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CWilson 2007-05-19 16:04
Hello, I'm so glad to find this forum, I've been looking for a solution to this forever, so I hope someone can help.
I'm visually impaired, so I've got a 37" HDTV as my PC monitor, and in order to see enough I use Matrox Parhelias running at 1360x768, then must use the Matrox PixelTouch zooming feature to get 2x or 4x full screen zoom. So far, these are the only cards I've found that do this right and don't interfere with any applications, including video and 3D. I have three PCs running WinXP, and they go through a DVI KVM switch. On each machine I have a Matrox APVe, but I am trying to work on 3D modeling and video programs that use OpenGL. The Matrox zoom function works fine with these apps, but since these cards are not really meant for 3D, in one machine I've got an ATI FireGL v7200 in the primary slot, and an APVe in a second PCIe slot. In order to actually see what I'm doing I have to switch primary monitors from the ATI to the Matrox card using the KVM. This is workable but tedious, and what I really need is a way to zoom the ATI card the same way the Matrox driver does and just remove the Matrox card. If I could find a solution to this I'd dump all the Matrox cards and go with the modern ATIs.
I have tried software utilities like UltraMon and some like ZoomText or Lunar that are made for the visually impaired. The problem with these is they don't work with the 3D and overlay apps, while the Matrox hardware level driver handles these fine.
Is there a way to write a special driver for the ATI FireGL that would include this zoom feature? Is it something that, if a software utility knew which card it was dealing with, could be handled by software like UltraMon?
With these modern, super high resolution cards and monitors, it seems like full screen zooming would essential even for people with no vision trouble. Any help would be truly appreciated, thank you!
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Christian Studer 2007-05-20 08:51
The current version of UltraMon mirroring doesn't support zooming, but you could do this with the MirrorMon add-on.
You should test if performance is sufficient for your needs.
3D mirroring should work, but video won't work if the video player uses overlays.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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CWilson 2007-05-21 10:09
Thanks Christian, but I basically have that capability with my current setup. I guess I was a little unclear. I'm not trying to mirror the primary monitor, I'm really trying to just use a single monitor with an ATI FireGL v7200 but get the same zooming function as the Matrox cards have. That's why I wondered about a custom written driver or utility that would render 3D properly.
Can you use UltraMon with the mirroring plugin and use hotkeyable full screen zoom with only one primary monitor?
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Christian Studer 2007-05-21 10:24
That's not supported, both UltraMon mirroring and MirrorMon are designed to run on a secondary monitor.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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