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Originally Posted by rally
Chris,
I am not clear on what you have done exactly ?
What is the screen device ?
There is no reason why the iPad cannot easily be made to work simply by running a VNC client on the iPad - of which there are many and a VNC server on the Fit-PC
Whatever screen resolution you set on the Fit can be seen by either scaling or by a fixed size Window on the iPad or other portable device
There are VNC clients for most platforms that work with RealVNC etc and they can all be connected simultaneously too
So you can control your system via the iPad and the laptop and the office PC all at the same time if you really wanted.
They just need to be able to communicate across your network.
Of course this doesnt work until the system is fully booted and running - so the BIOS boot sequence and initial WIndows Boot will not be visible or controllable using VNC if that is what you were trying to achieve
Sorry if I missed something
Rally
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Sorry it's not an iPad. It's just the LCD panel from an iPad, can be bought for about $90 from any repair place. An aftermarket controller for the screen then runs backlight control and then this becomes effectively a very cheap very high resolution screen for a PC.
What I'm trying to achieve is basically a local status visible on the telescope itself. For instance if the wireless network craps itself, or it locks up during bootup, or (insert other reason why VNC may fail to work). If I'm in the middle of a 15min frame and VNC drops out, did it drop out because the wireless died or has the computer locked up completely? If it's just the wireless then how long until the current sub is finished before touch the telescope?
That kind of thing. I wanted a display, I wanted it cheap, and the highest resolution possible. Off the shelf stuff is nightmarishly expensive.
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Originally Posted by Steffen
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