Ideum MT-50, Building Instructions

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Page 2: ...TER Assembling the Computer Page 10 Computer Specifications Page 11 12 POWER ILLUMINATION AND PROJECTION Bottom Panel I O and Power Faceplates Page 13 14 Applying Infrared Light Strips Page 15 16 Conn...

Page 3: ...MT50 has been discontinued as of March 2011 and has been replaced by a LCD based table the MT55 you can learn more about the MT55 on the Ideum website http www ideum com products multitouch It is wort...

Page 4: ...379 0100 phone Ideum MT 50 200 05320 kit The kit will come with all the needed aluminum strut screws T nuts and gussets that are needed to assemble the aluminum frame If you have ever played with an E...

Page 5: ...chart will show thickness length quantity and a part letter Use the part letter and the diagram to figure out which piece goes where Do not attach the wheel assemblies until you have the bottom panel...

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Page 7: ...f you were standing on that side of the frame the bottom panel cut out for the smaller electrical box should be on the right side the larger electrical box cut out on the left side both on the opposit...

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Page 9: ...ir down and out Place the silicon vibration absorber on the bottom of the fan place the fan on top of the bottom panel along the screw holes place the plastic fan filter on the bottom of the bottom pa...

Page 10: ...ater on Make sure one box is facing up and the other facing down and tighten Romex connectors Use small 8mm T nuts and accompanying screw to attach the boxes to the strut Assembling the Computer Below...

Page 11: ...the table without taking up room that would affect the IR lighting and projected image Computer Specifications The MT50 standard computers have the following hardware Intel i7 930 2 8GHz processor NVi...

Page 12: ...up and set up a RAID Most tracking software still runs on Windows XP so that could also be an option for the OS The power switch on the computer case has been disconnected and hooked directly into the...

Page 13: ...arlier The plates and panel mount cables can be ordered from www datapro net The double gang box will be for the I O connections and the power button It has the following cut outs 2x USBA 1x CAT5 2x H...

Page 14: ...rough the box attach the face plate to the electrical box with the provided screws The single gang box will be for the main power inlet for the entire system We use a C14 inlet same type of plug you l...

Page 15: ...these strips here http www environmentallights com products 13104 irrf850 5050 60 reel These LEDs come in rolls and are backed with an adhesive To install the LEDs you ll first want to measure the LE...

Page 16: ...rect lengths and silver the ends of the wire Place a piece of shrink wrap on the strip before soldering and put a tiny amount of flux on each connection Get a small bead of solder on your soldering ir...

Page 17: ...ng On our tables we use custom pieces of glass with projection film on one side The glass is 10mm thick with a fine micro etch on the top surface The glass is etched in a way that doesn t adversely af...

Page 18: ...ied we masked off the outside area of the glass to be painted black The mask was 4 15 16 off of each edge You can use painter s tape and some plastic to protect the inside area of film from being pain...

Page 19: ...e nut Once the tape is applied and the T nuts are placed into the aluminum frame you are ready to place the glass in This will take 2 or 3 people Place the two shorter pieces of the mantle into the fr...

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Page 21: ...projectors on the market and after testing several different models we ve found that this projector has the most predictable optical behavior You can use a different projector but you ll want to make...

Page 22: ...s marked H on the frame diagram To attach to this strut the 4 outside holes on the plate will need an M4 screw with a 6mm T Nut You will want to move the projector assembly as high up on the strut as...

Page 23: ...ors are more prone to scratching so as you take off the plastic sheets protecting the mirror to place it in the frame it s important to be careful Assemble 3 sides of the mirror rig There will be some...

Page 24: ...the strut Remove these tabs on one side so that the mirror will be able to sit flat on that side of the gusset Attach the gussets to the inside of the turrets and place the mirror on the gussets Loose...

Page 25: ...54 and then adjust the mirror from there Installing the Cameras Three PT Grey Firefly MV Firewire version cameras are used in the MT 50 to track the finger movements on the table surface The cameras...

Page 26: ...et and take out the clear lens Replace the clear lens with the band pass filter Reassemble the camera Once the plastic case is back together you can then put on the camera lens and attach the mounting...

Page 27: ...dea of the rough spacing that should be used if using a 3 camera system The cameras are powered and controlled via FireWire When the camera feed is cropped within the tracking software it actually com...

Page 28: ...of the systems are put together and hooked up properly you will want to set up the Smart Strip On the Smart Strip there is 1 Control outlet 2 Always Hot outlets and 4 Switched outlets What you will w...

Page 29: ...h overlay Occasionally if there is a slight voltage change the relay may not turn off or back on If the switched outlets never turn on 1 Turn on the computer It is plugged into the CONTROL OUTLET 2 Tu...

Page 30: ...d with powder coated cold rolled steel panels This worked out excellent in busy public areas as the panels are extremely hard to damage and easy to clean with the powder coat Below are the specificati...

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Page 33: ...here is an excellent open source project called CCV that NUI Group Community has developed You can check out CCV at http ccv nuigroup com This software package is free of charge Unfortunately with the...

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Page 38: ...Depot This is used to go between C14 inlet and the receptacle each in a different handy box Rome x Conne ctor inch 2 For Single Gang Handy Boxes 15Am p Recep tacle 1 http www lowes com pd_725 98 334...

Page 39: ...rdware Store Black Buttonhead 16mm M4 Nuts for Fans 24 Hardware Store M4 Lock Wash ers for Fans 24 Hardware Store M5 Screw s for Panels 60 Hardware Store Black Buttonhead 12mm M4 Screw s for Projector...

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