[SML] Wireless Connection to Projector

[Brian James]

We just installed a set of these for an Art Gallery exhibit.
http://www.extron.com/mobile/products/product.aspx?id=elink100&s=5#aspnetForm

Pretty cool. The EDID that the computer sees is actually the projectors. Testing for 2 days, no issues. Pretty impressed

Brian 


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> On Oct 26, 2017, at 17:38, tech dept via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> Have you looked into Antinex's "AnyWire" (300m)
> 
> from a review.....
> Hands On: Altinex AnyWire Sends HDMI 1080p Over Any Two Conductors
> Fred Harding takes the 'ugliest' wire in his garage and sends high-def video over two conductors, thanks to Altinex's AnyWire HDMI transmitter and receiver. 
> Verdict: Not an April Fools joke.
> /end snip
> 
> http://www.fullcompass.com/prod/518953-Altinex-TP315-101
> 
> Their products are not limited to HDMI.
> 
> 
> 26.10.2017, 23:09, "Wayne Rasmussen via Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net>:
>>>  Could you just install a computer in the booth, dump their presentations
>> 
>> on to it and hand them a clicker? That's what I do for 90% of my
>> presenters here. (the other 10% get a hard-wired connection from lectern
>> to booth.)<
>> 
>> That's what we do now, with an IR repeater. Since we don't have a
>> dedicated line for a clicker, and the booth is too far away from the stage
>> for Bluetooth to work, we've plugged a repeater into a mic line and have
>> the emitter come out of the patch bay and face the back of the projector.
>> The projector is then connected to the presenting computer via USB. The
>> challenge for presenters is that the receiver is on the floor and they
>> like to point the remote at the screen. Going backwards is also difficult
>> with the remote we have for the projector.
>> 
>> When presenters want to do multiple tasks, the challenges with the remote
>> increase. I've tried connecting a computer with a VGA to cat5 dongle
>> attached to the output of the computer and another cat5 to VGA dongle on
>> the other end in the booth but have had some sync issues I think due to
>> the 200 feet I estimate the run to be. We haven't purchased an HDMI to
>> cat5 dongle for current computers since I don't expect the connection to
>> be any more reliable.
>> 
>> Wayne Rasmussen
>> Blair Academy
>> 
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