Using the pen tray
In addition to providing a convenient place to hold the included pens, the interactive pen tray on SMART Board M700 series interactive whiteboards has several controls and indicators.
Note
SMART Board M700V series interactive whiteboards feature a durable pen ledge that holds the two included pens, rather than an interactive pen tray.
Pen tray buttonsIn the center of the pen tray, there are six buttons. The middle four change the color of digital ink that appears when you touch the screen. The buttons on either side of the pen color buttons default to the highlighter (left button) and fine-erase (right button) functions. These buttons light up to indicate the currently selected tool.
The buttons on the right side of the pen tray enable the right-click, on-screen keyboard, and orientation functions.
Understanding the Highlighter button’s status lightThe Highlighter button’s light also indicates the interactive whiteboard’s status. The Highlighter button’s light is solid white when the system is working properly.
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 USB HID 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 SMART Notebook software or SMART Ink, the interactive whiteboard isn’t receiving power, or the interactive whiteboard is in Standby mode. |
Customizing the pen tray buttonsYou 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.