MIMO MONITOR

Perhaps it works with Intel Macs running WIndows? For sure it will need a driver. OS X, on its own without a driver, will not drive video out the USB ports.

I don't think there is such a thing as a DVI to USB adapter.

I don't know about MIMO monitors, but USB/DisplayLink monitors of other brands do have Mac drivers.
Kensington
ViBook

Maybe you should try downloading the DisplayLink software mentioned in the link and see if it works with the MIMO, because most of the USB monitors seem to be based on the same standard.

USB monitors aren't my first choice, though, because performance is well below standard video cards or the video out built into Macs.

Go to mimomonitors.com and download the mac drivers. There are no PPC drivers, only OS X on Intel drivers.

It does indeed connect via USB to intel macs, no other connection needed for power or display. It is a USB to USB connection. Don't worry about mini-dvi or anything else.
For the "Mimo 710/740 Mac OS X Driver (Display Only) Intel-based Macs only (Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later)" driver, go here: http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.html
That works for either model of the monitior, however it does not support the touch functions that the 740 does.

If you need the touch 740 driver, the mimo monitor company does not make these (for whatever reason) and a third party charges money for the driver. Or you can ask for more info if you'd like, as I've dealt with this situation..

As a side-note, just to eliminate a cause, there are 2 usb cables that come with the monitor in case your computer isn't providing enough juice to it and needs 2 usb ports.

Message was edited by: darkslide29

Hi darkslide29,
I also recently buyed a Mimo 740 for use with my iMac. Did you find another driver for the touchscreen function? because 30 bucks seems quite much for me to have a 200$ product do what it does on a PC without an extra penny...
thanks for help

bf

Yes you're right, i think it's disgraceful to make us pay an extra $30 for just a driver. Why make the hardware, and not the drivers for it? I searched for hours for the file. Eventually I gave up and spent the $30. It works, but it should be free!
i do have the driver though.
my e-mail: friscobad855@yahoo.com

What luck have people had driving this monitor with just a single USB connection? Any? How about dual USB over a powered USB hub? I only have one USB free and want to make sure I can power this baby.

Anyone?

Thanks.

single usb on a late 2006 iMac and 2006 MacBook power mine just fine but I can't get the touch screen to work on either (despite paying for the driver)

I too have been having problems with the Mimo UM-740 on the Mac. I managed to find a free driver that will activate the touch screen, but Mac OS can't see the second display. Webcam works (Skype sees it). basically it is like a ginormous touchpad, controlling the mouse but no picture.

EDIT: Got it to work!

Download the driver here:
http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.html

Cheers

Darkslide,

Sorry for the chance message but we also have just purchased the 740 and are having problems finding the touch screen drivers.

Unfortunately the link on the Mimo website to purchase the drivers, sends us to a 404 error, page not found so we are now stuck unable to activate the touch screen feature!

Do you know of anywhere else that we can get this driver as this is one of the main features we bought the display for!??

Thank you in advance,

Rob

Mo-Sto,

What driver did you find? I'm having a terrible time calibrating the recommended drivers. Anyone else having trouble getting the cursor to map to the small screen instead of the big one?

Regarding mapping, I just figured out something. When you've installed the UPDD software from TouchBase (the touchscreen driver, which you paid $30 from Mimo), there should be two icons on your Desktop. Open the UPDD Console program.

Click on HARDWARE, then click on "Handling Whole Desktop". You need to choose Monitor 2 (or which ever # your Mimo monitor represents. I already have two monitors, so Mimo is #3).

Once you've selected the monitor, run the UPDD Calibrate program also on your desktop. It should show the calibration screen on your Mimo if all goes well.

http://touch-base.com/documentation/UPDD%20Console.htm