RE: Running multiple touchscreens from one PC

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone - I'll have a look at the ML forums.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Purves [mailto:CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 November 2004 19:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Running multiple touchscreens from one PC
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> There is a huge thread on the cinemar forum about doing exactly this.
They
> use multi-head graphics - the matrox supports up to 9 touchscreens on
1 pc
> with independent display and so does Mainlobby to boot - solution in a
> box. Given that you are only likely to be using 1 or 2 of the screens
at
> any one time a reasonably spec'd server will handle this nicely. There
is
> about 10 pages of discussion on the forum describing the approaches to
> doing it. I have just purchased some of the kit to do exactly that.
> Terminal services is a nasty way of doing it IMHO.
>
>
> Chris
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: John Andrews<mailto:groups@xxxxxxx>
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>   Sent: 15 November 2004 18:46
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Running multiple touchscreens from one PC
>
>
>   Paul
>
>   I'm doing just that (USB to VGA), do a search for see2 in google.
>
>   I imported one from provantage and if someone was doing a bulk buy,
> would
>   probably buy another.
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Paul Gordon"
> <paul@xxxxxxx<mailto:paul@xxxxxxx>>
>   To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>>
>   Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:07 PM
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Running multiple touchscreens from one PC
>
>
>   >
>   > I do remember reading earlier in the year that it is possible
with a
> reg
>   > hack to increase the number of remote desktop sessions
available in
>   > Windows XP. I recall reading that one poster claimed to have 5
RDP
>   > sessions running concurrently with no problems... That would
probably
> be
>   > a viable option, but one would of course have to have a PC as
well as
>   > the screen in the remote locations....
>   >
>   > Another thought has occurred to me.... Aren't there USB-VGA
adapters
>   > available? - I'm sure I've seen these advertised in the past...
(could
>   > be thinking of something else though)...
>   >
>   > Paul G.
>   >
>   >
>   > > -----Original Message-----
>   > > From: Gareth Cook [mailto:g@xxxxxxx]
>   > > Sent: 15 November 2004 16:04
>   > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   > > Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Running multiple touchscreens from
one PC
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > Similar to what I want. I would like whole house audio
control (via
>   > > browser) with all the amplification and switching done in
N0.
> Speakers
>   > in
>   > > each room go back to N0.
>   > >
>   > > Or the touchscreen (7" etc) as you state. Not seen
anything suitable
>   > so
>   > > far.
>   > >
>   > > G.
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 15/11/2004 15:56
-----
>   > > "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
>   > > Today 15:50
>   > >
>   > > .
>   > > Subject:
>   > > .
>   > > [ukha_d] Running multiple touchscreens from one PC
>   > > .
>   > > Category:
>   > >
>   > >
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > Just mulling over the ways to get touch screens in a
number of rooms
>   > cost
>   > > effectively. Is anyone running two or more touch screens
(of the
> type
>   > you
>   > > fit in a car etc) from a single PC with multiple
interfaces?
>   > >
>   > > I?d probably want to run something like MainLobby or my
own custom
>   > > application (designed in Director) on each and connecting
to
>   > > ACE/Homevision/Comfort at the back end.
>   > >
>   > > I guess there are a few options like:
>   > >
>   > > *                Terminal services
>   > > *                Multiple dual head graphics cards in the
PC
>   > > *                Multi session software (don?t know what
this is
>   > called
>   > > but I?ve seen something before ? allows several instances
of Windows
>   > to
>   > > run from one PC)
>   > >
>   > > I guess the multi graphic card option is easy to setup but
may be a
>   > bit
>   > > flakey to get the right app running on the right screen?
>   > >
>   > > With the terminal services option ? what?s the minimum
extra
> hardware
>   > I
>   > > would need at each screen?
>   > >
>   > > Anyone got any other ideas?
>   > >
>   > > Paul.
>   >
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