Pre-Day One
Oh Man!!! The interface with the projection system is software driven, very confusing. I feel I need to learn a technology dance in order to get the projectors and multiple screens to do as I want. The DyKnow multibord is really cool once you get to know how to use it. Writing a special subroutine to engage Launcher and Receiver programs in the proper sequesnce simplified things a lot.
Multiboard lets you project the current slide (n) on one screen, and a second slide (n-1) ona second screen. Downsides? You have to have two computers to do it (one for each screen). We also wanted to run Monitor on the podium screen, a 24 inch monitor, so that means three computers. Other Downside is that Launcher sends you directly to a lecture, which means you start your session immediately,a nd you cannot toggle to start audiorecording your presentation. A a result, as of now, is I have to decide between multiboard and recording my lectures. . . kind of a bummer!
Our Podium and rack system as we have it now is two tablets on the podium, running lecture content (Projector 1) and Monitor (Podium Monitor). The rack Computer runs the n-1 slide (Projector 2). of course, we haven’t figured out how to use the tablet in tablet mode for the monitor Tablet (it flips the Podium Monitor so it is upside down ;oP. I ran through everything Sunday Night all seemed to work, we even set presets for the K-4 Controller system. All is good!! Excited about tomorrow!!
General Postings, Hardware Issues | Andrew French | 
August 25, 2008 8:08 pm
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