$700 ? wow, they're sure proud of that device ! I picked up a wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver ( Vizio ) for around $150 , has switchable 4 input source, 1 output , sure wish they had a VGA connector option.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:32 AM, N Parr <npar...@mortonind.com> wrote: > ** > Just thought I'd follow up on some solutions I've found since a variant of > this question seems to come up occasionally. > http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=3811&sku=29505# > Their Trulink system does it all for connectivity, wired and wireless. > But very expensive per endpoint, over $700. > > IOGear makes a wireless USB Hub ~$60, so I got the idea to connect one of > my Kensington USB/VGA adapters to it, ~$60. They said you can't connect to > multiple devices across hubs or VGA adapters but I tried it anyway and it > works. Works very well hard wired, but if you don't have great wireless > connection the Kensington driver will have issues trying to keep video in > sync across multiple devices and fail miserably with one wired and one > wireless. We have an old Cisco Aironet wireless infrastructure and I don't > have great signal at my desk. Maybe when we get our Aruba system in I'll > have better results with using wireless. I'm running it from a VM and > network BW is averaging around 200k to run two monitors with slideshows > that update every 5 sec. CPU is bouncing around 5-15%. Kensington says > you can run 6 adapters from one PC. If I remember someone asked a while > back about splitting an excel file across multiple TV's. This would work > because the driver lets you decide where you want the monitors positioned > (or mirrored) and how you want them rotated. > > Startech make an Ethernet to VGA adapter which is basically an Ethernet > USB hub with the VGA adapter built in, ~$120. From the help file it looks > like it uses the exact same configuration software as the Kensington > USB/VGA adapter. I called their tech support to ask if it would > "unofficially" support sending video to multiple devices. The tech I > talked to was excellent. He confirmed it wasn't officially supported but > that it would work and seem genuinely interested it what I was trying to > accomplish. And he spoke English. So I'm going to test my setup with a > couple of these also. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* N Parr > *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2011 1:04 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* 802.11 Wireless VGA Extension > > Can anyone point me to a product like this. I just don't have much > experience with digital signage. Basically want a video switch where the > remotes can be connected via standard Wi-Fi. I've found a lot of remote > vga solutions but they all either use their own build it wireless or some > type of physical connection. I'm wanting to distribute over the facility > wireless network. I've checked out Avocent and some similar manufactures. > Even thought of a wireless/Ethernet attached USB hub with a VGA adapter on > it. Afraid I may have BW issues trying to move Video that way and I > would have to put one at each remote and want to run multiple devices from > a single PC. I can't find any that allow you to attach to devices across > multiple hubs. > In the end it may just be cheaper to use some cheap old micro pc's at each > location but I would prefer to make it as solid state as possible because > the environment they are in will kill anything with a fan pretty quick. > I'm doing some kiosk type TV's now with old pc's on them running slideshows > but this has the potential to be 20-30 more devices and I would really like > it to be as centrally managed as possible. > Thanks > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
