2015-06-05 21:58 GMT+02:00 Przemek Klosowski <przemek.klosow...@gmail.com>:
> > So I took an Android 7" tablet (Azpen A700) that I got for $35 from > MicroCenter, installed X11 server from the Play Store: > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=x.org.server&hl=en > > and ran a test program (attached) talking to the X server on the tablet > via USB: > > DISPLAY=192.168.1.11:0 wish testbuttons.tcl > > It runs fine, although the mouse interaction is awkward (have to slide > the cursor to the target first before tapping to click). > > I'm on your side Przemek. I remember a year or two ago this discussion was a kind of a hot topic after a test I did (and someone else also made it as well) where I had different computers for running the machine and the GUI. I was frankly considered being an idiot by some. While I am since then happy strolling along being a lesser smart person, I visited a partner's factory. It turns out that they run ALL THEIR MACHINES REMOTELY. Tooling centers, lathes and injection molders. Everything controlled from the desk 4 feet from the coffee machine. And now I am looking into investing in a new injection molder, all three brands we look at has VNC remote control as standard. I helped a friend making a big router for profiling plywood sheets. He runs the machine GUI on a laptop with touch screen and can control the router from the other end of the table 10 feet away. He is also kind of stupid considering he runs two computers (less running back and forth is not taken into account). Why bother making a touch screen setup for a PC when a touch screen laptop or tablet is dirt cheap? Letting the box, BBB or whatever you like controlling the machine and running the GUI somewhere else is pretty obvious to me. You can get a pretty good tablet on Amazon for $70 USD (Dragon Touch 9" screen, quad core). My kids have them for gaming. They run VNC just fine. With that said, I'll keep on strolling as an idiot. But now with the fact that more or less the entire industry is accepting dual computer setups. And the don't-trust-wireless-machines-argument was pouring down the drain back then too. Let me re-post a picture: http://www.hiab.com/globalassets/inriver/resources/544ea8hip_se12_008ret_1300x845.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
