I have one and a half similar panels, also with Gmoccapy. For a Maho mill:
and for a Schaublin Lathe:
Some of my thoughts...
I duplicated the bezel soft keys with hardware. I much prefer using hardware keys rather than the touch screen for all those important functions like cycle start, pause, etc. So important that I am even adding a dedicated set of stop, pause, single line buttons directly below the feed override encoder.
It has taken me too many crashes to learn (and relearn) the safe workflow of using feed override and pause to approach work. So a feed override encoder is something I would consider essential.
As you add more complex functionality to a machine (ATC, spindle gearing, touch probe, collet closer, Pneumatic tailstock, bar feeder), you need more buttons. I broke up my monitor panel from the button sub panel on the Schaublin's panel, as I could possibly replace one, at a later date without affecting the other. I have some extra buttons on this panel, which I am not really sure yet how I will use.
I really like having USB ports on the control panel. I tend to have my machines disconnected from the network, and use the sneaker net to transfer files.
