Registering devices  

Here we show you how to set up your Activclassroom Learner Response System (LRS).

About Device Registration

Device registration is the process of telling the ActivHub how many devices and device groups there are in the classroom. You need to register devices before you begin a voting session.

You start device registration from the Voting Browser. The pictures on the right show the information you can see in the 'Device Registration' Dialog Box:

  • How many ActivHubs are connected to your computer.

  • Device groups.

  • How many devices are registered with each ActivHub.

The good news is, once you have registered them, you can take the devices and the ActivHub with you to another location, plug the ActivHub into another computer with ActivInspire installed and begin voting immediately.

 

There are two types of ActivHub:

This ActivHub...

Is compatible with...

AH2

ActiVote AV3, ActivExpression

AH1

ActiVote AV2

Register ActivExpression devices

Before you begin registration:

  1. Start ActivInspire.

  2. Connect an ActivHub model AH2 to your computer.

  3. Distribute ActivExpression devices and ensure that they are switched ON.

To register:

  1. Open the Voting Browser and click on Device Registration  The 'Device Registration' Dialog Box opens.

  2. Select ActivExpressions and click on Register.

  3. Enter the number of devices you want to register (or use the arrows) and click on Next.

The next window shows a PIN code which must be entered on each ActivExpression device to be registered. The window has clear instructions, with photos, so your students can finish the registration (you might like to practise the procedure first!).

If the students are finishing the registration, they have to:

  1. Press the MENU / SYM button on the ActivExpression devices.

  2. Press the Register option key, indicated on the ActivExpression screen.

  3. Enter the PIN code, by pressing the ActivExpression option keys corresponding to the PIN code, as indicated on the screen.
    The PIN code is not entered with the text keys.

When three letters have been entered, as displayed in the PIN code box on the ActivExpression screen, the letters are transmitted to the ActivHub. The ActivHub sends the code to ActivInspire.

The PIN code can be edited before transmission, but only if one or two letters have been entered. Option keys for Clear and Abort can be used for editing and also the Delete key on the keypad.

ActivInspire registers the devices to the ActivHub one by one. You can see the number updated in the window, just below the PIN code.

When this number is equal to the number you entered in Step 3 above, the window closes automatically, because all devices have been registered. If registration fails for any of the devices, the window has to be closed manually.     

If a PIN code is entered incorrectly, steps a. to c. must be repeated, for a successful registration.

This procedure can be repeated any number of times, but it should not be necessary - the system is proven to be extremely reliable. After a couple of failures for a device you can either:

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Rename ActivExpression devices

 There are two places where you can rename devices:

Rename individual devices

To rename individual devices in the 'Device Registration' Window:

  1. Select any individual device and click on Rename. The existing device name is displayed in a box which you can edit.

  2. Enter the new name and click on OK. The new name is shown in the 'Device Registration' Dialog Box. This means it is stored on the ActivHub. The ActivExpression device may be switched OFF, but the next time it is switched ON, it communicates with the ActivHub and receives its new name.

To rename individual devices in the 'ActivExpression Devices Group' Box:

  1. Click on Rename. The' Device Naming' Box opens.

  2. Double click on the name and edit it.

  3. Click in the column ‘Committed’. The device is renamed as above.

 

Rename all devices

You can rename all your devices with sequential numbering and a common prefix.

  1. In the ActivExpression Devices Group Box, click on Rename to display the 'Device Naming' Box.

  2. Click in the box ‘Rename all of the devices using the prefix’ and enter a prefix.

  3. Click on Apply prefix. All ActivExpression devices in the group are renamed on the ActivHub, as described above, with the prefix and numbers, starting with 1.

The numbers can be edited separately.

Register ActiVote devices - model AV3

Before you begin registration:

  1. Distribute the ActiVote devices and ensure that they are switched ON.

  2. Connect an ActivHub model AH2 to your computer.

  3. Start ActivInspire.

To register:

  1. Open the Voting Browser and click on Device Registration  The 'Device Registration' Dialog Box opens. It shows:

    • A picture of an ActivHub AH1.

    • ActiVote and ActivSlate devices under Device Groups.

  1. Select ActiVotes and click on Register.

  2. Enter the number of devices you want to register (or use the arrows) and click on Next.

The next window shows clear instructions, with photos, so your students can finish the registration (you might like to practise the procedure first!).

A three letter PIN code is displayed, which must be entered on each device to be registered.

If the students are finishing the registration, they have to:

  1. Press and hold the central Registration button on the ActiVote devices, until both the top lights are illuminated.

  2. Enter the PIN code, pressing the ActiVote device keys.

ActivInspire registers the devices to the ActivHub one by one. You can see the number updated in the window, just below the PIN code.

When this number is equal to the number you entered in Step 3. above, the window closes automatically, because all devices have been registered. If registration fails for any of the devices, the window has to be closed manually.

If a PIN code is entered incorrectly, both steps a. and b. must be repeated, that is, the central button must be pressed and held until both lights are on and the correct PIN code must be entered, for a successful registration.

This procedure can be repeated any number of times, but it should not be necessary - the system is proven to be extremely reliable.  After a couple of failures for a device you can either:

  • Click on Finish to close the window and proceed, or

  • Replace it with another ActiVote device, registering it if necessary.

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Register ActiVote devices - model AV2

Before you begin registration:

  1. Start ActivInspire.

  2. Connect an ActivHub AH1 to your computer.

  3. Distribute the ActiVote devices and ensure that they are switched ON.

To register:

  1. Open the Voting Browser and click on Device Registration  The 'Device Registration' Dialog Box opens. It shows:

    • A picture of an ActivHub AH1.

    • ActiVote and ActivSlate devices under Device Groups.

  1. Select ActiVotes and click on Register.

  2. Enter the number of devices you want to register (or use the arrows) and click on Next.

The next window shows clear instructions, with photos, so your students can finish the registration (you might like to practise the procedure first!).

If the students are finishing the registration, they have to:

  1. Press and hold the central Registration button on the ActiVote devices. The top red light flashes, followed by the green light.

  2. Release the Registration button.

ActivInspire registers the devices to the ActivHub one by one. You can see the number updated in the window.

When this number is equal to the number you entered in Step 3. above, the window closes automatically, because all devices have been registered. If registration fails for any of the devices, the window must be closed manually.     

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