Ken Coker Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Dear All Borrowing an idea from Gareth - thanks for the PM - anyone have any reasons why running the Vista software on a PC with a touchscreen won't work? (Lovely though all the other PC based controllers are, Vista software/dongle is the system available to me.) Anyone done it? Cheers KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klemay Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 What make of touchscreen is it? I had a problem with mine, but it turned out to be a driver, problem, I just downloaded the right driver and viola!! Kris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scjb Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hi Ken, Yes, I regularly run Vista with a touchscreen (both alongside an S3 and alone). Works just fine. I found a 3M Microtouch on eBay for a very reasonable price. It works so well that I'm seriously considering getting a touchscreen laptop to VNC link with my Vista machine (I run Vista on a desktop) so I can do all my focussing from the auditorium seats. Hope this helps, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Thanks for that. Given it's for my local school we'll probably end up with an RM screen, but that's no real issue. Cheers KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Based upon the small amount of Vista experience that I have, there's only one comment that I can usefully make - given that the Vista screen layout is designed around the use of a stylus as the pointing/selecting device, would it not be a little bit clumsy and inaccurate when used with the end of a fat finger instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scjb Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hi Gareth, I bought one of those large pen-style stylus affairs from CPC (made by Belkin, order code CS12246). It's more than accurate for the role. I must admit I only used it for a day before I taped it permanently into "stylus" mode. The thought of sticking a biro point through my nice new touchscreen made me shudder! EDIT - Added product reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Excellent points (haha!) and one echoed by the mighty Andy Mahaffey in an email. I shall post more should anything further arise. Thanks KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrinks Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hi,My thoughts were to run vista on a desktop pc, and use a touchscreen laptop to wirelessly connect (using remote network connection). This would mean I would have to construct a wireless network at each event, but Im sure this would be as easy an implementing a wireless access point. Any Ideas? Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baldwin Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 use a touchscreen laptop to wirelessly connect Apart from the inadvisability of using a wireless data network in uncontrolled* spectrum for convenience's sake, as discussed elsewhere, I'd worry about latency.I've never used remote access program which didn't have some latency - even on a 100 Mb/s wired network where nothing else was using the network. If all you're doing is hitting a go button on the SM's GO, it shouldn't be too bad, but if you want to busk anything... ouch. As a remote focus tool (especially if you already have the hardware) it would be fine, but I wouldn't want to run a show with it. Tom * I mean that there's no official frequency management as there is with most radio mic channels, I just can't think of the magic word for this right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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