Wall mounting your interactive whiteboard
Warning
Two people are required to safely mount your interactive whiteboard on a wall.
Recommended heights for wall-mountingConsider the general height of your user community when you choose a location for wall-mounting your interactive whiteboard. If you mount your interactive whiteboard too low, it might force tall people to bend over uncomfortably. If it’s too high, other people might need to reach up too far. Also remember to leave enough room on either side so that you can stand beside it.
Use the following guidelines to determine the optimal height for your interactive whiteboard.
For children or for adults in wheelchairs
Model | Distance from floor to bottom of bracket | Distance from floor to top of interactive whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
680/D680/685/D685/690/D690 | ||
660 | ||
640 |
For adults of average height
Model | Distance from floor to bottom of bracket | Distance from floor to top of interactive whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
680/D680/685/D685/690/D690 | ||
660 | ||
640 |
For children and short adults, and for clearing obstructions to the projected imageIf SMART Board 640 interactive whiteboard users are of shorter stature, you might want to mount your interactive whiteboard lower on the wall, while keeping it high enough that furniture or other objects don’t obstruct the projected image.
Model | Distance from floor to bottom of bracket | Distance from floor to top of interactive whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
640 |
Tools required to wall-mount your interactive whiteboard
To wall-mount your interactive whiteboard you’ll need the following tools, which aren’t included:
A Phillips No. 2 screwdriver (all screws must be tightened by hand)
A ruler or measuring tape
A carpenter’s level
A pencil or other marking device
A stepladder
Warning
Failure to follow these instructions could result in personal injury and product damage.
Two people are required to safely mount your interactive whiteboard because it might be too heavy for one person to safely maneuver onto the wall-mounting brackets. When you lift your interactive whiteboard, you and your assistant should stand on either side of the screen, supporting its weight at the bottom corners while balancing the top with your other hands.
Caution
If you need to lean your interactive whiteboard against a wall before you mount it, make sure that it remains in an upright position, resting on its pen tray brackets, which are designed to sustain your interactive whiteboard’s weight.
Do not rest your interactive whiteboard on its side or on the top of its frame.
Notes
To take full advantage of all the interactive features of your SMART product, you must connect a digital projector (not included).
Some steps in the following procedure look different than illustrated if you have a SMART Board 685/D685 or 690/D690 interactive whiteboard.
Wall-mounting your interactive whiteboardFollow this procedure to mount your SMART Board interactive whiteboard on a wood or metal framed wall surfaced with gypsum or drywall. Some notes are provided for concrete wall installations.
Important
If you need to install your interactive whiteboard system on certain masonry wall types, including concrete or cinder block, reinforced concrete walls, walls with plaster lath finishing, walls of unusual construction or other types of walls, refer to your local building authority for instructions, recommendations and safe work practices.
To wall-mount your interactive whiteboard
Using a pencil, a carpenter’s level and a ruler or measuring tape, draw a horizontal line on the wall, centered on the mid-point of your interactive whiteboard’s future position. If your projector is already mounted on the ceiling, this is roughly the center of your projected image.
Important
The illustration shows a common height for adult users of SMART Board 680, D680, 685, D685, 690 and D690 interactive whiteboards. Refer to Recommended heights for wall-mounting for recommendations for other models and audiences.
Using the mounting bracket as a template, mark the location of the five mounting holes on the wall.
OR
If you’re installing a SMART Board 685/D685 or 690/D690 interactive whiteboard, space your wall-mounting brackets’ innermost screw holes
Warning
Use two wall-mounting brackets to install your SMART Board 685/D685 or 690/D690 interactive whiteboard. Using only one bracket could result in personal injury or product damage.
Use the Phillips No. 2 screwdriver to secure an included self-tapping wall anchor at each mark.
Caution
Do not use a hammer to secure these anchors.
If you’re unable to screw an anchor flush to the wall, you might have encountered a stud. If this is the case, you don’t need to use an anchor in this location. The stud will provide adequate support for the screw that secures the bracket to the wall.
Notes
For a concrete wall, drill holes at the marks, and then insert concrete anchors (not included) into the holes.
If necessary, stand on a stepladder so that you can secure these wall anchors flush to the wall.
Using the screwdriver, secure the wall-mount bracket to the self-tapping wall anchors with the included screws.
With the help of another person, temporarily hang your interactive whiteboard on the center of its wall-mounting bracket.
Aligning your interactive whiteboard with your projectorIf your projector is installed in a fixed location, align your interactive whiteboard to the projected image before you secure the L-shaped brackets. A correctly aligned image fits squarely on your interactive whiteboard’s screen. Each side of the projected image should extend almost to the edge of the display surface.
Important
For SMART Board D600 series interactive whiteboards, it is important to align your interactive whiteboard and projector correctly so that the projected image divider in dual-user mode in SMART Notebook software aligns with the physical center of your interactive whiteboard. The actual divider will always be in the physical center of your interactive whiteboard, regardless of where your projected image falls.
To align your interactive whiteboard with your projector
Install or position your projector on a projector platform or stand if necessary, and then turn it on and point the lens of your projector at the center of your interactive whiteboard’s screen.
Make fine adjustments to the image size, level and focus of the projected image, following your projector manufacturer’s instructions.
Slide your interactive whiteboard sideways on its bracket to align it with the projected image.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until your interactive whiteboard is properly aligned.
Completing your installationRefer to the following procedure to finish installing your interactive whiteboard.
To complete your installation
Below the bottom frame, you’ll find two L-shaped metal brackets. In the center of each bracket there is a metal tab. Push this tab back until it contacts the wall, and then mark the location of the mounting holes with your pencil.
Remove your interactive whiteboard from the wall, and then use the screwdriver to secure a self-tapping wall anchor at each mark.
Note
For a concrete wall, drill holes at the marks, and then insert concrete anchors into the holes.
With the help of another person, hang your interactive whiteboard back on the wall-mounting bracket, and then secure the L-shaped metal brackets to the wall anchors with the included screws, as illustrated.
Note
If you want to lock your interactive whiteboard with a security cable, see Locking the pen tray to your interactive whiteboard on page 16 before securing these brackets.
Position the pen tray in line with the two L-shaped metal brackets, and then slide it toward the wall until it rests snugly against the bottom frame of your interactive whiteboard. The pen tray clicks into place.
Route the modular I²C cable through the cable management channel under the lower-right end of the pen tray, and then insert its connector into receptacle 1.
Press the cable into the cable management channel on the bottom of the tray. This step protects the modular cable’s RJ11 connector from damage if the pen tray is removed without first disconnecting the cable.
Place the four pens and the eraser into their respective slots in the pen tray.