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Projector for Business Use

LiveViewer for Chrome

LiveViewer for Chrome is an application that enables you to project a desktop screen of your Chrome OS device from the projectors via wireless or Wired network.


How to use the “LiveViewer for Chrome” App

1. Installing the App

  1. Launch “Google Play Store” App.
    If “Google Play Store” App is not on your App list, enable to install apps from Google Play Store on your Chrome OS device.
    You can refer to the following link.
    https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/7021273
  2. Search “LiveViewer for Chrome”, and install the App.

2. Registering projectors to the App

  1. Make sure that your Chrome OS device is in the same network as a projector.

    You can use wired or wireless LAN for the network connection between a projector and a router.
    For wireless LAN, please use the optional USB wireless adapter for projector, “USB-WL-5G” or “USB-WL-11N”. For details, please refer to the User’s Manual for each projector.
  2. Clickicon to launch the App.
  3. Enter the projector’s IP Address in the text box, and clickbutton.

    You can see the projector which is registered on the list.
    If you want to change the projector name, IP Address and Network Presentation Password, click button.
    Notes:
    - The projector’s IP Address should be static one so that the IP Addresses are not changed. Your network administrator might need to change the router’s DHCP settings.
    - If you want to set up the Network Presentation Password for security, please access to the Projector Web Control page in the projector from a browser, and set a password to the Network Presentation setting.
    The color of projector icon shows the connection status between the projector and your Chrome OS device.
    You can control connection / disconnection by clicking the icon.
    Icon Status
    Indicates that the projector is connected.
    Indicates that the projector is online.
    Indicates that the projector is offline.
    If you want to update the connection status soon, clickbutton.
    If you want to delete the projector on the list, click the projector icon and keep it for a while. You can see the window below to delete. Click the “Delete” button.

3. Projecting your desktop screen from the projector

  1. Click a projector icon on the list, which you want to project. Then, the icon color is changed from orange to blue.
  2. Clickbutton.
  3. Choose what you’d like to share, and click the “Share” button. Your desktop screen will be projected.

    If you rotate the screen on Chrome OS device during the projection, the projection might not work normally.
    Please perform the projection again in that case.

4. Using other optional settings

4-1. Presenter Mode

If you enable the Presenter Mode, you can prevent other people from projecting their desktop screens.
Clickbutton, and enable the Presenter Mode.

4-2. Changing User Name

You can set a User Name for Moderator Control Mode. The User Name is displayed on the moderator’s LiveViewer window.
Clickbutton, and select the User name to change the User name.
For details about the Moderator Control Mode, please refer to the User's Manual Network Guide for each projector.

4-3. Image Quality

You can change the Image Quality setting. The image quality of “Image quality priority” is highest, the second is “Normal”, the third is “Speed priority”.
The setting is applied from the next projection.

4-4. Aspect setting

You can change the Aspect setting. The first mode shows the original aspect ratio. The second mode shows the aspect ratio to fit the projector full screen.
The setting is applied from the next projection.

FAQs

Q1. I cannot share my desktop screen. What should I check?

- Check if your Chrome OS device is in same network as the projector.

- Check if your Chrome OS device and the projector are connecting to the internet.

- Check if the projector’s IP address on the list is same as the actual projector’s.

Q2. How many projectors can I register to the list on the App?

- Up to 30 projectors can be registered.

Q3. Does the LiveViewer for Chrome support audio?

- No, The LiveViewer for Chrome doesn’t support audio.

Q4. Can I control a projector from the LiveViewer for Chrome?

- No. The LiveViewer for Chrome doesn’t have the projector control function.
But, you can control the projector by accessing the projector web control page from a browser. Enter the projector’s IP Address in the address box on a browser and press Enter Key. You will see the top page for the projector web control.

Q5. Can I use the “Simple Access Point” mode for wireless connection to use LiveViewer for Chrome?

- No, you cannot. You need to use the “Infrastructure” mode for LiveViewer for Chrome.

Q6. Does the LiveViewer for Chrome have any function to become a moderator?

- No, it doesn’t. The LiveViewer for Chrome has the function to become only a client. The LiveViewer for Windows has the function to become moderator.

Q7. How do I set up the client’s LiveViewer for Chrome to be chosen by the moderator’s LiveViewer for Windows?

Moderator: Click the “Moderator Control mode” button on the LiveViewer for Windows.
Client: Perform the same operation as projecting the desktop screen from the projector. For details, refer to “3. Projecting your desktop screen from the projector”.
Moderator: Choose a user name (Client) on the Moderator Control window and perform the projection. For details, refer to the User’s Manual for LiveViewer for Windows.

Q8. I want to have only authorized people be able to project their desktop screen from the projector. How do I set up?

  1. Access to the Projector Web Control page in the projector with a browser, and go to Security Settings > Network Presentation. Then, set an Authentication Password.
  2. Launch the LiveViewer for Chrome. Clickbutton on the right of the projector name on the list, and go to the Password window. Set the same password as projector’s here.

Q9. The projection sometimes stops unintentionally. What should I check?

- Check if the signal strength of wireless LAN is enough.

- Check if the Wi-Fi channel for the projection does not have an overlap with other Wi-Fi ones. The projection might be unstable if the multiple Wi-Fi use the same channel.