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I guess where I’m lost is really what is the need for the touchscreen if you have the wireless Pandant?, is the idea just so you don’t have a keyboard and mouse add the machine computer? I mean ideally you’d have your machine screen along with a keyboard and mouse close by the machine so you can cl...

Glad you got it sorted out. Make sure you run the spindle bench test one last time before you hook it up to Acorn. And don't forget to set PD070 to 0 when you do. :D You will probably need a .1 MFD cap to place across the analog output of Acorn for a stable signal and RPM. Hey Shawn, this is the fi...

Exactly. A combination of the stand it came with and it was on a pivoting adjustable stand that used to hold a laptop. Both together were just too much flex. I a rigged a temporary support of it, and it started working fine. I'll have to keep looking for a more permanent solution. It's good to know ...

I'm happy to report it turned out to be the flexi mount. As soon as I stabilized it, it got more responsive.
Thanks Marty - (I've learned a lot from your many instructive videos!)

Marty - the Viewsonic touchscreens I'm seeing currently seem to be based on IR sensors. Do they still make the resistive ones you refer to? I couldn't see any. https://www.viewsonic.com/uk/products/lcd/TD2223 The link I posted from Amazon (US) are the resistive monitors. They still make them, they ...