JMRI, DCC++ and a handheld throttle

Erik84750 Feb 12, 2022

  1. BigJake

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    Well, at least the unknown is now known...
     
  2. Erik84750

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    Not entirely :), I am awaiting Richard's answer about the battery capacity of his wireless handheld throttle :)
     
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  3. BigJake

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    Fair 'nuff...
     
  4. Sumner

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    I don't doubt that Richard is running both at the same time. Is it advisable? Probably not as Fred (Flightrisk) pointed out.

    I decided that if I continued I'd put a serial to Wi-Fi converter in the throttle and communicate either directly to DCC++EX's Mega that also has Wi-Fi incorporated or to JMRI's WiThrottle. I'm still a beginning programmer when it comes to Arduino's but it didn't appear that much needed to be added to the code to incorporate the serial to Wi-Fi converter but I might be wrong as I never tried it.

    As I've mentioned before I now wouldn't want to give up the power of Steve's EngineDriver so the end result is I have a bunch of components that will go to another project or end up not being used :(.

    Erik are you planning on documenting what you end up doing and posting it? I'd really like to see the project,

    Sumner
     
  5. Erik84750

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    What project do you refer to (Steve's EngineDriver)? ny links?

    Yes of course, I have a habit of sharing all projects that I finish, with full details.

    Grts,
    Erik
     
  6. Sumner

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    No project at this point.

    Look forward to what you are doing :).

    Sumner
     
  7. IronMan1963

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    Sumner
    I am running the Updated Classic. I am playing with the EX version on a separate setup have not tried the throttle with it. (on the todo list).


    Erik
    Unfortunately I do not remember having issues getting the throttle loaded. It has been over a year since I built it. I have it set to run with the default 4 locos. I did not delve into it much deeper at the time. I will see if I took any notes about issues. I do take notes on occasion. LOL
    Also the battery I am using is out of a 2000Mah USB Power Bank I had laying around. Sorry I can't be more help at this time.
    Later Richard
     
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  8. IronMan1963

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    Also Erik
    The throttle has the basic array but you can change the addresses as you need them. They are not locked as that array.
    Later Richard
     
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  9. Erik84750

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    Great, that's what I wanted to know, thanks Richard.
     

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