Re: Multi-Monitor Questions

["Tom Jedrzejewicz" <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings.
Splitting and distributing PC video to multiple monitors is actually pretty
easy. Connecting a few (< 5) can be done with additional video cards, but
above that you will need some kind of distribution (splitters, repeaters,
switching, etc.).
--> http://www.42u.com/video-distribution.htm
<http://www.42u.com/video-distribution.htm>

It gets a bit harder when you want to display different information on
different monitors from the same computer. You may want to start the project
with a single computer for each workcenter, and a distribution system to
push the output to the desired line.  Then when you figure out how to
consolidate you can do so by moving cables from multiple computers to the
single computer.

It sounds like a fun project!

As an aside ... this is a how-to describing how to create a single 6 user
linux box.  I have never done it, but it looks interesting.
--> http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html

Take care.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:31 AM, <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We are exploring the possibility of installing a single PC with multiple
> monitors (about ten) in a workcenter of our plant.  The workcenter has ten
> stations and the proposal is for a monitor to be at each station to
> display information about the work being done at that station.  No user
> input is required at each station.  This would likely be a Windows XP
> environment.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1.  How would one physically attach ten monitors to a single PC?
> 2.  What distance limitations are there on a signal for a typical monitor?
>  Can they be overcome by additional hardware?
> 3.  What software or other methods are available to control that a
> particular window opens on a particular monitor?
>
>
> I've worked with multiple monitors on a single PC at home, both with
> multiple video cards and with a single card controlling two monitors. That
> was in a desk setting where I could see the monitor I was dragging a
> window to.  This environment is one where you probably couldn't see all of
> the monitors from a single spot.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>
> Dave Parnin
> --
> Nishikawa Standard Company
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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