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Mind Path utilizes infrared technology that allows you to go Wireless! You no longer have to navigate around a tangled web of wires. Every Mind Path product comes with an External Infrared Receiver that plugs into your computer's nine-pin serial port. Just plug-it-in, load-up the Free Mind Path Presentation F/X Software, and you are Wireless! You now have the freedom to sit back and surf through cyberspace; cruise around the conference room and actually interact with your audience during a presentation; add excitement to that presentation by inserting special effects with the Mind Path Presentation F/X Software; or pass the keyboard around the conference room or classroom so everyone has input. The possibilities are endless!

After installing, if the remote is not working check the settings for the Serial Port in the BIOS. Then go into control panel and open ports. Go to the advanced settings of the com port that the Mind Path is using and be sure the settings are specified exactly like they were in the BIOS, default will not work.

Ex. Com1: Base I/O: 3F8 IRQ: 4, Com2: Base I/O: 2F8 IRQ: 3

Take the check out of FIFO. FIFO can cause the remote to work extremely slow and sometimes completely stop it from working.

If it still fails then delete and add back the com port which Mind Path is on.

To configure your laptop's IrDA Port for use with the Mind Path Remote, first go into the BIOS of the system and enable the Infrared Port on Com1 or an open Com Port. (Note: If you do not know how to enter your computer BIOS, contact your computer manufacturer.) Go to the Control Panel and click on the Infrared icon and choose Options. Take the check out of the Enable Infrared Communication and click OK. The Infrared should now be disabled.

[Windows 95] Click on the System icon and go to the Device Manager. Go down to Ports and open the directory. Now, double click on the Generic Infrared Port. Set the resource settings to the same as the settings you specified in the BIOS for the Infrared Port. Click ok and restart the computer.

[Windows 98] Click on the System icon and go to the Device Manager. Go down to Network Adapters and open the directory. Now, double click on the Infrared PnP Serial Port.

Change the settings to anything other than the address you specified in the BIOS and click OK. Now close Device Manager and go to ADD New Hardware, add a standard communications port.

Next go back to Device Manager. Now go down to ports and make sure the port which you added is set to the same resource settings you specified in the BIOS for the Infrared Port.

Now go to the Network adapters and double click on the PNP Infrared Port. Set the resource settings back to the same as the settings you specified in the BIOS for the Infrared Port. The settings should now be the same as the communications port that was just added. Click ok and restart the computer.

The last step is to reset your PocketPoint or IR55 to IrDA Mode.

PocketPoint reset is as follows:

Turn the Remote over and remove the battery cover.
With a pen or paper clip gently move the switch away from the ON position.
Replace the battery cover.
IR55 Reset is as follows:

Point the Remote at the Internal Receiver.

Press and hold button 1.
Then press and release 2.
Release 1.
Then press and release 5.

(See an image of this process)

1. Go to the F/X Software and select the EDIT F/X tab.
2. On the left hand, scroll down the effects list until you find the word Previous Slide.
3. Once you have found the Previous Slide effect, click on the word once.
4. On the right hand side in the drop down menu, choose the keystroke that makes your slide show go backwards. (example: back)
5. Once you have chosen the keystroke that makes your slide go back, click on the word that makes your slide go backwards.
6. To set the Remote, go to the Next Slide and repeat the instruction above, except choose Next Slide and the effect that makes your slides go forward.

Go to the start button and choose programs then choose ThinkPad and then ThinkPad Features or Configuration. Now double click on the Infrared icon, it will look like a half ball with waves going away from it. Choose disable then click OK. If asked to restart click Cancel or No. Next double click on the Serial Port icon, it will look like railroad tracks or a # sign. Choose Enable then click OK. Do not restart.

Now go to device manager. You can get to Device Manager by right clicking on my computer and choosing properties. Remove the Generic Infrared port or Built in Infrared port and the Com port.

Now restart the computer.

Test the remote. If it still fails go back to Device Manager. Check that the Generic Infrared Port has a red X on it, if it does not double click on that icon and put a check in disable in this hardware profile. Then restart the computer.

1. Go to the Mind Path presentation screen.
2. From the menu bar, select Effects, then select Add.
3. Then, select Keystroke from the menu that pops up.
4. An Edit Keystroke dialogue box will pop up; in the bottom box labeled "key", click on the pop down arrow and select the keystroke, keystroke combinations, or click of your choice.
5. Assign the keystroke to a Remote button.

• You must have administrative rights to install.
• When you install FX 5.1, select NT as your operating system.

Check in Device Manger for multiple com port listing. Click on My Computer, Control Panel, System, Device Manager,Ports Com and LPT. If COM 3 IRDA or Duplicate COM Port's are listed, double click on it and check the box, Disable in this hardware profile. Click OK. FX should operate normal.