Attaching more relevant links as well for your browsing or if need be:
Teach Pendant Cable Splicing where I found the hmdi converter, I have not had to use an adaptor thankfully for any of mine yet but it seems like quite the hassle so hopefully UR can make this easier in the future.
Remote Desktop to Controller UI - VNC I believe this is the VNC with magic files referenced above. This might also be an option.