sugar05

Hi all,

I'm looking at my first project for my first car in the coming months. I have a very good knowledge of computers and enjoy technology, so it should be fun .

I have a question about displays. At the moment, I'm leaning towards getting a Xenarc 700TSV, and I noticed it had several buttons along the bottom of the display. Can you customise any of these (by default or using 3rd party software). I am hoping I can create a setup where I push a button and the 'on screen keyboard' app in XP is displayed (I won't be using it that often, and don't fancy having a physical keyboard in my car).

If this is not possible, does anyone know of a display that has this feature? It would really come in handy.

Suggestions appreciated,
sugar05

2k1Toaster

Not out of the box. They are buttons like every other button, so you can get a controller that takes 2 wires (1 on each side of the button) and has about 8 of these available and then it simulates a keyboard key. So the keyboard key "~" for example could correspond to xp keyboard. Then whenever you push that button, the controller intercepts the signal, sends out "~" to the computer.

No screen has this natively.

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sugar05

Thanks for your reply. From what I understand, it is possible to simulate the pressing of a key on a keyboard, and that is then linked to an application launch (in this case, On Screen Keyboard). Given that no displays have this nativly, what is my best option for a 'controller' to perform this function (I want to keep clutter to a minimal).

sugar05