Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PT1500MX Planar
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PT1500MX / P T1550MX / PT1501MX / P T1505MU / PT1555MU T ouch Scre en LCD Monitor s USER’S G UIDE www .planar .com.
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1 T able o f Conte nt s Usage Notice ........................................................................... 3 Preca ution s ........................................................................................3 Introduction ...................
2 Produ ct D imens ions .........................................................................20 Comp atibili ty Modes .........................................................................21 T ouch Sc reen Drive r Inst alla tion ...............
3 Usage Notice W a rning - T o prevent the risk of fire or shoc k hazards, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. W a rning - Please do not open or disassemble the produc t as this may cause electric shock.
4 Introdu ction About PT1 500MX / PT1550MX / PT1501 MX / PT1505MU / PT1 555MU The PT1500MX / PT1550MX / PT1501M X / PT1505MU / PT1555M U is a 15” flat panel screen with an active matrix, thin- f ilm transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD).
5 T ouch Scre en for PT1500MX / PT1 550MX 5-wire resist ive touch s creen f or finger an d stylus inpu t Surface: Ant i-glare trea tment Interface: Dua l RS-23 2 Serial/USB controll er .
6 Hardness of surfac e: Mohs’ Hardness rating of 7 Operating f orce: 80g (m in.) when using a sof t-tipped s tylus with an 8m m diameter m inim um.
7 Package Over view LCD Displa y Power Cord VGA Signal Cable USB Cable ( A to A) (PT1550MX/PT 1555MU) Audio-in Ca ble RS-232 Ca ble (PT1500MX/PT 1501MX / PT1550MX) USB Cable ( A to B) Touch Sc reen Dr.
8 Installation Product Over view Front View PT1500MX / PT1550MX / PT 1501MX Bott om View (W ithout S tand) PT1505MU / PT1555MU Bottom View ( W ithout S tand).
9 Kensingt on Sec urit y Slot The m onitor can be secur ed to your desk or any other fixed objec t with Kensington lock s ecurity products. T he Kensingt on lock is not included.
10 VES A M ount your monit or Th is mon ito r c on for ms to the VE SA Fl at P ane l M oun tin g P hys ica l M oun tin g In te rfac e S ta nda rd whi ch def ine s a phy si cal mo un ting i nt erf ac e.
1 1 Remove the Deskstand 1. Remo ve stand back cove r . 2. Remo ve hinge cover 3. Remo ve 4 screw s and then remo ve hinge..
12 St ar t Y our I nst al lation Remove the Back Co ver Please follow these inst ruct ions to remov e the cov er on the b ack panel of the LCD so that you can h ookup the cables to associated connector .
13 Connecting the Display (Figure 1 1.1) T o se tup thi s disp lay , pl ea se r efe r t o t he fol low ing fi gur e and pr oce du re s. 1. Be sure all e quipm ent is turned off. 2. Connect the AC po wer cord to the p ower con nector on the monitor a nd the other end into an e lectrical ou tlet (1 1.
14 T o ensure the LCD d isplay work s well with your computer , ple ase configure th e displa y mode of your graphics card to m ake it less tha n or equal to 1024 x768 r esolution a nd m ake sure the tim ing of the dis pla y mode is compatible with the LCD di splay .
15 User Co ntrols Front Panel Controls No Icon Menu / No / Ic on Control Function MENU Menu butto n Display the OSD men us Brightness Plus/Plus 1. Increases the brightness of the disp lay image. 2. In creases value of the adjus tment items Brightness Minus/Minus 1.
16 How to Use the OSD Menus 1. Press the "M ENU" butto n to pop up the “on-s creen menu” a nd to sel ect among the f our Main Me nus. 2. Choose the adjustm ent item s by pressing the “Select/ Auto” button. 3. Adjust the value of the adjustment i tem s b y pres sing t he “ ”or “ “ button.
17 On-S cree n Dis play Menus Ma in OSD Me nu: ITEM SUB MENU CONTENT Contrast 0-100 A d j u s t s t h e m a x i m u m l u m i n a n c e l e v e l o f t h e m o n i t o r Brightness 0-100 A d j u s t s.
18 Appendix T roublesh ooting If you are ex periencing tr ouble wit h the LCD display , refer to the f ollowing . If the problem persists, pleas e contact your loc al dealer or our ser vice center.
19 W arning Si gnal If you see war ning mess ages on your LCD sc reen, thi s means that t he LCD display cannot rec eive a clean s ignal fro m the co mputer grap hics card. There may be three so urces for this problem. Please c heck the ca ble connections or contact Plan ar for mor e informati on.
20 Product Di mensions.
21 Comp a tibilit y Modes Mode Resolution H-Frequenc y (KHz) V -Frequenc y (Hz) VGA 720x350 31.47 70 VGA 720x400 31.47 70 VGA 640x480 31.47 60 VESA 640x480 37.86 72 VESA 640X480 37.5 75 VESA 800x 600 35.16 56 VESA 800x 600 37.88 60 VESA 800x 600 46.88 75 VESA 800x 600 48.
22 T ouch Scre en D river Ins t allatio n Driver Installation Process: 1. Before you star t to insta ll the touch driver, please be sur e the USB or the RS-232 Ser ial cable is connected f rom the PC or the LCD displa y. 2. Uninstall an y touch scr een driv er that m ay be on your system .
23 PT1501M X Option al Capacitive Calibratio n T ool Install: If you would l ike to use t he Optional Capacitive Ca libration T ool, follow the instructions be low: 1. Open the CD-R om . 2. Select the M onitor Si ze and then Mo del Num ber . 3. Click on the “Load Utility” button that a ppears to th e right of the Model Num ber .
24 Using the R S232 conne ction: 1. Be sure that RS232 c able is connec ted fr om the com puter . 2. Power on the c omputer . 3. Load the touch screen dr iver CD. 4. Follow the ste p-by-ste p instructions as sho wn on pop-u p windows. Using the U SB conne ction: 1.
25 2. Power on the c omputer . 3. No need to i nstall USB driver f rom the CD as it is a HI D device. T he system will recognize the HID de vice and l oad the dri ver autom aticall y. If the touchsc reen is out of calibrati on, double c lick on th e HID calibr ation utility* and do the 4 poi nts calibrat ion.
26 below : 1. Po wer on the com puter . 2. Mak e sure that the RS232 or USB cab le is connec ted to the c omputer . 3. Us ing Platform Builder , build an im age file b y following the step- by-step instructions f ound in the zipped f ile on the CD. Please note: D o not plug i n both RS23 2 and USB ca bles .
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