Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
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Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#2This looks fantastic, I was recently disappointed to learn that there don't seem to be any good KVMs under ~$200, that support anything higher than 4k@60Hz.
Apparently Thunderbolt/DisplayPort are not really a thing yet for some reason, so I ended up getting a USB (KM) switch instead. With this project, it looks like I'll be able to have my cake and eat it too.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#3I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does.
What's a 'USB switch'?
Where should this device be connected to?
"press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it?
The project's description is shit.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#4Interesting. My current set up is a usb switch and an hdmi switch, so two buttons to push.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#5I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
Came to make the same comment. Read it twice and am still in the dark.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#6I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
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Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#7I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
I presume USB switch refers to a USB hub with two "output" USB cables, one of which is active at a time. One can toggle the active by pressing a physical button on the switch. Use case: keyboard and mouse are plugged into the switch and you can quickly toggle them between two laptops without messing with the cables.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#8I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
When you use a switching USB hub to switch your USB peripherals from one device to another, it detects the change and uses DDC to also change your monitor’s input setting.
It needs to run on each computer in the setup since it watches for the USB devices to connect.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#9I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
If you actually sat and read it, you'd see that it's a piece of software that sits on each device connected to the USB switch and detects the USB disconnect/reconnect events which trigger when the USB switch is triggered and uses them to detect that the device should try to take control of the display devices.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#10I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
The first result for USB switch on amazon[0] is the descriptively-titled USB 3.0 Switcher Selector 2 Computers Sharing 4 USB Devices KVM Switch Hub Adapter for Keyboard Mouse Printer Scanner U-Disk, Hard Drives, Headsets, KVM Console Box Compatible with Mac/Windows/Linux.
This device switches your keyboards and mice and so on between two computers. The software in OP reacts to these events and switches monitor inputs using some equivalent of HDMI CEC called DDC/CI.
[0]: https://smile.amazon.com/Switcher-Selector-Computers-Keyboar...