Onyx Boox as monitor

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by mdp

YES!

It works!
Tested with a Max2, old firmware.
In the attached picture, I connect via web browser to a GIS server I keep on my desktop computer (as http://localhost:8080/ ). I trust that also VNC connections etc. will work as they should.

I did not know the `adb reverse` trick! Hippocrates was so right.

Much appreciated yourself!

Hello Mdp,

Could you describe the procedure that you use ?

I can't test now the trick. I understand that If I connect the Max2's web browser, I can use the USB connection via ADB, I'm wrong or not ?

[mdp]

Originally Posted by Randy11

I understand that If I connect the Max2's web browser, I can use the USB connection via ADB, I'm wrong or not ?

No, not only: having used the web is just a test that USB networking works.

To create USB networking, you either have an Android user interface, or root privileges and shell commands.
But, you can also use "forwarding" through 'adb reverse', and this creates a network without needing root privileges.

Through forwarding, a trick is set so that if the tablet connects to a specified port of special address 'localhost', it will instead connect to its networking peer.

So, in the context of "monitor":
- on your desktop PC you may have a VNC server listening to port 5900;
- the tablet is USB connected, ADB ready, and you issue an
adb reverse tcp:5900 tcp:5900
from the desktop;
- your VNC client (e.g. bVNC) can connect to
localhost:5900
and this will in fact connect it to the server on the desktop.

Please try it, I still have to. I connected the tablet to a local web server for brevity.

[eldon]

Hi,

I am hoping that someone here can help me with the Monitor Mod on the Max 2. (Monitor_Mod3.apk and onyx-monitor-move-pointer-hack-7a.py)

I have it almost working. I can see that using two fingers for right click is registering the x,y coordinates but when the cursor tries to move python gives me the below error. Any advice on how I should proceed?

I am using Windows 7 and Python 2.7.15. I do not know if it matters but I am using a Macbook with Parallels (Windows 7).

C:\Python27>python 7a.py
07:49:40.418000 | 0 | 1751, 814
07:49:40.418000 | 261 | 1751, 814
07:49:41.350000 | 6 | 1724, 877
07:49:42.147000 | 1 | 2347,1059
07:49:45.885000 | 0 | 1904, 957
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "7a.py", line 232, in <module>
main()
File "7a.py", line 137, in main
mouse.press(x, y) #LMB Down
File "C:\Python27\pymouse\windows.py", line 33, in press
self.move(x, y)
File "C:\Python27\pymouse\windows.py", line 71, in move
windll.user32.SetCursorPos(x, y)
ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 1: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: Don't know how
to convert parameter 1

Thanks!

Eldon

[Randy11]

Hello,

I want buy an second cable HDMI, but I found two types of mini-HDMI cable : type C or type D. I'm looking for a 2 m length.

What's the good choice ?

Thank you.

/* Edit */
I suppose that it's 'type D', but I'd like to have a confirmation.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Randy11

Hello,

I want buy an second cable HDMI, but I found two types of mini-HDMI cable : type C or type D. I'm looking for a 2 m length.

What's the good choice ?

Thank you.

/* Edit */
I suppose that it's 'type D', but I'd like to have a confirmation.

They are different sizes so you have to buy the one that fits. See HDMI#Connectors for more on this in our wiki. Click the image to make it larger.

Dale

[Randy11]

Thank you Dalede for the link It's clear now : HDMI A <-> HDMI D for the MAX2.

[davodjafari]

Hello friends
I bought an onyx boox max carta a few days ago.
Now it's very necessary for me to connect it to a computer and use it as a second monitor. i really need it for text editing and browsing.
I am very confused about your 38 page content about development software for this purpose because I don't have any expertise in computer and software.
i want help:
Is there a complete protocol or simple and practical way to connect my max carta to a computer as a second monitor? that has explained the first-to-last and step by step method?
Thank you very much

[whopper]

nevermind

[mdp]

Originally Posted by davodjafari

onyx boox max carta [...] to connect it to a computer and use it as a second monitor. i really need it for text editing and browsing.
I am very confused [...] Is there a complete protocol or simple and practical way to connect my max carta to a computer as a second monitor?

The MaxCarta has a very weak processor: your results will not be fully satisfactory.

You can use your desktop computer (PC) as a server of the work environment and the MaxCarta as the client that receives it. This works through a network.
You can connect the MaxCarta and your desktop computer through a USB cable: that as the physical base of the network.
To set up a computer network between MaxCarta and PC, you have two tricks: the "adb reverse" posted just a few posts above, or first rooting (see here) the MaxCarta and then using the software (UsbNetworking - see again here) I posted in this thread.
For a server, you can pick a VNC server that works on your PC. There will most probably be many, and their effectiveness will vary. As a client, I recommend bVNC, a version of which I optimized for EPD and posted in this thread (as com.iiordanov.freebVNC_MDP1.apk, here).

The process is as simple as this. Provided that you want to go in depth with making them work.

[davodjafari]

thank you dear mdp.
In fact i need some additional information specially in how to make usb networking without rooting the device or adp.

Excuse me for my poor IT information.

[mdp]

Originally Posted by davodjafari

In fact i need some additional information specially in how to make usb networking without rooting the device or adp

That is ADB (B for Bridge).

There is none - unless you manage to make emerge the "Tethering" settings, which I presume cannot be summoned or do not work, otherwise I doubt I would have looked for other ways.
Creating a network from the tablet requires root privileges: either you gain them, or the system gives you the option through normal user interfaces.
Of course, you could also create a Wi-Fi connection, and for that the system surely has its interface: which will probably be useless because it will be slow (and drain battery fast).

Rooting the MaxCarta is trivial and "a one click process": have you read the post I linked?

[davodjafari]

Originally Posted by mdp

That is ADB (B for Bridge).

There is none - unless you manage to make emerge the "Tethering" settings, which I presume cannot be summoned or do not work, otherwise I doubt I would have looked for other ways.
Creating a network from the tablet requires root privileges: either you gain them, or the system gives you the option through normal user interfaces.
Of course, you could also create a Wi-Fi connection, and for that the system surely has its interface: which will probably be useless because it will be slow (and drain battery fast).

Rooting the MaxCarta is trivial and "a one click process": have you read the post I linked?

Yeas of course i read it mor than 10times.
OK as i understand:
1. Rooting the Maxcarta
2. Installing The usbnetwork.apk
3. installing a VNC in pc ( i have tightVNC: could i use this?)
4. then setting the IPof my PC in the Maxcarta
5. And if i be luckyit will mirror my desktop

[davodjafari]

High guys in fact im succeed with max carta .
in fact its great. when i use it in web browsing and working with microsoft office its completly responsive as a montor. finally i can completely use it in my works.

thanks all and good luck

[mdp]

Originally Posted by davodjafari

High guys in fact im succeed with max carta .
in fact its great. when i use it in web browsing and working with microsoft office its completly responsive as a montor. finally i can completely use it in my works.

thanks all and good luck

Excellent,
would you please publish your set-up? Meaning: what software and parameters/configuration you used for the server, and on which Desktop Operating System; which client (bVNC?) you used and did you fine-tune its configuration; which networking method do you use (cable+root+usbnetwork.apk ?)

[joel7]

Originally Posted by mdp

...
-- a BlueTooth keyboard that also offers a mousepad, the luxury of a numpad and a slot to host your devices, slanted.

What is the product name of the keyboard?