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USER’S GUIDE LiteShow ® WIRELESS FREEDOM FOR YOUR PROJECTOR. 6793LS_UG.qxd 4/19/04 4:53 PM Page 1.
Declar ation of C onf ormity Manufa cturer: InFocus Co rporatio n, 27700B SW Parkwa y A ve. W ilsonvil le, Oregon 97070 U SA European Office: Strawin skylaan 585, 107 7 XX Am sterdam, The Netherlan ds.
FCC W a rning This equi pment has been tested and found to c omply wit h the limit s for a Cla ss A digi tal devic e, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits ar e designed to provide r easonable pr otection against harmful interfer ence when the equipment is operated i n a commer cial envir onment.
Contents Introd uctio n 1 What is LiteShow? 2 Contents 5 About the docum entation 6 If you need assi stance 6 Projecting v ia LiteShow 7 About the LiteShow Adapter 7 The LiteSh ow Splash Screen 9 The .
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InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 1 Intr oduction Congra tul ations . Y ou hav e cho sen to ste p into the futur e o f wi rel ess proj ecti on b y us ing th e InF ocus ® LiteSho w ® cab le-free di gital projec tion system.
2 InFoc us LiteSh ow Use r’s Gui de Be sur e to regi ster y our LiteS how onlin e at www .infocus.com/serv ice/register to r eceive pr oduct updates, announce- ments, and r egist rati on incent ives. What is LiteSho w? The LiteS how a dapter contai ns an 802.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 3 LiteSho w and the pr ojector The LiteShow a dapter connects to a compatible pr ojector b y plugging i ts embedded M1 connector int o a pr ojector ’s M1-D or M1 -DA receptac le. The ad apter ’s latc h mech anism is at tached by tight ening th e two thumbs crews.
4 InFoc us LiteSh ow Use r’s Gui de Fe at ur e S e t s One of Lit eShow’s c apabilities is to s witch fr om one n etwork to another , and to fin d avail able pr ojectors on other net - works vi a the Li teSho w Mana ger' s Scan butt on. T his is kn own as the Advanced F eatur e set.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 5 Contents Y our LiteShow sys tem com es with the it ems shown in the ill ustr ation bel ow . Note that the wi reless PC ca rd a dapter* i s optional.
6 InFoc us LiteSh ow Use r’s Gui de About the documentatio n Use the LiteShow Quick Start Guide included in the Li teShow pa ckaging to inst all an d set up LiteSh ow .
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 7 Projecting via LiteSho w This sec tion give s you more detail on LiteS how and i ts compon ents. Reading th is sec tion s hould give you a better unders tandin g of the L iteSh ow syst em and allow you to , if nee ded, make cha nges to it .
8 InFocus Li teSho w User’ s Guide LiteSho w ada pter tips In r egar ds t o your Lit eShow a dapter , keep the follo wing in m ind: • Be car eful w ith the LiteShow adapter: do not dr op i t or other wise mis handle it. Keep t he LiteSho w adapt er in i ts prot ective sleeve when you ar e not using it.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 9 The LiteShow Splash Scr een Once you’ ve atta ched the L iteSho w adapte r to a projector a nd powered tha t projector o n, you should see the Lit eShow Splash Scr een, as depi cted belo w . The LiteShow S plash Scr een is a small window th at appea rs in the upper left c orner of the pr ojected scr een.
10 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e If you cann ot see th e LiteS how Spla sh Screen aft er you’ve atta ched it to a projec tor and po wered the projector on, con- firm th at Au to Source i s selec ted o n your p rojecto r and tha t the M1 source i s conne cte d.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 11 The LiteShow Mana ger softwar e The LiteShow Ma nager client applica tion is your tool for contr olling t he LiteShow ada pter an d wir eless pr oject ion. W e re comm end th at y ou pe riodic ally r efer to t he In Focu s Upgr ade an d Downl oad s cent er at update s@inf ocus.
12 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e The list win do w The list window cont ains f ive co lumns: •F a v o r i t e s : When you check t his box fo r a pr ojector , the list wi ndow displa ys these proj ectors whe ther their stat us is Unknown, In Use, or A va ilable.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 13 Project/St op Butt on If an A vailable or Unknown pr ojector is selected, the Pr oject button is ena bled. The Project button is disabled if t here ar e no pro jectors found o r selected.
14 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e Settings Butto n The Settings button is ena bled when a pr ojecto r in t he list is selected. Clicking i t ope ns the S ettings w indow . The Se t- tings w indow , discuss ed on pag e 16, contai ns the Sett ings, Diagnost ics and WLAN tabs.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 15 Enable enc r ypti on whil e I’m projec ting The default st ate for Enable encr ypt ion whil e projecti ng is disab led (not c hecked). When checked , it allow s you t o proj ect utiliz ing 128 -bit A dvanced E ncryp tion Sta ndar d (AE S) securit y techn ology .
16 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e Settings Window Note : When discussing "S ettings, " keep in mind that the Set tings windo w options a re for the Lite Show adapt er , while the settings in th e Prefer ences box ar e for your compute r .
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 17 3 Click the OK butt on to save the passwor d and clos e the w indow . The Sett ings tab is still open, bu t the Set P ass- word button toggle s to Ch ange Password .
18 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e Settings T ab The fields i n the Se ttings tab a re popula ted with the selected pr oject or ’s settings. LiteShow Name : By defa ult, th e name is myLiteShow , but you should ch ange it to distin guish it from o ther Li teShow adapt ers on th e WLAN .
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 19 The Dia gnostic s T ab The Diagn ostics t ab cont ains a button for bli nking the LE D. It als o shows you Li teShow version in formatio n and the MAC Addr ess.
20 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e The WLAN T a b The WLAN t ab cont ains connect ion and s ecurity /auth enticat ion options . When you ma ke change s in this tab, t he LiteSho w r eboots a nd is te mporari ly unav ailab le. T ype s o f con nect ions Ther e are two metho ds of connecting to a wire less network .
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 21 road and use Ad-Hoc mode, ch ange y our LiteS how settings BEFORE lea ving. If you do not, you wil l need t o do a fac- tory re set (pag e 24) which sets th e LiteShow to A d-Hoc mode.
22 InFocu s LiteSh ow Us er’s Guid e Netw ork Name (w hen u sing Infr astruc tur e mode ) : The field changes fr om a text-ent ry field to a dr op-down men u when you select I nfrastr uctur e mode. Choose an ex isting WLA N name fr om t he lis t, or ch oose "Oth er WLAN name" and enter a WLAN.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 23 T r o ubleshooting and F r equentl y Ask ed Questions T roubleshooting No LiteShow adapters appear in the list of LiteShow Manag er . T r y t he following : • Make sur e that the LiteShow -enabled pr oje ctor is i n range with y our computer and that the pr ojector is power ed on.
24 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Reset ting your L iteS how T o reset your Lit eShow to the or iginal factory setting s, do t he following : 1 Remove the LiteShow module from the project or . 2 Grasp the m odule in both h ands. Pr ess fir mly on the rib bed portion of t he clear plasti c top to diseng age th e locking tab.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 25 4 Replace t he LiteShow on th e pr ojector (with the car d sti ll r emoved fr om the slot ). A sta tus dia log appe ars and pr o- vides a 30-secon d countdow n for t he re set. A fter se veral mor e sec onds, th e splash scr een show s “Restor ed” .
26 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Fr equently Asked Quest ions The followi ng ar e ques tions t hat you ma y have a bout t he LiteS how system and it s individ ual part s. Q : The Sc an butto n is not e nable d, and th e LiteS ho w M anag er w indo w sho ws “Basi c fea ture set”.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 27 Update a Wireless Driver Contact y our wir eles s har dwar e ven dor ’s technical support for 802.1 1b driver up dates. M ost vendor s now support WLAN configura tion optio ns that pr ovide for advanced net work sw itching featur es.
28 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide T o set up Networ k Pr ofiles, t he following wir eless LA N setting s need to match . This allow s LiteSho w to w ork without a wir eless adapt er driver that fu ll.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 29 WLAN - or Network Name (also known as SSID (BSSID)) IP addr ess - both PC and adapter must use co mpatible IP address and subnet masks In a ddit ion , t he f ol.
30 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Macint osh 800 x 6 00 x tho usan ds of color s 1024 x 768 x tho usand s of co lors 1024 x 7 68 x milli ons of c olors Q: Why does m y comp uter or my desktop ic ons fl icker , or my task bar go blank when I click th e Project butt on? A: It is likely that your c omputer is switc hing r esolu tions.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 31 Q: I see a Security Alert message fr om Windo ws Fir e wall. What does this mean? A: If you are using XP and Ser vice P ack 2, this mes sage a ppears d ue to th e new f irewall fu nctiona lity . Simply selec t “Unbloc k this pr ogr am, despite t he secu rity risk ” and click OK to us e LiteShow .
32 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Q: I’m a r estri cted PC user and the Lite Sho w r esponse t ime is v ery slow . Wh y? A: This involves the differen t methods used by rest ricted and administr ative users for turning off Windows XP N et- work Zer o Configura tion.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 33 Glossar y 802.11: IEEE 80 2.1 1 specificatio ns ar e wir eless st andar ds t hat specif y an over -th e-air inter face b etween a w ire less client and a base s tation or betw een two w ir eless c lients, su ch as the Li teShow a dapter and a c omputer ’s wir eless ad apter .
34 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide IEEE: Institut e of Elect rical an d Electr on ics Engin eers, New Y ork, (www .ieee.or g) Infra str uctu re Mode : an 802.1 1 n etworking framework where devices communicate with eachother by first going through an Access Poi nt (AP).
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 35 Appendix Specifications Te m p e r a t u r e Opera ti ng Non-o perating 50 to 10 4 ° F (10 to 40 ° C) at sea lev el 50 to 95 ° F (10 to 35 ° C) a t 1 0, 000.
36 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide Accessories The LiteShow system comes wit h the followin g accessories, e xcept wher e not ed: Included Ac cessory Part Number LiteShow adapter 591-0260-01 Wireless .
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 37 Compatible pr ojectors The followi ng table cont ains pr ojector model s that have been test ed and ar e known t o be compatible with th e LiteS how wir el ess pr ojec tion sys tem. V isit ou r websit e at www .
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InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 39 Numerics 32-bit color d epth 3 802.11 33 802.11b 2 A Access point 33 accessories 36 Ad-hoc Mode 33 Advanced Feature s et 33 adva nced f eat ures 26 assis tance .
40 InFocus LiteShow User’s Guide L LAN 34 list wind ow 12 Available 12 In Use 12 Status 12 Unknown 12 LiteShow adapt er 7 features 7 resetting 24 tips 8 LiteShow doesn’t see the projector 23 LiteS.
InFo cus Lite Sho w Us er’s Guid e 41 R range 3 register your LiteShow 2 resetting your LiteShow 24 restoring factory def aults 24 S Scan button 13 Scan button no t operationa l 4, 26 Set P ass word.
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LiteShow User’s Guid e 43 One-Y ea r W arranty Limite d W arranty Subjec t to the Limit ations, Exclusio ns and Disclaimer s her eof, I nFocus Corporation (“InFoc us”) wa rrants that the Pr o- j.
44 Lite Show User ’s Guid e The Accessory Product L imited W arranty covers the accessor y item only and excludes norma l wear . The La mp Prod- uct Lim ited W arranty exclude s ex pected lamp degrada tion. Remanufactur ed Products and Softwa re Pr oducts ar e exempt from the foreg oing Limited W arranty .
LiteShow User’s Guid e 45 paid, to an InF ocus S ervice Center or to a servic e facilit y aut horized b y InFoc us. When r eturnin g Pr oduct to InF ocus, a Service Reque st Number (SR #) i s requir ed and must be clear ly displaye d on the outside of the shi pping carton or a simila r package a ffor din g an equal degr ee of pr ot ection.
46 Lite Show User ’s Guid e LiteShow Wireless Pr oducts So ftware W arranty Statemen t Y ou agree that this SO F TW ARE PROD UCT is pr ov ided by InFoc us “AS IS” w ithout an y wa rranty of any kind. In Focus has no resp onsibility or liability for any bug or defect fixes or serv ice support .
LiteShow ® WIRELESS FREEDOM FOR YOUR PROJECTOR. USER’S GUIDE InFocus Corporation 27700B SW Parkway Avenue Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-9215 1-800-294-6400 • 503-685-8888 Fax : 503-685-8887 http://www .
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