Dual 17" Touchscreens

ruggbutt · 02-13-2007, 01:58 AM

I got my second touchscreen overlay today. I had a little problem with installation and the drivers on the CD, so I called Magic Touch. They steered me to new dual monitor drivers on their website. Once I got them installed (after removing the old ones) setup and calibration was a breeze. Now I have to start appending my other profiles for 1280x1024 res. I'll be able to remove a couple of comms tabs (for wingman commands) because they'll still be the same size they were on the 8" touchscreen, but I'll have more real estate. Here's a quickie shot of my pit, took it with the point and shoot camera. I'll shoot a better one this week with my Digital SLR.

blaster454 · 02-13-2007, 02:26 AM

oooohhhh

very nice!

I just finished ordering a MB, CPU, RAM, drives, PSU, and a video card...I have to be good for a while

Wild.Bill.Kelso · 02-13-2007, 04:00 AM

Very nice Rugg. But where is your keyboard?

ruggbutt · 02-13-2007, 05:25 AM

I don't need no steenking keyboard.

It's between the center panel and the monitor. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it.

Ripcord · 02-13-2007, 09:41 AM

Rugg, you were waiting for somebody to ask you that... (look ma, no keyboard!)

Seriously, nice job, man. And you can play pretty much any sim, any airplane, with that setup. I like it.

Ripcord

Wild.Bill.Kelso · 02-13-2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruggbutt

I don't need no steenking keyboard.

It's between the center panel and the monitor. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it.

Get one of those keyboard that break in the middle and strap one to each leg.

ruggbutt · 02-13-2007, 03:41 PM

I had my client keyboard in my lap yesterday changing some stuff in my TB profiles and I can't even type that way.

I was thinking putting some kind of swing arm with the k/b on it. I don't use the k/b except for chatting in game, and usually I'm on comms so there's not that much. I have Raygun, Buddy Spike, Check Fire and Nice Shot mapped to my XKeys for multiplay.

16thReaper · 03-04-2007, 02:02 PM

Good Morning guys and please excuse the question as I am sure it has been asked many times. I did a search of other posts and it led me to this particular one.I am about to order my first two Touchscreens. Rugbutt, I love your setup it looks wonderful. What do you have that allows you to use dual touchscreens? Multiple video cards? If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. Do you run in client or local mode? I found this site yesterday and love the possibillity. I have always wanted to have the ICP and MFDs to be touchable and now I see that they can be.

PS I found mention of this site from Frugals.

ruggbutt · 03-04-2007, 04:19 PM

Reaper, I'm running in Client/Server mode. My gaming machine is an FX-57/7950GT rig. My client machine is an 1800 Athlon with an nVidia 5200. The vid card has two VGA outputs on it. They're networked thru my router. I have separate desktop icons for each of my profiles, such as F15 left and F15 right. They operate independntly of each other. For instance, I can pull up the TEWS tab on the left screen for better situation awareness and I can use the right screen for sending the commands to my game.

16thReaper · 03-10-2007, 03:08 PM

So, is it possible to run 2 touch screens in local mode if I have a spare video card?

02-13-2007, 01:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
ruggbutt Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 702	Dual 17" Touchscreens I got my second touchscreen overlay today. I had a little problem with installation and the drivers on the CD, so I called Magic Touch. They steered me to new dual monitor drivers on their website. Once I got them installed (after removing the old ones) setup and calibration was a breeze. Now I have to start appending my other profiles for 1280x1024 res. I'll be able to remove a couple of comms tabs (for wingman commands) because they'll still be the same size they were on the 8" touchscreen, but I'll have more real estate. Here's a quickie shot of my pit, took it with the point and shoot camera. I'll shoot a better one this week with my Digital SLR. __________________

02-13-2007, 02:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
blaster454 Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Phillipsburg, New Jersey, USA Posts: 151	oooohhhh very nice! I just finished ordering a MB, CPU, RAM, drives, PSU, and a video card...I have to be good for a while __________________ Cheers! Blaster E6700 C2D @ 3.2GHz 4 GB RAM nVidia 8800GTS w/640MB Win XP Home SP2 .Net v1 and v2 installed TB 1.3.0.13 TBTK 1.3.0.0 15" touch screen in CS mode

02-13-2007, 04:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wild.Bill.Kelso Toolkit Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Six! Posts: 1,888	Very nice Rugg. But where is your keyboard? __________________ (a.k.a. Snacko) Touchscreen: Innovatek TM-868 8"; Running Local Mode on XP Pro

02-13-2007, 05:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
ruggbutt Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 702	I don't need no steenking keyboard. It's between the center panel and the monitor. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. __________________

02-13-2007, 03:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
ruggbutt Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 702	I had my client keyboard in my lap yesterday changing some stuff in my TB profiles and I can't even type that way. I was thinking putting some kind of swing arm with the k/b on it. I don't use the k/b except for chatting in game, and usually I'm on comms so there's not that much. I have Raygun, Buddy Spike, Check Fire and Nice Shot mapped to my XKeys for multiplay. __________________

02-13-2007, 09:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ripcord Junky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vladivostok Posts: 75	Rugg, you were waiting for somebody to ask you that... (look ma, no keyboard!) Seriously, nice job, man. And you can play pretty much any sim, any airplane, with that setup. I like it. Ripcord

03-04-2007, 02:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
16thReaper Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5	Good Morning guys and please excuse the question as I am sure it has been asked many times. I did a search of other posts and it led me to this particular one.I am about to order my first two Touchscreens. Rugbutt, I love your setup it looks wonderful. What do you have that allows you to use dual touchscreens? Multiple video cards? If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. Do you run in client or local mode? I found this site yesterday and love the possibillity. I have always wanted to have the ICP and MFDs to be touchable and now I see that they can be. PS I found mention of this site from Frugals.

03-04-2007, 04:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
ruggbutt Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 702	Reaper, I'm running in Client/Server mode. My gaming machine is an FX-57/7950GT rig. My client machine is an 1800 Athlon with an nVidia 5200. The vid card has two VGA outputs on it. They're networked thru my router. I have separate desktop icons for each of my profiles, such as F15 left and F15 right. They operate independntly of each other. For instance, I can pull up the TEWS tab on the left screen for better situation awareness and I can use the right screen for sending the commands to my game. __________________

03-10-2007, 03:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
16thReaper Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5	So, is it possible to run 2 touch screens in local mode if I have a spare video card?

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