InterWrite Release Notes

Release 2.21.0005 February 2005

Contents

  1. General Information
  2. Installation Information
  3. Release Notes

General Information

Description

The InterWrite Suite of products and services was designed to make collaboration in the workplace and school efficient and simple. The InterWrite software included with the InterWrite products accomplishes this with the following tools:

Supported Operating Systems

 

Supported Devices

 

Although any standard cursor device, such as a mouse, or Wintab-compliant tablet, can be used with the InterWrite software, only the following devices are supported by the InterWrite Device Manager, which is installed as part of InterWrite.

 

Operating Notes

  • Handwriting Recognition (Inkwell) is supported only in OS X 10.3. The user should not attempt to install this part of the InterWrite application, when prompted, on a 10.2.x system.
  • The "Ink" System Preferences panel is activated only when a GTCO CalComp USB SchoolBoard, MeetingBoard, SchoolPad, MeetingPad, iPanel, or one of the TDK Bluetooth devices, is plugged in. Even when a Mac has a Bluetooth device built in, GTCO CalComp's TDK module must be plugged in before the "Ink" System Preference panel will display. Once the "Ink" preferences have been established, the TDK module can be unplugged, and handwriting recognition will work properly. The user must plug the device in after logging in for the "Ink" preference panel to display. If the device, or module, is already plugged in when they log in, they must unplug it and plug it back in.
  • When operating in Whiteboard Mode, the cursor pointer on the computer screen remains where the system mouse last pointed. The pen on the board draws correctly, but the pen pointer on the computer screen does not follow it.

 

Known Issues - InterWrite

  • If you double-click on a GWB file to start InterWrite, followed by selecting either the New or Open option from the File menu, this sequence of actions could cause a crash. Be sure to save your file first. This happens only on OS X 10.3.

 

Known Issues - Device Manager

  • When using the upper button on the side of the pen (sometimes referred to as the right button) to perform a Ctrl-click, the button should be depressed and held momentarily before being released -- not pressed and released immediately like a mouse click. If the user presses this button twice (or more) in rapid succession, the system may enter a state where it appears that no button presses are processed, either from the pen, or from the mouse. The cursor will move, but no button presses/clicks are processed. To get out of this "mode," the user must press the upper button on the pen again, once or twice, with the pen in close proximity to the Whiteboard or Pad, and the system will return to normal.
  • Bluetooth Whiteboards may occasionally spontaneously disconnect. Usually this is after a long period of non-use. However, sometimes extensive use of other Bluetooth devices can result in the loss of connection to a Whiteboard.
  • If a Bluetooth device is turned on while Device Manager is attempting to connect to it, Device Manager may report that the device successfully connected, the device may beep to signal connection, and the user may even be able to manually beep the device, but mouse position input from the device may not be processed. In this case, the device should be manually disconnected and connected again.
  • On the “Select Bluetooth Service” dialog, a list of previously connected devices is maintained. If one of these devices fails to connect when it is selected, change the “Device Category” pop-up from the default setting of “All Categories” to “Discovered Devices.” Then, click on the Search button to scan for all currently available devices.
  • Disconnecting a Bluetooth USB adaptor from the computer while a Bluetooth device is connected often causes Bluetooth communications to be permanently disabled until the computer is rebooted. Simply plugging the adapter back in does not fix the problem.
  • Programmable buttons can be programmed to perform InterWrite functions or launch applications. They cannot be programmed to launch files in the application associated with the file.
  • In the “Select Bluetooth Service” dialog, there is no way of distinguishing between different devices of the same type. All Whiteboards will display the same device name, as will all Pads of the same type. It is recommended that the “Local Name” option under the “Device Properties” button be used to give each device a unique name.

  

Installation Information

Installing the InterWrite software from the InterWrite CD

  1. Insert the InterWrite CD. Double click on the CD icon that appears on your desktop. Double click on the Install InterWrite  icon to launch the installation.
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of the InterWrite software.

 

Release Notes

This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the recent versions of the InterWrite software.

Release 2.21.0005 February 18, 2005

  • Enhancements
    • Added support for SchoolPad/MeetingPad 400

Release 2.20.0018 October 1, 2004

Release 2.10.0011 February 6, 2004

Release 2.02.0006 November 14, 2003

Release 2.01.0004 October 9, 2003

Release 2.00.0023 September 18, 2003

 

Release 1.00.0058 May 2, 2003