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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.