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Connect External Screens

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Version 2.1

You can connect up to five external touch screens with a grandMA3 full-size CRV (= Control Room Version). For more information about the amount of DisplayPort connectors of each model, see Quick Manual Consoles - Technical Data.

Important:
The grandMA3 series supports only native DisplayPort connectors on external screens.
Important:
In grandMA3 CRV versions, use at least one Full HD display and a touch display or a mouse.
Hint:
The grandMA3 compact and the compact XT models only have one DisplayPort called DP1.
Example of a DisplayPort connector on a grandMA3 compact XT
 

Screen Arrangement

Place the screens in the following order:

grandMA3 full-size screen order
  • Screens 5 and 4 are always external screens.
  • Screens 3, 2, and 1 can be internal or external screens, depending on the product.
  • The screen order is important for the mouse behavior from screen to screen.

Requirements for external monitors:

  • Native DisplayPort connection
  • Resolution of 1920 x 1080 (full HD)
  • Microsoft Windows® 10 multi-touch compliance
  • Separated USB connection for touch functionality

Connect external touch screens:

  1. Make sure the console is turned off.
  2. Place the first external screen right beside or above screen 1 and the second external screen left beside or above screen 3.
    The screen numbers of the external screens will be numbered consecutively.
  3. Connect the DisplayPort cable of screen 4 with the DisplayPort connector DP4.
  4. Connect the USB cable with the corresponding USB port.
  5. Connect the DisplayPort cable of screen 5 with the DisplayPort connector DP5.
  6. Connect the touch screen USB cable to the appropriate USB port in the correct order as shown below:
Screen allocation for a grandMA3 light CRV.
  1. Press Power to boot up the console.
 

Touch Configuration

  1. To adjust the touch configuration, tap Settings and then tap Touch Configuration. The Touch Configuration overlay opens:

grandMA3 full-size CRV touch configuration
  1. To assign a touch input to a monitor, tap a monitor button in the touch configuration overlay. For example, Assign External 1 touchscreen.
  2. Touch the appropriate monitor screen to assign the touch input to that device. An overlay appears on the currently selected screen:
Touch mapping overlay
  1. The touch function is assigned to the monitor.
  • Reset Assignment: Resets the screen allocation.
Hint:
grandMA3 onPC settings do not have a Touch Configuration button, as they are handled by the operating system.
 

 USB Configuration

  • To check the USB settings, tap ,   Settings and then tap USB configuration. The USB Configuration overlay opens:
USB configuration window with display information
  • Remove Absent: Removes disconnected monitors from the list above.