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Author: Boonjin
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• Boonjin.com
  
• Smoothboard.net
  
• Smoothboard Wiki
  

[benpaddlejones]

Everybody wonders why I have a 1 meter high tripod with a wiimote mounted onto it

Try dealing with 30 teenages that see a wiimote and assume they will be playing Nitendo Wii for the lesson!

Benpaddlejones 

[boonjin]

Everybody wonders why I have a 1 meter high tripod with a wiimote mounted onto it

Try dealing with 30 teenages that see a wiimote and assume they will be playing Nitendo Wii for the lesson!

Benpaddlejones 

Maybe you should get a Wii console to entertain them once a while.

I poked around a bit in the GUI and found hot switches for various apps and some alternatives to the outside switches - very useful...

Now I have to give my IR-pen some more "ooomph" as the screen on my laptop is very matte and barely gives any useful reflection - I set up a tablet working space on my desk meanwhile

Everybody wonders why I have a 1 meter high tripod with a wiimote mounted onto it
(the downside of being in the middle of an open office landscape)

//UndCon

Glad to hear that it works well for you.

[hagoh88]

I have tested the smoothboard in a presentation. Everything seems fine. But i do have a suggestion.

For the balloon notification , it should display a descriptive statement like previous slide, next slide, pen , arrow instead of up , down , control P, control A. It would definitely be a help to teachers or whoever is using it especially since different programs use different key combinations.
 
This could be achieved by having a textbox in the settings which would be displayed instead of the keystrokes.

To help shorten the space area, could implement the tick box for ctrl, alt etc like what is used in macros in microsoft office.

Hope that is agreeable with the rest of the forumers

HAGoh

[xmpcray]

Hi BoonJin,

Excellent app! Donated a little to your kitty yesterday.

A small query - I am working on a very small screen size (resolution <800x600) and when I try to calibrate the screen the markers go out of the screen! I can only see the top left mark. Is there any way of bringing the calibration marks inside? They work perfectly on my 1024x76 and greater screen sizes.

Thanks again!
Kawaljit

[boonjin]

Hi BoonJin,

Excellent app! Donated a little to your kitty yesterday.

A small query - I am working on a very small screen size (resolution <800x600) and when I try to calibrate the screen the markers go out of the screen! I can only see the top left mark. Is there any way of bringing the calibration marks inside? They work perfectly on my 1024x76 and greater screen sizes.

Thanks again!
Kawaljit

Hi Kawaljit,
Thanks for your donation!

I have not actually tested this on a 800x600 screen. In the whiteboard settings, under the Screen tab, does the resolution show 800x600? Maybe the detected resolution was wrong.

A temporary solution is to click Select Screen Area and select the whole screen.

I will try this out when I have access to my computer.

Thanks.

Regards,
Boon Jin

[xmpcray]

Hi Boon Jin,

You were right. It was detecting the wrong resolution (probably because I have 2 split monitors).

Worked fine when I went to single monitor.

Cheers!

ps. any plans to release the source code?

[UndCon]

I have also detected som anomalies with 2 monitors in use

my laptop has 1920*1200 or something, and my external TFT only has 1280*1024

it seems it depends on wich monitor the program is executed from...atleast it worked when i disabled one of my screens...

[ariesgsm]

Updated on 14th August 2008:
I have just released the latest wiimote whiteboard, Wiimote Smoothboard 0.4.6.
I have tremendously modified the user interface according to the feedback I received through this thread and also through the survey.
I have also corrected several bugs and annoying issues with the old version. Please help to test this version out so that we can have a stable version 1 very soon. Thanks!

Additional details and link to ZIP file here: http://www.boonjin.com/wp/2008/08/14/wiimote-smoothboard-045-beta

Later today, I will post some screenshots and basic instructions to get started with this new version.

Thanks to everyone who have given their valuable feedback and donations.

Screenshots for Wiimote Smooth Board 0.4.6







 

Features for Wiimote Smoothboard 0.4.5

Multiple Wiimotes Support – allows the usage of a secondary Wiimote for redundancy
   -Primary and Secondary Wiimotes can be switched
   -Primary Wiimote can be used to focus a specific screen area
   -Activate Whiteboard Mode and Presenter Mode simultaneously
Configurable Screen Area Tracking – calibrate a selected screen area and/or select another display to be used as an interactive whiteboard
Outside Screen Area Toggles
   -Simulate Mouse Clicks – right click and double click
   -Simulate Key Presses – allows multiple key combinations
   -Launch or execute any application/file which has a default viewer
   -Notification Balloon – displays triggered events
Cursor Control Toolbar – resizable toolbar that allows quick toggles between left click, right click, double click and motion only cursor.
IR Calibration
   -Viewable calibration setup to allow easier adjustments for greater tracking utilization
   -Configurable infrared (IR) sensitivity to allow greater range or improved accuracy
Integrated Wiimote Presenter 0.2- allows the control of the computer even when away from the screen
   -Cursor Control – with a stationary IR source
   -Key Presses – using mapped Wiimote buttons
   -Timers – tool to keep track of timings
   -Compatible with pre-existing Wiimote Presenter files
   -Laser Pointer cursors - Use this at your own risk!
Easy switching between settings files for Whiteboard Mode and Presenter Mode
Cursor Smoothing – reduces jagged lines when drawing in Whiteboard Mode and Presenter Mode
And More!


Note: Unlike my earlier releases, I have not written a detailed user guide. This is because this version is intended to be used for testing purposes before the actual full release of the Wiimote Smoothboard. For the actual release, I will need a lot of help in preparing end-user guides that are specifically written for non-technical users and also an in-depth guide for more advanced users.

Thanks for supporting the Wiimote Smoothboard!

Boon Jin


Wiimote Smooth Board 0.1 - Demonstration Video

sir can i ask question about the programming language you use, is it visual C## or  VB.net?

can you send the source code of having a right click double? like in sir johnny lee blog?

thanks in advance   

[micbridge]

BoonJin:

I just came back to your webpage and it looks like you've really been busy. I think it is terrific that you've worked with Jason Smith to integrate the presenter. I use both the whiteboard and the presenter programs separately at work and this integration will definitely help with setup time.

I have a new addition to suggest to the presenter program. Often times we have multiple presenters and a restricted time schedule for each presenter. It is too uncertain to setup the timer for wiimote to help control time. Can you set up a keyboard key that when tapped will buzz the wiimote? This could serve as a private buzz to the presenter from the person behind the laptop to say "Hey, your running long."

Thanks for your consideration.

[MattSacks]

New user here, having trouble getting this program working.
I'm using a Vishay 6400 IR Pen, OS is Windows XP; Bluetooth Adapter is Rocketfish (from Best Buy).
.NET Framework 3.5 is installed

I keep getting the “No Wiimotes found in HID device list" error.

I am able to use Uwe's program though.

These are the steps I've gone through to "find" my Wii:
1) Click on "My Bluetooth Places" on desktop
2)Select Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 Peripheral Device
3) Click "Add the selected Bluetooth Device"
4) Skip pairing
5) Press the Wii's 1 & 2 buttons so it shows up in the next search screen.
6) Select the Wii.
7) The Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 now shows up in a new window, "Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood" with the green arrows facing each other.  The Wii itself has the blue lights blinking now the whole time.
Start Smoothboard, get error message.
9) Post on this board!

Any help?
Thanks!
-Matt

[jmatson]

New user here, having trouble getting this program working.
I'm using a Vishay 6400 IR Pen, OS is Windows XP; Bluetooth Adapter is Rocketfish (from Best Buy).
.NET Framework 3.5 is installed

I keep getting the “No Wiimotes found in HID device list" error.

I am able to use Uwe's program though.

These are the steps I've gone through to "find" my Wii:
1) Click on "My Bluetooth Places" on desktop
2)Select Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 Peripheral Device
3) Click "Add the selected Bluetooth Device"
4) Skip pairing
5) Press the Wii's 1 & 2 buttons so it shows up in the next search screen.
6) Select the Wii.
7) The Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 now shows up in a new window, "Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood" with the green arrows facing each other.  The Wii itself has the blue lights blinking now the whole time.
Start Smoothboard, get error message.
9) Post on this board!

Any help?
Thanks!
-Matt

MattSacks,

Is your wiimote powered from batteries or from an ac converter?  Because I receive the same message sometimes when running the wiimote from an ac to dc converter.

[benpaddlejones]

New user here, having trouble getting this program working.
I'm using a Vishay 6400 IR Pen, OS is Windows XP; Bluetooth Adapter is Rocketfish (from Best Buy).
.NET Framework 3.5 is installed

I keep getting the “No Wiimotes found in HID device list" error.

I am able to use Uwe's program though.

These are the steps I've gone through to "find" my Wii:
1) Click on "My Bluetooth Places" on desktop
2)Select Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 Peripheral Device
3) Click "Add the selected Bluetooth Device"
4) Skip pairing
5) Press the Wii's 1 & 2 buttons so it shows up in the next search screen.
6) Select the Wii.
7) The Nintentdo RVL-CNT-01 now shows up in a new window, "Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood" with the green arrows facing each other.  The Wii itself has the blue lights blinking now the whole time.
Start Smoothboard, get error message.
9) Post on this board!

Any help?
Thanks!
-Matt

Matt
If you repost to the "Bluetooth & Connectivity" thread, you will get more support and save hijacking another discussion. As this is not a Wiimote SmoothBoard software issue but a bluetooth issue.

Benpaddlejones

[jamesKL]

may i know how boon jin right click works? is it using 2 IR pen or just 1 IR pen. If just 1 IR pen, how to differentiate right click, dobule click and normal draging of the cursor.

Sorry for my poor english...

[boonjin]

may i know how boon jin right click works? is it using 2 IR pen or just 1 IR pen. If just 1 IR pen, how to differentiate right click, dobule click and normal draging of the cursor.

Sorry for my poor english...

The smoothboard only uses one IR pen. I made a toggle for you to switch to right click mode. Then your subsequent click on the screen will be a right click instead of the normal left click.

This also applies to double click.

[jamesKL]

oo ok thanks. so it means that the toggle is in ur program. Then u nid to select whether u wan to have normal click, double click or right click by selecting the options rite?