What PC to use with ELO Touchscreen?
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And what content do you want displayed?
I would want video, VMR9 and overlays and all the cool stuffs that comes with DX9 or DX10.
As such the small low powered PCs like the
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_7265
I would want video, VMR9 and overlays and all the cool stuffs that comes with DX9 or DX10.
As such the small low powered PCs like the
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_7265
Another, smaller screen but an all-in-one package deal.
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/afl_08a_lx
You would have to embed XP on a CF card or net boot the thing though. Dunno if thats in your capacity or not.
And another... More money but you can install XP on it as normal.
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/afl_17a_cx
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/afl_08a_lx
You would have to embed XP on a CF card or net boot the thing though. Dunno if thats in your capacity or not.
And another... More money but you can install XP on it as normal.
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/afl_17a_cx
politics123
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What about the WYSE terminals connected to a central computer (eg: HS)
keepersg
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I have that working with the Power-home remote clients. I'm using Wyse 9235LE's which are discontinued and available cheap on e-bay from time to time.
At the moment I will just be using it for Homseer. I would in the future like to get a DVR card to record my cameras and be able to pull those up on the screen also. I have 3 of the ET1545L-8UWC-1 that a bunch of people just bought from the Hot Deals section. Two of them are mounted in the walls beside my steps in the basement and main level. I ran the usb and vga cables under the basement steps where my HA computer sits. I was going to pick up two cheap computers to run them and got thinking I should just hook them up to the HA computer (if it is possible). Would a more expensive video card be beneficial in displaying the dvr video in the future?
I have no idea what a thin client is. What's the difference between a computer and a thin client? What's involved with get one going? Space is not an issue for me since I ran the wires under my steps. Is size or price the advantage to a thin client? I've put the third screen in my master bath. I'm tighter on space in that situation and would like to learn more about the thin client option. Can the thin client display the dvr cards video?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Lance
I have no idea what a thin client is. What's the difference between a computer and a thin client? What's involved with get one going? Space is not an issue for me since I ran the wires under my steps. Is size or price the advantage to a thin client? I've put the third screen in my master bath. I'm tighter on space in that situation and would like to learn more about the thin client option. Can the thin client display the dvr cards video?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Lance
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Lance, a thin client is simply a lean client that is basically a screen whereby the computing is done from a central location. ie, a server with high computing power does all the processing for, lets say, five attached thin clients, thus it appears there are five PC's on a network but in reality its really on ONE processor (or one "pc" with mulitple processors should you chose).
Did I sum that up correctly yall? Been a some years from my tech days.
ps. if you go the thin client route, which can be less expensive, you need to have a pretty heavy duty processing pc/server IF the thin clients will be used alot at once, otherwise its not as important if, say, one thin client is used occassionally, one at time. I will be corrected if i am off base.
Did I sum that up correctly yall? Been a some years from my tech days.
ps. if you go the thin client route, which can be less expensive, you need to have a pretty heavy duty processing pc/server IF the thin clients will be used alot at once, otherwise its not as important if, say, one thin client is used occassionally, one at time. I will be corrected if i am off base.
You got the client server relationship, and there are boatloads of those configurations around. This is the same thing as the SageTV>MVP, the MVP boots an OS from the server system. It is utterly worthless without a server to render the interface.
IIRC the Elk touchscreen has a damn RDP client, it's just not 15". (I don't think) That'll do just about everything minus really nice video, this is a limitation of RDP though. Most terminal servers don't allow a bunch of video though, the SageTV>MVP seems to be the minority. Of course the MVP doesn't have touch so thats instantly out.
IIRC the Elk touchscreen has a damn RDP client, it's just not 15". (I don't think) That'll do just about everything minus really nice video, this is a limitation of RDP though. Most terminal servers don't allow a bunch of video though, the SageTV>MVP seems to be the minority. Of course the MVP doesn't have touch so thats instantly out.
keepersg
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Well, not quite. The thin clients do have their own processors and memory and run an OS. In the case of the 9235LE's its windows XPe. They come with some software installed including IE and can browse the internet independently. You can install some software on them directly. Thats what I've done with the Powerhome remote clients. This allows multiple independent home automation screens without the expense of a server. They can also do RDP and Citrix (but nobody is going to pay for a Citrix license at home). The major limitation for the older models is they won't refresh the screen quickly enough to do full motion video. I've tried it with some online clips which look sort of ok in a small window but in a large window you can see the screen repaint between frames. Probably ok for basic security but not for anything else.
keepersg
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I'm using an ELO 15 inch monitor. Its one of the refurbs that Michael Santiago was selling for $100. Works great. He indicated that he was going to come back with a similar product with a bezel for about $150.
upstatemike
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I am looking more seriously at this solution because I can use it right away for viewing my IP cameras and then later to support touch screens. So as I understand it to view at 4 locations I would need:
An old PC to host the screens (got plenty of those)
A Keyspan usb to 4 serial port adaptor
A 4-way video splitter (Something cheap from Cyberguys or ebay?)
4 Longlinks with audio (Might have to wait awhile till some come up on eBay)
4 Screens (Must be ELO to support using 4 serial ports?)
So it looks like this solution would run about $450 plus the cost of the ELO screens... Did I miss anything?
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