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Author Message Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 220 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 04:30 pm:    For the specification section I am doing like Dave, using medium scope. For filing information and analysis of characteristics of competing products, I'm thinking of using narrowscope. Another generic term I see a lot is "Interactive Whiteboard". Is that any different from "Electronic Markerboard"? Some products allow actual dry erase markers to be used and they can convert it to digital markups. Most are not really markerboards though. A few are in between - not a real marker, but you can draw on a pixelated screen. Does anyone have a comparison of features from different manufacturers? I'm beginning to develop one. Hate to reinvent the wheel though. Here are the mfrs I've found so far that may offer something similar to SMART Boards: Promethean Steelcase Marsh Integro Dukane Platinum Visual Systems Claridge Panasonic John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1094 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:44 pm:    I think they are more like a computer and not much like a whiteboard. They're attached to the network, have a display and input device (marker), work can be saved, etc. To me, they belong in Division 27, perhaps in 272400 Data Communications Peripheral Data Equipment. I think putting them with whiteboards is like putting computers in with typewriters simply because they both have keyboards. Tom Heineman FCSI, CCS (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 02:59 pm:    Bunzick hits the nail on the head. Smart board installations in schools are rarely just writing surfaces / projection screens. 95% of our school system's insatallations, although containing discrete units that will be hung on a wall by a carpenter, will be connected in some way to (most often) a computer, and / or a projector, and ultimately to our school district's TV station. The smart board surfaces themselves are basically plug-in - no fancy connections required. But the concept of a "learning unit" goes well beyond the pixelled surface. Function, scope, versatility, design and skilled installation should be treated as holistically as possible; i.e., one section - a bit more complicated than those commonly written for Div. 10. This implies that a mini-system should be crafted for location in 27 40 00 - one that deals with all the components that each of these many-tentacled assemblies can have. If you were crafting a set of interacting "learning units" - something our big school district has not yet tried - you would want to look at 27 50 00. Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 226 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 06:08 pm:    The bigger question for me is - does anyone have example spec language that may be useful in developing a home-grown and non-proprietary spec for this, since there do not seem to be any guide specs for it yet? chrisgrimm at ls3p dotcom Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 942 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 - 10:44 am:    Arcom includes them in Section 10 1100, Visual Display Surfaces and has for at least a year. Do you have access to that? Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 228 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 08:11 am:    Yes, I just did not recognize it, thanks for pointing that out. They call it "Electronic Markerboard" instead of the perhaps more widely used term "Interactive Whiteboard".