by djrappa » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:40 pm
Becuase one display is connected to the matrix switcher which feeds the preview monitors at control and the projectors.
The other display is connected to a KVM console in the rack.
It is desirable to have the PB Menu, the start menu, folders, control panel, etc accessible on the KVM. The actual full screen output obviously you want to go to the matrix.
Problem is if you make the matrix output primary, then the PB Menu, etc changes to that and your KVM screen is effectively useless unless you 'drag' everything over from the matrix output which kind of defeats the purpose of having a KVM for management.
The reason I cannot run the video card in clone mode as that whatever output goes to the matrix we see artifacts like timing issues on that output (regardless of physical port), so obviously the video card is not happy redering the full screen output to two physical ports.
Feeding the KVM from the matrix would require a larger matrix and a lot of recabling which is not possible now the installation is in.
Just not quite sure whilst as a master you can tell the player which display to send fullscreen to but not as client...
The machines run Windows 7 but there is no "multi display" uption, only clone or extended.
The machines were all supplied by our local distributor and have ATI cards in them.
Cheers
Clint Dulieu
Dulio Design