C Technologies Mobile Information Collector C-Pen, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER S GUIDE English...

Page 2: ...improvements to programs and or equipment may be made by C Technologies AB at any time and without notice Such changes will however be incorporated into new editions of this manual including those on...

Page 3: ...d Off 17 Battery 17 Navigating and Selecting 19 READING AND SAVING TEXT 22 Reading Text 22 Saving Text 25 EDITING TEXT 26 Entering Edit Mode 26 Edit Menu 26 C Write 31 C Write Prototypes 35 APPLICATIO...

Page 4: ...and Removing Applications 76 Transferring Files 77 C Direct 78 C Pen Edit 78 Closing the Connection 79 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 80 WARRANTY 81 LIMITED WORLDWIDE WARRANTY 83 Warranty Information 85 DE...

Page 5: ...ear out pages any more With the portable dictionary you can translate and look up words immediately without carrying around a printed dictionary Your saved text files can later be transferred to your...

Page 6: ...alphabet It reads polish hungarian czech and russian as well as the languages that other C Pens read C Pen 600MX offers communication by cable as well as by IR It is powered by two alkaline AAA batter...

Page 7: ...you to transfer the scanned text directly from C Pen into your PC The text will be placed at the cursor position in any Windows program C Beam Transfers notes contacts calendar events and files be tw...

Page 8: ...tes them into text characters The OCR quality will depend on the reading conditions The letters most commonly confused using OCR are e c l I t c r n m i l c o The following conditions affect the quali...

Page 9: ...smudge on the paper may be unrecognizable Overlapping characters Characters in the text should not overlap Italics and underlined text Italics are slightly difficult for C Pen to read in some fonts Un...

Page 10: ...o a PC The enclosed C Pen CD contains the C Win Software for communication between C Pen and your PC It also con tains several help files Help User s Guide in several different languages Troubleshooti...

Page 11: ...ith a dry cloth Do not use detergents or other chemicals when cleaning C Pen C Pen models that are powered by alkaline batteries require two 1 5 V AAA batteries of type LR03 See Battery p 17 Make back...

Page 12: ...12 PRESENTATION OF C PEN Parts of C Pen Description of the different parts 1 2 4 5 5 3 7 8 3 8 1 6 7 4...

Page 13: ...tion between C Pen and the user The orientation of the text on the display can be changed to suit left handed users See System Settings p 59 4 IR port The infrared IR port is used for wireless data tr...

Page 14: ...enter the camera opening Display Objects C Pen uses the following display objects to communicate with you status field application icons menus check boxes dialog boxes edit fields dialog buttons Stat...

Page 15: ...fferent options A scroll bar indicates if there are more menu items available above or below the visible section Check boxes Check boxes also provide different options A check box remains checked unti...

Page 16: ...ch as edit fields or dialog buttons Edit fields It is possible to enter and edit text in an edit field An edit field is recognized by its frame see the figure above Dialog buttons Dialog buttons are u...

Page 17: ...minutes of inactivity To change the auto matic power off time see System Settings p 59 Battery Installing the batteries 1 Remove the battery cover from the back of C Pen It is imperative to observe t...

Page 18: ...eld If the battery power level is getting low the message Bat tery low will appear on the display To avoid losing un saved information save all material not previously saved and then change the batter...

Page 19: ...ems or has frozen Navigating and Selecting Nav the navigation control is used for navigation and to select an object Turn Nav up or down to navigate between menu items dialog buttons edit fields check...

Page 20: ...ct C Pen how to continue by selecting a dialog button OK You accept a suggestion in a dialog box YES Your answer is Yes to a question in a dialog box NO Your answer is No to a question in a dialog box...

Page 21: ...in a list of check boxes navigate to the alternative of your choice using the Nav button Mark the alternative by selecting it press the Nav button briefly The check box becomes checked and the OK but...

Page 22: ...n s display Reading Text To read a line follow the steps below 1 Turn C Pen on Make sure the text settings are set to the appropriate values The text settings are Text Language Read Mode and Text Qual...

Page 23: ...lat in order to achieve maximum reading accuracy 4 Move C Pen over the line of text keeping Trigg pressed You can move C Pen left to right or right to left over the text You can read up to 15 cm secon...

Page 24: ...lines see Read Mode p 55 You can insert a line break by press ing Trigg The last line is highlighted negative i e light text on a dark background To delete the last line press ESC briefly Deleting a...

Page 25: ...alog box appears Choose YES if you want to save the text NO if you want to discard the text or CANCEL if you want to return to the text The dialog box contains an edit field with a suggested file name...

Page 26: ...ress Nav in the Text screen to open the Text menu Select Edit C Write to enter edit mode You can now edit text either by using the Edit menu see below or by using C Write see p 31 Entering edit mode i...

Page 27: ...The options in the Edit menu are slightly different de pending on where you want to edit a field The most common items in the Edit menu are Quit Editing Exits edit mode in the Text screen Done Returns...

Page 28: ...ttings Text Language Text Quality and Read Mode of the text you are reading The options Calibration and C Write Feedback are also included here Cancel Closes the edit menu Returns to the read text The...

Page 29: ...turn Nav to select a character from the character set and press Nav The character set closes automatically after insertion To insert more than one character select Multiple Charac ters Turn Nav to sel...

Page 30: ...section at the cursor s position by press ing Nav and selecting Paste in the menu Delete Place the cursor to the left of the character you want to delete and select Delete from the menu If you have se...

Page 31: ...own movement over a surface and recognize the movement as a letter digit or a symbol C Write is an alternative to using the character set when inserting characters in a text Please note that to be abl...

Page 32: ...utility can be switched on off as follows 1 Go to Settings in the main screen 2 Select C Write Feedback 3 Uncheck check the check box according to your per sonal preference 4 Select OK Basic rules wh...

Page 33: ...edit mode the status field will change appearance The edit mode symbol indi cates that C Write will generate lowercase letters To write a capital letter you have to write the shift sign first see C Wr...

Page 34: ...mode icon Write one of the symbols in the symbol table After writing a symbol C Pen automatically returns to normal mode If you want to quit symbol mode without writing a symbol you have to draw a ba...

Page 35: ...35 C Write Prototypes Letters digits and shift Shift Space Backspace New line Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo...

Page 36: ...36 Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Ww Yy Zz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0...

Page 37: ...37 Special characters Accents and umlauts Write the letter first and then the accent or umlaut Example a Symbols Enter symbol mode by pressing Trigg briefly...

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Page 39: ...45 Settings contains parameters which can be changed such as power off time and reading options See p 54 Info contains information about your C Pen s serial number OS Operating System version free me...

Page 40: ...40 PDAs Personal Digital Assistant C Beam supports the standard infrared protocol IrOBEX See p 64 C Write contains information about and ex amples of how to write letters with C Pen See p 31...

Page 41: ...New will open a dialog box Select FILE to create a new file Please note that if you are in the main screen or in Notes you do not have to execute this command to create a new file A new file will aut...

Page 42: ...lder Open the folder select New and then select FILE in the dialog box The Command menu The Command menu contains commands for handling texts Open the menu by selecting a text file and pressing Nav Th...

Page 43: ...th Nav You can insert a new line at the cursor position the flashing triangle by reading a new line with C Pen Press Nav if you want to edit the text go to the beginning or end of the text change text...

Page 44: ...edit mode See p 26 Settings Opens the text settings of the text you are reading See Settings p 54 Select Highlights a read line word Go to Moves the cursor to the beginning or the end of the text Canc...

Page 45: ...tionary You can however scan in an entire line of text and then choose which word you wish to look up Several kinds of dictionaries are available from a variety of publishers The dictionaries availabl...

Page 46: ...to your C Pen This can take some time so please be patient The num ber of dictionaries that can be installed in C Pen de pends on the amount of free memory in your C Pen see Info p 61 Installing a di...

Page 47: ...y dia log box contains six number boxes Enter the numbers one by one using Nav If you enter the wrong license key four times in a row the dictionary will be removed To try again you must reinstall the...

Page 48: ...ds If you want to change dictionaries before you start reading see DICTIONARIES button p 52 To translate look up a word just read the word with C Pen as usual One of the following events will occur 1...

Page 49: ...If three words are read the middle word is translated If more than three words are read the Word selection screen is displayed see next page Word edit box The word s you have read are directed to an...

Page 50: ...ce the word will be translated Translation definition screen The Translation definition screen displays the translation of the selected word If only part of the text will fit on the display a scroll b...

Page 51: ...sspelled or that the OCR has given an erroneous result Another reason can be that the word is inflected e g chairs instead of chair A Word selection list will be displayed if more than one word is fou...

Page 52: ...read a new word without closing the screen Close the Word selection screen by pressing ESC or by selecting the CANCEL button Text Language The Text Language is automatically set to the language you a...

Page 53: ...ng is stored when C Pen is turned off Infobutton The INFO button displays information about the currently selected dictionary the number of words the publisher of the dictionary and copyright informat...

Page 54: ...gs C Write Feedback Calibration System Settings Text Language Read Mode and Text Quality are referred to as text settings You should set up these settings to achieve optimal OCR To modify a setting 1...

Page 55: ...e options are Continuous A space is inserted between two separate readings with the C Pen Suitable when you read a complete paragraph which will be used in a document on your PC Separate lines Each re...

Page 56: ...background is not white or if the text quality is poor During the calibration process C Pen will find the appropriate balance of black and white for the particular surface If your C Pen reads poorly t...

Page 57: ...the DEFAULT SETTING which is the factory setting 2 Options where you can enable disable the Quick Calibration option Quick calibration is the preferred option if you often read texts with very differe...

Page 58: ...calibration is performed from a menu other than the Settings main menu you should press Trigg hold the pen still for two seconds and then move it over the surface 3 A progress indicator appears on C...

Page 59: ...d confirm the PIN in a new dialog box If a PIN code is enabled you must enter the PIN each time C Pen is turned on After three unsuccessful attempts C Pen will turn off You get three attempts each tim...

Page 60: ...gives a 3 row display and Small gives a 4 row display Power off time The duration of inactivity in minutes before C Pen turns off automatically Left Right Hand A Left Right handed option Check Left o...

Page 61: ...lems Support Support addresses to C Technologies About C Pen Contains OS Operating System version numbers and serial number You should have these numbers available when you contact C Technologies for...

Page 62: ...cels the menu To be able to use Storage C Pen must be connected to a PC and CWin Software must be installed See Using C Pen with your PC p 71 To start Storage you must connect your C Pen to your PC by...

Page 63: ...n your C Pen Files are copied as usual in Windows i e either by using drag and drop or Copy Paste in the Edit menu See Copy and Paste in the PC Environment p 75 You can delete files in Storage by sele...

Page 64: ...he C Pen s IR eye is directed towards the PDA device s IR eye Please note that it is very important that the IR eyes are aligned and in range of each other 5 20 centimeters or 2 8 inches There must be...

Page 65: ...that in order to receive several files you must answer either YES or NO in the Accept dialog box after every transferred file Send files To send information files from your C Pen to a PDA device follo...

Page 66: ...ng dialog box appears on the screen 4 During transmission the file name is displayed in a dialog box together with a progress bar 5 You can cancel the transmission at any time by pressing CANCEL 6 Whe...

Page 67: ...tomatic conversion check the Always send as Unicode checkbox in Beam Settings Always send as Unicode see p 56 All files will now be sent as Unicode Please note that this will not affect how files are...

Page 68: ...vate C Direct you can simply double click on the icon For more information about how to use C Direct please click your PC s Start button Programs C Pen C Pen Help Using IR To activate C Direct place C...

Page 69: ...our PC with the cable Click the Start button Programs C Pen C Direct or click on the C Direct shortcut on your desktop The C Direct icon will appear in the system tray in the lower right corner of you...

Page 70: ...into your C Pen but it is also an important tool during editing C Pen can track its own movement over a surface and recognize the movement as a letter digit or symbol CWrite is an alternative to using...

Page 71: ...R adapter Contact your retailer if you do not have an IR adapter 2 Infrared drivers are included on the C Pen CD It is crucial to install the infrared driver properly 3 C Win Software This software is...

Page 72: ...If you have a C Pen with a cable connection you can choose to com municate by IR cable or both Please follow the in structions Infrared drivers might already be installed on your PC The installation p...

Page 73: ...ion is established between the PC s IR port and C Pen a communication icon will appear in the status field on C Pen s display On most laptops the built in IR port a red or black shiny plastic square i...

Page 74: ...status field on C Pen s display Getting Help To get more detailed help using C Win open C PenViewer by double clicking on the My C Pen icon from the Help menu select the C Pen Help Topics Or click you...

Page 75: ...Pen Your C Pen Viewer might look different from the figure above depending on which options you have enabled in the Explorer s View menu Copy and paste in the PC Environment In the C PenViewer you can...

Page 76: ...ed and new ones can be installed in the C Pen Viewer The C Pen application s file name is car C Pen Archive The files do not have to be placed in any specific folder on your PC C Pen will find them re...

Page 77: ...y important that communication functions properly The IR eyes of your PC and C Pen must be aligned and in range of each other 5 20 centime ters or 2 8 inches There must be no obstacles between the dev...

Page 78: ...mmunicates by IR or cable For further information on how to use C Direct see p 68 C Pen Edit C Pen Edit is a simple text editor that provides basic text editing functions such as cut copy paste find a...

Page 79: ...79 Closing the Connection Close the connection between your C Pen and your PC by selecting Disconnect C Pen from the File menu in the C Pen Viewer...

Page 80: ...x 35 x 24 mm 5 5 x 1 38 x 1 0 inches Weight 80 g 3 oz including batteries Display 3 or 4 rows Flash memory 6 MB RAM 4 MB Battery 2 x AAA type LR03 Battery lifetime 3 4 weeks of normal use Reading spee...

Page 81: ...nsibility for 1 Damage caused during shipping by accidents malicious damage modification incorrect usage force majeure or any cause beyond the control of C Technologies including but not limited to li...

Page 82: ...this warranty to be valid Repair or exchange does not extend or renew the warranty period Exchanged defective parts become the property of C Technologies When the warranty period has expired the warr...

Page 83: ...URE WHATSO EVER SUFFERED BY THE PURCHASER OR ANY OTHER PARTY ANY END USER CUSTOMER RESELLER OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR INCLUDING WITH OUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER E...

Page 84: ...84 Warranty Information Serial number Customer Date Address Dealer Address CT number...

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Page 86: ...86 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY...

Page 87: ...d UL Standard for Safety of Informa tion Technology Equipment C Pen models with built in rechargeable batteries are to be used with Direct Plug In Transformer unit marked Class 2 rated from 4 05 4 95...

Page 88: ...k svensk Svensk engelsk ordbok Copyright 1994 Norstedts Ordbok AB All rights reserved Norstedts tyska Tysk svensk Svensk tysk ordbok Copyright 1998 Norstedts Ordbok AB All rights reserved Norstedts fr...

Page 89: ...Concise Dictionary 1997 Zanichelli editore S p A Concise Oxford Dictionarv 10th edition Oxford University Press 1999 Merriam Webster s is a registered trademark of Merriam Webster Incorporated 47 Fed...

Page 90: ...o button 53 Installing a dictionary from C Pen CD 45 Installing a dictionary from the web 46 Remove dictionary 47 Text language 52 Translation screen 50 Word edit box 49 Word references 50 Word select...

Page 91: ...box 16 Dialog button 16 20 Dictionaries button 52 Dictionary licence key 47 Display 13 Display object 14 Download dictionary 46 E Edit field 16 20 Edit menu 26 Change 31 Cut Copy and Paste 30 Delete...

Page 92: ...71 IR port 71 IR port 13 73 Ir protocol 64 L Language setting 55 Left Right hand 60 M Main screen 15 Menu 15 20 ESC 20 Selecting 19 Menu language 60 N Nav 13 Navigation control Nav 19 Notes 41 Command...

Page 93: ...wer off time 60 T Technical Specifications 80 C Pen 600C 80 Text colors 9 Text inverted 55 Text Language 55 Text Language icon 14 18 Text menu 43 Text Quality 55 Text Quality icon 14 18 58 Text screen...

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