Installing and using the SMART OPS PC module
You or your organization’s installers can install the SMART OPS PC module in a supported SMART Board interactive display’s accessory slot following the OPS PC module’s installation instructions:
Series | Installation instructions |
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PCM11 | |
PCM8 |
You can then view the OPS PC module’s input on the display.
Caution
Do not install or remove the OPS PC module while the display is turned on. Ensure the power switch on the back of the display beside the AC power inlet is in the OFF (O) position.
Note
For a list of SMART Board interactive displays in which you can install the OPS PC module, see the OPS PC module’s specifications.
Series | Specifications |
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PCM11 | |
PCM8 |
Tip
You can install the SMART software that is included with the display on the OPS PC module. For more information about installing software, see the software’s installation documentation.
Open the display’s input source menu:
Display series
iQ status
Procedure
GX
N/A
Open the Side Toolbar menu by tapping and sliding either of the Side Toolbar menu handles (located on either side of the screen) towards the center of the screen, and then tap the Input Source icon.
OR
Press the Input Source button on the remote control.
MX100
N/A
Press the Input button on the front control panel or the remote control.
MX (V2, V2-C, and V3)
MX Pro (V2, V2-C, and V3)
Enabled or disabled
Press the Input button on the front control panel or the remote control.
MX (V4 and later)
MX Pro (V4 and later)
Enabled
Press the Home button below the screen, and then tap Input.
OR
Press the Input button on the remote control.
MX (V4 and later)
MX Pro (V4 and later)
Disabled
Press the Home button below the screen.
OR
Press the Home button or the Input button on the remote control.
Tip
If you want the OPS PC module’s input source to appear whenever you wake up the display, tap the star in the upper-left corner of the OPS PC module’s thumbnail.
QX Pro
6000S
6000S Pro
7000R
7000R Pro
Enabled
Tap the Home button below the screen, and then tap Input.
OR
Press the Input button on the remote control.
QX Pro
6000S
6000S Pro
7000R
7000R Pro
Disabled
Tap the Home button below the screen.
OR
Press the Home button or the Input button on the remote control.
Tip
If you want the OPS PC module’s input source to appear whenever you wake up the display, tap the star in the upper-left corner of the OPS PC module’s thumbnail.
7000-V2
7000-V2 Pro
Enabled or disabled
Tap the Home button at the bottom of the screen, and then tap Input.
Select the OPS PC module input source.
You can use USB drives, peripherals, and other devices with the OPS PC module by connecting those devices to the OPS PC module’s USB 2.0 Type-A, USB 3.0 Type-A, and USB Type-C receptacles.
PCM11 series
PCM8 series
Alternatively, you can connect USB devices to the USB receptacles on the display. For information about the type and location of USB receptacles on the display, see the display’s documentation.
Note
Charge a maximum of five devices (PCM11 series) or two devices (PCM8 series) at a time using USB receptacles.
You can connect an external display to the HDMI out connector on the OPS PC module (rather than the HDMI out connector on the display). This allows you to duplicate or extend the OPS PC module’s desktop to the external display.
PCM11 series (HDMI 2.0 out)
PCM8 series (HDMI 1.4 out)
Alternatively, you can connect an external display to one of the OPC PC module’s USB Type-C receptacles.
PCM11 series
PCM8 series
You can connect an OPS PC module installed in one SMART Board interactive display to a second interactive display by connecting an HDMI cable from the module’s HDMI out connector to one of the second interactive display’s HDMI in connectors and a USB cable from one of the module’s USB Type-A receptacles to the appropriate USB Type-B receptacle on the second interactive display.
PCM11 series
PCM8 series
Alternatively, if the second interactive display has a USB Type-C input, you can connect a USB cable from one of the module’s USB Type-C receptacles to one of the second interactive display’s USB Type-C receptacles.
PCM11 series
PCM8 series
Note
To view the OPC PC module’s input on the second interactive display, you new to switch to the input source you connected the module to on that interactive display (for example, HDMI 1 or USB Type-C 1).