Calibration

From Smoothboard

Calibration is required for Smoothboard to align the Wiimotes IR-Camera image with your display. Calibration is essential for Smoothboard to function accurately. It is worth your while to take a few extra seconds to accurately place your IR-Pen directly over the crosshair. If your display surface or Wiimote moves you will need to recalibrate. This process is required by all IWB's it is not uncommon to recalibrate commercial IWB's regularly as the building expands/contracts with temperature change or vibration from nearby heavy traffic/trains.

Calibration assistant

The calibration assistant provides a visual representation of the your calibration result. Simply premium calibration is acheived when the white square is as big as possible without going outside the grey square. The 'tracking untilization' is simply the percentage of the total aviable tracking area that has been calibrated. Any result over 50% will give a very high quality of tracking.

Wiimote Movements

The movements are from the perspective of the Wiimote IR-Camera facing the display surface.

Wiimote	White square
Tilt up	Moves down
Tilt down	Moves up
Spin right	Moves left
Spin left	Moves right

Please read this for more information on locating the premium position for the Wiimote

How to Calibrate

1. Press A on your Wiimote or click on one of the calibration buttons in Smoothboard

2. Place your IR-Pen directly over the centre of the first cross hair

3. Press/release your IR-Pens switch or pressure tip and the next crosshair will appear.

4. Repeat this process until you return to the Main window

If you would like to cancel the calibration, press the Escape (Esc) key on the keyboard or double click using the mouse on the screen.