SMART Technologies board d600 User Manual

CHAPTER 3 – CONNECTING YOUR INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD TO YOUR 
COMPUTER

1. Connect one end of the included USB cable 

to the captive connector suspended from your 
interactive whiteboard’s lower-right corner.

NOTE
You must apply approximately 10 oz. 
(300 g) of downward pressure to unplug a 
USB cable from the captive USB 
receptacle. Because an entire 16' (5 m) 
USB cable weighs approximately 7 oz. 
(200 g), you don’t need to tape or otherwise 
secure the USB cable to the captive 
connector. The design ensures that 
if someone trips on the cable it will disconnect rather than cause injury or 
damage to the controller module.

2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB receptacle on your computer.

3. Press the power button on your computer to start your interactive whiteboard.

4. Log on to your computer if required. If your computer doesn’t require you to log 

on, allow your computer to reach its default start screen.

If you’re using a computer running Mac OS X operating system software, or if you 
already have the appropriate USB driver installed on your Windows® computer, 
the Ready light on the lower-right frame immediately turns red, and then flashes 
green. If this happens, see Installing SMART Product Drivers on page 22.

If the appropriate driver isn’t installed on your Windows computer, a Found New 
Hardware wizard helps you locate the driver for the newly connected USB Human 
Interface Device (HID), that is, your interactive whiteboard. Refer to the following 
procedure to install the USB driver.