January 3, 201115 yr Hi,Installed a second graphics card in the PC then connected a small 8 inch touchscreen LCD and moved the MCDU to it. Sits just beyond my my throttle levers so I can rest my hand there and use my fingers to operate the unit.I know its nothing new but helps to improve the realism. John Headlam
January 3, 201115 yr Hi,Installed a second graphics card in the PC then connected a small 8 inch touchscreen LCD and moved the MCDU to it. Sits just beyond my my throttle levers so I can rest my hand there and use my fingers to operate the unit.I know its nothing new but helps to improve the realism.If you have space enough on the touchscreen, you can place both MCDu´s there and operate them independently... So do I on a 12`` touchscreen, its really an addition to the MD11.Have fun !Steffen Rabenau Steffen Rabenau, Berlin, Germany / stevens-va.de
January 3, 201115 yr Author I didn't think of that, thank you!Do you know if there is a way to have fsx remember the panel positions or do you manually drag them to your touch screen for each flight?cheersJohn John Headlam
January 4, 201115 yr Author I cannot detect any frame drop even with two CDU's running. I'm very conscious of anything that reduces my fps and this has no perceivable effect. The screen is only 800x600 and it's powered by an ATI 5770, the renderer should be able to draw very quickly to that display. John Headlam
January 4, 201115 yr I can´t find a setting that FSX remembers the position of windows, so its part of the flight preparation to drag the two MCDU to the touchscreen. No hit on the framerates to see on my mid quality system...RegardsSteffen Steffen Rabenau, Berlin, Germany / stevens-va.de
January 4, 201115 yr Hi,Installed a second graphics card in the PC then connected a small 8 inch touchscreen LCD and moved the MCDU to it. Sits just beyond my my throttle levers so I can rest my hand there and use my fingers to operate the unit.I know its nothing new but helps to improve the realism.Hi John,I have been looking at this setup for a while. What type of screen is it, how much did it cost, where did you buy it from and finally, is it connected by USB rather than a cable to the rear of the video card?Thanks in advance.Andrew Dixon Andrew Dixon"If common sense was compulsory everyone would have it but I am afraid this is not the case"
January 7, 201115 yr Author It's just a screen I picked up from eBay (around $160 USD). It has a VGA port and uses USB for the touch screen.If I run an MFD on it I see some performance loss, my PMDG gauge update rate is 10 fps. But if I use it for the CDU's I see no performance loss.cheersJohn John Headlam
January 7, 201115 yr It's just a screen I picked up from eBay (around $160 USD). It has a VGA port and uses USB for the touch screen.If I run an MFD on it I see some performance loss, my PMDG gauge update rate is 10 fps. But if I use it for the CDU's I see no performance loss.cheersJohnThanks JohnAndrew Dixon Andrew Dixon"If common sense was compulsory everyone would have it but I am afraid this is not the case"
January 7, 201115 yr I can´t find a setting that FSX remembers the position of windows, so its part of the flight preparation to drag the two MCDU to the touchscreen. No hit on the framerates to see on my mid quality system...RegardsSteffenIs there a way to save the panel config with the MD-11? Maybe you could try it to see if it saves the panel locations? Sam Crawford "Don't judge the intelligence of an individual by the number of posts that they have made. Wait until they say something stupid first." CTC Cadet - www.ctcwings.co.uk
January 11, 201115 yr Do you need any software ( like for example touchbudy) to run this touch screen ?Thanks
January 11, 201115 yr Author Yes but I use eGalaxTouch for my screen. It has Win7 support.http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eg/Touch_Drives.htmlcheersJohn John Headlam
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