Pulse™ Smartpen

Version 2.1 - November 19, 2009

New Features

Livescribe made improvements to the Pulse™ smartpen software and firmware to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability.

New Features

• Support for the new Livescribe Application Store where you can now purchase additional applications for your Pulse smartpen.
• Support for new models of the Pulse smartpen.
• Quick Launch: A Quick Command to locate and start applications.
• Flick and Scrub for improved scrolling of display content.
• Support for multiple date formats, including "mm/dd/yy", "dd/mm/yy", and "yy/mm/dd".

Please refer to the Pulse Smartpen User Guide for additional information (Download Pulse Smartpen User Guide).

Known Issues

• If you experience data transfer problems from your Pulse smartpen to Livescribe Desktop, please make sure that you use the USB Mobile charging cradle that came in the box with your product. There are currently five basic Pulse smartpen models. The titanium– and black–colored models have a power symbol printed on the power button. The charcoal–blue models do not have the power symbol printed on the power button. All smartpen models are functionally equivalent, with the following exception:
  All smartpens with printed power buttons are only compatible with newer USB mobile charging cradles that have a SKU: AAA–00012 printed underneath. These models ship with this kind of cradle. These cradles are compatible with all Pulse smartpens. Pro Charging Cradles, which ship with Pro Packs and are also available for individual purchase, are compatible with all Pulse smartpen models.
• In some circumstances, the Pulse smartpen display may freeze. Scenarios in which this may occur include:
  
  • When turning off your smartpen, the "Please wait…" message may persist for several minutes. If this occurs, wait until the smartpen finishes powering off. If the smartpen does not power off after 10 minutes, manually reboot your smartpen by holding down the power button for several seconds.
  • When updating your smartpen firmware, the smartpen display may show "Updating…do not disconnect" even though Livescribe Desktop correctly reports that updating has finished. In this situation, you can safely undock your smartpen.

 

Version 1.7 - September 28, 2009

New Features

Livescribe made improvements to the Pulse smartpen software and firmware to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability.

Known Issues

• If you experience data transfer problems from your Pulse smartpen to Livescribe Desktop, please make sure that you use the USB Mobile charging cradle that came in the box with your product. Smartpen models that have a power symbol printed on the power button are only compatible with USB mobile charging cradles that have SKU: AAA–00012 printed underneath. These cradles are compatible with all Pulse smartpens.

Please refer to the Pulse Smartpen User Guide for additional information (Download Pulse Smartpen User Guide).

 

Version 1.6.2 - August 5, 2009

Livescribe recommends this upgrade for all customers.

Improvements

• Corrected known issues for A4 and A5 notebooks and status labels
• Made other minor improvements to improve Pulse smartpen functionality

Version 1.6 - June 1, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to the Pulse™ smartpen software and firmware in order to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability.

New Features

• A “Settings” option now appears at the bottom of the Main Menu. This application allows settings to be accessed through the Pulse smartpen that normally required the notebook cover to change (with the exception of the new “Date format” option that allows for international date formats).
  Options include:
  • Recording quality: High, Medium, Low
  • Microphone sensitivity: Conference room, Lecture hall, Automatic
  • Playback latency: On, Off
  • Menu voice: On, Off
  • Display brightness: 100%, 50%, 10%
  • Scroll speed: 1–10 (1 slowest, 10 fastest)
  • Display orientation: Right–handed, Left–handed
  • Date format: “mm.dd.yy” or “dd.mm.yy”
• The format the date appears in when the “Set Date” feature is accessed will be “mm.dd.yy” or “dd.mm.yy”.
• Paper Replay recorded sessions will now be saved and displayed in the date format set using the Nav Plus “Settings – Date format” option – “mm.dd.yy” or “dd.mm.yy”.
• A new Quick Command “Play” has been added. Activating this command takes you to the top of your Paper Replay “Play Session” list.

Improvements

• Resolved several issues involving data transfers
• Reduced the time required to recognize a docked Pulse smartpen
• Added additional logging for troubleshooting
• Reduced start–up time required to power on Pulse smartpens that have large amounts of data stored
• Other changes were made to improve functionality and usability

Known Issues

After the firmware update the Smartpen OLED will display “Starting…” for a longer period of time than usual. Leave the smartpen on the charging cradle. A database upgrade is occurring on the smartpen during the initial startup. The upgrade has finished when the smartpen displays the time (or displays “Set Time” if the time has not been set) and can then be removed from the cradle.

 

Version 1.5 - March 11, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to the Pulse smartpen software to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability.

New Features

• Enables use of Paperblanks® Mini Journals (available soon)
• Enables use of Livescribe Flip™ Notepads (available soon)

Improvements

• Corrected a false battery reading when the Pulse smartpen is charged between 256-400 minutes
• Changed the version string display

 

Version 1.4 - November 20, 2008

Livescribe made improvements to Pulse smartpen version 1.4 software and firmware to add new features, correct known, issues, and improve usability.

Improvements

• High Pass Filter greatly reduces audio distortion
• Enhancements to battery level storage
• Archiving performance improvements
• Smartpen to PC communication improvements
• No errors when interacting with uninstalled paper products
• Calculator fixes
• Increased stability when recording
• Support for new notebooks and print your own notepads

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Livescribe™ Desktop for Windows

Version 2.0 - November 19, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe™ Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability. We recommend this upgrade for all users.

New Features

• Purchase and download new smartpen applications from the Livescribe Store, and install them to any registered smartpen associated with your Livescribe account.
• Perform multiple–select and multiple-delete and rename sessions in place in Audio View.
• Search across multiple notebooks.
• Set user preferences for Livescribe Desktop:
  • Show selected smartpen at startup. The default is the last smartpen that was viewed.
  • Hide or show blank pages.
  • Change ink colors for active ink, ink not linked with audio, and notes added on playback.
  • Configure Proxy server settings.

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Windows User Guide for additional information about these features (Download Livescribe Desktop for Windows User Manual).

 

Improvements

• Livescribe Desktop supports new models of the Pulse smartpen. For more information about available models, see the Pulse Smartpen User Guide.
• Bookmarks now appear in the audio bar: Bookmarks you set during recording or playback on your smartpen now appear in the audio timeline in Livescribe™ Desktop. You can click on a bookmark to jump to that location during playback.
• User data protection to prevent others from getting your smartpen data, should you lose your smartpen or if it is stolen. When docking a smartpen that is unknown to this installation of Livescribe Desktop, you are given the choice to charge the smartpen only or wipe all data from the smartpen to link it with this Livescribe Desktop.
• New indicator in the smartpen selector that indicates which smartpen is currently docked.
• The Central Viewing Pane is always pre–loaded with thumbnails from the notebook that you last viewed.
• New status messaging area.
• Right–click menus in Thumbnail View, Single–Page View, and in Audio View.
• Faster overall performance.
• DRM support: Livescribe digital rights management (DRM) protects application developers and Pulse smartpen users from unauthorized duplication of applications and other proprietary software downloaded from the Livescribe Store. Livescribe DRM strictly enforces the following rules:
  • Users can purchase and download applications and can install them only to registered smartpens associated to the purchaser's Livescribe Online account. Livescribe DRM prevents copying or installing downloaded applications to unauthorized smartpens.
  • Applications are signed with a user certificate uniquely identifying the user. Livescribe Desktop verifies the certificate before allowing the application to be installed on the user's smartpen(s). Livescribe employs X.509 certificates, using the RSA key exchange algorithm for certificate signing and SHA–1 for certificate and application hashing.
• Livescribe Desktop has changed from a device–based model to a user–based model: Consequences of this model are:
  • All archived notebooks are now visible, regardless of which smartpen is selected. This is because those notebooks are no longer associated with a specific smartpen.
  • All smartpens linked with a given installation of Livescribe Desktop share a single online user account. To create separate online accounts for users who share a single computer, create separate OS user accounts.

Known Issues

• In the memory status bar in the Applications Manager view, the amount of memory (storage) may be incorrectly displayed. In particular, the size of the applications stored is sometimes shown as zero bytes.
• Smartpen selector does not automatically switch to the currently–docked smartpen. You should manually select the docked smarten using the smartpen selector to view content associated with the docked smartpen.
• When Livescribe Desktop is auto–installing applications, the Application Manager view does not automatically open. You should manually switch to Application Manager View if you want to watch the progress of your application installations.
• If you own more than one smartpen, you may see two system software updates in the Download Manager and in update messages.
• Annotations (notes written while playing back a recorded session on the smartpen) will appear in Livescribe Desktop as blue ink by default. You can change this setting in the user preferences.
• If you are logged in as an administrator the first time you run Livescribe Desktop, the Livescribe Desktop tray will only work for that account.
• You may be asked to confirm your Pulse smartpen registration when you run Livescribe Desktop and dock your smartpen for the first time after updating.
• When changing the tab selection in the Navigation Pane, such as clicking between Session, Library, and Search tabs, there is no change in view in the central viewing pane.
• There is no volume slider in the audio controls. Use the system volume controls of your PC to control the volume.
• There is no persistent setting in Download Manager. Clicking on Livescribe Online always defaults the view to the Livescribe Online account, even if you have been viewing Download Manager.
• Sometimes, the auto–install setting is not respected by Livescribe Desktop, requiring that you manually install applications to your smartpens through the Application Manager.
• You may see your PC screen flickering while downloading or installing smartpen applications.
• User settings do not update until you manually refresh the view; in some cases, this requires restarting Livescribe Desktop.
• The zoom slider in Thumbnail View requires focus on a specific thumb, even to function for all thumbnails being viewed.
• When you attempt to upload a Pencast with a name containing too many characters, the error message displayed warns that the smartpen name exceeds the allowable number of characters.
• Paging through thumbnails in the Content Pane using the arrow buttons on your keyboard does not wrap at the end of a row. Navigating through the thumbnails this way will also cause the focus to get stuck on blank stacks. When this happens, you can manually choose the next–or any–thumbnail.

 

Version 1.7 - September 28, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability. We recommend this upgrade for all users.

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Windows User Guide for additional information about these features (Download Livescribe Desktop for Windows User Manual).

 

Version 1.6 - May 4, 2009

New Features

• Export pages as a PDF file
• Export a page as an image
• Export audio recordings

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Windows documentation for additional information about these features.

 

Improvements

• Standard Windows XP users can run Livescribe Desktop. No longer need to run it as an administrator.
• Search was improved to find special characters: / - ( ) { } [ ] as well as combinations of these in date formats such as [41309], {4/13/09}, 4/13/09, and so on.
• Special characters are supported in notebook names when transcribing using MyScript for Livescribe. Notebook names can contain: " < > | : * ? \ /
• Resolved several issues involving data transfer.

Known Issues

• Upgrading to the latest version of Livescribe Desktop requires you log in as the user who originally installed Livescribe Desktop.  If you try to upgrade and you receive an error saying that “Livescribe Desktop could not be located”, then you retry the upgrade as the original installer.  Alternatively, you can uninstall Livescribe Desktop through Add/Remove Programs and run the full installer from http://www.livescribe.com/install.  Note: There will be no data loss with either method.

• Upgrading Might Not Detect the Smartpen on Vista Ultimate RTM. On Vista Ultimate RTM, the upgrade process might not recognize the Pulse smartpen when trying to link the smartpen to your computer. If you encounter this problem, click Skip instead of trying to link your smartpen. Livescribe Desktop will work properly and recognize your smartpen after you reboot your computer.

 

Version 1.5 - December 17, 2008

Improvements

• This release provides minor improvements to overall system stability and is recommended for all customers

 

Version 1.4 - November 24, 2008

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability.

New Features

• Support for Windows Vista 64-bit
• Ability to print your own notepad sheets
• Automatic launch of Livescribe Desktop when you dock your Pulse smartpen
• Supports integration with Vision Object's MyScript for Livescribe transcription software

Improvements

• Support installation on PCs with international date and decimal formats
• Includes a fix for users who have their My Documents folder on a network drive
• Numerous fit and finish improvements, increased stability and robustness, and minor bug fixes
• Supports log files up to 2 MB

Known Issues

• Printing your own notepads to a non-Postscript printer may cause Livescribe Desktop to be unresponsive and require a restart.
• Windows XP SP2 and SP3 users must install and run Livescribe Desktop using Admin rights
• Audio recordings that are less than 1 second will appear as 00:00 length in Sessions view
• The ruled lines may appear faint when you print your own notepads. This issue does not affect the usability of the notepad. To confirm your printer supports Livescribe dot paper, print the Test page from Livescribe Desktop and follow its instructions

 

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Livescribe™ Desktop for Mac OS X

Version 2.0 - November 19, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability. We recommend this upgrade for all users.

New Features

• Purchase, download, and add new smartpen applications for all registered smartpens associated to your Livescribe account.
• Print your own notebooks.
• Proxy server support.
• Ability to select multiple thumbnails to export, print, upload, or transcribe.

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X User Guide for additional information about these features (Download Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X User Manual).

 

Improvements

• DRM support: Livescribe digital rights management (DRM) protects application developers and Pulse smartpen users from unauthorized duplication of applications and other proprietary software downloaded from the Livescribe Store. Livescribe DRM strictly enforces the following rules:
  • Users can purchase and download applications and can install them only to registered smartpens associated to the purchaser's Livescribe Online account. Livescribe DRM prevents copying or installing downloaded applications to unauthorized smartpens.
  • Applications are signed with a user certificate uniquely identifying the user. Livescribe Desktop verifies the certificate before allowing the application to be installed on the user's smartpen(s). Livescribe employs X.509 certificates, using the RSA key exchange algorithm for certificate signing and SHA-1 for certificate and application hashing.
• Livescribe Desktop has changed from a device-based model to a user-based model: Consequences of this model are:
  • All archived notebooks are now visible, regardless of which smartpen is selected. This is because those notebooks are no longer associated with a specific smartpen.
  • All smartpens linked with a given installation of Livescribe Desktop share a single online user account. To create separate online accounts for users who share a single computer, create separate OS user accounts.

 

Known Issues

• When naming a smartpen, only use low ASCII characters (such as non–accented roman letters and numbers). If the name contains extended–ASCII characters, including but not limited to accented or Asian characters, you will be unable to register your smartpen.
• In the memory status bar in the Applications Manager view, the amount of memory (storage) may be incorrectly displayed. In particular, the size of the applications stored is sometimes shown as zero bytes.
• You may be asked to confirm your Pulse smartpen registration when you run Livescribe Desktop and dock your smartpen.
• MyScript for Livescribe cannot transcribe notebooks with names that start with special characters (such as a tilde "~").
• Undocking smartpen during installation may cause unexpected behavior on the smartpen. You must re-dock your smartpen and complete the installation.

 

Version 1.2 - September 28, 2009

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability. We recommend this upgrade for all users.

New Features

• Support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
• Support for drag and drop installation.
• Support for handwriting to text conversion using MyScript® for Livescribe from Vision Objects®.

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X User Guide for additional information about these features (Download Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X User Manual).

 

Known Issues

• New installations of MyScript® for Livescribe from Vision Objects® are not currently supported on Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard. If you already have MyScript for Livescribe installed with Livescribe Desktop for Mac 1.1 and upgrade to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, it should run properly
• Sometimes, Livescribe Desktop displays the size of a recording incorrectly as 0 bytes when viewed in the Paper Replay recordings window. These recordings are not 0 bytes and will play back correctly.
• Double–clicking on a page thumbnail in the Now Playing panel does not open and display page as a Single Page.
• You can only select one page at a time for upload, print, export, and converting to text. Livescribe Desktop does not currently support multiple page selection.

 

Version 1.2 (Public Beta) - August 28, 2009

We recommend this upgrade only for customers using Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). We do not recommend this update for customers using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).

New Features

Livescribe made improvements to Livescribe Desktop to add new features, correct known issues, and improve usability:

• Currently supports Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard only
• Includes drag and drop installation

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X documentation for additional information about these features (Download Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X User Manual).

 

Known Issues

• New installations of MyScript® for Livescribe from Vision Objects® are not currently supported on Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard. If you already have MyScript for Livescribe installed with Livescribe Desktop for Mac 1.1 and upgrade to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, it should run properly
• Sometimes, the displayed size of a recording is incorrectly displayed as 0 bytes when viewed in the List View. These recordings are not 0 bytes and will play back correctly
• Double-clicking on a page thumbnail in the Now Playing panel does not open and display the page in Single Page view

 

Version 1.1 - March 30, 2009

We strongly recommended you upgrade to this release (1.1).

New Features

New in this release you can:

• Delete an archived notebook from Livescribe Desktop
• Get Info about Paper Replay recordings on a page
• Enable/Disable page backgrounds
• Choose multiple recordings for deletion
• Use Contextual menus and additional keyboard shortcuts

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X documentation for additional information about these features.

 

Improvements

• Resolved intermittent issue where users were unable to login because the email address was blank
• Resolved issue where users who quit while the application was indexing could no longer search
• Resolved intermittent issue in which pages uploaded to Livescribe Online did not play audio
• Uploading recordings to Livescribe Online may upload blank pages

Known Issues

• In rare cases, clicking on active ink may go to an incorrect location
• USB problems may occur with Mac OS X 10.5.6 and recent Apple laptops
• In some cases, there may be a slight misalignment between ink and backgrounds
• Thumbs do not clear immediately after deleting a notebook

 

Version 1.0.0 - March 3, 2009

We strongly recommended you upgrade to this release (1.0.0).

New Features

New in this release you can:

• Connect to Livescribe Online to browse and upload content.
• Archive your Livescribe paper products (notebooks or journals).
• Remove Paper Replay™ Recordings from your Pulse smartpen.
• Delete Paper Replay Recordings from Livescribe Desktop.
• Drag and pan to reposition zoomed pages.
• Rename your Pulse™ smartpen.
• Rename your notebooks.
• Print a range of pages.

Please refer to the Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X documentation for additional information about these features.

 

Improvements

• Resolved occasional issues with annotated recordings not playing.
• Increased reliability when playing long audio recordings.
• Resilience has been improved when smartpen is undocked during data transfers and processing of data.
• Copy/paste functionality into Word, Evernote and Illustrator was improved.
• Zoom controls were changed to simplify switching from single to thumbnail mode.
• Addressed miscellaneous registration issues.

Known Issues

 

• Upgrading from Livescribe Desktop Mac OS X 0.8x Beta
  If you are currently using the Livescribe Desktop Mac OS X 0.8x Public Beta, perform these steps:
1. Access the Go > Home> Library > Application Support folder.
2. Locate the Livescribe folder and rename it to something like OldLivescribeData. You should move this folder somewhere else on your computer, like your Documents folder. This saves your content if for some reason you later need to access it. The remaining steps in this process will create a new Livescribe folder using content on your Pulse smartpen.
   Note: If you previously copied your content from Livescribe Desktop for Windows, and you had archived folders, then renaming and replacing your Livescribe folder on your Macintosh will make your archived folders unavailable. You will no longer be able to view your previously-archived content on your Macintosh. If you have your original My Livescribe folder on your PC, you can always view your archived content there using Livescribe Desktop for Windows.
3. Install Livescribe Desktop Mac OS X version 1.0 from the Livescribe website. Go to the Livescribe web site, and click on the Livescribe Desktop tab at the bottom of the page.
4. Click "Mac OSX (Intel, 10.5)" button to start downloading.
5. After the download is complete, locate the download and double-click the Installer icon.
6. Dock your Pulse smartpen to re-transfer your content to Livescribe Desktop. All of your content will be transferred except for any content you deleted directly from your Pulse smartpen and any content you previously archived.
   Note: You may want to dock your smartpen overnight if it has a lot of data on it, as it may take an hour or so to transfer the data the first time you dock.
7. Run Livescribe Desktop on your Macintosh to access your content.
• Printing a Range of Pages
  The ability to print a range of pages has been included in this release. If the page numbers in your notebook are not continuous, then the page numbers in the print panel will differ from the page numbers in your notebook. Please use the preview on the print panel to verify that the correct pages are being printed.
• Livescribe Desktop Prevents Multiple Accounts
  By design, Livescribe Desktop 1.0 allows logins from one account only. Once you have created an account and registered your Pulse smartpen, you will not be able to create a second account.
• Registration
  You will be prompted to register, even if you have done so before.
• Paper Replay Recordings that Span Multiple Notebooks
  When playing back a Paper Replay recording that spans multiple notebooks, the following issues may occur:
  • The notebook name in the Now Playing panel may not match the notebook name in Paper Replay Recordings.
  • The page number in the Now Playing panel may not match the actual page number in the notebook.
  • The content in the Now Playing panel showing the first notebook may not match the actual page content of that notebook when the second notebook is selected.
  • Uploading recordings to Livescribe Online may upload blank pages.

 

Version 0.8.2 (Public Beta) - December 17, 2008

We strongly recommended you upgrade to this version (0.8.2).

Improvements

• Corrected USB transfer problems during normal transfers and firmware upgrades
• Corrected issues with AAC export, particularly the exporting of long audio recordings
• Corrected search issues, particularly those involving case-sensitivity. Now, search works as follows:
  • A search string that is all lower case initiates a case-insensitive search. For example, searching for “apple” will look for “apple”, “Apple”, and “APPLE”
  • Any upper-case characters in a search string initiates a case-sensitive search. For example, searching for “Apple” will only look for “Apple”.
• Corrected issues in which audio played back from the beginning no matter where the customer clicked on the page. Now the audio plays back from where the customer clicks

 

Version 0.8.1 (Public Beta) - November 24, 2008

We strongly recommended you upgrade to this version (0.8.1).

Improvements

• Fixes minor installation problems

 

Version 0.8 (Public Beta) - November 24, 2008

Livescribe introduces the public beta release of Livescribe Desktop for Mac OS X.

Unsupported Features

The following features are currently in Livescribe Desktop for Windows Version 1.4, but are not yet implemented on the Mac:

• Archive notebooks
• MyScript for Livescribe integration
• Print Your Own Notepad sheets
• Upload to Livescribe Online community
• Auto-launch – Livescribe Desktop launches automatically when Pulse smartpen is docked
• “Get info” for a notebook - hover-over on pages within a notebook in thumbnail view gives additional details
• Drag and pan while in single page view
• Rename notebook
• Print range of pages
• Remove audio from smartpen

Known Issues

• When using data ported from Windows, the first page of a notebook or journal is sometimes duplicated in Thumbnail view
• There may be a one second disparity between the displayed duration of Paper Replay recordings in the list view and in the audio controls
• Words written above notebook lines may appear to be written in the middle of the lines
• In certain journals and notebooks, thumbnails are sometimes slightly truncated on the right
• If you close the application while thumbnails are being generated in a large notebook, Livescribe Desktop may crash instead of shut down
• The Paper Replay recording date may be displayed incorrectly in the Recordings list view when using data ported from international versions of Livescribe Desktop for Windows
• The notebook name in the Now Playing pane may not match notebook name in Paper Replay recordings view when playing a Paper Replay recording that spans multiple notebooks

 

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Livescribe™ Platform SDK

Version 1.0 (Pre–Release) - June 3, 2009

The Pre-Release SDK 1.0 includes Paper Designer for Eclipse, which allows you to design and create sophisticated paper applications. The pre–release Platform SDK also includes the Penlet SDK, which contains an Eclipse plug–in for penlet development, as well as a suite of APIs, sample code, documentation, debug tools and command line build utilities.

Important:

• The Pre–Release SDK 1.0 is compatible with Windows only and requires smartpen firmware 1.6. If you are developing on a Mac, please continue to use Pre–Release SDK 0.9.1 with smartpen firmware 1.5.
• The Livescribe Platform SDK supports creating and deploying Pulse smartpen applications (penlets and paper products). The SDK does not provide APIs or tools that transfer data from smartpens to the desktop. In the future, Livescribe will release a separate Desktop SDK to provide smartpen data transfer capability.

New Features

The new Pre–Release SDK 1.0 Paper Designer provides the following features:

• Integration with the Eclipse IDE to provide GUI driven code generation from the paper editor
• Generate multiple page documents in any form factor and mixed form factors within the document
• Link multiple applications to different areas on a page
• Support for rectangles, polygons, ellipses, polylines, line segments, and points
• High quality printed output
• Multiple undo/redo
• Thumbnail view and editing of the document
• Wizard driven document creation process
• Deployment of paper products to the smartpen directly from the paper tool
• Template driven design process for multi–page documents with repeated templates
• Postscript generation and direct printing
• Extensive documentation on the tool and also on pattern printing and related processes

Improvements

• A few cosmetic changes were made to parameters to formalize our object naming
• AreaEnterExitListener Interface was deprecated and remains in place only as a stub Interface. Developers should immediately transition any existing code to use the RegionAreaEnterListener Interface, which provides the same functionality. We apologize for the break in compatibility and can address any questions/concerns in the Livescribe Developer Forums.

Known Issues

• After setting a link (association) from a paper product to a penlet, you cannot remove the link.
• You cannot deploy a penlet when the Eclipse installation folder name contains a space.

 

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