Operating Instructions Touch Panel TY-TP42P10S Model No. TY-TP50P10S TY-TP58P10S TY-TP65P10S Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read these instructions completely. Please keep this manual for future reference. English TQZH939-3...
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Accessories Before assembling, attaching and connecting anything, check all accessories have been included in the product package. Quantities are indicated in ( ). Operating Instructions (8) CD-ROM (1) USB cable 3 m (1) Ferrite core (1) Driver software • Japanese •...
Precautions with regard to setting up WARNING Do not allow the equipment to get wet. • If liquid splashes onto the equipment, wipe off with a dry cloth. In the unlikely event that liquid gets inside the product, unplug the USB cable and contact your dealer. Using the product with liquid still inside may cause a fi re or electric shock.
Precautions with regard to setting up Cautions when in use Always keep the touch panel clean. • This optical touch panel utilizes infrared rays and may operate incorrectly if the infrared transmissive part becomes soiled. Use a soft dry cloth to clean the infrared transmissive part once every day. Use a power supply within the rated voltage range.
Maintenance Maintenance * Be sure to unplug the USB cable before cleaning the equipment. Clean the inside of the equipment once a year. • The equipment is of semi-sealed construction, so dust may eventually accumulate inside. This may cause poor operation due to a reduction in the level of infrared light available for touch detection.
Names of Parts Touch Panel (Front) Touch Panel (Rear) Top unit USB port Left unit Right unit Bottom unit ■ Attaching the Velcro strip to the touch pen • Prepare the below included accessories Touch pen Velcro strip (with white backing) Peel off the backing from the Wrap the Velcro strip around the Velcro strip.
Touch Panel Assembly Lay the top, side and bottom units on the packaging cushions. Arrange the packaging cushions (6) on the fl oor so that their arrows point in the same Packaging Top unit direction. cushions Set the top, side and bottom units inside the grooves of the packaging cushions.
Mounting Touch Panel (in Horizontal Posture) Attach mounting brackets to the touch panel. Fit the protrusion located above the round hole on mounting bracket A into the hole of the top unit and then tighten mounting screw A by hand. As shown in the diagram, tighten mounting screw A by hand to hold mounting bracket B temporarily after fi...
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Mounting Touch Panel (in Horizontal Posture) Lock the touch panel to the plasma display. Loosen mounting screw A on mounting bracket B (temporarily held) and rotate the bracket 90 degrees, as shown in the diagram, fi t the protrusion located above the round hole on mounting bracket B into the hole of the bottom unit.
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Mounting Touch Panel (in Vertical Posture) Attach mounting brackets to the touch panel. Fit the protrusions on the vertical mounting brackets into the holes of the unit and affi x the brackets with mounting screws B. As shown in the diagrams, tighten mounting screws A by hand to temporarily hold the brackets A and B after fi...
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Mounting Touch Panel (in Vertical Posture) Lock the touch panel to the plasma display. Loosen mounting screws A on mounting brackets A and B (temporarily held) and rotate the brackets 90 degrees, as shown in the diagrams, fi t the protrusions located above the round holes on the brackets into the holes of the top and bottom units.
Setup Procedure P. 14 Install the Driver Software Do not connect the USB cable yet. P. 16 Connect the touch panel and computer Restart your computer • After restarting your computer, check appears in the task tray. • If the icon does not appear, if it appears with an X over it or if an error message is displayed, see “Before Calling for Service”...
Driver Software Installation Notes on Installation Connect the USB cable after installing the Driver software. For Windows 2000/XP : Log in with administrator privileges. For Windows Vista : For normal users to install the Driver software, users must input the administrator’s password.
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Driver Software Installation Click this button. A warning message similar to that at left may appear. Click this button. When the window at left appears, installation is complete. Click this button. The “LSaDrv” folder is saved in [All Programs] under the Start menu.
Connections and Plug-Ins Activate power to the plasma display and computer. Check that the computer’s OS starts up. Connect the touch panel and computer with the USB cable. When connected, Plug & Play starts. (p. 17) Caution • Connect the USB cable only after installing the Driver software. •...
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Connections and Plug-Ins ■ Plug & Play Using Plug & Play, the touch panel is automatically detected as a USB device when the USB cable is connected. (The operating window that appears after that differs slightly according to OS.) Plug & Play starts up according to the number of connected touch panels. Windows 2000/Vista The “Found New Hardware”...
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[Control Panel] → [System and Maintenance] → [Device Manager]. A warning message similar to that at left may appear. Click this button. When the Device Manager window opens, check that “Panasonic Touch Panel Unit” is shown under “Universal Serial Bus controllers”.
Driver Software Uninstallation Note on Uninstallation Quit the Driver software before uninstalling it. (p. 20) Windows 2000/XP Select [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Add or Remove Programs]. Select “LSaDrv”. Click this button. Windows Vista Click on [Start] (Windows mark button) → [Control Panel] → [Programs] → [Programs and Features].
Touch Panel Setup How to Use the Driver Software ■ Driver Software Startup The Driver software starts up automatically when the computer starts up. Below is explained the procedure for manually starting up the Drive software. The Driver software can be started up in two ways. Method 1 Double-click on the “LSaDrv Driver”...
Touch Panel Setup Explanation of Setup Panel Items ■ The setup panel has three tabs: “Touch setting”, “Basic setting” and “Multi monitor”. <Common Area> Touch panels to be set: Apply: The combo box contains “Common setting” and Applies the setup to the operation. names of registered touch panels.
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Touch Panel Setup (Explanation of Setup Panel Items) ■ Touch setting This tab is for optimizing touch panel use. (p. 29) Click action: This is the best setting if often using clicking operations (i.e., web link clicks, etc.). Drag action: This is the best setting if often using dragging operations (i.e., drawing, electronic blackboards, etc.).
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Touch Panel Setup (Explanation of Setup Panel Items) • Click mode Operation When the pen touches the touch panel, the computer reacts like the mouse button was held down. When the pen is lifted off the touch panel, the computer Drag (default) reacts like the mouse button was released.
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Touch Panel Setup (Explanation of Setup Panel Items) ■ Multi monitor This tab is used to input settings when using multiple monitors. (p. 35) When you tick “Using Multi-monitor.” on the “Basic setting” tab, the “Multi monitor” tab will appear. (p. 22) Select touch panels: Acquires the name of the touch panel to set up.
Touch Panel Setup (Advanced Settings) Advanced Settings The “Advanced Settings” window appears when the “Advanced” button on the “Basic setting” tab of the setup panel is clicked on. The “Touch panels to be set”, “OK”, “Cancel” and “Apply” buttons operate in the same way as the common area buttons of the setup panel.
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Touch Panel Setup (Advanced Settings) ■ Action setting Range for reducing offset: Unlike a mouse click, a touch can slip slightly. This slipping can be set so that it is recognized as a slip and not the user’s intention to drag an object. The higher the setting, the wider the slip area.
Touch Panel Setup Calibration If the touch position and cursor position do not match, the touch panel can be calibrated so that they do. Notes • If connecting multiple touch panels to a single computer in a multiple monitor environment, see “Multiple Monitor Setup”.
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Touch Panel Setup • precise calibration precise calibration: This button activates the calibration window at the settings made in Setting of the number of precise calibration points and Margin specifi cation of calibration points (see below). Setting of the number of precise calibration points: This area sets the number of points to display in the calibration window.
Touch Panel Setup Touch setting ■ Click action This setting enables easy clicking operations on the touch panel. Start up the setup panel (p. 20). Click on the “Touch setting” tab. Click on the “Click action” button. Click on the “OK” or “Apply” button. Note The Click action button sets double-clicking range and time slightly longer than ordinary clicking and differentiates slight movements at the touch position from dragging so that clicking is accurately done by...
Touch Panel Setup ■ User setting Personalizing the touch panel setup by the way the panel is used makes it easier to use. Setups can be saved and changed according to how the panel is used. • Saving the Current Setup The current setup on the setup panel is added to the user setup.
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Touch Panel Setup • Calling Saved Setups Select a setup from the user setting combo box (p. 22) and click on the “User setting” button. Click on the “OK” or “Apply” button. • Changing Setups Click on the “Edit” button on the “Touch setting” tab of the setup panel. The user setting window opens.
Touch Panel Setup Area Button Setup Various functions such as starting up specifi c applications or opening fi les can be assigned to virtual (area) buttons on the touch panel. Start up the setup panel. (p. 20) Click on the “Advanced” button on the “Basic setting” tab. Click on the “Direction setting”...
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Touch Panel Setup ■ Adding (Creating) Area Buttons Up to 30 area buttons can be created. Click this button. Touch the location where wanting to create an area button and drag the pen. • A square appears to indicate the area of the area button. The diagonal lines in the background indicate the display area.
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Touch Panel Setup Window operation: Windows sizes and the application quit command can be assigned to area buttons. Input the name of the window operation. Select either “Minimize Window”, “Maximize Window”, “Restore the Size of Window” or “Exit Application”. Web browser: Area buttons can be created to open Internet Explorer or NetScape in a specifi...
Touch Panel Setup Multiple Monitor Setup Multiple plasma displays can be connected to the same computer, fi tted with touch panels and used accordingly. ■ Notes on Connecting Multiple Touch Panels Monitor No. The monitor Nos. set in Windows are used when registering the touch panels. •...
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Touch Panel Setup ■ Registering Touch Panels Start up the setup panel. (p. 20) Place a checkmark in the “Using Multi-monitor” checkbox on the “Basic setting” tab. Click on the “Select touch panels” button on the “Multi monitor” tab. When the window at left appears, touch the touch panel you want to register.
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Touch Panel Setup ■ Calibrating Touch Panels Once registered, touch panels can be calibrated to their respective plasma displays. Start up the setup panel. (p. 20) Select the touch panel to calibrate from the “Touch panels to be set” pull-down menu. •...
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Touch Panel Setup ■ Setting Up Touch Panels Start up the setup panel. (p. 20) Select the touch panel to set up from the “Touch panels to be set” pull-down menu. Make settings. Note “Use common settings” Checkbox: This command uses the setup selected as “Common setting”...
Touch Panel Setup Setting Sensor Position Set the sensor position of the touch panel so that it corresponds to the position of the display. Start up the setup panel. (p. 20) Click on the “Basic setting” tab. Click this button. Click on the “Direction setting”...
Before Calling for Service If you think the touch panel is broken or if it is not operating correctly, check the following before calling for service. Problem Check point Action to take Page The touch The touch panel is an optical device that uses infrared rays.
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Before Calling for Service Problem Check point Action to take Page The touch Has the touch panel Calibrate the touch panel. been calibrated? position is out of place. If the touch panel is detached and then reattached, it may be installed in a slightly different position. Has the touch panel This can cause the touch position not to align with been detached?
Error Messages If the Driver software detects an error, an error message is displayed. If an error message appears, remediate it as explained. Note Errors that do not affect touch detection, such as momentary communication errors, are restored automatically. Message Action to take Detailed action Check the cable connection...
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Properties window. Open the “Advanced” tab. If a USB device by the name of “Panasonic Touch Panel Unit” appears in the “Advanced” tab, the touch panel is connected to that host controller.
1,008.2 mm (H) × 47.9 mm (D) Mass Approx. 4.1 kg Approx. 4.6 kg Approx. 5.8 kg Approx. 6.7 kg Escutcheon Aluminum material *1 Resolution obtained by using a dedicated Driver software *2 When the panel is attached to a Plasma display produced by Panasonic Corporation.