kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
What Ive learnt about buttons is some people detest them, some people love them. So perhaps halfway in between. I thinking an LCD screen, 3 trim pots and say 9 buttons (3x3).
I Love buttons! Especially when they are mated to an intuative LCD screen.
The fact that NCE tells you what button to push next (intuative) and that I dont need a pot to scroll through a menu (buttons) is what sold me on NCE to start with. Literally, my son was consisting and running trains at the age of 4. Its also why the DT400 and older Digitrax throttles lost me at Hello.
(Sorry Digitrax guys, not trying to start a flame war, just my personal experience)
Sorry mate I didnt nitpick, I just went to the website and thats what it said. So the ProCab has batteries, very cool, so that IS wireless
I minor point, not all Procabs are wireless. The standard Procab is tethered, the ProcabR is wireless. They both do the same job, but for a small layout, the standard ProCab does the job cheaper.
Development of such a project would take 2-3 year to perfect and obviously cost. But you have to start somewhere.
Agreed! And good luck with it. Be aware of one thing though. Now that the NMRA and Mike Wolf (gosh, I hate mentioning him again) have let the dust settle, the floodgates of new and enhanced decoders are opening. They are getting smaller, more powerful, and Sound has never been easier to install and customize. You can bet your bippy that upgrades and innovations will continue to flow from Digitrax, NCE, MRC, Lenz and others!
MAYBE (just me thinking off the cuff) the fastest way to get Scorpius to market may not be as a control system, but rather a wireless block detection, signal and turnout control mechanism, that can be controlled by a current DCC system? Maybe that would allow you more time (and income) to develop your wireless DCC compatible system??