Re: [foxboro] FoxView support for 16:9 Aspect ratio and 4:3 & 16:9 Monitors
- From: "Bruley, Peter T" <Peter.T.Bruley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:44:35 -0700
Further clarification:
KEEPASPECTRATIO (in init.user file) was one of the first things Foxboro told me
about when I started down the CAR/PER path.
Setting KEEPASTECTRATIO=N is not a fix as you get ugly stretched graphics and
can not take advantage of the true widescreen space.
We run our FoxView with KEEPASTECTRATIO=Y (the default mode of operation)
Patching FoxView support 16:9 natively is the only acceptable answer. Perhaps a
new global for init.user like: WIDESCREEN=Y for 16:9 support?
Thanks
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bruley, Peter T
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:13 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] FoxView support for 16:9 Aspect ratio and 4:3 & 16:9 Monitors
Hi List
This is a very interesting topic.
We purchased 24" 16:9 monitors for 1/2 the price of 4:3 monitors. The 24" 16:9
monitor still uses conventional SVGA 15-pin D connector and can achieve the
same size window as the 21" 4:3 monitors. (as the actual height of the
24"widescreen is similar height as the 21"legacyscreen)
The main problem we see with running the current 4:3-FoxView is that when the
operator maximizes the window to full screen we get 2" of wasted space on both
sides of the graphic (2" on left & 2" on right) This is a lot of area that
could be used to enhance the displays. FoxDraw seems to be able to support a
16:9 ratio as I can adjust the base display properties to 100wide x 56.25high.
I have even managed to get a 160wide x 90high baseplate by doing a little bit
of hacking to get around the 100 limit imposed by the FoxDraw gui. However
FoxDraw is not the problem as these displays save nice and open as expected in
FoxDraw (maintaining 16:9 aspect ratio) but fail to give desired results in
FoxView.
Over the last 4 years we have entered many CARs & PERs to have FoxView support
16:9 aspect ratio. However these requests seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
Widescreen monitors have been readily available for 10 years now so you would
think that the 16:9 ratio FoxView would have been available at least 5 years
ago. Further more I was told in 2007 that my PER is being rejected because
InFusionView supports 16:9 and that InfusionView will be the preferred HMI.
However at the users group this year Foxboro told us that FoxView is still the
preferred HMI and InFusionView won't be ready for prime time for another few
years. Perhaps if enough of us enter PERs for 16:9 FoxView support they might
move on it. How hard could it actually be?
Thanks
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Russ Kaiser
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 2:31 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] Anyone know of a good deal on 4:3 Aspect ratio monitors
List,
I am thinking that before they become completely extinct, I might want to lay
in a stock of 4:3 aspect ratio monitors. We have furniture from Wright
Line and need monitors that will accommodate the 100mm mounting bracket. I
have spent about 30 minutes looking around and everything in the 20 to 21 inch
range with a 1600x1200 resolution is outrageous priced when compared to similar
sized 16:9 versions. It looks like I may have waited too long to
look. We can certainly use wide screen monitors, but with FoxView, 16:9
monitors just don't work as nicely; you either get stretched graphics or unused
space.
Has anyone found a real deal on old style monitors lately?
Russ
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