gnfan
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Post by gnfan on Nov 3, 2017 4:32:10 GMT -8
So this makes me want to ask if the ESU WiFi throttle will function with the Digitrax LNWI Loconet WiFi Interface. If the throttle works with the JMRI/Digitrax/Wifi connection it should "in theory" work directly with the LNWI. One may not get all the bells and whistle features of the ESU system but it's an intriguing idea. I will have to ask ESU about this.
DavidB.
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1to3
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Post by 1to3 on Jun 1, 2018 14:57:54 GMT -8
So this makes me want to ask if the ESU WiFi throttle will function with the Digitrax LNWI Loconet WiFi Interface. If the throttle works with the JMRI/Digitrax/Wifi connection it should "in theory" work directly with the LNWI. One may not get all the bells and whistle features of the ESU system but it's an intriguing idea. I will have to ask ESU about this. DavidB. ESU Cab Control does not have a function for Digitrax LocoNet. (At least not yet.) PIKO SmartControl does have a LocoNet Converter, and is mostly the same thing as the ESU Cab Control. (They shared technology on it, however PIKO developed their own LocoNet Converter) SmartControl has been out on the market since 2015. ESU Cab Control is still not out, even though it was promised over 6 months ago. I have SmartControl, use it, and love it! |
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Post by canrailfan on Jun 2, 2018 19:52:53 GMT -8
SmartControl has been out on the market since 2015. ESU Cab Control is still not out, even though it was promised over 6 months ago. ESU's Cab Control system has been available since late 2017. Several dealers at the Springfield show in January were selling them and I bought mine from Yankee Dabbler at the show. ESU has just released firmware updates for both the Cab Control Command station and the Mobile Control II Wi-Fi throttle which add new features to both. |
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Post by Artur on Jun 3, 2018 3:29:33 GMT -8
ESU cab control are all back ordered you can’t get it anywhere, I ordered mine from Yankee Dabbler in early March and the delivery date keeps getting pushed back. When I ordered mine the delivery date was late March then end of May and now its Jun 30.
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Post by ncrc5315 on Jun 3, 2018 6:02:22 GMT -8
I noticed there are none on eBay either.
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Post by canrailfan on Jun 3, 2018 7:42:54 GMT -8
I wasn't aware they are back-ordered but they are 'out' and not 'late' as was being suggested.
Is the Piko system readily available?
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Post by canrailfan on Jun 3, 2018 8:23:16 GMT -8
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Post by franssacco on Mar 7, 2019 9:34:17 GMT -8
Hi....Look on your laptop and camera wires. You should have a black box on the plug in wire. If this black box says (as most do) that it will accept input of about 5 volts up to 240 volts then you will not need a converter, it is built into the black box and you will have no problems. Most laptops and camera rechargers will have the converter built into them.I have checked my pcb assembly design of chargers and always found it there and it should be there in your case as well. |
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Post by railmodeltroy14 on Mar 7, 2019 13:11:21 GMT -8
Sounds like a very innovative system but I have invested in many Digitrax throttles, boosters and panels over the years plus I just ordered a DCS240 this morning and will be adding a UR 92 Duplex panel and 500 D throttle...plus sending other throttles in for conversion.
My current layout is in a 50 x 19 room and is divided up into several power districts with a separate booster or Zephyr for older and younger engineers.
ESU LokSound decoders are excellent but I don't have any issues with my Soundtraxx models-some 15-16 years old.
If I were just starting, the ESU system would be very tempting but Digitrax has been very reliable.
Good luck with your decision.
RMT
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Post by autocoach on Mar 7, 2019 15:21:44 GMT -8
But wait! There's more! It says you get to "name" your locomotive. As opposed to giving it a number from 1 to 9999. Or so. Therefore, it looks like MAYBE I can call a loco "GN 464D". Because that's what it is. Or, for folks of a different persuasion: "ATSF 50L". So neat, if true! The absolute frosting on the cake, here, would be if "thing" could be piggybacked on an existing system. That is, if I'm at a Free-mo setup, where they require Digitrax, can "thing" be hooked up also, and no one has REGRETS. Ed A lot of European locomotives have 5 or more digit numbers. My "other" model railway is the English Southern Railway in the period of Chief Mechanical Engineer O.V. S. Bulleid used a French alphanumeric method or numbering locomotives such that a West Country Class pacific became engine 21C108, also named Padstow for the town in Cornwall. (2 leading axles, 1 trailing axle, C for 3 driving axles and 108 for the engine number.) ESU is responding to this requirement. North American railways were often hampered by obsolete digital systems which were poorly designed in the 1960-90 period thus requiring engine numbers be only 4 digit numeric fields. This kept the 4 or less digit number system as mandatory until well into the 21st century. When borrowed or power pooled locomotives created havoc with the 4 digit field they just added another separate 4 character field for the owner's reporting abbreviation. US DCC software tried to keep the size of the locomotive small to keep it a 2 byte digital code. It should be noted that the nationalized British Railways when they licensed Southern Pacific's TOPS digital railway equipment management software added a two digit (1 byte) class code prefix to the engine number as well as expanding the locomotive number to 5 digits. These additions caused a major software re-write. |
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