
STABILOErgoPenNeoUserManualIntroductiontotheSTABILOErgoPenNeoPenandApprelevantsolutionswhendonebyhandwriting1andwithhandwrittenlecturenotes,knowledgeisretainedsignicantlybetterthanwhentyping.Inorderforhandwritingtobeusedeffectively,theclientmustbecarefullyintroducedtoautomatedwriting.Iftoomuchisaskedtooearly,avoidancestrategiesoccur,thewritingtiltsandbecomesillegible.Atthesametime,thewritinghandwillexperiencepain,handwritingisperceivednegativelyandavoidedifpossible.Theresultisaviciouscircleofdecliningacademicperformanceandevenlessuseofhandwriting;thedisadvantagedclientscannotrealizetheirpotential,whichhasnegative,lifelongconsequencesforthem.WiththeErgoPenNeothereisnowanobjectivemeasuringdevicethatshowsthestateofwritingandgraphomotorskillsandrecommendssuitableexercises.3.3InstallationoftheErgoPenNeoAppTheErgoPenNeoAppcanbedownloadedfromtheGooglePlayStorersp.theAppleAppStore.Thissymbolshouldappearonyourscreenafterinstallation.Whentheapphaslaunched,pleaseallowittoaccesslocationinformationonAndroidinordertoenableBluetoothfunctionality.Checkinthetablet’ssettingmenuswhetherBluetoothisendabled.Meanwhile,itisadvisabletochargeyourErgoPenNeoonaUSBportofacomputerorusingthesuppliedchargerandUSBcable.Thechargingtimeisabout3hours.Aslongasthebatteryisnotfullycharged,theLEDonthelowersideslowlyblinksorange.Thislightturnsgreenwhenchargingiscomplete.Next,switchonthepenandpairitwiththeappasdescribedinsection3.4below.Softwareupdates-Co-operationbetweenPenandAppInorderfortheErgoPenNeoandtheApptoworktogetherinanoptimumway,bothshouldalwaysbekeptuptodate.PleasecheckregularlyfornewupdatesavailableintheGooglePlayStorersp.theAppleAppStore.ThepenrmwareupdateprocessisexplainedinSection4.7onpage10.3.4PairingwiththeErgoPenNeoOnrstuseyouneedtopairyourErgoPenNeowiththeapp.PleaseturnontheErgoPenNeobydepressingtheroundbuttonontopofthepenbody.ThereshouldbeanoticeableclickandthebuttonshouldbekeptpusheduntiltheLEDlightsup.TheLEDintheErgoPenNeobinkstwicebluewhichindicatestheloadingoftheinternalprogramming.Next,theErgoPenNeoslowlyashesblue,indicatingthatitisreadytoconnect.IftheLEDdoesnotrespondevenaftermorethan2secondsorshowsadifferentcolorthanblue,pleaseproceedasdescribedinsection10.1onpage33.Afterlaunchingtheapp,itlooksforadevicethatitcanconnecttoviaBluetoothLowEnergy(BLE).Ifthisisfound,itwillbedisplayedinadialogasshowninFigure1.Pleasetapontheproperentry(whichinmostcasesistheonewiththehighestsignalstrength)tocompletetheconnectionprocess.NowtheashingontheErgoPenNeoshouldchangetoasteadybluelight,andamomentlater,theiconfortheconnectedpenwillappearintheupperleftcornerofthescreenoftheErgoPenNeoapp,alongwiththepenname.NowAppandErgoPenNeocanworktogether.Inallsubsequentcasesthepenwillimmediatelyconnectwiththeappwhenbothareswitchedonuntilthepairinghasbeenremoved.1Oviatt,Sharon;Cohen,Adrienne;Miller,Andrea;Hodge,Kumi;Mann,Ariana:TheImpactofInterfaceAffordancesonHumanIdeation,ProblemSolving,andInferentialReasoning.In:ACMTransactionsonComputer-HumanInteraction(TOCHI)19(2012),10.©STABILOInternationalGmbHIssuedFebruary1,20236