MFD not working properly

[johannausrohan]

Hi there!

I bought the WinWing MFD with USB Display. I use them as instructed via DisplayLink drivers and Windows 11 detects them correctly as secondary monitors. The one I use for testing right now is connected to the usb 3.0 ports on the back of my desktop pc, directly to the mainboard. (I also tried two different powered usb hubs though)

However, the display is not working properly. I can move the mouse cursor over to the screen and I can even see the loading icon next to the cursor sometimes but whenever I try to click an icon or move a window to that screen it simply does not show up. I attached a video that hopefully shows the problem more accurately than I can explain. During that video I am right-clicking on the desktop multiple times but the regular windows context menu never shows up. Also the icons in the taskbar do not give the usual visual feedback when clicking although all the programs are opening up on my main screen. So it does indeed work but nothing besides my mouse cursor is moving on that MFD which I find very odd.

SimAppPro now correctly detects all MFDs although that was not working when I started with them, I had to reinstall the drivers and so on. I am able to completely set them up inluding lua file generation in the software but when I start DCS, select the "winwing" option in monitor settings and jump in my plane, the MFDs just stay as they always are. They do not show anything, they appear to be frozen and still show my desktop and taskbar.

The interesting part is: when I connect them to my laptop instead it is working perfectly right out of the box. However, I cannot test DCS there because I do not have enough storage to install it but at least windows interface is working correctly there so I assume DCS would also work.

Can anyone help or give advise?

Displaylink driver version 11.2.3146.0
windows 11 64 bit

Edited February 24, 2024 by johannausrohan

[johannausrohan]

To anyone who might needs this in the future:

I was able to fix it by disabling NVIDIA GeforceExperience ScreenCapturing aka Shadowplay - it works perfectly now.

[rob10]

Thanks for coming back with your solution.  It will likely save someone frustration in the future!

[=Mac=]

I disabled (Shadow Play) which still did nothing. I suspect the LUA file is changed and the MFDs still just show the desktops and taskbars. If I use the "GREEN" sliders, all the monitors show they are in the correct place. I turn the sliders back off. DCS Notes that the bezels are there (I correctly mapped all three) and work flawlessly. JUst the 3 monitors remain showing the desktops with no input from DCS

 

[MustangSally]

4 hours ago, =Mac= said:

I disabled (Shadow Play) which still did nothing. I suspect the LUA file is changed and the MFDs still just show the desktops and taskbars. If I use the "GREEN" sliders, all the monitors show they are in the correct place. I turn the sliders back off. DCS Notes that the bezels are there (I correctly mapped all three) and work flawlessly. JUst the 3 monitors remain showing the desktops with no input from DCS

 

Did you follow my tutorial??

[=Mac=]

The problem is that Winwing requires that DCS is in windowed mode, not full screen mode. Windowed mode fixes everything. (Well, almost everything. Now the F-10 map is half off the screen while the Menu bar is correct. THAT's weird.)

Edited June 2, 2024 by =Mac=

[rob10]

15 minutes ago, =Mac= said:

The problem is that Winwing requires that DCS is in windowed mode, not full screen mode.

Sorry, but that's not correct.  I just double checked to be sure and my DCS has the "FULL SCREEN" option checked.  Not sure what you're doing differently, but I full screen is no problem for me.

[=Mac=]

I think the hardware from Winwing is awesome. But the Chinese idea of computer programming has got to be the perfect example of idiotic mumbles and incoherent yammer.

[MustangSally]

7 hours ago, =Mac= said:

I think the hardware from Winwing is awesome. But the Chinese idea of computer programming has got to be the perfect example of idiotic mumbles and incoherent yammer.

Simappro has nothing to do with how your monitors are positioned. All it needs to know is what monitor is where. If you do not set the three ext monitors (the same as any other ext monitor) correctly, you'll have problems with Simappro trying to display information where it should. Windows should be in full screen as the DCS monitor.lua file is looking for total resolution and to what viewport to use.