User Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
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Issue Solutions
The interactive whiteboard’s
optical touch system is dirty
or obstructed.
Clean the whiteboard using the cleaning instructions provided on
page23.
Using the connection wizard
SMART Settings includes a connection wizard for troubleshooting problems with the connection between
your computer and a SMARTBoard M700 or M700V series interactive whiteboard.
For example, you may need to configure a serial port manually in the following situations:
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The computer’s operating system doesn’t support plug and play.
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The
Found New Hardware
wizard doesn’t appear.
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You connected the interactive whiteboard to a power source after you started your computer.
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The Ready light remains red after you start SMART Board Tools.
To troubleshoot connections
1.
Click the SMART Board icon
in the notification area (Windows) or menu bar (Mac) and select
SMART
Settings.
Note
If your computer isn’t currently connected to an interactive whiteboard, the SMART Board icon
includes an X in the lower-right corner
.
2.
Click Connection Wizard.
The
SMART Connection Wizard
appears.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Using SMART Diagnostics
With SMART Diagnostics, you can troubleshoot a variety of camera problems and configure many of the
camera settings for SMARTBoard M700 and M700V series interactive whiteboards.
For more information about SMARTDiagnostics, see Using SMART Diagnostics.