Members Joeyunity Posted January 24, 2009 Members Share Posted January 24, 2009 I have been using light jockey right off of my Laptop for several months now but i would like to put together a permanent type setup. i would like to control my Light Jockey on a touch screen but have no idea where to begin or what is needed. Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted January 24, 2009 Members Share Posted January 24, 2009 I mean, all you'd really need is a touch-screen monitor... essentially they just work off the "mouse click" property. You touch it and the mouse arrow goes there and clicks. Get an active screen and it won't require as much pressure but you'll need to use a stylus. Most touch-screens utilize an active matrix and a passive one, so that you can push with your finger, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ned911 Posted January 24, 2009 Members Share Posted January 24, 2009 Touch screen monitor and LJ Manager I believe will do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joeyunity Posted January 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 so more or less the best way to do this would be to get a desktop computer, connect a touch screen monitor, and download LJ Manager? is there any special connections between the touch screen and the computer? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blackeyed28 Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 why not get a tablet PC ?? i think HP makes one for around $500. there are even ruggedized models that meet MIL specs. oh, and even DELL makes them now (but expensive)http://www.dell.com/tablet?s=biz&cs=555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 $500 is optimistic for a touch-screen laptop -- even on sites like Woot and Slickdeals it's rare to have one come up for under $700. That said, I use an HP tx1000z touch-screen tablet. Works fairly well; I'd highly recommend going with one of the newer multi-touch ones, which are only about a hundred bucks more, but are significantly more accurate and sensitive. As far as hooking a touch screen to a desktop computer, the monitor will most likely just have a regular VGA or DVI connector, and a USB connector. That's it. XP and Vista should pick up on the touchscreen portion of it automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joeyunity Posted January 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 well i already have a couple desktop computers laying around so if i could utilize them it would be great. i just want to make sure i am not missing anything. from what i am getting out of this is you just plug a touch screen monitor into my desktop via VGA and it works. i feel like i am missing something. Like there needs to be another connection to the monitor or something along those line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundlight Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 Yes, there should be a USB or Serial connection for the touch part of the touchscreen. You'll then have to install the proper touchscreen driver to be able to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kevinnem Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 this whole idea SOUNDS good on paper, but in reality I think you will be disappointed, we had a tablet for runing out lighjting woftware, and end up useing teh mouse 9 times out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joeyunity Posted January 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 gotcha. my concern is as follows... i figured with a touch screen and what i have been to just make buttons that could be pushed to run programs? will this still be possible with just using the mouse? the only time i really ran programs outside of being in programming mode with LJ is be adding them to a controller like a 2510. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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