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I use a similar workflow, except I send the i2c stuff straight to the monitor without a docking hub in the middle. I can verify that this works fine on 5.5.11.
by isatty 6y ago
I use a similar workflow, except I send the i2c stuff straight to the monitor without a docking hub in the middle. I can verify that this works fine on 5.5.11. I use a udev rule to detect a USB 3 hub being plugged in and plugged out, and ddccontrol sends the relevant i2c signals to the monitors.
I'm happy with the ddccontrol based switching with 2 computers (linux desktop + mbp), but I want to add an additional computer (mbp) to the mix, so my workflow won't work anymore.
Does anyone know of dual head DP KVM switches that work reliability? Googling shows a few options, but the they are old posts and things may have changed. Single head (1 DP monitor + MST) works for the linux desktop but Apple does not support MST on macbooks it seems like[1][2] (I can't even find an official page on apple.com with relevant details).
I have tried [3] but it is quite buggy with displays blanking out once every few minutes even with higher quality, DP 1.2 compliant cables (cable length < 1.2m).
[1] https://www.dell.com/community/Monitors/P2720DC-use-MST-function-on-MacBook-Pro-16/td-p/7628116 https://www.dell.com/community/Monitors/P2720DC-use-MST-func...
[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/gliki5/in_2020_why_does_macos_still_not_fully_implement/ https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/gliki5/in_2020_why_d...
[3] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089LY4S63/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089LY4S63/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b... (select the 2 monitor x 4 computers DP model)
- qwerty456127 6y ago> I use a udev rule to detect a USB 3 hub being plugged in and plugged out, and ddccontrol sends the relevant i2c signals to the monitors. I always wondered if such things are unique features of Linux or available on Windows and Mac as well.
- isatty 6y agoI wouldn’t say it’s unique to Linux but it won’t be (e)udev of course. I use a tiny shell script daemon to listen to console.log events to detect my webcam being turned on to trigger additional Philips Hue based lighting for example. Windows should have something similar.
- jiehong 6y agoYou can check the level 1 tech KVM switches that were designed to be more reliable than others: https://store.level1techs.com/ https://store.level1techs.com/
- isatty 6y agoThanks. I will check it out. $750 (holiday discount, $850ish without) is pretty steep though, but I guess if nobody else can produce a high quality product they can ask for it.