No worries. We are all good. Thank you for being so forthcoming. We appreciate it. Things happen.I actually felt bad about my initial response after re-reading it later. I felt like I kind of inadvertently hijacked the thread, which was not my intent at all. When I read the Wi-Fi heading, my brain apparently went directly to Bluetooth, which was totally incorrect on my part. To you and the op, please accept my most humble apology.
Once again, until the NMRA accepts them and authorizes the system and the model manufactures fit them ex factory, alternatives to DCC will remain niche proprietary products. DCC itself is not what it was over all the DCC decoders that are produced by the different makers in that the standard for which function number does what got stuck at about #8, so that now we a plethora of added on ones that have become different as to what they do between makers. Sure you can remap your controller etc, etc. but that is tiresome. If anything kills DCC it will be that because the NMRA didn't keep up with the hobby's developments. Much more standardization should have been continued. Maybe they didn't because they thought something better would come along beforehand. Locomotives after all only have so many prototype functions to need function numbers for. What they will fill up 21 pins with, I have no idea.We @LocoFi are writing to clear some of the misconceptions and questions raised in these discussions.
LocoFi™ uses direct bi-directional WiFi communication between the throttle and the module. DCC over WiFi is one way communication that goes through intermediary devices and eventually through the rails to the decoder.
LocoFi™ app comes with one of the best tactile feedback out there. It has been independently acknowledged in reviews from some of the top model railroad magazines. You only have to look at the screen to check the speed just like in a real train. Throttle notches not only provide haptic control but sound for each change of notch!
Consisting is as easy as 1-2-3 with LocoFi™ and it's always advanced!
LocoFi™ used WiFi as the underlying technology. Theoretically, no limit as to the number of trains you can have in a single network.
WiFi is supported by the whole world. Only DC trains run on DC layouts and only DCC trains run on DCC layouts. LocoFi™ equipped engines run on DC and DCC layouts just as simply along with other trains. Track voltage is not a limitation either. 7V - 24V is supported and yet maintain scale speeds!
Loco configuration is all GUI based with touchscreen toggles and sliders that makes it super easy and fun. No programming of cryptic CV bits and bytes.
Best of all, there's no specialized equipment like boosters, command stations, special wiring, special power supplies, computers or other extra electronics add ons.
LocoFi™ requires only a module in the loco!
Hope that helps. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.
One function will probably be a reminder to turn the power/lights offOnce again, until the NMRA accepts them and authorizes the system and the model manufactures fit them ex factory, alternatives to DCC will remain niche proprietary products. DCC itself is not what it was over all the DCC decoders that are produced by the different makers in that the standard for which function number does what got stuck at about #8, so that now we a plethora of added on ones that have become different as to what they do between makers. Sure you can remap your controller etc, etc. but that is tiresome. If anything kills DCC it will be that because the NMRA didn't keep up with the hobby's developments. Much more standardization should have been continued. Maybe they didn't because they thought something better would come along beforehand. Locomotives after all only have so many prototype functions to need function numbers for. What they will fill up 21 pins with, I have no idea.
That will also kill the NMRA.... If anything kills DCC it will be that because the NMRA didn't keep up with the hobby's developments....
Some of us have wives for that function. It would also be a sound function.One function will probably be a reminder to turn the power/lights off
Apologies, couldn't resist.
That is not correct. Most DCC decoders support DC operation now, and although it's not terrific performance-wise, it has been possible to run DC locomotives on a DCC layout since the earliest versions of the standard, using pulse-stretching.Only DC trains run on DC layouts and only DCC trains run on DCC layouts.
We stand corrected. You can see, obviously we are not DCC gurus . But then we look up to inputs from experts like you. Thank you.That is not correct. Most DCC decoders support DC operation now, and although it's not terrific performance-wise, it has been possible to run DC locomotives on a DCC layout since the earliest versions of the standard, using pulse-stretching.