Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Virtual Control Panels?

Hi Steve

Standard PC keyboards and mice in a workshop environment is asking for
trouble. The industrial controls will have sealed switches and use good
quality keyboards. These are expensive, and when you start adding all the
required functions up, you will soon see why the average homebrew uses just a
keyboard/mouse.
There are alternatives though. Touchscreen technology is coming down in price
and can be used in place of a mouse. With a little work on the GUI, most, if
not all the keys can be dispensed with.

Make a note in your diary for NAMES 2002 at the end of April, and you should
see a number of different solutions - Might even have my "Microwave" control
there.

Regards, Paul.

On Friday 07 December 2001 2:05 am, scyvt wrote:
> The (few) industrial cnc machines I've seen sport control panels where
> most of the surface is covered with buttons, switches, and knobs,
> while the display - lcd in more recent machines- is relatively small.
> This is true even when the actual controller is an ordinary tower pc
> tucked in the back.

> Especially interesting would be comments from people who have used both
> industrial and homebrew cnc machines.