System requirements
In order for the SPDriver and the LightPen3 software to work properly, the computer system must meet the following requirements.
OS
Software library
CPU
Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit, Windows Vista 32 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit, Windows 8 32/64 bit
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is required.
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or more
(dedicated GPU is recommended)
Memory 2 GB or more
Free space on the hard disk 100 MB or more
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Please notice that it is not guaranteed of the proper operations for system requirements other than the above mentioned requirements or for the self-made computers.
If the USB port monitor software is working, the LightPen3 software or the SPDriver software may not work properly. In this case, please exit the monitor software before using the LightPen3 software or the SPDriver software.
Even all the requirements are meet, there is not guaranteed operations for all computers.
Screen images used in these instructions are subject to change without notice.
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For Windows system, do not use the supplied CD-ROM. Connect the computer to the projector via a USB cable, installation screen of "SPDriver" will appear automatically and follow the installation instructions on the screen.
For Windows 8 system, select "Desktop" from the tile displaying of the startup screen and perform the installation.
Installation of the Driver and Software
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Insert the software recorded CD-ROM into the CD drive.
Double click the “setup.exe” in the “WIN” folder.
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Initial image displays.
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Click “1.SPDriver”.
Start Installation and follow the on-screen instructions.
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The following image displays.
5) SPDriver icon (red) will be created on the taskbar when installation finished.
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Click "2.LightPen3" on the initial image in the previous page.
Start Installation and follow the on-screen instructions.
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The following image displays.
8) Shortcut icon will be created on the desktop when installation finished.
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Download the latest versions of "LightPen3" software from the following URL. http://panasonic.net/avc/projector/
The LightPen3 software may not work properly for some computers.
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Interactive functions initial settings
First, carry out the calibration for the projector sensor to accurately recognize the position of the projected screen.
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Start the Software
1) Connect the computer to the projector via a USB cable.
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The SPDriver icon in the taskbar turns from red into green.
2) Click "Start"→"All Programs"→"LightPen"→"LightPen3"→"LightPen3" from the
desktop.
Or double click the shortcut icon of "LightPen3" from the desktop.
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Tool bar appears on the right of the screen.
Tool bar
: SPD icon
: Mouse icon
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Select the operation mode of cursor
3) Click the "SPDriver" icon on the taskbar and select "Mouse" or "Touch" from the popup "Mode management".
Mouse
Touch
Cursor acts as a computer mouse.
Mode for touch display, and available for dual touch.
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Windows 7 support "Touch" mode and "Mouse" mode. Windows 8 only supports "Touch" mode. Windows XP and Windows
Vista only support "Mouse" mode.
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Perform the Calibration of the camera
4) Click the "SPDriver" icon on the taskbar and select "Auto Calibration" from the popup menu.
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Display the auto calibration screen and perform the auto adjustment. During the adjustment, do not block the projection image with any object or figure.
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If auto calibration fails, a confirmation screen for manual calibration will appear and select “Confirm” or
“Cancel” to continue.
Select “Cancel” to perform the auto calibration again.
Before performing the auto calibration again, please check the following situations.
1. Turn off the lights to darken the surroundings and reduce the reflection of external light to the
2. projection screen.
Readjust the focus again.
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Select “Confirm” to display the manual calibration screen.
Click the “SPDriver” icon on the taskbar and select the pop-up “Setting (Manual)” to display the manual calibration screen.
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Please use the LightPen to touch the target marks on the screen.
(If you would like to quit the calibration process, please use the
“ESC” key.) After the 4th point of calibration is finished, please wait for 2 secs while data is saved.
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Press the target mark
in the screen with the Pen.
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Each time you press the target mark, the moving order is
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Press the target mark
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The “Please wait...” message appears, and after completing the process the message will disappear.
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Attention
When carrying out the "Auto Calibration", make sure to project image onto a smooth screen.
If the projector detects the resolution be modified, the message "Resolution changed, please modify" will display, please carry out the Calibration again.
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When the position of the screen and the projector is fixed, there is no need for calibration again next time if you use the same computer at the same resolution.
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How to use the Interactive functions
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Tool bar functions
Tool bar
: SPD icon
: Mouse icon
Icon
Mouse
Red pen
Name
Green pen
Blue pen
Marker pen
Shape tool
Line thickness and color change tool
Eraser
To perform as a PC mouse.
To draw as a red pen.
To draw as a green pen.
To draw as a blue pen.
Description
To draw as a half-transparent yellow pen.
To draw a circle, a square, a triangle or a straight line.
To change the color and the thickness of the Pen.
To partially erase the pictures or lines.
Erase all
Save
Dual Pen
Whiteboard tool
Previous page
Next page
Editing tool
To erase all the pictures and lines.
To save the displaying screen to the computer.
To draw a picture in the "Full-screen mode" or "Divided-screen mode" with the 2 Pens.
To change the background to the whiteboard mode.
To return to the previous page.
To go to the next page.
To edit the drawn pictures or lines.
On-Screen Keyboard To display the On-Screen Keyboard.
Exit
To exit LightPen3.
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For "Mouse mode" and "Pen mode"
Mouse mode
Pen mode
: Mouse icon
: Pen icon
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Mouse mode
The "Mouse mode" is active immediately after Startup. Use a Pen or a Pointer to move the mouse cursor.
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When using the Pen, press the tip of the Pen to the screen as the use of a normal pen.
When using the Pointer (Optional accessories), press and hold down the button during use.
During mouse mode, press and hold the Pointer button or the tip of the Pen for about 2-3 seconds to do rightclick.
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Pen mode
Select the Pen icon (Red pen/Green pen/Blue pen/Marker pen) from the tool bar and draw a line with a Pen or a Pointer. You can set the thickness and the color of the line.
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When using the Pen, press the tip of the Pen to the screen to draw a line as the use of a normal pen.
When using the Pointer, press and hold down the button to draw a line.
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Press the icon on the taskbar to switch the "Mouse mode" or the "Pen mode".
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Position changing and Displaying / Hiding of the tool bar
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You can change the position of the tool bar, or switch the displaying / hiding of the tool bar.
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If you use the Pen or the Pointer to click a little space left to the projection screen edge, the tool bar will move to the left.
To move the tool bar below the screen and display it horizontally, use the Pen or the Pointer to click a little space below the projection screen edge.
If you use the Pen or the Pointer to click a little space right to the projection screen edge, the tool bar will move to the right.
To switch the displaying or hiding of the tool bar, use the Pen or the Pointer to click a little space outside of the projection screen with the tool bar side.
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Shape tool
Click the "Shape tool" icon to display the following menu and select the shape you want to draw.
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Line thickness and color change tool
Click the "Line thickness and color change tool" icon to display the following menu and choose the thickness or color of the line.
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Dual Pen tool
Click the "Dual Pen tool" icon to display the following menu and select the mode you want to draw.
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Functions of Dual Pen
Icon Name
Full-screen mode
Divided-screen mode
Description
To draw on the entire screen with two same color Pens.
To draw on the equally-divided screen with two same or different color Pens.
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Full-screen mode
Divided-screen mode
Left tool display Right tool display
Tool bar
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Function of the tool bar for dual Pen
Icon
Name
Red Pen
To draw with a red pen.
Green Pen
Blue Pen
White Pen
Thin circular stroke
To draw with a green pen.
To draw with a blue pen.
To draw with a white pen.
Description
To draw with a thin circular stroke.
Thick circular stroke
To draw with a round thick stroke.
Square stroke
To draw with a square stroke.
Eraser
Erase all
To partially erase the pictures and lines.
To erase all the pictures and lines.
Wallpaper select tool
To change the background to any wallpaper.
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Save
Exit
To save the displaying screen to your computer.
To exit "Full-screen mode" or "Divided-screen mode".
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You can draw with a combination of the color and thickness of the Pen. In the tool bar, the background of the color and thickness of the selected Pen displays bright.
In the "Divided-screen mode", the selected mode (the color of the Pen, Eraser, Erase all) will be displayed at the top left screen with certain icons.
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Whiteboard tool
Select the "Whiteboard tool" icon to make the wallpaper of the PC screen white. The (previous page) and the (next page) icons are replaced by the (wallpaper selection) and the (white wallpaper) icons.
(1) Select the icon to open the following window where you can choose the wallpaper that you want to use.
(2) Select the icon to change the wallpaper to white.
(3) To exit the Whiteboard mode, select the icon.
Related whiteboard tools
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Editing tool
Select the icon to display the following "Editing tool" bar and select the necessary functions of the editing work.
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Icon
Name
Object selecting, moving, scaling
Object rotating
Print
Undo
Undo canceling
Spotlight
Description
To select, to move, to scale the object that you draw.
To rotate the object that you draw.
To print the screen you drew.
To return to the last action.
To cancel the returning of the last action.
To display the part you want to emphasize.
Curtain
Vertical and horizontal shifting
To cover the part you want to hide.
To array the tool bar verticaly or horizontally.
Left and right shifting To move the tool bar left or right.
Editing tool bar
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Select the drawn object first and start to rotate with the "Object rotation" function. If you do not select the object, a message "Select the picture first" will display.
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Spotlight mode
Select the icon to display the below spotlight image.
Exit button
Cursor
When the cursor becomes a cross, you can change the position of the spotlight and drag.
When the cursor becomes a hand, you can change the size of the spotlight and drag.
When you finish viewing the spotlight, press the exit button on the top left to exit.
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Curtain mode
Select the icon to change the entire screen to black.
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Exit button
Cursor
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Place the cursor on the up, down, left or right button and the cursor will change to an arrow, drag the arrows to adjust the black curtain size.
When the cursor become a hand, you can drag it to move the black curtain.
When you finish viewing the curtain, press the button in the center to exit.
On-screen keyboard
Select the icon to display the below On-Screen Keyboard. You can write text to a document via the "Mouse mode".
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When using the On-screen keyboard in Windows 7, please make sure to set the security level of User Accounts to "Never notify". For changing the security level, click "Start" -> "Control Panel" -> "User Accounts" -> "User Account Control Settings".
How to use the PowerPoint Tool
1) Click the mouse icon in the taskbar and set the "PowerPoint Tool setting" to [On].
2) Start projection of the PowerPoint file with the "Slide Show Mode".
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PowerPoint tool bar
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Functions of the PowerPoint Tool bar
Icon
Name
Tool bar minimize
Tool bar position change
Mouse
To perform the mouse mode.
Description
To switch displaying / hiding of the other icons.
To move the tool bar to the left or right.
Mouse right button
Red Pen
To perform as the right button of the mouse.
To draw with a red pen.
To partially erase the pictures or lines.
Eraser
Erase all
Previous page
Next page
Page selecting
Exit
To erase all the pictures or lines.
To return to the previous page.
To go to the next page.
To select the page you want to project from the list of slide show page.
To exit the slide show mode.
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When you exit "Slide show mode", the PowerPoint Tool will automatically disappear.
The PowerPoint Tool does not support PowerPoint 2002.
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To exit the Software and Driver
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If you want to exit the LightPen3 from the tool bar
Select the icon (exit icon) from the tool bar.
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If you want to exit the LightPen3 from the taskbar
Click the icon (Mouse icon) from the taskbar and select .
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To exit SPDriver
Click the icon (SPD icon) from the taskbar and select
To uninstall the Software and Driver
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1) Select "Start" → "All Programs" →"LightPen"→"LightPen3" → "Uninstall LightPen3" on the desktop.
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Follow the uninstallation steps on the screen.
Select "Start" → "All Programs" →"LightPen"→"SPDriver" → "Uninstall SPDriver" on the desktop.
Follow the uninstallation steps on the screen.
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