HowTo: Use Kindle as secondary monitor

Guide how to use Kindle as a secondary monitor

This is for Kindle 3 and Kindle 4 devices.

Guide to setup:

After you have the following packages downloaded.

Kindle side

- suppose you already have KUAL set-up and running, if not follow KUAL Manager setup or see KUAL What's New for details
- vncviewer.zip (KUAL Extension add-on)
- kindlevncviewer.zip (actual VNCViewer)

PC side

- TightVNC (VNC server for PC)

Setup kindle:

Edit the file "menu.json" from <kindle drive>\extensions\vncviewer\
Insead of lines:

{
  "items": [
  {"name": "VNC Connection", "priority": 1, "action": "/mnt/us/kindlevncviewer/kvncviewer.sh hostname:port"}
  ]
} 

Make the following lines

{
  "items": [
  {
    "name": "VNC",
    "priority": 0,
    "items": [
      {"name": "VNC USB Connection (Home PC)", "priority": 1, "action": "/mnt/us/kindlevncviewer/kvncviewer.sh <USB IP ADDRESS>:<port>"},
      {"name": "VNC Wifi Connection (Home PC)", "priority": 1, "action": "/mnt/us/kindlevncviewer/kvncviewer.sh <WIFI IP ADDRESS>:<port>"},
      {"name": "VNC Wifi Connection (Work PC)", "priority": 1, "action": "/mnt/us/kindlevncviewer/kvncviewer.sh <WIFI IP ADDRESS>:<port>"}
    ]
    }
    ]
}