic11

Semi-automatic calibration:
Just click Operation, then chose Semi-automatic Calibration Or use shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+C, After 4 seconds, then you will see the Pic12. Use the infrared pen to touch the point on the screen, when you touch one, then there will appear another point, repeat this process until the 4 arrow in each corner is finished.
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When calibration is finished, please minimize the software on the taskbar

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Manual Calibration
1, Please choose Auto Mask Clutter from Mask Bitmap Edit or you can press Ctrl+Shift+A. The software will specify the active area automatically. The other area will be shielded by green mask.

Pic12 2, Touch each corner and check if it can be seen from the calibration screen like below. If some corner is not included, please eraser the green mask (Mask Bitmap Edit-Erase Mask Area).until you can see the spot as below.

Pic13

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Pic14

3, Click Manual Calibration in the Operation.

Pic15

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Manual for FP3 Board You enter the calibration process now. Please use finger to touch the dot shown on the screen, another dot then appear, repeat this until the 36th dot is finished.

Pic16

Pic17

4, After the calibration, you can use the finger to touch the screen now

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Application Software-- GLboard

1. Requirement
(1) PC CPUP4 2.8 or Above RAM1G

Hard disk80G Computer Support NET Framework 3.5 SystemXP / Vista/ Win7 (2) Use the curtain when the room has sunshine cast into. (3) Use the flat whiteboard (4) Use the projector with 2000lumens or above when you need do auto or semi-auto calibration.

4. Installation
(1).When the operation system is Windows XP or Vista, please place the big software CD-ROM into the CD drive and copy the dotNetFX35 folder in the CD-ROM onto your PCs hard disk drive. You can download this file from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21. (Please skip this step with Windows 7) Please Note: do not RUN the software from the CD directly.

(2). Open the dotNetFX35 and then run

(3).Open the folder Application Software in flash disk named ISAESY@1968:,double click Setup.msi

Chose the install path, then click next stop to install GLboard, then you will see:

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Click next step

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Manual for FP3 Board Confirmation installation interface then chose next step, then the software is installing as following:

When finished, then click close. Now the Application software of GLboard is installed.

Double click the icon of GLBoard

from the desktop to use it.

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5. Usage of GLboard
Introduction of the main toolbar When you use the GLboard at first time, double click

To pen the software, interface includes three areas as following:

Operate area: picture or text edit

Toolbar

Function of Each button in the tool bar

iron

Name Start menu Open the menu list

function

New page

There are four options:

back

Go back to the previous page

forward

Forward to next page

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Manual for FP3 Board Pen Write like a ball pen

brush

Write like Chinese brush pen

Smart pen

Convert the drawing to typewriting geometric shapes.

Multi-writing mode Insert shape

Support ten persons writing simultaneously

Several shapes can be chose, such as triangle, square ,circle and so on

Import picture

Insert picture from your computer

Import text

Insert text frame, then edit the words

Fill

Fill the geometric shapes with different color Select the handwriting on the page, and do drag and zoom operation

Select stroke

Select picture

Move geometric shapes, text and pictures

zoom in and out

Zoom in or zoom out the picture

Pen color

Adjust the any pens color

Fill color

Chose the color to fill

Pen width

Set stroke width and line type.

Erase

Three options:

undo

Cancel the last operation

redo

Redo the operation just canceled by undo

Move

Move the edit screen

windows

Back to the desktop

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When you click

, then you back to the desktop, GLboard will be floating toolbar

Icon

Name windows

Function Back to the desktop

Pen

Write like a ball pen

New page

Open a new white page

New page

Open a new black page

Back

Go back to the previous page

Forward Erase

Forward to next page Erase by stroke

Back

Go back to the main page of GL Board

Note page

Make the window screen as the background

Preview Note page

Go back the previous note page

Colse

Close the GLBoard

Width

Set stroke width

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Manual for FP3 Board Start menu list

Manu

Submenu New File

Function Description Create a blank file, if you have not been saved before, there will be display a save message.

Open File Save File File Export Print Preview Save File As

Open the existing PPT, PDF, PTS file Save the compiling file Re-save one file Export into Window System as image file After printing settings for the document, the user could view the print result of the document in advance

Print

Any words, images, or visible dates in GL-Board, could output on paper through printer.

Screen Shot

Back to the windows interface, select the area which you want to capture, and then click the ok button. White color background Black color background Background color is white Background color is black background is a picture Chose the Desktop as background 24

Change background Image background Screen background

Manual for FP3 Board Other background Insert a hyperlink link directly Shear Copy Shearing the selected word and image Copy file from one place to another place, and save the old one. Paste Delete Pasting the copied and sheared content directly Delete the selected word or image from the system. Add user User manage Default user Protractor Triangular ruler Ruler Timer Media player Document camera Curtain Default user in the system Common mathematic teaching tool Common mathematic teaching tool Common mathematic teaching tool Time tool Media player The window for playing video in GL-Board Similar to the movie screen for the teacher to explain the examples, questions and answers is separate. Tool Magnifier Spotlight Magnifying the important part for teaching Spotlight can shine a circular area, high brightness display, other regions translucent display. Soft keyboard Calculator Gesture recognition Same with the screen keyboard of windows Same with the windows calculator Handwriting input (see gesture recognition introduction) Screen record Recording the activities on the GL-Board as a video. System Setting Select all of the handwriting Clean up all of the handwriting Page list Slide navigation Startup setting and page setting, etc. Select all of the handwriting in the screen area Clean up all of the handwriting in the screen area Show all page of GL-Board in a list Show PPT, first open a PPT, and then use this function to show. Replay Online source Exit 25 Pep.com.cn Replay Connect the pep.com.cn Exit GL-board Could add new user Chose the background color by yourself. Insert the hyperlink, could open the relative page

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Gesture Recognition Introduction

1. Before you use the Gesture recognition, please do Manual Collection Spot (in page 9-10). If you not do manual collection, then you cannot use this function. 2. Two finger to move: two fingers distance is about 10 cm.

3. Palm to work as eraser.

4. Palm touch to the board for 2senconds, then it is will be spotlight.

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5. Two finger to zoom in and zoom out the picture.

6. Two finger as a scroll bar.

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TIPS
1. the most proper distance from finger touch sensor (Camera) to the screen is 55cm - 100cm if the projection screen is 70-80inch. Computer image taken by the sensor must include whole projection screen. People adjust the sensitivity setting according to different environments to make sure there is no bright spot (or green light) in calibration software viewing. If calibration software viewing is too dark, please open menu of Video and click Installation tuning image mode 1, Then it will be brighten.

2. It is better to use the pen to do manual calibration. Please click at center of cross, and hold on until color of cross turns blue from red. Then click next cross.

3. For sensitivity setting, generally speaking it is from 2 to 5. But if the sensitivity is higher than 8, mouse will become out of control and unable to write. Please lower the sensitivity. When writing is not fluent or impossible, please check the sensitivity if it is too low (such as 1 or 0).If so, please adjusts it to 2-5. 4. Regarding to right click function of mouse, please hold for about 2 seconds. If you jitter, it will become a moving target. If the time is too short, it wont pop up any context men u.

5. If there is time delay of green light moving in the red screen of the calibration software, please open menu of status and check actual frame rate. If it is less than 110, please change a computer or contact your seller.

6. There is a folder

in file of calibration software, which record video and pictures of

every automatic calibration. To analyze results and location automatic calibration, you can open this folder and will see many subfolders at time sequence. For example, you will find some pictures as below: 28

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6. During installation and calibration, laser may be shot at board as picture below.

Bright light strip marked with red circle indicates angle of laser emitter is too low. You can stick an adhesive 3M tape of 5 cm length at bottom of FP Board to make it higher( or use something like name card to insert from the bottom of the base). Adjust slowly and watch the image on screen continuously, once the bright light strip disappear, then stop to adjust. Otherwise angle could become too high which could cause issue of Tip8.

Other way: we offer a metab as accessory. It has two functions:

1. There are three screws in the metab. It can instead of using name card to adjust the laser shot height. 2. If board is not support magnet adsorption, user can use double adhesive tape install the metab to the board and then put our emitter part on the metab. This solution is very stable, much better than use adhesive tape install emitter directly on the board.

8. When mouse icon moves before finger touches board, you can open calibration software and let your finger approach the board slowly. If mouse moves when finger is very high above board (over 4mm), 29

Manual for FP3 Board please adjust FP board (Do as the step 2 in hardware installation). Please be slow and continuously watch the image on screen to avoid laser becoming shot at board as Tip 7.

10. Do not stare at laser emitting slots for long time. 11. To quit this program, you can click operation -quit or click icon right below desktop and then click quit.

FAQ
1. Q: After clicking at automatic calibration program, why does it indicate failure? A: There are several reasons. 1, The projected image is not all contained in interface border of the program ; 2, The projected image is small, less than 50% in the positioning program; 3, External light is too strong, so that the projection screen is very dark, when doing touch, the computer cannot recognize positioning of grids.

2. Q: Why is writing with a pen sometimes successful but sometimes failed? A: Correct way to use the pen is holding at an angle of 45 degrees. Do not block the sensor (camera) detect the pens position.

3 . Q: Why does software indicate error and cannot work well? A: Check if the connection between devices and computer is correct. Check if there is any other video device, for example USB camera (usually installed in many notebooks). Prohibit the video device which notebooks own and then can run the software. F rame rate of some USB cameras signal transmission is less than 110 which is below basic requirement, for this situation, please change computer.

4. After calibration, window of software is minimized and the mouse can move, but operations of double-click and right-click does not work. A: Please check if you have installed any anti-virus software, which prohibits additional mouse functions, so that you cannot use all the functions of mouse. Please turn off anti-virus software, and then our software can be used normally.

5. Q: Mouse is in disordered movement, and unable to operate the computer. How to solve this problem? A: There are two situations: The sensitivity is too high and recognize weak light spots as signals. You should cover the sensor (camera) of FP2 Board, and then adjust the sensitivity to 5. There are a lot of light signal disturbing, and you should cover the sensor (camera) of FP2 Board, and then click on the "operation" to disable the light pen (Ctrl+ Shift +P). Find the light source and mask the light source to reduce disturbing, and then release the disabled pen.

6. Q: After the calibration completed, why the mouse is occasionally in disordered movement? A: Maybe, there is some luminous body suddenly disturbing around the screen, such as glasses, watches, light-colored clothing buttons.

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Important information
Note: If you are a user of products, please read the guides relative warning information and product maintenance method carefully. Before you install the product, please fully understand some safe use information of the guide. It could help you avoid some mistake to cause the products broken and other safe problem. Warning:

Please dont look straightly the light of the projector, it will harmful to your eyes.

Warning:

When install the projector bracket, it need two persons operate simultaneously.

Warning:

When fix the camera on the projector, high-altitude operation, please be careful.

Warning:

product cant be installed in the place which the direct sunlight cast on.

Warning:

When install, please fix the USB Cable and the cable of adaptor, avoid to making the product drop.

Warning:

Product dont install in dark wet room, which will affect the products performance and life-time

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