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Author: Boonjin
Websites:

• Boonjin.com
  
• Smoothboard.net
  
• Smoothboard Wiki
  

[benpaddlejones]

Boonjin
Gui:
Have you plans to add any more significant functions? As I think we wait until you have finished most features, you get some more feedback and I play some more then, when we are writing the manual the flow of the Gui will be more consistent.

Bug:
I quickly tried to replicate but no success. Seems a bit simple but, would it be easy for application to just ignor the existing 'calibration.dat' and start from fresh every time calibration is executed?

Benpaddlejones

[jmatson]

Boonjin,

I love the latest version!  I did notice however, that when using the presenter with powerpoint, it skips a slide when I hit the wiimote button emulating a keyboard press left or right.  So it is as I pushed a keyboard left or right twice in a row. 

[boonjin]

Boonjin,

I love the latest version!  I did notice however, that when using the presenter with powerpoint, it skips a slide when I hit the wiimote button emulating a keyboard press left or right.  So it is as I pushed a keyboard left or right twice in a row. 

I will try to quickly rectify this bug. The application was simulating the key press again when the Wiimote button was lifted.
Thanks for the bug report!


Update: I have corrected this bug.
As this bug is quite critical, you should download the updated version at my website: http://www.boonjin.com/wp/2008/07/22/wiimote-smoothboard-35
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thanks to jmatson for identifying and reporting the bug.

Boon Jin

[benpaddlejones]

Boonjin
I was helping a primary teacher setup her Wiimote Smoothboard today. The calibration this happened again, similar circumstances (switching between presenter & whiteboard).

How do you save a settings file? I could not find how to create a new settings file, only modify & save existing.

If in Presenter only mode, cannot access presenter settings in Whiteboard settings mode.

I like the way the presenter settings slide out from the main window. Can this be done for the Whiteboard settings? Saves having multiple windows etc.

I think I will play more this weekend and compile a list of things that should be grouped, would that be helpful?

When we do a manual, can you include "?" links next too each tool? So if the user is unsure what it does, clicks the "?" then is directed to help details about the tool.

Benpaddlejones

[boonjin]

I was helping a primary teacher setup her Wiimote Smoothboard today. The calibration this happened again, similar circumstances (switching between presenter & whiteboard).

How do you save a settings file? I could not find how to create a new settings file, only modify & save existing.

Will try to settle this issue as fast as possible.
You can modify the current settings file and click Save As to be a new settings file.

If in Presenter only mode, cannot access presenter settings in Whiteboard settings mode.

Do you need to access the Presenter Mode tab within the Whiteboard settings? This is because it will only affect the usage of the whiteboard (ignore the stationary IR source)

I like the way the presenter settings slide out from the main window. Can this be done for the Whiteboard settings? Saves having multiple windows etc.

Yea, the effect seems cool. I am scared overloading the main window will cause performance issues. So do you think the whiteboard settings should load into the same area where the presenter settings are? (only one can be shown at a time)

I think I will play more this weekend and compile a list of things that should be grouped, would that be helpful?

When we do a manual, can you include "?" links next too each tool? So if the user is unsure what it does, clicks the "?" then is directed to help details about the tool.

Yeah! Grouping things together will be certainly helpful. You can also rename/rewrite the titles/instructions to be more meaningful.

About the "?" links, I was thinking about that too. We can have a small balloon showing brief information about the function and if possible link to the user guide. The user guide can be made into a Help File (.CHM).

[Lulu1356]

Just tried out wiimote smoothboard 0.3.
Congratulation!!! Wonderfull work well with vista integral SP1

Just a difficulty
Want to adapt the presentation keys for the small zoomit program (simple and very good)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx
But get some difficulties:
have to do IR pointer+ left click+ tab key but multikey does not support WP special keys
seems that zoomit controls "too many things"

Could you help??

Regards

[boonjin]

Just tried out wiimote smoothboard 0.3.
Congratulation!!! Wonderfull work well with vista integral SP1

Just a difficulty
Want to adapt the presentation keys for the small zoomit program (simple and very good)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx
But get some difficulties:
have to do IR pointer+ left click+ tab key but multikey does not support WP special keys
seems that zoomit controls "too many things"

Could you help??

Regards

Hi Lulu1356,
Thanks for the feedback!

I have just downloaded the ZoomIt app. Just to clarify, which WP special keys do you need to function together?

Edit: Wow! Its a cool program. It works well with the wiimote presenter here.
Here is how I added the Zoom Toggle Shortcut for the ZoomIt (Control + 1)
I have just selected the "Key 1" combobox and press the Control button on the keyboard
and selected the "key 2" combobox and press the "1" button on the keyboard
I selected the button I wanted to assigned to from the "Wiimote Button" combobox and clicked Enter.

Repeat the steps for the Drawing Toggle Shortcut (Control + 2)

Here are the automatically generated keycodes:
For Zooming:
WP82 0x11 0x31 ControlKey D1
For Drawing:
WP82 0x11 0x32 ControlKey D2

Thanks! Its really a cool small app!

Regards,
Boon Jin

[Lulu1356]

Hello,

thank you for your response,

The difficulty is mapping keys to draw
a square
tab+ir+left click
a circle
Ctrl+IR+leftClick
an arrow
shift+control+ir+left clik

But it seems (not sure) that some key of the wiimote are desabled by the zoomit software

Other question : Do you use or know if somebody use the nunchuk part of the wii?? It could be cool to use it as a trackball and left and right click

Regards

[boonjin]

Hello,

thank you for your response,

The difficulty is mapping keys to draw
a square
tab+ir+left click
a circle
Ctrl+IR+leftClick
an arrow
shift+control+ir+left clik

But it seems (not sure) that some key of the wiimote are desabled by the zoomit software

Other question : Do you use or know if somebody use the nunchuk part of the wii?? It could be cool to use it as a trackball and left and right click

Regards

Hi,

Looks like you have to map the left click and other buttons separately. You will have to click both the buttons simultaneously to obtain the circle/lines.

For the Shift+Control+IR+Left Click, you can assign Shift+Control to a button and Left Click to another button. To draw the arrow, press and hold the first button and press on the left click button to start drawing.

If you got an extra Wiimote, then you can use the Whiteboard and Presenter Modes simultaneously. With this, you can click and hold an assigned button (for Control /Shift/Tab/Control+Shift) on the Wiimote and draw directly on the screen with an IR pen

Edit: I have tried another method using the Outside Screen Toggles in the Whiteboard Mode. At the bottom of the screen, I have set the triggers to be, Shift Control Tab and Control+Shift.
When I want to draw a shape for example the arrow (Control+Shift Left Mouse Down), I click and hold while dragging the assigned area of the (Control+Shift) Trigger into any neighbouring screen area and let go. This will cause the application to simulate the key press down without simulating the key press up. Next, you can draw the arrow line.
When you are done, you can release the (control+shift) key by clicking on the specified trigger area once.

Hope this solution helps.

Regards,
Boon Jin

[Lulu1356]

Thank you for your help

I will try do do something, but after 10 days (I go travelling)

You did not respond for the consideration of the nunchuk

Regards

[boonjin]

Thank you for your help

I will try do do something, but after 10 days (I go travelling)

You did not respond for the consideration of the nunchuk

Regards

Hi,
Sorry! I forgot to include the response. hehe.

Using the nunchuk to control the mouse pointer might be quite difficult. If we use the nunchuk's analog control, it might be hard to make fine adjustments to the cursors's motion.
Furthermore, the nunchuk extension does not look suitable during presentations.

However, the nunchuk is suitable for controlling motion such as moving around in games.

Currently, the Wiimote Smoothboard does not support the usage of the nunchuk.

Do you have any suggestions on how to utilize the nunchuk?

Regards
Boon Jin

[Lulu1356]

suggestion could be a mouse control such as with a trackball, with right and left click (just like some presenters)
and if accelerometer works in nunchuk to change some parameters (like with wiimote)

Regards

[Lulu1356]

Do you know this program too

http://lightools.fredisland.net/index2.htm

Nice little program too

Do you know others like this?

Regards

[boonjin]

suggestion could be a mouse control such as with a trackball, with right and left click (just like some presenters)
and if accelerometer works in nunchuk to change some parameters (like with wiimote)

Since the Wiimote already has an IR camera, I think having the mouse control on the nunchuk will be quite redundant.
I will see what can the nunchuk do.

Do you know this program too
http://lightools.fredisland.net/index2.htm
Nice little program too
Do you know others like this?

Wow..looks like you have been using all kinds of software for your presentations. I have not actually used any tools for my presentations yet(even the Wiimote Smooth Board).
Have you tried Annotate! Pro which was recommended by Ben?
http://www.annotatepro.com/
However, it is not free.

[Lulu1356]

I am looking, studying and testing, for myself (beginning teaching with it in september), and trying to equip a portuguese university (before december), the university is working for very good IR pointers.
Did not decided yet which one I will use for me

For the junction with the wiimote, I will strongly recommand smoothboard, it is, by far, the most interesting I tested.

I think zoomit seems one of the simplest and more complete.

Succeeding maping keys with smoothboard will be decisive.

Do you which a direct email contact??

Regards