Giving a little back-New DCC Software

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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It’s probably a little early, but here goes…

http://home.comcast.net/~XNetTrain

I welcome your feedback, both pro and con. Please forgive any typos. I edited this page by hand w/o an editor.

The first alpha should be available in the next week or two.

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Wow,

I thought I would get at least 1 or 2 feedbacks about what people wanted. Maybe I overestimated the need for these features?

~D

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Sounds great Don, it’ xpressnet based? so I can use it for my Lenz system?

I book marked your page the other day when I looked at a posting of yours, so I’m looking forward to a download. Where’s the best place to buy an adaptor?

Ken.

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Man, that looks interesting. I won’t be able to use it (MRC owner), but it’s still pretty cool.

How about this for a feature (maybe you already have it) - the ability to use your computer keyboard and mouse as an additional cab?

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the software looks very interesting , it’s great of you to give this back to the hobby as freeware .

now all you need is a Loconet version [;)]

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I like the idea. How can/does this play with DecoderPro & Company?

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Ken,

Yes it’s XPressNet based. You can pick up the LI101F anywhere that sell’s Lenz equipment. This is what you are looking for…

http://www.lenz.com/products/xpressnet/computerinterace.htm

It will be at least another week or two until I get the tech demo out and it will be VERY simple. This is like a year long project. So you can probably hold off on that purchase.

Bikerdad,

This is a ground up implementation independent of DecoderPro. (Although I do respect their work so far, it wasn’t what I was going for.)

And yes it will be free. I’m posting source with each binary release.

Although the tech demo isn’t quite ready, I was hoping to get feedback on other aspects before I set everything in stone. You never know when somebody else might have a better idea, or way to improve something.

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Hi DigitalGriffin

We need more guys like you creating this stuff, thanks. And the ability to use other devices and to customise interface is EXACTLY what I want.

Having said that, three things will keep me away, sorry

  1. it isn’t JMRI based/compatible. We’ve got JMRI. There is lots of great stuff in there I need. And more potential stuff coming from a larger group pf developers than yourself. I’m not going to jump onto a parallel track now.
  2. it isn’t open source. Yes you are posting source but you aren’t setting up a developer community - it looks like you intend to go it alone. Good on you but that’s gonna slow you way down
  3. it isn’t LocoNet (yet).

Cheers
Rob

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WAY COOL

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Thanks DigitalGriffin for this excellent freeware. My Lenz DCC system just got a whole lot better!