P3 external monitor...

[John Ragle]

Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the
putative external monitor mod for the P3?

John Ragle -- W1ZI
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[Alexander Sack]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 5:45 PM, John Ragle <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the
> putative external monitor mod for the P3?


I asked this question i *think* 2 weeks ago, got no response.

@Elecraft (Eric/Wayne/Alan etc.):

Can we just have confirmation that this IS still on the roadmap?  If
not, that's okay too, I just want to know either way.  Perhaps
something announced @Dayton?  :-)

73

-aps (KC2ZSX)
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[Mike K2MK]

Hi John,

I am also very interested in an external monitor connection. The P3 is very nice but it's a strain on these old eyes.

I have a second monitor on my desk where I now display the VE7CC cluster which leads me to wonder if it would be possible to use an AB switch to switch between the P3 and the PC. I don't know if anybody makes 25 pin AB switches and I don't know if removal of a monitor from a PC would cause PC problems. Perhaps someone could comment.

73,
Mike K2MK

John Ragle wrote

Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the
putative external monitor mod for the P3?

John Ragle -- W1ZI

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike K2MK <[hidden email]> writes:

    Mike> I have a second monitor on my desk where I now display the
    Mike> VE7CC cluster which leads me to wonder if it would be possible
    Mike> to use an AB switch to switch between the P3 and the PC. I
    Mike> don't know if anybody makes 25 pin AB switches and I don't
    Mike> know if removal of a monitor from a PC would cause PC
    Mike> problems. Perhaps someone could comment.

I had a switch like that, it would change between 2 full set of
keyboard, mouse and monitor (vga only, not dvi). I had a simple
mechanical switch, but professional ones with electronic control exist
and are frequently used in racks of servers.

As for problems to the PC, if the operating system or graphical
subsystems communicats with the monitor to get screen resolution and
supported modes (it's called EDID data, iirc), it may default to some
safe low res (640x480@60Hz, maybe) if the monitor is disconnected when
the system starts. Or it may fail to start at all, you have to test that
to see what your OS does.

Pf

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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

We're actively designing the external monitor h/w and software fro the
P3 right now.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ

_..._


On 4/30/2011 4:56 PM, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 5:45 PM, John Ragle<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the
>> putative external monitor mod for the P3?
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[Alexander Sack]

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> We're actively designing the external monitor h/w and software fro the P3
> right now.
>

Thanks Eric, that's all I wanted to know!  :-)

-aps
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[Gary Gregory]

Eric,

Does this design also include the keyboard connection also?

73's
Gary

On 2 May 2011 07:38, Alexander Sack <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > We're actively designing the external monitor h/w and software fro the P3
> > right now.
> >
>
> Thanks Eric, that's all I wanted to know!  :-)
>
> -aps
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[ac0h]

There are two video standards for monitors, 15 pin VGA and DVI.
I assume Elecraft will use VGA as that is the most widespread.
Anybody with a DVI only monitor will have to get an adapter.

They do make VGA video switches.

Just Google VGA video switch.




On Sun, 1 May 2011 08:11:03 -0700 (PDT)
Mike K2MK <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I am also very interested in an external monitor connection. The P3
> is very nice but it's a strain on these old eyes.
>
> I have a second monitor on my desk where I now display the VE7CC
> cluster which leads me to wonder if it would be possible to use an AB
> switch to switch between the P3 and the PC. I don't know if anybody
> makes 25 pin AB switches and I don't know if removal of a monitor
> from a PC would cause PC problems. Perhaps someone could comment.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK

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AC0H
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 5/2/2011 4:57 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:

> There are two video standards for monitors, 15 pin VGA and DVI.
> I assume Elecraft will use VGA as that is the most widespread.
> Anybody with a DVI only monitor will have to get an adapter.
>
> They do make VGA video switches.
>
> Just Google VGA video switch.

  Make sure that it is an electronic switch such as a "KVM
  switch" (Google that) rather than a mechanical switch box.
  Some devices "freeze up" if the monitor is abruptly removed
  (learned that the hard way).

--  73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
    Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

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