The Youtube video you linked doesn't show anything dynamic. It's just a similar result to the original setup I sent you.
As far as the real machine, I'm afraid that level of simulation is extremely hard. You will need to find a non dynamic way to achieve this.
The ROPE_SWEEP.C4D is close but that's close to the limit of how Simulations work.
One general suggestion would be to model the final braid and work backwards unwrapping it.
Sorry I don't have a simple solution for you.
the Object 1 Tracer is constantly changing its point count as more particles are Connected. This breaks the simulation that requires a constant point count.
I'm afraid this is not an easy thing to do and maybe the solution is to make it using the Object 2 method instead of particles...
Here's a project.
Basic Emitter emitting 1 particle per frame and rotating back and forth to create the oscillation.
Stick modifier makes the particles stick to the animated plane on contact...
Tracer "Connect All Objects"
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7lplzhppexz32xm1pn2i/wiggly-thread-01A.c4d?rlkey=ed8w8ld62edc1y9vg8re2q5qs&dl=0
@Dutchbird
...and actually I TOTALLY over-engineered the solution.
It appears the only thing you need to do after opening the FBX is select the Weight Tag and click on "Set Bind Pose"... no selections, double clicks or anything else required... 
Here's a short video and a project file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dfs0cc0rj1cmbmoh1dm6v/Blender-Model.mp4?rlkey=g24yt3dqdaqbzdx7wsc8q7nrb&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ub2fd8m7q3za3yxc4g6r0/Animated-Woman-Standing-with-Phone-4593-OS2-Fixed.c4d?rlkey=xerdj5o2yyx8i3qqn3oghf702&dl=0
It appears you have a lot of "Non Manifold" topology in the model causing this. This means that some edges belong to more than 2 polygons and this is not considered "good" topology.
Select all your polygons, go to Mesh menu - Clone - Resolve Non Manifold and everything should look good...
Hi everyone, while you can continue the discussion here, please note that nobody from Maxon Support is reading this forum.
It's intended for Help on projects and setups and not tech support.
Please use the "Report Bug/idea" from the Help menu inside C4D or contact support again. The more people reporting something, the higher the chance of a fix... if possible.
Thank you!
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