Turn any wall projection interactive with Integrated Arm Setup Guide For Windows Version 1.0 Ubi Interactive Inc. support@ubi-interactive.com
Contents 1. Introduction... 3 2. What you need to get started... 3 3. How does Ubi work... 4 4. What s in the box... 4 5. Download and Install Ubi... 6 6. Activate Ubi... 8 7. Physical set up... 8 8. Using Interaction... 23 9. Software Customization... 23 10. Using Ubi Apps... 24 11. How to get support... 24 2
1. Introduction Congratulations on getting Ubi. Ubi can turn your projection on a wall interactive. This document contains all the information you need to setup the system. Please note that, by wall, we mean any solid flat vertical surface. The diagram below shows a general view of how your set up is going to look like. The Ubi device is made up of two components: Ubi camera and Ubi touch emitter. They work together to turn your surface into a touch interface. The most basic steps are Create an 80 projection display on the wall. Mount the Ubi device on the wall. Connect the camera to your PC and emitter to the power adapter. Install and run Ubi software on your PC. Interact. 2. What you need to get started Before you get going, make sure you have the following. 3
- A PC running Windows 7,8,8.1 or 10. The technical specifications of the PC can be seen here 1. The key requirement here is that it has a USB 2.0 port to connect the Ubi camera and is powerful enough to run your apps. - A projector that creates a display that is smaller than 80 in diagonal. Ubi supports projectors of all make and models as long as they satisfy the requirements specified in the technical specifications available here. The key requirement here is that it is bright enough for you to see. If you can see and read the projection clearly, most likely Ubi also can. The suggested lumens is >2000 for the projectors. - A solid flat vertical surface. The Ubi device is to be mounted on the surface. So, please make sure that your surface is solid and flat. For example, most drywalls and concrete walls will satisfy this requirement, but hanging projection canvas will not. 3. How does Ubi work Ubi has two main hardware components: Ubi Camera Ubi Touch Emitter Ubi camera is a special USB camera that can see both the display and your finger movement. The camera detects the position of the display during the auto calibration process. The touch emitter generates a thin invisible infrared laser plane a few millimeters above the surface. When user s finger or any opaque object (e.g. pen) touches the surface, the infrared light will be reflected and captured by the Camera. The Ubi software running on your computer will then analyze the data captured by the camera and send touch input to the system. You can control any application running on your computer as if you are using a touch screen. 4. What s in the box Integrated mount package has a camera arm, a touch emitter and accessories. This mount is recommended if you are creating a whiteboard or wall projection using a regular projector (Throw ratio > 0.5). 1 http://www.ubi-interactive.com/technical-spec/ 4
Camera Arm and Accessories o Camera Arm: An arm that has camera integrated in this tip. The camera captures the user interaction and transmits to the computer via a USB cable. o Arm Base: A magnetic base can be simply snapped on any metallic surface. There is a slot for camera arm to insert into. o Metallic Base: If you are mounting this arm on a wall or any other non-metallic surfaces, first paste or screw this metallic plate on the surface. The idea is that if you need to remove or move Ubi, you can easily take off the camera arm, leaving the metallic base behind. We always recommend screwing the metallic plate to make sure that it does not move. However, if you are testing it on a wall, you can use the 3M command strips we provided. This is a tape that can be removed without damaging the wall. o USB cable: Connects camera to the PC. It is 10m or 39 long. If the PC is going to be farther than that, we recommend using a CAT-5 extender that supports USB 2.0 2. Ubi Touch Emitter and Accessories o Ubi touch emitter: Creates a laser plane that covers the display surface, so that when the finger is touching the surface the camera can detect it. Ubi touch emitter comes with magnets at its back so that it can simply be snapped on the metallic base mentioned above. The emitter has a switch on the side that turns on the visible light that helps you align it. The switch needs to be turned on, only when you are aligning the emitter. o Power adapter: Connects the emitter to a power outlet. If you are not from the U.S., you may need an adapter to connect to your country s power outlet. You will not need any transformer. o Power cable for emitter: The power cable can be used to connect emitter to the power adapter. 2 An example is TRIPP LITE B203-101-PNP 1-Port USB 2.0 over Cat5 Cat6 Extender Hub Transmitter and Receiver: https://amzn.to/2lhceqb 5
Stylus: If you are writing extensively for a long period of time, you can use the stylus for ergonomic comfort. It does not require charging or batteries. You can switch between finger interaction and stylus interaction seamlessly. Wand: A wand is an extendable stick with a white tip. It can stand in for your finger especially when some part of the display cannot be reached with your finger. It also helps you interact without getting in the way of the projector and making shadows. It does not require charging or batteries. Calibration markers: Each package has four white dots that need to be used for emitter alignment and calibration. Please see more about their usage in the section that describes set up and alignment of emitter. 5. Download and Install Ubi Ubi is available to be downloaded on Windows 7,8,8.1 and 10. The link here will download the online installer of Ubi. It will then detect your system settings and download the latest appropriate version from our server. If you have any issues downloading Ubi using this link or need to install Ubi on a PC without Internet, offline installer for each operating system is also available here. When you install Ubi, it will install all the following applications for you Ubi service: Ubi service runs in the background and it looks like this It serves a lot of functionalities such as Show software license key, current version of Ubi Help upgrade to higher edition of Ubi Help update to a newer version of Ubi Modify the settings of Ubi such as calibration type, set up type, interaction mode etc. Help launch Ubi support app 6
It also detects when a Ubi camera is connected to the PC and will launch the Ubi calibration application automatically. Ubi Service is configured to run automatically upon start up of the PC. If it does not start, you can always launch it from Windows Start menu. Ubi calibration application: The Ubi app is launched every time a Ubi Camera is connected to the PC (as long as Ubi Service is running). It serves two main purposes Help you calibrate. Calibration is the process by which the Ubi Camera detects where the display is its view. Ubi will show you the camera view and step by step instructions during this. It will also provide you tools and instructions to set up and align the emitter. Track your interaction. Once the calibration is done, Ubi app will disappear into the background and launch Ubi menu. It will keep tracking your finger or pen and will issue touch commands to the applications you are using. Ubi menu: Ubi menu by default is launched once Ubi is ready for interaction. It is a menu that you can drag anywhere on the display. Once expanded, it shows a set of icons that can launch various Ubi Apps bundled with Ubi. 7
Ubi menu has an icon that can take you back to the calibration application. It can also be used to quit Interaction once you are done. You can also hide Ubi menu in some special circumstances. More details on the Ubi Menu can be found in a later section. Freeboard: Freeboard is a more advanced standalone annotation and whiteboarding tools that is bundled with Ubi. Once Ubi is installed it will prompt for restarting. Please do so only if you are on Windows 7. 6. Activate Ubi Once Ubi is installed, please launch it. You will then be asked to activate the Ubi application. Please connect your computer to the internet and start filling in all the fields. For the activation key, you should have received an activation key in the email when you purchased Ubi. The key is a combination of numbers and letters that look like this A1B2-2C4D-ZXWF-HYKX Copy and paste the activation key in the field. Please don t forget to include the dashes if you are typing in the key. If you purchased and did not get an activation key, please write to sales@ubi-interactive.com. 7. Physical set up It is time to set up your hardware now. Ubi application will guide you through all the steps you need to follow. To get started, click on the Start button on UbiService. 8
Ubi calibration application will be launched then. The application will provide a step-by-step guide to help setup your system. If you are not sure about one step, click on the help icon information or launch support app to get remote support from Ubi. to see additional 1. Choose your setup type: The first screen will be as follows. It prompts you to choose which setup you would like to create. Choose Wall. 2. Create the display: Connect your PC to the projector. You can use HDMI or VGA cables to do that. Make sure that the projector is physically secured so that it does not move. It is ideal to use a ceiling mounted or wall mounted projector to avoid casting shadows while interacting. The closer the projector is to the wall, less the shadow. Make sure that the projection display is created on a solid flat plane surface. Most concrete and dry walls will meet these requirements. But a hanging projection canvas will not. Also make sure that the 9
projection display does not have any objects such as wall fixtures or lights or rails within it. The maximum size of the display supported by Ubi is 80 inches in diagonal. If you need a display larger than that consider using the multi-sensor set up. 3. Choose your mount: Since you are using an integrated arm, choose that option. We also provide an option to mount the camera on the projector directly if for whatever reason your integrated arm does not fit between the projector and the wall. 10
4. Mount the metal plate: Now it is time to start mounting the arm on the wall. The first step is to mount the metal base plate. You can use screws or tape to attach the base plate to the wall. We recommend using screws if you can. This will firmly affix the base. If you are trying it temporarily on this wall, use the provided tape. Please make sure that the bottom of the base plate is at least 1 inch above the top edge of the display. 5. Mount the base: Now you can snap the base to the metal plate. Insert the integrated arm into the base. With the provided USB cable connect your camera to a USB port on your PC. 11
6. Camera preview: The application will now show you the view of the camera. If you have followed the previous instructions, you will see the following view. The projection display should nicely fit within the camera view. If it does not, your projection display is too big. Either move the projector closer to the wall or the zoom option in the projector to shrink the display and fit it within the camera view. 7. First Color Calibration: In this step, Ubi tries to detect the rough position of the display within the camera view. Once you click "Continue", a chessboard pattern will show up and camera should detect the chessboard pattern. If not, you can adjust the system according to the in-app instruction and try again. 12
If that does not work, you can click Input Manually. You can then specify the four corners of the manually by using your mouse to click on the four corners of the display in the following order top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left. A green circle will show up on the screen once you click on the preview image. Second Color Calibration: If your first calibration passes or if you click Continue after selecting the four corners of the display, Ubi will proceed to the second calibration step. In this step, Ubi will flash a pattern filled with circular dots and try to detect them. If this step failed, an image like the one below will show up. All the dots that Ubi detected are marked green. The dots that are not marked green are not detected by 13
Ubi. Most likely one of these caused the calibration to fail a. The projector is not bright enough or the room is too bright (your dot is looking very pale) b. There is something blocking the dot (perhaps some light falling on it or a cable hanging down) c. There are green dots that are falsely detected. Make sure there are no objects in the projection area. Also make sure that the green dots specifying the corners of the display are in the correct position. If not re-select them 8. Once the color calibration is succeeded, make sure the camera is fixed firmly and can t move and continue to mount the touch emitter. 14
9. Before mounting the emitter on the wall, please make sure the surface is flat, and not movable. It is very important that the laser grid generated by the emitter is aligned parallel to the surface. 10. It is now time to mount the emitter. Place the emitter on the base plate and power it up with the cable and power adapter provided. 15
11. Now, let s align the emitter. To get started, place the alignment markers at the bottom left and right corners of the projection image, inside the dotted circle. 12. When you click Continue, you will see a video explaining how to align the emitter. Please watch it carefully. 16
13. Once the video is finished, you will be taken to the window that guides you on aligning the emitter. Here you will see a view from the camera the is different from the one you saw during color calibration. - Here the camera switches to Infrared view of the camera where it can see the signal from the emitter. The camera preview shows a green box that indicates where the display is in the camera s view. If your emitter is already aligned, you will see that your calibration markers are showing up white bright dots in the camera view. You will also see a crosshair projected on each of them. Also, turn on the switch on the right side of the emitter. You will now be able to see a red line coming out of the emitter that spans the whole bottom edge of the display. Ideally this red line should at your fingertip when you touch your finger on the surface. - 17
If your emitter is not aligned, there will not be any crosshair appearing on the markers. This means, you will need to align the emitter. To align the emitter, remove the cap of the emitter. You will now see three knobs. The knobs will turn the emitter outwards when turned clockwise and vice versa. Use the middle knob if the emitter light is shooting way off. Use the left and right knobs to do the last bit adjustments on each side. Below are the detailed instructions about each dial. Control 1: (Top Dial) Turn right (Clockwise). The bottom of the laser curtain will move away from the wall. Turn left (Counter clockwise). The bottom of the laser curtain will move towards the wall. 18
Control 2: (Bottom Left Dial) Turn right (Clockwise). The left side of the laser curtain will move towards the wall. Turn left (Counter clockwise). The left side of the laser curtain will move away the wall. Control 3: (Bottom Right Dial) 19
Turn right (Clockwise). The right side of the laser curtain will move towards the wall. Turn left (Counter clockwise). The right side of the laser curtain will move away the wall. 14. Remove the markers once the emitter is aligned. Also switch off the visible red light. 15. After emitter is aligned, we need to fine tune the sensitivity of the system. This is to optimize the interaction experience. A short video clip will show you how to fine tune the setup. 20
16. Once you click continue, a red-cross will show up on different parts of the screen. You will then need to touch the center of the cross with your finger and stay still, until the red-cross disappears and reappears at the next location. Take your finger off and touch the next cross-hair. 17. Once the fine-tune setup is done, Ubi will proceed to Check setup view. Now is the time to test and make sure that your Ubi is working well. Touch anywhere on the screen, and you should see a cross hair on your finger tip. If not, go back and redo the fine-tune sensitivity. If you see the cross hair not appearing precisely on your fingertip, verify the alignment of the emitter. You can turn on the visible laser and check if the red light falls right on your fingertip when you touch the surface. If not, align the emitter with the three knobs. 21
18. You are almost done now. Before you proceed to interact, we recommend you choose how you want your Ubi to start next time. We have four options. Choose the one that works for you. You can always go back to UbiService and change this choice if needed. 19. Watch the short video clip on how to interact, click Continue to finish the setup and start interacting. 22
You should now see Ubi menu appearing on the display. Minimize it and try touching on different part of your display. You should be able to control your PC with your fingers now. If you see that your interaction is not precise or is not detected in some parts, click on the Check Setup icon on Ubi Menu to go back to the calibration application. 8. Using Interaction With Ubi you have three ways of interacting using fingers, Ubi stylus or Ubi Wand. At any time, you can switch between any of these or use them at the same time. Here are a few useful applications that you can use with Ubi. Windows Sketchpad Microsoft OneNote Microsoft Office Microsoft PowerPoint. 9. Software Customization Ubi provides you options to customize its behavior. Following are some of the most important ones. All these options are available as part of UbiService. You can see more information and instructions about here and here Calibration type: Calibration type decides the flow of Ubi calibration application each time you start. By default it starts in Step by Step mode. If your physical set up changes a lot, we recommend using Quick Calibration. If your set up is permanently fixed choose Auto Calibration. If for some reason, you want to skip calibration, you have the option to do that too. You can view these options in UbiService->Settings 23
Configure Ubi Menu: You can remove different apps from Ubi Menu or completely hide it. You can see this option in UbiService->Settings->Advanced Settings->Ubi Menu Extended Screen: By default, Ubi prompts you to duplicate the displays of your PC and projector/tv. You can turn this off and use the display in extended mode. Please be sure that the projector/tv display is still chosen as primary screen. You can see this option in UbiService->Settings->Advanced Settings->Calibration Transfer license: if you want to install and use Ubi in another PC, you can do that using this option. You can see this option in UbiService. Touch and Mouse interaction: Some applications, especially browser-based applications are not responsive to touch. In this case, please configure Ubi to function as a mouse than a touch input. You can do so by going to UbiService->Settings->Advanced Settings->Input and choose Mouse. Please note that if you are using Basic package, you have only option to use Mouse mode. 10. Using Ubi Apps Ubi apps are a collection of apps bundled with Ubi that should make your classrooms more interactive and meetings more productive. These are the following apps that are available today. Annotation: It is a powerful, feature rich, yet very intuitive tool that let you annotate on any app. It also has a simple whiteboard app. Web Whiteboard: Ubi Web Whiteboard allows multiple people to annotate on the same whiteboard from different computers, locations. Doc Camera: This app allows users to use any USB webcam or document camera. It has features such as annotation, zoom in and out, panning etc. Ubi Hub: It essentially turns your PC to an Apple TV or Chromecast or Miracast with interactivity. With just one click, you can wirelessly project individual team member s laptops to any touch screen and interact with the content directly on the touch screen. You can then together create and share. Freeboard: Ubi FreeBoard is a full-fledged education and productivity software suite. It includes features such as multiple-page whiteboard, on-screen annotation, desktop recording, shape recognition, load local contents and many other useful basic tools. Each session can be saved and reload, so you can continue from where you left. It works seamlessly with other Microsoft product any contents created on Ubi Freeboard can be embedded into PowerPoint or Office. A detailed tutorial of each app is available here. 11. How to get support If you ever run into issues or have questions, you can reach our support team through the following channels. Email: Please email us at support@ubi-interactive.com. We usually respond within one business day. Phone: You can call us at +1-206-457-2493. We are available from 9 AM to 5 PM PST. 24
Once you have contacted us, one of our support team members can help you via phone call, video call or support app that helps us connect remotely to your PC. In addition to the above, we also have a lot of resources available at our support forum https://forum.ubiinteractive.com/ 25