Finally iDisplay is working...

[Raven_Morpheus]

I am not sure when, but iDisplay has been updated to run on Android 5.1, and that means...

 

 

...that I've finally been able to setup a triple monitor configuration in DCS v1.5 (don't know about 2.0, haven't tried it yet) for the Ka-50 Blackshark using my Tesco Hudl2 Android tablet as a third monitor.

 

I'll be trying it with the A-10 but I don't really know if I can export the UFD or something else useful (?) to the 3rd "monitor" and have the MFCD's where I do currently, on my 2nd monitor.

 

Anyone with an Android tablet running v5.1 wanting to use it as a monitor should get iDisplay - I have used it via Wi-Fi and via USB and there's no perceivable lag that I could tell using the Shkval (an actual mission will tell if that's right or not) even with iDisplay running the tablet in it's maximum resolution of 1920x1104! And there didn't appear to be any hit to my framerate (my PC is an i5 @ 4.2ghz with an nVidia GTX960 2GB).

 

Be nice if it worked as a touchscreen, but afaik it's just an extended desktop like a normal monitor, but I'm well happy now - I've been wanting to get this working for ages but iDisplay not being compatible with Android 5.1 has been the stumbling block!

 

Still need to find a way to turn off the displays in the in-game cockpit though, the old mod for doing that (by PeterP) doesn't appear to work in v1.5...

 

 

A photo I just took to show my setup (1440x900 secondary monitor in portrait on the left, main 1920x1080 monitor on the right, and my Tesco Hudl2 below. The overall resolution is 4740x1440 with the main monitor in the middle aligned at the bottom of the secondary monitor which is on the left in portrait, and the tablet "monitor" on the right) -

 

Edited October 27, 2016 by Raven_Morpheus

[SierraFox]

If you want to use it as a touchscreen, i can vouch for TwoMonUsb. works very well, you do have to pay for it, but can be used as a full touch monitor, very little to no latency and works with helios