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Tinine
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Posted: 04:55pm 17 Feb 2022

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Production line is dead, company in a panic. I'm expected to pull something out of my posterior.

THIS is why we use an Android device on the front end. They could've simply downloaded the app on to any available phone and they would've been up and running in minutes.

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Posted: 05:42pm 17 Feb 2022

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You mean the phone itself would have replaced the hardware ?
How about the wiring, sensors, ... ???

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Posted: 05:44pm 17 Feb 2022

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looks deliberate. story?

Tinine
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Posted: 06:11pm 17 Feb 2022

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hitsware2 said You mean the phone itself would have replaced the hardware ?
How about the wiring, sensors, ... ???

No, the user-interface is merely a terminal for data input/output. The actual machine control is tucked away inside the electrical cabinet. The user-interface always receives the most abuse and accounts for the most downtime and yet most of us have the most powerful user-interface, ever created in our pockets and that is mainly utilised for distributing cat/dog pictures or what we had for breakfast

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Tinine
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Posted: 06:15pm 17 Feb 2022

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CaptainBoing said looks deliberate. story?

I don't think deliberate. The first report I received was about one of the actuators not working. I suspect the operator thought that the touch screen was like a button that needed pushing harder

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Tinine
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Posted: 06:25pm 17 Feb 2022

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hitsware2 said You mean the phone itself would have replaced the hardware ?
How about the wiring, sensors, ... ???

This is my Android tablet (protected) communicating with my CNC via Bluetooth.

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Posted: 07:05pm 17 Feb 2022

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Tinine said a button that needed pushing harder

like my old mum wit the TV remote

Tinine
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Posted: 07:25pm 17 Feb 2022

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CaptainBoing said

Tinine said a button that needed pushing harder

like my old mum wit the TV remote

Like the GF who insists that turning the heat up to the max, reaches her comfort level faster.

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Posted: 01:16am 18 Feb 2022

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That's what they call a "32 bit monitor"

Tinine
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Posted: 09:01am 18 Feb 2022

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zeitfest said That's what they call a "32 bit monitor"

Darn it! I like to come up with the corny remarks...didn't think of that one

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Posted: 10:02am 18 Feb 2022

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Tinine said
Like the GF who insists that turning the heat up to the max, reaches her comfort level faster.

you been bugging my house?

I illustrated how toasty the house was at 19C, bringing it up from 16c when we got home one day (coz the heating is either on/off). poor old mrs. boing had a strange look on her face - a mixture of confusion and rage as i went to get the spare duvet for the couch

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