[Remotely access a launchbox cabinet on the network]

ATM I have BigBox in my start prog folder. After windows loads it goes straight into Bigbox. I like this but Bigbox being shell should shorten that wait time quite a bit.

I'm using old discarded tower desktop PCs for my builds and I wouldn't call them speedy by any means.

[Remotely access a launchbox cabinet on the network]

Thank you for taking the time to share that all with me, it's super helpful. I do not use passwords on my PCs either. I don't use them for anything important other than my games so I'm not worried about it. However, if I set this up and someone can get access that much easier then maybe I'll consider it. That's something I hadn't thought about until you pointed it out. This might be where teamviewer may be advantageous. I can set it up so that as long as the arcade cabinet is up and running, I can access it from my workbench without any prompting at the cabinet.

I do see some issues popping up with the fact that eventually I would like to enable BigBox as shell which will not load many windows functions. Maybe it's possible to set that up to also load teamviewer.exe every time I turn the cabinet on. If this that works maybe that could be a workaround for the inactive windows shell. Password wouldn't be a thing because only the workbench PC would be allowed to connect through teamviewer without attendance.

I'm sure there's easier ways of doing things than I can dream up, but that's part of why this is fun to figure out. But right now, it'd be a lot more fun without needing that extra monitor to hook up and if/when I build more cabinets, maintaining them will just be all that much easier and enjoyable. 

 

Thanks again

[Remotely access a launchbox cabinet on the network]

I may try teamviewer...

[Remotely access a launchbox cabinet on the network]

I have a cabinet setup in my family room in the basement running Bigbox and I'd like to be able to access it to do setup and maintenance from a computer upstairs. Right now, because this is a CRT-based cabinet I have to setup a second display (regular non-crt monitor) so that I can view windows with correct resolution and enter windows settings to activate it then open launchbox and sit sideways in front of my cabinet on a stool editing my setup. It would be great to be able to do this from the comfort of my main desktop upstairs. I'm sure there's a way to set this up, I'm just not savvy enough to know. Can anyone help me out with some directions or point me to a tutorial?

TIA

Brian

[linking two PC's with Big Box four player]

Sorry, my build got a little sidetracked making artwork for it. I decided to just keep it simple 4 player for now. I'm working on the CP layout which is taking me longer than I expected. I bought an Ipac-4 for controls. I hope it will work ok. I really just want to finish this cabinet already so I can get to work on a one player upright with track ball and spinner.

[linking two PC's with Big Box four player]

Just wondering what my options are for having two instances running on two separate cabinets and linking them to play four player games together rather than building a four player cabinet and all that entails.. I was told this is desirable but I'm not sure how it's done.