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TV out via graphics card

TV out via graphics card

TV out via graphics card

(OP)
Hi everyone,

I'm currently designing a camera network that has 4 Ethernet cameras on a dedicated network.  These cameras are watching over various parts of the process in an OSB (Oriented Strand Board) plant.

In the control cab, we want to have 4 TV monitors each showing a different camera.  We also will have one main monitor where the operator can 'zoom' in on one camera via a window in WonderWare.  

It is no problem to set up the WonderWare application, but where I am having trouble is in figuring out how to be able to feed a singal from each camera out from the operator's computer (connected via an NIC to the Ethernet) to the 4 TV monitors.  I think there are graphics cards available where this can be done, but then I am not sure how to assign what will be shown on each monitor.  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Collin

RE: TV out via graphics card

(OP)
Hi Chris,

Thank you for your help.  You are right, all the cameras are TCP/IP (actually they are all Axis cameras).

I'm now looking at some Hirschmann converters to see if they can help me with this.  I have been told there are some that can convert fiber to BNC.  Apparently it is possible to specify an TCP/IP address for the convertor to look for and only information from that source is passed through.  If this is the case I should be able to use these to get my monitors showing one camera each (providing the cost is reasonable).

Thanks again for your help.

-Collin

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