Introduction The Acer Projector Gateway (APG) is a smart, integrated system that enhances presentations via your Acer projector. The APG provides versatile source connectivity, the latest eProjection Management tools, support for video playback via the built-in decoder and more. APG features: • With high-performance wireless projection via a built-in access point featuring a lossless CODEC or an RJ-45 port for wired connections.
English 2 Guide to components This table discusses the hardware features of the APG: 1 2 3 5 6 4 # Component Description 1 WLAN antenna connector Connects to a wireless LAN antenna. 2 Mini USB Project PC screen via mini USB (USB B). 3 USB Type A Connects to USB disk/stick for multimedia playback. 4 RESET button Restart the APG. 5 POWER indicator Indicates the APG's power status. 6 LAN port Connects to an Ethernet 10/100-based network.
• Acer eProjection Management software installed or Acer PnS token ready. Note: Acer PnS token is the optional accessory. • Computer CPU - Intel Pentium III-800 MHz (or greater). • Computer memory - 256 MB of RAM required, 512 MB or more recommended. • Hard disk - 10 MB of available hard disk space. • Display: Super VGA supporting 800 x 600, 16-bit high color or higherresolution display recommended (PC and display). • Ethernet adapter (10/100 Mb/s) for an Ethernet connection.
Connect to the projector Before you begin projecting, you will need to do the following things: Turn on and connect to the network Press the Power button on the bundled remote control or the device to turn on your Acer projector and enable the WLAN (only for wireless model). Connecting the projector to the LAN for a wired connection is also recommended.
Take note of the important information on the splash screen. The splash screen consists of the following items: Projector ID, Acer logo, network information and instructions. Projector ID (displayed only when available) The 4-digit number will not be displayed on the top left of the splash screen until this option is enabled by the supervisor in the Configure tab under Acer eProjection Management. The four digits are given randomly for projector identification.
English 6 standard. WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access - pre-shared key) and WPA2-PSK are other individual encryption methods with higher level security. The option is enabled by the supervisor in the Configure tab under Acer eProjection Management. For more information, please see Security settings on page 27. Note: Projector name (SSID) and security are only required for wireless model. Note: When change LAN/WiFi from off to on one projector OSD, please change projector source to "LAN/WiFi".
Enable your WLAN and select the access point labeled AcerProjector or AcerProjectorXXXX to connect wirelessly. Connect the projector to your LAN for a wired connection. Internet Note: Step 2 is only required for wireless model. 3 Open the Internet browser (see note). Click on Download Acer eProjection Management on the welcome page, and then click Run to launch the Welcome to the Acer Projector Gateway Setup Wizard. The installation will proceed automatically. Make sure the installation is complete.
English 8 Note: If you do not see the welcome page or cannot connect to the wired network, please enter the Server IP address (the second item listed under the Acer logo on the splash screen) into your browser's address bar. Note: Ensure that you have administrator-level permission on your computer so that you can install the software. Note: If you receive any security warnings, click OK to proceed with the installation procedure.
4 Acer eProjection Management will execute automatically and the window shown below will pop up to search for your Acer projector. Note: Make sure your personal firewall does not block the Acer eProjection Management application. 5 When the search is complete, a login dialog box will pop up to ask you to enter the User name and Projector ID (if needed) to log in to your acer Projector.
English 10 Acer eProjection Management Acer eProjection Management helps users connect to, and control Acer projectors with the integrated APG. By allowing the transmission of highquality audio and video signals, the APG gives users flexibility and convenience, allowing them to use an Acer projector in almost any room or setting.
The compact user interface (UI) provides a solid look and feel. • Allows you to change the projection resolution (a). To change the projection resolution, click on the resolution below the projector icon to reveal a list of choices.
English 12 • Project to split-screen or full-screen (b). To project from multiple sources, click a number to display by split screen in corresponding location. • Projecting or stop projecting (c) • Change to video playing (d). You can also select video clips to display from the compact window by clicking the arrow on the left of the screen. Select a video clip, and click the Play icon the playback. to load and Stop icon to stop Note: The video formats supported MPEG2/MPEG4/H.264 (option).
You can click the down arrow to reveal the full UI from the compact UI. The Main tab of the full UI displays Projector ID, Projector IP and User name information (a), and gives you the option to select a different wireless projector (b). Change other PCs who connected this projector by Switch presenter (c). You may also do real installation in hard disk via PnS token by clicking Install (d) or make another token via Save P&P(Plug & Play) Program to (e).
English 14 MobiShow Projection MobiShow allows content projection from a WiFi-enabled smart phone or PDA running Windows Mobile 5 and higher. Any type of screen content or a PowerPoint slideshow (requires conversion with the included utility) can be projected. MobiShow Installation Obtain the Mobishow installation (CAB) file from the installation CD. • Click Install MobiShow to download the software installer (in CAB format) to your mobile device. • Open your device's Explorer and locate the CAB file.
MobiShow will turn on Wi-Fi on your phone and list available access points for you to choose. • The MobiShow client will automatically search for wireless projectors (SSID with prefix AcerProjectorGateway) and connect. • If more than one projector is found, the following list is displayed for you to select the one to use. • When a wireless projector is found, it will automatically login and the following main menu is shown. Note: Media function of Mobishow is optional.
English 16 Select which feature to use. To project the screen of your phone, tap the Screen icon. To do a PC-less presentation using Presentation-to-Go (PtG), tap PtG. To play a video or MP3 from your device, tap Media. Project the device's screen MobiShow will project anything displayed on your screen. You may launch another application (such as PowerPoint Viewer) or open any file (such as a Word document or JPG image) and it will be projected to the projector.
Obtain the PtG converter from the installation CD and install it on your PC; this will enable you to convert PowerPoint files to PtG format. When you select PtG, the MobiShow client will automatically open Explorer for you to select a PtG file. Select the file to open for your presentation. When the file is open, the PtG slides will be projected while you will be shown controls on your device screen. The slides are projected fullscreen with all the effects of the original PowerPoint slides preserved.
English 18 Photo reviewer When you select the Photo function, MobiShow will automatically open Explorer for you to select a photo folder. Open a file (*.JPEG format) and controls show on your device's screen. Icon Item Description Prev/ Next Tap to go to the previous or next photo file. Play Tap to restart projection if it is stopped. Open Tap to select another Media file.
When you select the Media function, MobiShow will automatically open Explorer for you to select a media file. Select a file (videos in mpeg2, mpeg4 or H.264 format, or MP3 music files) to play. When the file is open, the media will be projected and controls shown on your device's screen. Icon Item Description FR/FF Tap to seek backward or forward. Vol-/ Vol+ Tap to adjust playback volume. Stop Tap to stop playing the file. The icon will become Play if the file is not playing.
English 20 Help Tap Menu to select Help to find MobiShow information. Using the PtG converter To use the Presentation-to-Go feature, you need to install the PtG Converter to your PC from the CD. Put the CD into your CD-ROM and follow the onscreen instructions to install the PtG Converter. Open Programs > PtG Utility > PtG Converter from the Start menu. The following control panel is displayed on your desktop. Click Convert to select a PowerPoint file and start conversion.
Open the Internet browser, it will redirect to "Acer Projector Gateway Web Management" main page automatically, or you can enter the Server IP address (Page 5) to access that. The default IP address is 192.168.100.10 for general wireless connections. Download Download the client software. You can download installation program for different platform to execute • Acer eProjection Management application for Windows NB or PC • MobiShow Utility for mobile phone (Window Mobile V5.
English 22 Note: You also can download from installation CD. Note: If using IE V 8.0, please adjust to disable SmartScreen Filter before executing download. Network Status Show IP address of this connection and projector status. Conference You can initiate conference by webpage. Clicking on Initiate Conference gives you control over who is projecting at any time, and prevents the current presenter from being disconnected inadvertently.
and a triangular icon . Inactive users are indicated by a square icon. To activate a user, click on the play this user icon next to the user's name. Click End Conference to end the conference. Note: Please remember to log out if you want to end conference. Note: support most of 32 users in same conference room. Advance Login Admin password is default by 123456 to access advanced setting page.
English 24 Console The Console page gives you access to a variety of status and control features to adjust best projection setting. From this page, you can get projection status, adjust brightness, contrast and aspect ratio, as well as change source and several advanced setting. You can also turn off the projector directly from this page.
The Configure tab allows you to change a variety of settings. Projector ID You can check Enter the projector ID to start projecting to ensure that only people in the room are able to access the projector. You can also select who can connect to the Internet via the projector's WLAN router - either all the meeting attendees, or only the person currently projecting. Note: The APG needs to reboot to apply changes made in Configure mode.
English 26 Network settings Click Network settings to adjust other network settings. Note: Default Projector Name (SSID) is AcerProjector and leave 11 digits for customer setting. Note: Projector name (SSID) is only required for wireless model.
If you're projecting sensitive information, you may want to set up a WEP or WPA-PSK key by clicking Security settings. The WEP key can support from 64- up to 128-bit encryption for wireless connections. This feature can be set and enabled by the supervisor. You must key in 5 or 13 ASCII characters, or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters. The WPAPSK/WPA2-PSK encryption key should be entered as 8 to 63 ASCII characters. This feature can be set and enabled by the supervisor.
English 28 Firmware upgrade Ensure the projector is connected to the LAN and the Internet, and click on Firmware upgrade and then click the Upgrade… button . The projector will access the Internet to automatically download and install any available upgrades.
Logout After tap "logout" , you will return to download page. Note: If using IE V8.0, please adjust setting in Compatibility view settings to make sure display normally.
English 30 Crestron Control Tool Open the Internet browser, You can find Crestron link in the mainpage of "Acer Projector Gateway Web Management". Tape Crestron to popup extra interactive FLASH webpage and start to use. Mainpage You can control projector by easy-to-use interface as Crestron tool, like volume control, source change and projector setting. For more information, please visit http://www.crestron.com & www.crestron.com/getroomview.
You can get projector IP information here, also can modify networking setting manually and set up password as wish. Info You can find projector information easily by this page and also can add additional information to help you manage each projector.
English 32 Mac Utility for Mac OS 1 You can project Mac screen via WPS-Pro. 2 You can get installation program from CD or download from webpages (page 7 & page 9) 3 Make sure your personal firewall allows WPS-Pro software to pass through. There will be shortcut WPS-Pro on desktop.
5 The UI will look as it does below when your source successfully connects and begins projecting in 1024 x 768 mode. English 4 Enter Login code (on the projected screen) if have and press OK to start rojection.
English 34 Compact and full user interface Presentation Mode Project desktop screen to Full screen or split screen Full Screen projection Project to Split #1 Project to Split #2 Project to Split #3 Project to Split #4 Pause projecting Stop projecting Magnifier Server Login Code While projecting in progress, this icon is blinking Video Mode Start Playing Video Stop Playing Video
Audio volume Audio volume strength bar Video time bar While playing video, it will be blinking About Click to open function menu and select "Web Admin" management web page. Please refer to Acer Projector Gateway Web Management (checking page 21).
English 36 Contact IT Help If you encounter any problem about projector, you can use this message window in upper-right of page to do real-time communication with IT people.
English Multi-media Introduction The Acer multimedia support offers easier projection without PC and player connected. Through USB type A slot, you can easily access PtG (refer to Page19) and JPEG photo files. The stylish user interface gives you best experience while playing these media files. This function is under projector source "USB A". You can use keypad and remote controller to adjust projector source upto "USB A". Multimedia Features • Fancy and stylish user interface for better experience.
English 38 Control Panel and Remote Control Icon Component Description RESYNC Back or stop function in multimedia controls. SOURCE Enter or play under certain control conditions. Back Back to upper data folder. Enter Press to confirm your selection of items. MENU Press to be back or stop function in multimedia controls. Direction Keys Press " " to select items or volume control while media playing. Press " " to enter or play function in most multimedia controls.
Adjust projector source to USB A (USB Type A), you will find below projecting screen. PtG For access of PtG files. You can use PtG converter (refer to P19) to transfer from ppt file to be ptg file, then project to keep all effect included in ppt file. Photo For access of JPEG photo files. You can use navigation key to choose in thumbnail or listing mode, or press Enter/eKey to do slideshow when playback photo by full screen.
English 40 Setup Adjust display setting. Appendices Troubleshooting If you experience a problem with your Acer projector, refer to the following troubleshooting guide. If the problem persists, please contact your local reseller or service center. Problems and Solution # Problem Solution 1 The projector stops responding to all controls If possible, turn off the projector, then unplug the power cord and wait at least 30 seconds before reconnecting power.
Introduction Remote Desktop is amazing feature which seamlessly bring your NB/PC to Acer Projector in your Meeting room. You can operate your NB/PC on Projector with remote control via standard USB keyboard and mouse. Plug and Play, support all standard USB keyboard/mouse It's easy to use wireless/wired standard USB keyboard/mouse to fully control your NB/PC in front of your Projector. Step 1: Turn on Acer Projector.
English 42 Display over USB Introduction Display over USB(DoUSB) projection is one easy function to project NB/PC screen on projector through one USB cable (USB type A to miniUSB) without installing any driver. If enduser un-plug the USB cable, projector will stop the projection and return to standby status. How to start DoUSB Step 1: Adjust projector source to USB B, you will find below projecting screen.
Through our auto-detecting and auto-adjusting/auto-stretching algorism inside the proposed platform, all the NB/PC screen resolution can be supported then wirelessly projected by the proposed platform. a If current resolution setting at the NB/PC side is smaller than the current projector resolution, our program will adjust current NB/PC resolution as the optimum projection resolution in order to reserve the best image quality in this kind of environment.
English 44 Features Table Modelname P1100C P1100A/ P1200A Wifi P1200B P1300WB/ P1200i P7203 / P7205 / P7500 P7200i/ P5271i 802.11b/g/n; 802.11b/g/n; 802.11b/g 802.
P1100C P1100A/ P1200A MobiShow (Network) Features P1200B P1300WB/ P1200i P7203 / P7205 / P7500 Yes (By USB WiFi dongle) Yes (By USB WiFi dongle) P7200i/ P5271i (1) Win Mobile V5 & above supported -- -- V V V V (2) iPhone supported -- -- Only photo & PtG Only photo & PtG Only photo & PtG Only photo & PtG (3) Screen projection -- -- V V V V (4) PtG function -- -- V V V V (5) Photo viewer -- -- V V V V (6) Media sender -- -- -- -- -- V (7) Quad-View (4-spli
English 46 Frequently asked questions • How do I configure the device network? Auto-Configuration Network Setup: The default setting of APG is DHCP client. When the APG is connected to a LAN that already has a DHCP server present, the APG takes an IP address assigned to it by the server. When the APG is connected to a LAN that does not have a DHCP server, the APG becomes the DHCP server in the network.
Due to your firewall setting, the client application may not be able to establish a connection for video streaming. Please check firewall settings to allow this application to be able to communicate with the server. (Inbound TCP 1041) To play streaming video, your personal firewall needs to allow the device to connect to your PC via the Inbound TCP 1041 port. • What are the possible connection combinations? APG connection System Projector Internet Remark WLAN WLAN V X By 192.168.100.
English 48 factors such as the location, distance or radio signals). • Does the APG support audio projection while presenting? No, APG can only project your PC's screen without audio. • What should I do if the display isn't smooth? Try using 1024 x 768 resolution.
