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Using SMARTBOARD to wake computer from screensaver
Started this discussion. Last reply by Abby London Feb 9, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I've got a teacher who used to be able to use your finger on the SMARTboard to wake the computer form the screen saver but now it doesn't respond and has to be done on the trackpad. Anyone know…Continue
Tags: screensaver, saver, screen
Re-orienting every time the adapter in unplugged or plugged back in
Started this discussion. Last reply by Randy Tran Oct 25, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
We are having to reorient our boards every time we unplug our adapter and plug them back in. Is this what everyone else has to do?We are on MACs here. It seems to be the most problematic with the…Continue
Squiggly Lines
Started this discussion. Last reply by Obe Hostetter Jun 11, 2012. 23 Replies 0 Likes
I'm a new technology assistant at a school on Mac with quite a few SMART boards. One of our teachers has been having problems with his board for the last three years. The most pervasive is that…Continue
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Randy Tran replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"Generally we recommend that when you do mount the board on a magnetic or metallic surface that you use Nylon Washers to separate the metal from the backside of the board.
We even provide them for free on request, or just get some from your…"
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"I've got the squiggle on at least 5 boards now... only thing that fixed it was replacing the board for an 800 series
Another one of our boards is now unusable, but it started with the squiggle and then went downhill from there, random loss of…"
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"Frank- thank you soooooo much for your help."
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"So.... I have to give a major shout out to Frank he facilitated getting an 800 series for our teacher and heis no longer losing orientation or getting the squiggle, seems to have been problems associated with the 600 series.
We are looking look on…"
Theresa Pierce replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"Just wanted to give an update. Still getting wacky writing periodically. Our vendor rep was here yesterday and helped with troubleshooting and I have some addn questions to ask our vendor help desk. We do know this - computer being used has USB 2.0.…"
Bob Humphrey replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"We had this problem with a few boards here. The solution was to make sure the board was completely isolated from the mount (Conan mounts). We used pieces cut from a bicycle inner tube for the four places the mount contacts the board and pennies…"
Theresa Pierce replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"So far - our teacher has had 2 days with no crazy writing!!! I also went back in some of my emails and found this note as well - in case it helps anyone out there :)
The pointer moves erratically or gaps appear when you draw with a pen, indicating…"
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"Do you have an update on testing the direct line of power in?
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Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"I have an update on this problem. Doesn't seem to be isolated to the one board, I've had at least 5 of the board have a certain spot where sometimes you can't draw a straight line, it squiggles. I've got our…"
Theresa Pierce replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"We have a teacher with a similar issue and are working with our vendor support. They have suggested plugging in the computer used with the board directly to a wall outlet and NOT using a powerstrip (it had been plugged in to a powerstrip) We are…"
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Using SMARTBOARD to wake computer from screensaver"Core2Duo and firmware is 5.3.0.0
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Obe Hostetter replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"Sorry, that is very frustrating. Have you tried using the SMART Board in a different room to see if it works?
I did have one SMART Board that refused to work. We figured out the electrical cables near it might be messing it up.…"
Abby London replied to Abby London's discussion Squiggly Lines"different board and still the squiggles. Even tried it with a PC. Feeling hopeless. Tried it away from the wall and it still squiggled, just not as bad. Haven't heard anything from our SMART distributor in about 2…"
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I've got a teacher who used to be able to use your finger on the SMARTboard to wake the computer form the screen saver but now it doesn't respond and has to be done on the trackpad. Anyone know where this setting is?See More
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