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NoOne=NBA=:
I mounted mine inside a project box from Radio Shack, and then put it beside my monitor inside the cabinet.

That kept it out of my control area, so that I didn't run into any problems down the road with a control that wouldn't fit into an area because of the I-pac on my modular system.
If I had a fixed control panel, I still would have put it inside a project box, but I would have put the box inside the control area for accessibility.

The nice thing about the project box, as opposed to mounting the board directly to the wood using PCB feet, is that it allowed me to put cable restrictors on the wires coming out of the box.
That prevents the wires from pulling directly on the terminal connections if something were to snag up while being removed.
spidermonkey:
Once you decide on how to mount it you have to decide on where to mount it. #1 don't mount it near a flourecent light fixture as they cause interference with the encoder. I originally mounted mine inside the control panel. I also had flourecent light fixtures in the control panel to light up my translucent buttons. The computer kept beeping as if one of the keys were stuck on my keyboard. Two keyboards later and after several headaches I realized the light fixtures were causing interference. I relocated the i-pac inside the cabinet and the problem went away. #2 The other advantage of having the i-pac in the cab is that if you have swappable control panels you can switch control panels and plug into the same i-pac. My cousin has three different control panels for his cab. He mounted his i-pacs inside the cp so he had to buy three i-pacs instead of one. Needless to say he has more money then brains.
Nefesis:

--- Quote from: Gozur on August 28, 2004, 10:56:08 pm ---Even with it resting on wood, I'd recommend using PCB feet or the cut up BIC pen trick.

-Goz

--- End quote ---

what's the bic pen trick?
DougHillman:
cut the barrel of a cheap Bic pen into mounting feet for PCB's instead of spending $$$ on them.  
Nefesis:
is the barrel the part where you write or the long thin part that you hold?
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