I purchased a Mac Book Pro Max 3 and i was gifted a Xebec Tri screen 2. In order to use 2 screens, i need to install display link driver. Im not sure whether to install it. Has anyone installed it? will it compromise security? Thank you
Nancy
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MacBook Pro 14″
nancy165 wrote:
I purchased a Mac Book Pro Max 3 and i was gifted a Xebec Tri screen 2. In order to use 2 screens, i need to install display link driver.
You would need to install DisplayLink software to use the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Adapter. That is a device that plugs into a USB port and provides two second-class, non-hardware-accelerated, video outputs using an interface that seems to have been designed specifically for the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 screen.
https://www.thexebec.com/products/tri-screen-adapter
The Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Device consists of a pair of "clip-on" 1920x1200 displays. Each has both USB-C and mini-HDMI inputs.
https://www.thexebec.com/products/xebec-tri-screen-2
So, as Mr. Bennet-Alder says, if you have a MacBook Pro that has an {M1/M2/M3} Pro or Max chip, you don't need the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Adapter, or the DisplayLInk software, because your MacBook Pro can directly drive both of the Xebec Tri-Screen 2's screens in a first-class, hardware-accelerated way.
That is, if the 5V 2A per screen power requirement does not turn out to be a deal-breaker. The USB standards only call for a host port to provide up to 0.9A of 5V power on a USB 3 port. Maybe that is why the specs for this device say that it has "2 x USB-C with DP inputs / Video and Power / Pass-through charging" … I wonder if that means that you should plug each of the screens BOTH into your MacBook Pro AND into its own USB-C power source.
nancy165 wrote:
I purchased a Mac Book Pro Max 3 and i was gifted a Xebec Tri screen 2. In order to use 2 screens, i need to install display link driver.
You would need to install DisplayLink software to use the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Adapter. That is a device that plugs into a USB port and provides two second-class, non-hardware-accelerated, video outputs using an interface that seems to have been designed specifically for the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 screen.
https://www.thexebec.com/products/tri-screen-adapter
The Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Device consists of a pair of "clip-on" 1920x1200 displays. Each has both USB-C and mini-HDMI inputs.
https://www.thexebec.com/products/xebec-tri-screen-2
So, as Mr. Bennet-Alder says, if you have a MacBook Pro that has an {M1/M2/M3} Pro or Max chip, you don't need the Xebec Tri-Screen 2 Adapter, or the DisplayLInk software, because your MacBook Pro can directly drive both of the Xebec Tri-Screen 2's screens in a first-class, hardware-accelerated way.
That is, if the 5V 2A per screen power requirement does not turn out to be a deal-breaker. The USB standards only call for a host port to provide up to 0.9A of 5V power on a USB 3 port. Maybe that is why the specs for this device say that it has "2 x USB-C with DP inputs / Video and Power / Pass-through charging" … I wonder if that means that you should plug each of the screens BOTH into your MacBook Pro AND into its own USB-C power source.
<<. In order to use 2 screens, i need to install DisplayLink driver. >>
That is NOT correct for the MacBook Pro with MAX processor, which DIRECTLY supports up to FOUR fully hardware accelerated external displays. No displayLink driver is required for MAX processor models.
if you have a MacBook Pro with PRO processor, it supports up to TWO fully hardware-accelerated displays, so the DisplayLink driver should not be needed for that model either.
Powering those displays at 2 Amps each might be an issue.
Post back if you have additional problems.
Installation of displaylink driver manager for dual screens on MacBook
