Chapter 4
Using the interactive whiteboard
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This table shows the Highlighter button’s normal states:
Highlighter light state Meaning
Flashing white The interactive whiteboard is receiving power and communicating
successfully with the computer’s USBHID driver, but SMART Product
Drivers isn’t installed.
NOTE
In HID mode, interactive whiteboard tools (such as the pens) aren’t
available, but you can move the mouse pointer and perform mouse
functions by touching the interactive surface. The Right-Click button
on the pen tray might work, depending on the version of operating
system you’re using. Neither the Keyboard nor the Orient button
works in HID mode.
Solid white The interactive whiteboard is receiving power and communicating
successfully with SMART Product Drivers. When you press another pen
tray button, the Select button’s light turns off and the light on the button
you pressed turns on.
Solid amber The controller module is in service mode or the firmware is being
updated.
Off You have selected a non-standard digital ink color using
SMARTNotebook software or SMARTInk, the interactive whiteboard
isn’t receiving power, or the interactive whiteboard is in Standby mode.
Customizing the pen tray buttons
You can customize the pen tray button settings. For example, you can change line transparency, color, and
style; you can change the eraser’s width; and you can change the action performed by the Keyboard and
Right-Click buttons.
For more information about customizing settings, see Changing pen, eraser, and button settings.