Multiple Monitor Support - Seamless Mode

Can I add my 2nd monitor to the grid?

from Stardock Forums
I'm currently running 4 PC's setup on Multiplicity, two of which have dual monitors and it works fine as long as I keep things horozontal... but with the latest addition I tried placing a machine above my main monitor...

[box4]
[box2][box2][box1][box1][box3]

Unfortunately the mouse will pass to box 4 even on the 2nd monitor of box1... this makes it easy to lose the mouse... Is there something I'm missing or can we get a feature?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
And spaces dont post... [box4] is directly over the left hand [box1].
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
MP treats each PC as a seperate entity.  You cannot have it only recognize one monitor of a PC as a "traveller".  :(
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
This is something that really should be addressed.

Ideally each display needs to be recognized so that if you have two 3 computers hooked up to 4 monitors you could set them up in a square and have seamless desktop between them.

[Box1][Box2]
[Box3][Box3]

It doesn't make any sense to not track the additional monitors. To make it more granular than that (pixel accuracy) gets to be a UI nightmare so I personally wouldn't want to deal with that, but I know others who may... one scenario I've seen with Synergy is a wide screen with two other pc's...

[WideScreen] (Box1)
[Box2][Box3]
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

You can actually. MP follows the display rules set down by each PC.

For instance on my desk I have

Comp1 Comp2 Comp3

Each computer has two monitors but Comp 1 has one stacked on top of the other. So it goes:

Mon2
Mon1 Mon 3 Mon 4 Mon5 Mon6

To do that I just went into the display settings and set the Mon1 to the 1 spot on that machine. Then I placed 2 on top of it still in the display settings. You could always get the settings you wanted with machine positioning in the advanced grid through Multi Pro. It is under the Config tab. Set Comp 1 and 2 to be on top of 3. Then just make the 3 machine monitors row out. The only thing you would have to contend with possibly is a small jump in the cursor as you moved to the third machine.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I have a related issue I have MP running on 5 pc's 3 are in a row. and I have 2 above the ... it is eaiser if I just show it. (BOX4)------(BOX5) (BOX3)(BOX1)(BOX2) I can connect to boxes 1,2,3 just fine it is when I try to go up to boxes 4 or 5 that I have problems I get an error that multiplicity lost it's connection or a problem with the network and then if I move the mouse away from the border it reconnects. Any advise?
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I can't figure this out either... same type deal...

3 PCs, 4 monitors

primary is dual monitor
secondary1 single
secondary2 single

[sec1][sec2]
[prim][prim]

I can't take control of secondary2 however, mp can see it and connects to it.
I have tried grid layout and without it, I can't seem to take control of secondary2.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

For that connection try checking the "look up IP address each time" box in the configure settings from the secondary machines menu.

What you have to know about multiplicity is that it does not think in monitors. It thinks in computers. Once it gets to another computer it respects the settings you have in your display settings menu.

So what that last listing should be is:

Secondary 1 = [1]
Secondary 2 = [2]
Primary = [P]

[1][2]
[P]

or [1][2]
        [P]

This can all be done through the grid function in the pro version of the software. However the monitors are not going to line up the way you would want to in that scenario. If you wanted to get a "quad" set up it would be much easier to have two computers running two monitors each

[1][1]
[2][2]

By designating that they are just on top of each other and they have mirrored display settings you would get the desired effect.