User's Guide

Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 5
TROUBLESHOOTING
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Symptom Troubleshooting steps
When you write on the screen, the
ink appears in the wrong place.
OR
Writing is intermittent.
OR
Ink disappears as you write.
OR
Ink colors change unexpectedly.
l Restart the display.
l Confirm with the installers that the computer is connected to the display with
only a single cable.
l Make sure SMART Product Drivers and SMARTInk are installed and running on
any connected computers.
l Use a known working pen from another display to check if the issue is being
caused by the pen.
l Remove infrared sources, such as incandescent or arc lights, desk lamps, and
infrared audio devices, or move the display to another location in the room.
l Update the firmware.
You change the width or color of a
pen’s digital ink, but the width and
color revert to the pen’s defaults
when you next pick up the pen from
its holder on the display.
l Be aware that a pen’s color and thickness revert to the pen’s default values
when you place the pen back in its holder.
l You can change the pen’s default color and thickness through SMART Product
Drivers (see Changing pen, eraser, and button settings).
You can’t write or draw in Microsoft
Office.
l Make sure Microsoft Office 2013 or later is installed.
l Reinstall or update SMART Product Drivers and SMARTInk.
iQ apps aren’t working as expected
Symptom Troubleshooting steps
iQ apps aren’t working as
expected.
See Troubleshooting the iQ experience.
SMART software on connected computers isn’t
working as expected
Symptom Troubleshooting steps
SMARTNotebook software isn’t
working as expected.
See Troubleshooting SMARTNotebook.
SMART Learning Suite Online isn’t
working as expected.
See Troubleshooting common issues in SMART Learning Suite Online.
SMARTTeamWorks software isn’t
working as expected.
See Troubleshooting SMART TeamWorks.
SMART Meeting Pro software isn’t
working as expected.
See Basic troubleshooting for SMART Meeting Pro.
SMARTInk isn’t working as
expected.
See Troubleshooting SMART Ink.