I have looked here and on the touchdro website but I didn't find a definite mention of whether the touch dro adapter should be unplugged when not in use. I don't want to lose calibration info but I also don't want wreck it by keeping it constantly under power if that is a possibility.
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When to turn touchdro off
- Thread starter twdmar
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You can leave it plugged in 24/7. There is nothing that will wear out over time on that board (not even the capacitors; I don't use electrolytic or tantalums at all).
Calibration data is in the app. As a general rule, if you ever run into a DRO (or anything else) that looses calibration data when you power it off, the engineer who designed it should not be allowed to engineer anything else...
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Yuriy
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Installed TouchDRO on my Mini-Mill 3 years ago and other than when I changed from the Galaxy Tab-A to the current Kindle Fire HD 10 (plus a few times when the tablets were re-booting and when I updated the app today), the app has been running and the tablets have been plugged in.
The TouchDRO on the Mini-Lathe Kindle Fire HD 8 has been running since October, 2023 other than a few minutes here & there. When not in use, the Fire is plugged in (runs off battery during use due to the way I have the Fire mounted):
The TouchDRO on the Mini-Lathe Kindle Fire HD 8 has been running since October, 2023 other than a few minutes here & there. When not in use, the Fire is plugged in (runs off battery during use due to the way I have the Fire mounted):