Guide: Daisy Chain 2x2 Display (Phillips & Viewsonic)

Guide: Daisy Chain 2x2 Display (Phillips & Viewsonic)

There are 2 methods to setup Daisy chain:

Method-1: (Recommended)

Hardware Requirements:

  1. Media player with standard Display port 1.2 supported graphic card that supports 4 screen in 4k resolution ( PNY Quadro K620 or AMD RADEON HD 7750 with Standard Display port 1.2)
  2. Commercial Video wall display that support daisy chain (DP-In and DP-Out ports) and Tiling. ( View Sonic CDX 5552)
  3. Four Standard Display port 1.2 Cables. 

Software Requirements:

  1. Windows 7/8 or 10 Professional Edition.
  2. Eyefinity Catalyst software.

Physical Connectivity:

  1. Media player connect to Screen-1 via DP-IN port.
  2. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-1 DP-Out-Port to Screen-2 DP-In Port. 
  3. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-2 DP-Out-Port to Screen-3 DP-In Port.
  4. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-3 DP-Out-Port to Screen-4 DP-In Port.  

Daisy Chain Configurations:

  1. Go to AMD eyefinity multi Display &  Create eyefnity display group
  2. Select 2x2 from Drop down. 
  3. The image might appear broken into different screen so we need to arrange the group of screen.
  4. Go to Arrange Eyefinity Display group & click Arrange button
  5. It will light up all 4 screens one by one and you can click on them to arrange the image. 

Method-2: ( Might or might not work depending on screen capability to Daisy chain)

Hardware Requirements:

  1. Media player with standard Display port 1.2 supported intel graphic card that supports 3 screen in 4k resolution ( Intel HD Graphics 520)
  2. Commercial Video wall display that support daisy chain (DP-In and DP-Out ports) and Tiling. ( View Sonic CDX 5552)
  3. Four Standard Display port 1.2 Cables. 

Software Requirements:

  1. Windows 7/8 or 10 Professional Edition.
Physical Connectivity:

  1. Media player connect to Screen 1 via DP-IN port
  2. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-1 DP-Out-Port to Screen-2 DP-In Port. 
  3. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-2 DP-Out-Port to Screen-3 DP-In Port.
  4. A DP 1.2 cable goes from Screen-3 DP-Out-Port to Screen-4 DP-In Port.  
Daisy Chain Configurations:

  1. Turn on Tiling from within display settings for screen-1
  2. Turn on Tiling from within display settings for screen-1
  3. Set H monitors = 2 displays
  4. Set V monitors = 2 displays
  5. Set Position for screen-1 using remote to "1"
  6. Follow step-1 to Step-5 for remaining 3 screens