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Mr. Midnight
12-09-2011, 01:52 PM
Hello folks i was just given a touch screen monitor and i downloaded the drivers and it works great.
my next test is to use it for the FMC , and if it does what i think it will do im in luck.
i should be able to program the FMC with ease by just pushing buttons as if it was a real one.
does anyone of you fine sim pilots use one , im about to set it up now.
i have always wondered if touch screens would work.
will let you know how it works..............Robert
osage
12-15-2011, 08:47 PM
Hello folks i was just given a touch screen monitor and i downloaded the drivers and it works great.
my next test is to use it for the FMC , and if it does what i think it will do im in luck.
i should be able to program the FMC with ease by just pushing buttons as if it was a real one.
does anyone of you fine sim pilots use one , im about to set it up now.
i have always wondered if touch screens would work.
will let you know how it works..............Robert
Robert
I too am researching info using the T Screen for the FMS and other instruments. Here's an overview on a project using seven touchscreens. (http://www.magictouch.com/whatuserssay.html)
Doug
osage
12-15-2011, 09:54 PM
Hello folks i was just given a touch screen monitor and i downloaded the drivers and it works great.
my next test is to use it for the FMC , and if it does what i think it will do im in luck.
i should be able to program the FMC with ease by just pushing buttons as if it was a real one.
does anyone of you fine sim pilots use one , im about to set it up now.
i have always wondered if touch screens would work.
will let you know how it works..............Robert
Robert, here's another overview on the use of touchscreens (http://blog.immv.es/2010/12/08/touch-screen-for-flight-simulator/) and FS.
Doug
Mr. Midnight
12-29-2011, 09:34 AM
Thanks for the reply , I to a few years ago had a magic touch flip on screen , had it working a little bit not quite where i wanted it.
also i later on broke the glass and never replaced it and touch screens then were way to high for justification.
believe it or not i found a 15 " touch screen monitor for 25 bucks at a garage sale , the company Trilogy Touch Technology went out of business five or six years ago.
i decided to give it a try with no drivers , found old sales company that gave me old drivers for xp/2000 only.
on my xp machine the moniter worked great , di d not have drivers for W7 or there was none.
Decided to load and update to W7 on my second machine and Wala ( W7 found 64 bit drivers for me ) , the monitor does even better than i could wish for, i now dont care in loading the FMC from scratch i can just like the Pro's, every button works like the real one.
im running a six monitor set up with level d and so far fantastic .
thanks........Robert
osage
12-31-2011, 12:05 AM
Thanks for the reply , I to a few years ago had a magic touch flip on screen , had it working a little bit not quite where i wanted it.
also i later on broke the glass and never replaced it and touch screens then were way to high for justification.
believe it or not i found a 15 " touch screen monitor for 25 bucks at a garage sale , the company Trilogy Touch Technology went out of business five or six years ago.
i decided to give it a try with no drivers , found old sales company that gave me old drivers for xp/2000 only.
on my xp machine the moniter worked great , di d not have drivers for W7 or there was none.
Decided to load and update to W7 on my second machine and Wala ( W7 found 64 bit drivers for me ) , the monitor does even better than i could wish for, i now dont care in loading the FMC from scratch i can just like the Pro's, every button works like the real one.
im running a six monitor set up with level d and so far fantastic .
thanks........Robert
My golly, I just found a 12" lcd screen at Goodwill(obviously not for touchscreen) for $8! Checked online and used Triology running @ $200 +
FMC: using the 'avionics' ala 737-800 from Aerosoft (http://aerosoft.com.au/home/home.html). They said a touchscreen would work on their FMC.
What 'glass'/software are you using for the FMC?
Doug
skino
12-31-2011, 04:25 AM
I have the FMC on a touch screen. Is "self-built" with a normal 15 " TFT and a touch screen foil: http://www.virtualvillage.de/review/product/list/id/4156/
In addition I have written a small program that the mouse for each Tap on the Touchscreen immediately moved back to the main monitor with the MCP, so I must not ever move the mouse across all the monitors.
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8277/dcp01935.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/dcp01935.jpg/)