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Emzy cnc wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:04 am Do it vertical... much batter

Could you show us what you did here? Was it easy? Can you rescale the VCP area better?

Wondering whether a portrait mode display would be an option for my current build......

Well I know this is an old post but I figured I’d post here if anywhere getting ready to finally order my touchscreen monitor to attach to my 940 conversion, The sonic view is like $700 now so that one’s out of the question was going to order the planar for 270$ it was the pct2235 just wanted to make sure it’ll work correctly with the acorn??

Been working great for me since 08/2020.

OK great thank you very much I will be ordering mine tonight

I have purchased M93P and looking for an appropriate touch screen. I'm seeing advertisements for "10 point" touch screens. Should 10 point be avoided for CNC12 and VCP?

Thanks Wayne

wblack wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:25 pm I have purchased M93P and looking for an appropriate touch screen. I'm seeing advertisements for "10 point" touch screens. Should 10 point be avoided for CNC12 and VCP?

Thanks Wayne

Yes. They will work, but have proven to be a bit buggy. Look for single touch resistive

I dont really reccomend this portrait mode, it looks cooler but sometime im having buggs because it ...

Good resistive touch screen unit for CNC use.

https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 990#p70990

I had trouble with a capacitive touchscreen (Niuto brand) missing brief key touches, yet it always saw key presses when held down longer than about 1/3 second. I switched to a single-point resistive type touchscreen and it is working great. Resistive touchscreens are recommended because they're better suited for dirty or dusty environment. While true, this has nothing to do with the brief icon touch issue. It's likely that resistive touchscreen work because they meet the CNC12 I/O requirements, not that they're rugged. If your touchscreen fails to act on very brief icon touches, either slow down your typing, or try another model or brand.

So now that I've been using the single-point resistive type touchscreen for a while, two observations when comparing it to a capactive-type touch screen:
1. It definitely takes more pressure to activate a button, a good thing for a CNC application.
2. It has the same issue as the capacitive-type touch screen, where a button can be touched briefly, it highlights to acknowledge that it has been touched, but nothing happens. This (again) suggests that the software monitoring button activation is separated in time from the software that is supposed to act upon it. The workaround is deliberately press buttons and not "peck" at the screen.