3M Wireless Network Module EP8790NET, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...ms Department Printed in U S A 6801 River Place Boulevard 3M 2003 All Rights Reserved Austin Texas 78726 9000 78 6970 9173 0 Rev A Wireless Network Module EP8790NET Operator s Guide For 3M Multimedia Projector MP8790 ...

Page 2: ...aching the EP8790NET Module to the Projector 5 Installing the Software 9 Network Settings 11 Operations Wireless Presentations Live Mode 15 Presentation Playback Playback Mode 19 Stand Alone Presentations PC less Presentation Mode 19 Using ImageViewer 20 Using FileViewer 23 Controlling the Projector via Your Web Browser 25 Configuration Utility 29 Changing Network Settings Directly from the EP8790...

Page 3: ...ctions allow you to project images from your PC in real time 2 using wireless transmission to project a large screen with the same feel as a live broadcast No more annoying cables Not only that but you can project presentations from multiple computers at the same In addition you can now project a presentation from one computer to multiple projectors 2 This will depend on the type of images you are...

Page 4: ...emory card CF memory card dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required SD card dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required Memory Stick dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required HDD card ATA compatible less than 2GB IDE compatible HDD cards can t be used Microdrive dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required ATA compatible less than 2GB IDE compatible HDD cards can t be used Print Screen Only memory cards under 2GB can be used Memory c...

Page 5: ...n use Remove the wireless LAN card if you wish to use a cable based LAN connection Only one LAN connection at a time is allowed 5 PCMCIA card slot 6 Card eject button This is the slot for inserting the PCMCIA compatible wireless LAN card or memory cards Insert cards slowly and carefully into this slot Use this button to remove a card from the card slot After pressing this button slowly remove the ...

Page 6: ...ctor s filter cover Push both of the filter cover tabs down and then pull them to remove the filter cover 3 Remove the rear cover of the EP8790NET module Push the rear cover tabs down and then pull the rear cover to remove it 4 Fit the EP8790NET module s clasp into the projector s recess and align the module so that it can connect to the DVI ports on the back of the projector Recess Clasp Tabs Fil...

Page 7: ... locking screws into the respective DVI port 7 Tighten the screws 6 Tighten turn right the two DVI port locking screws 7 Tighten the clasp to the projector using the accompanying locking screws M3x8 8 Firmly connect the module s power cable to the projector s power port Power port 9 Reattach the projector s filter cover Filter cover 3M Wireless Network Module EP8790NET 3M 2003 All Rights Reserved ...

Page 8: ...H LASER INDICATOR LASER RGB FOCUS ENTER ON OFF ESC MENU RESET POSITION MAGNIFY VOLUME MUTE WIRELESS KEYSTONE FREEZE ONE TOUCH AUTO PinP ZOOM PAGE Press the stick for ENTER move up for or down for button WIRELESS button button MENU button RESET button 3 Use the remote control or the projectors operation panel to open the WIRELESS menu refer to the projector s operator s guide as necessary Press the...

Page 9: ...played PC Less The EP8790NET is ready to execute PC less Presentation Mode using a memory card PC Card Displays the type of PC card currently inserted into the EP8790NET Speed The wireless communication speed The factory default is AUTO SSID Service Set Identity The network group name also referred to as ESSID The same name setting is used for the same network group This dialog displays the first ...

Page 10: ...n all applications 3 Insert the accompanying CD ROM into the PC s CD ROM drive 4 After a moment the Welcome to WNM Utilities Setup dialog will appear as shown on the right Press Next Not required for PCs with built in 802 11b wireless LAN Depending on the type of wireless LAN card and PC you are using the EP8790NET module may not be able to communicate properly with your PC even if the PC you are ...

Page 11: ...oftware installation 1 To confirm that the software as been properly installed press the Start button on the toolbar select All Programs and then select the WNM Utilities folder 2 WNM LiveViewer and WNM FileViewer will appear in that folder if the installation was successful The C Program Files WNM_Utilities folder will be created and the program will be installed into that folder If you wish to i...

Page 12: ...NET module is mounted to and then press the STANDBY button to turn on the lamp As explained in the Introduction section of this user guide bring up the projector s WIRELESS menu and configure the network settings as necessary Refer to for information on the network configuration method 2 Wireless Settings for the PC Enable the built in wireless LAN communications of the PC Refer to your PC user gu...

Page 13: ...68 100 N N should be unique 1 to 254 255 255 255 0 recommended OFF not used 802 11 AD HOC 1 to 11 AUTO or a fixed speed OFF not used Unnecessary default Can be set for each PC 192 168 100 10 doesn t need to be 10 255 255 255 0 same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Same as PC Can set the projector name Local access point IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Communicati...

Page 14: ...tion Mode If you won t be using an access point Peer to Peer Set to AD HOC pseudo ad hoc or 802 11AD HOC depending on the hardware If you will be using an access point Select INFRASTRUCTURE Communication Speed This is normally set to Auto Full Automatic et al Communication Channel Depending on the country or region you are in the channels you can use may vary Be sure to use the same channel settin...

Page 15: ... that your PC and the EP8790NET module are communicating okay Open your Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer etc and enter the following address http 192 168 100 10 projectorcontrol htm This is the factory default setting If you see the Remote Control panel as shown on the right then everything is configured okay Remote control LAN settings 3M Wireless Network Module EP8790NET 3M 2003 All Right...

Page 16: ...p the PC Open LiveViewer Start All Programs WNM Utilities WNM LiveViewer 2 Find the projector you wish to use for your presentation A list of projectors appears Select the one you wish to use and the press OK The names of the protectors are listed as configured on the projectors themselves If a name has not been set for a given projector its IP address will be displayed instead If you should exper...

Page 17: ...n the application PowerPoint etc that contains the images you wish to project What can I do if Dynamic images such as PowerPoint animation are projected slower than they appear on my PC Try increasing the Capturing Performance priority level as follows Right click on the LiveViewer icon residing in the system tray Click on Settings Slide the Capturing Performance bar to High to increase the priori...

Page 18: ...f PCs being used For example if you make the selection for four PCs and the actual number of participating PCs is four but then you change the setting to two PCs only the images of the two most recently connected PCs will remain with the image from the first one of the remaining two PCs being projected on the left and the other one being projected on the right Can I mark multiple screen images for...

Page 19: ...ith the same network address However the greater number of projectors involved the greater delay in the image refresh rate Press the PROJECTOR button from the LiveViewer dialog A list of available projectors is displayed Select the names or as the case may be the IP address of the projectors you wish to use use a left mouse click while pressing the Ctrl key to select more than one projector at a t...

Page 20: ... the EP8790NET module s PC card slot you can make a presentation without a PC 3 Insert the storage card into the EP8790NET module s PCMCIA card slot You can use any of the following types of cards However depending on the manufacturer some cards may not work PCMCIA compliant memory card CF memory card dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required SD card dedicated PCMCIA adaptor required Memory Stick dedicate...

Page 21: ...a time to view 2 Create a manual slideshow by arranging the images from start to end that you wish to display at full screen size and then manually switching between images to produce a presentation 3 Create an automatic slideshow by arranging the images from start to end that you wish to display at full screen size and then setting a time interval for automatic switching between images to produce...

Page 22: ...W ENDING IMAGE icon and then use the up and down arrow buttons to set the ending image number Use the left and right arrow buttons to select the START MANUAL SLIDESHOW icon and then press ENTER to begin displaying the images at full screen size starting from the image specified as the starting image Press ENTER again to switch to the next image Continue pressing ENTER to present your slideshow If ...

Page 23: ...Each time specified time interval elapses the next image is displayed This continues until the last image is reached After the last image is displayed the display returns to thumbnail view You can return to thumbnail view at any time during your presentation by pressing RESET If you press the RESET button during thumbnail view the toolbar icon selection will appear To loop the slideshow use the le...

Page 24: ...r handles the same as Windows Explorer From the toolbar press File and then Connect to display the dialog and then press Find A list of available projectors is displayed Select a projector and then press OK As shown on the right the projector s images files and folders are displayed To delete an image file select the file you wish to delete and then press Delete To transfer an image file from the ...

Page 25: ... Paste Paste the file currently stored on the clipboard Delete Deleted the selected file Modify Change the name of the selected file New Folder Create a new folder Up Folder Move up one folder View Tool Bar Display hide the toolbar Status Bar Display hide the status bar Refresh Refresh the folder s contents Help Version Information Display version information FileViewer Toolbar Functions Copy Copy...

Page 26: ...tton Click on the PROJECTOR button A list of available projectors will be displayed Right click on the projector you wish to control and then select Remote Controller The WNM Projector Remote Controller panel will be displayed as shown below Click on Compact to display the links to the four main menus Compact Setting Status Wireless A description of each of these menus can be found on the followin...

Page 27: ... same as the corresponding buttons on the projector s remote control Refer to your projector s user guide for details The Setting Menu The function buttons contained in the Setting menu function just like corresponding buttons on the projector s remote control Refer to your projector s user guide for details 3M Wireless Network Module EP8790NET 3M 2003 All Rights Reserved 3M Multimedia Projector M...

Page 28: ...vice representative FAN Indicates the status of the projector s internal fan OK The fan is fine Error The fan has errored out Check for foreign objects in the fan If the fan is free from foreign objects contact your local service representative Input Indicates the currently selected video source RGB RGB2 Component DVI S Video Composite Lamp time Indicates the amount of time the lamp has been in ru...

Page 29: ...8790NET module Setting the Operation Mode Simply click on the radio button of the desired operation mode and then click on set However please note that you will need to use a cable based LAN connection to use the Wireless menu to remote control PC less Presentation mode operations You can t use the wireless LAN card to create a wireless connection NOTE 3M Wireless Network Module EP8790NET 3M 2003 ...

Page 30: ...to control and then select WNM Configuration Utility The following panel will be displayed Please note that after making any changes to the EP8790NET module s network settings you will need to turn the AC power of the EP8790NET module off and then on again to have the settings take effect Even if you make changes using the Configuration Utility and then reopen this panel the displayed information ...

Page 31: ...isable No encryption used Enable The key defined in KEY will be used to encrypt the communication data KEY The key used for encrypting the communication data Set this to the same setting used on your PC If 40bit encryption is used 10 hexadecimal characters 0 9 a f characters only If 128bit encryption is used 26 hexadecimal characters 0 9 a f characters only Communication Channel Use this to specif...

Page 32: ... the following symbols The length of the name can be up to 255 characters long _ Press Reset to restore the current settings Once you have completed configuring the network settings press Write If the following message appears you will know that the settings have been successfully changed However you need to turn the EP8790NET module off and then on again for the new settings to take effect Howeve...

Page 33: ...s use the button to scroll down to WIRELESS 2 Press the button 4 IP ADDRESS Indicates the EP8790NET module s current IP address The IP s factory default setting is 192 168 100 10 An IP address is a unique numeric address used to identify each network device Please note that each device in the same network must have a unique IP address You may not have two devices on the same network with the same ...

Page 34: ... INFRASTRUCTURE Use this setting when you will be connecting the EP8790NET module to your network via an access point to connect to a PC connection to multiple PCs possible in this mode 8 CH Channel The wireless LAN IEEE802 11b device can communicate on channels 1 to 11 The factory default is channel 10 If you are using an access point configure the channel setting to the channel specified by the ...

Page 35: ...u return to step 2 and scroll down using the button to choose FUNCTION and then press the button the EP8790NET module operation mode menu Wireless Menu will appear EP8790NET Module Operation Mode Menu The following items cannot be configured using this menu For more information on configuring these items please refer the Configuration Utility on WEP Key encryption key SSID network group name Proje...

Page 36: ...de and then turn it on again the new settings might not take effect 12 Weak radio signal Bring the PC and projector closer together Radio waves won t go through concrete and metal steel doors etc Can t communicate The module isn t in Live Mode Press the WIRELESS button on the projector s remote to make sure that it is in the correct mode 15 The image projected is rather slow compared to that of th...

Page 37: ...ed in the projector 23 Can t communicate The wireless LAN card isn t inserted into the module or the memory card is still inserted Insert the wireless LAN card that came with your EP8790NET module into the module 11 Wired LAN Can t communicate The PC and or projector s network settings are not configured correctly Check both the PC and projector s network settings 12 29 32 You didn t use a cross c...

Page 38: ...X Protocol TCP IP Supported Functions HTTP server DHCP client Data Processing Method JPEG PNG BMP Video Output Digital RGB equivalent to XGA Connectors Video Output DVI D port one Wireless LAN Card and Storage Card Compatibility PCMCIA Type II slot one Ethernet RJ 45 100BASE TX port one Power Control Mini DIN7P Power Supply 5VDC 3 3VDC Power Consumption 8W when using the wireless LAN card Operatin...

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