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Section One:Getting Started Introduction
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ntroduCtion
The Pointmaker® CPN-5000 color video marker by Boeckeler Instruments, Inc., is
a powerful visual aid that allows you to “make your point” by marking or pointing
over video. Its colorful markings easily draw attention where you need it. Point-
makers are valuable assets in courtrooms, boardrooms, class rooms, city council
chambers, government training facilities, sports or weather broadcasts, video
conferences, and more.
Color Video Marker with Capture/Print Capabilities
The CPN-5000 gives the user the ability to capture, print and share annotated
images directly from the Pointmaker unit. An annotated image may be “cap tured”
by saving it to a USB storage device, like a flash drive. You can print annotated
images to a color PostScript printer. The printer must be connected either over a
TCP/IP network, or directly through the Pointmaker unit’s USB port to a
IEEE1284 port on the printer. Images are easily shared over a TCP/IP network or
through the mobility of the USB storage device, which is easily transported or
connected to a computer.
Drawing lines and markers are controlled by the user during a presentation with
the optional USB digitizing tablet (DTU-30). The included keyboard provides a
few more marking features as noted below. The CPN-5000 is also compatible with
most touch screens and mouse devices.
All Pointmaker video markers offer several simple-to-use graphics, called markers.
There are two types of markers with which to annotate a video image: pointers and
freehand drawing. Among the 12 pointers available, there is a selection of 8
arrows, each oriented at a different angle; 2 dot pointers, small and large; and 2
cross hair pointers, small and large. Of course, there is an option to display no
pointer at all. The second marking capability is free hand drawing. You can select to
draw in 1 of 4 different line widths, with or without drop shadows.
When the keyboard is attached, it enables four additional marker types: frames,
text, a date/time stamp, and straight line drawing. Frames include boxes and
circles which can be sized in advance of a presentation, then used to frame or fill
certain areas of the video image. Using the keyboard, presenters may type alphanu-
meric text directly on the video image, or select an active date and time label that
can time events displayed on the monitor or screen. Straight line drawing is also
available in three different line widths.
Pointers and drawings may be used in combination to annotate the image. As
easily as the markers are created, so are they easily erased, either one at a time until
the screen is clear, or all at once. Markers are actually drawn onto clear “overlays.”
The system supports up to 25 different marker overlays, which can be stored ahead
of time and then recalled during the presentation.