Will the GCS1102 act as a USB relay between computers and a monitor? My monitor has 4 USB ports, and it would be nice to be able to use them
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I don't know. The 4 Port DVI version I have has a shared USB port on it that can toggle to the machine using the Video / keyboard / mouse. You can share one USB on that for sure but you you have that usb fan out into the four on your monitor things might get tricky.
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I have seen plugable videos where utilizing a USB 3.0 hub the owner of plugable uses several of the single adapters to have 7 monitors off of one computer. I wouldn't think this is any different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYUdAWOGJ_Y
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I've had my laptop hooked up to an HDMI monitor at the same time as this USB monitor, so I had three monitors going at one, but I've never tried two USB monitors.
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Not sure about the monitor but if you're using a wireless kybd & mouse (Logitech in my case), then the answer is NO!!! The Unifying USB receiver s only capable of recognizing only one device type, that means 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 1 touchpad. Apparently it doesn't pass that through the Iogear switch. At least not for me :-(
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The USB ports work fine here, I have not had any issues. I use them all the time. You need to make sure you plug the USB cord from the monitor into a USB port on your tower though.
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Brad: I'm sorry, I have not used it for that purpose. Since I have a MAC laptop, it didn't have the connector port that I needed, so I bought this so I can use the 15-pin end on my external monitor and plug the USB end into my laptop. That works fine. Since it is a standard 15-pin end, My guess is that it will work, bit i haven't done anything other than use it to connect an external monitor to my laptop. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Based upon the one which have which is several years old now it had a standard older monitor cable connection. I don't recall what it was called - it is not USB compatible.
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For your older computer, you may need 2 open USB Ports to provide enough power. Fortunately the monitor comes with a cable with 2 USB connectors - and USB 2.0 Ports work just fine.
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You can use this device connected to a USB 3.0 hub. I use it with the Plugable 7 port USB 3.0 hub with two monitors and the Ethernet connected and it works great.
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We use 2 Monitors with it. One plugged into the HDMI the other via RGB extending or duplicating the desktops works as it should. All scenarios have worked so far so we have 3 screens essentially and it works a treat. Ours came with no software. We have installed 8.1 and Office 2010 and all works as it should.
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It works with Windows and Mac computers via a USB 3 port. While it might work with USB 2, it would be slow. Everything - video, ethernet, audio, and everything connected to the dock via USB devices, travel over the 5 Gb/sec USB 3 cable between the computer and the docking station. That allows you to have three or more monitors, including the PC's built in screen and the two connected via the built-in HDMI and DVI connectors.
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yes it works great. They use a standard USB port on your computer. Keep in mind it will be a little long so you have 2 options. You can either cut it down some in length by cutting on the lines, which the instructions tell you how on the back of the box, OR you can just overlap. I chose to overlap mine on the back of my 27" monitor which makes it even a little brighter. I love it. See the picture of mine at night:http://imgur.com/W5HOyKl,5U6micC#1
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This cable is not for USB port usage. It is a video cable HDMI to display port to be used from your HDMI on your computer to your computer monitor (assuming that your monitor uses this type of port, not all use this type of port).
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I have no idea about this cable. I used it for sharing a monitor within two computers but it did not work. I mean I used it backward with one computer turn on at a time.
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I assume you're talking about a laptop with a separate video output or a video card with digital and VGA outputs. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. That's a much simpler way to run with three monitors than mulitiple USB converters.
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You probably already have this answered, but you need to connect a 2nd cable from the monitor to the computer. It's the one that has a squarish end fitting at the monitor, and a USB fitting on the other end that goes to the computer. This takes away one USB port at your computer, but gives you 4 at the monitor in return.
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I wouldn't think that will work. There is only one 15 pin video connector per input or output. I cant rule out doing a USB to video adapter as monitor 2 and using the usb switch in the KVM, but that sound pretty complicated. they do make dual display KVM-just do a search. This is not a dual display unit.