Indicators and controls

In the center of the pen tray, there are three buttons. The two large rectangular buttons default to keyboard (left button) and right-click (right button) functions.

You can customize the buttons using SMART Product Drivers to provide several other functions, including printing, changing pages and capturing the screen. Pressing both buttons simultaneously starts the orientation process.

The third small, round button launches the online Help, where you’ll also find an alignment icon for orienting your interactive whiteboard.

When you turn on or reset your interactive whiteboard, the indicator lights on the pen tray cycle twice. When the system is running, the lights come on only when you remove a tool. Only one illuminates at a time, indicating the last tool removed from the pen tray. The pen tray detects the removal of the pens and the eraser using reflective infrared sensors similar to the ones that detect the presence of paper in photocopiers.

If the infrared sensors in the bottom of your pen tray’s recesses become obstructed by dirt, the sensors don’t detect when you remove a pen or the eraser. The recessed LED doesn’t illuminate, and the lifted tool doesn’t work.

To clean a sensor, moisten a cotton swab with a household glass cleaner, such as Windex, and then carefully clean the infrared transmitter and receiver.

You can see the Ready light in the lower-right corner of your interactive whiteboard’s frame. The Ready light indicates the controller module’s operating states.

The following table shows the Ready light’s normal states.