Pole display using a monitor - New
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:49 pm
For those of you who are looking for a better option than a pole display (something cheaper that displays more data) until recently we had the Pertelian X2040 display that would display 4 lines of data and code only $50. Unfortunately the X2040 display is no longer available.
Another option is the BIGPOLE program that comes with DHPOS. This program sends the pole display output to a monitor. Originally this was expected to require a whole additional computer networked to the POS computer. This would cost way more than a pole display.
Another problem is that BIGPOLE did not work properly on Windows XP or after unless you ran it under DOSBox, and options #1 and #2 only displayed 2 lines of data.
Then I found this http://www.amazon.com/MIMO-UM-710S-Powe ... s=mimo+710
A computer monitor that plugs into a USB port and can be used as a second monitor on the same computer that run the DHPOS software. This means that your regular monitor will display the DHPOS screen and the USB monitor can be used as a pole display.
So I have written a new version of the BIGPOLE program in QB64. This program does run under Windows XP and after and will even run on 64 bit versions of Windows. It has 3 options to display the pole data that you can see here http://keyhut.com/bigpole.jpg
However all is not well yet. When running the DHPOS software the computer is limited to displaying the second monitor only in a Window, not full screen.
And I still need to perfect my method for getting a computer to support the second monitor.
However if you have a spare $110 to blow and want to try this out (or you computer supports dual VGA monitors and you have a spare monitor), and you can figure out how to move the display of the BIGPOLE program over to the second monitor, you can download and try this
http://keyhut.com/bigpoleq.exe
If you put it into your DHPOS folder you will not have to enter a PATH when you run it.
So the basic concept is that you run DHPOS in one window and display that to your main monitor. And you run BIGPOLEQ in another window and display that on the second monitor.
You will also have to download the QB64 .DLL files.
Dale
Another option is the BIGPOLE program that comes with DHPOS. This program sends the pole display output to a monitor. Originally this was expected to require a whole additional computer networked to the POS computer. This would cost way more than a pole display.
Another problem is that BIGPOLE did not work properly on Windows XP or after unless you ran it under DOSBox, and options #1 and #2 only displayed 2 lines of data.
Then I found this http://www.amazon.com/MIMO-UM-710S-Powe ... s=mimo+710
A computer monitor that plugs into a USB port and can be used as a second monitor on the same computer that run the DHPOS software. This means that your regular monitor will display the DHPOS screen and the USB monitor can be used as a pole display.
So I have written a new version of the BIGPOLE program in QB64. This program does run under Windows XP and after and will even run on 64 bit versions of Windows. It has 3 options to display the pole data that you can see here http://keyhut.com/bigpole.jpg
However all is not well yet. When running the DHPOS software the computer is limited to displaying the second monitor only in a Window, not full screen.
And I still need to perfect my method for getting a computer to support the second monitor.
However if you have a spare $110 to blow and want to try this out (or you computer supports dual VGA monitors and you have a spare monitor), and you can figure out how to move the display of the BIGPOLE program over to the second monitor, you can download and try this
http://keyhut.com/bigpoleq.exe
If you put it into your DHPOS folder you will not have to enter a PATH when you run it.
So the basic concept is that you run DHPOS in one window and display that to your main monitor. And you run BIGPOLEQ in another window and display that on the second monitor.
You will also have to download the QB64 .DLL files.
Dale