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I stumbled accross this device in an email I was sent
http://www.42u.com/nti-touch-screen-splitter.htm
It allows 4 touch screens to be driven by 1 PC and appears to solve the mouse control issue.
I have no idea how well it works, but I know some people were looking for such a device.
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04-16-2007, 12:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2007, 12:26 PM by stinggray.)
I'm doing this fine. Will it works fine now. I got an 8 VGA splitter/booster and got 25,50 and 100' VGA cables all on EBay. The longest run 100'. I then hooked 8" touchscreen monitors to them. I was getting a ghost image on any runs over 25'. So near the monitors I put a two way splitter/booster just to boost the VGA. Now it works fine. For the touch screens they are USB. So I got the cat5 USB extenders and that works fine. I have two touchscreens working on the same software/driver. On some of the USB ports the touchscreen worked backwards. I just keeped changing then around until it worked. Don't ask how it work, it just did.:-) The one thing I don't like is all screens are the same. I am now looking at putting tablets a round the house instead.
VGA cables $25-$75 depending on the run.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-100-SVGA-SUPER-V...dZViewItem
Splitter/Booster $5-$15
http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Port-VGA-SVGA-Moni...dZViewItem
8" monitors at the time about $200-$250 now I see them for about $150
http://cgi.ebay.com/VM84-8-4-8-TFT-LCD-t...dZViewItem
USB cat5 extender $75-+
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-SUPER-BOOSTER-15...dZViewItem
All on EBay
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If you have to have the same image on all the screens then that is a big downside.
As to the mouse control issue - most drivers now support multiple touchscreens, so it is a non issue with these drivers.
For the prices listed above the betwin software is much cheaper at $100US and you can have 5 different screens running independantly of each other.
The other hardware (extenders etc) may still be needed as this is hardware problems/limitations.
Stinggray - give the software a run on the free trial before you buy the tablets - it may work well for you
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Can I use a dual or quad card? Or will have to use a single card for each one?
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They claim on the website FAQ that you can use a dual or quad head card. There is a hit on performance for games and such, but that is not what we are doing with it so I dont see any problem with it at all
