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Reply to "DCS Remote vs. App on issue with adding MTH engines"

Barry Broskowitz posted:

H1000,

It appears that this "scan" only happens when we hit the "run trains" button on the first screen.

TIUs also get reacquainted with the app every time a Refresh command is issued.


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Barry,

Does the TIU really communicate directly with the App? The way I picture it is the WIU acts as a middle man between the App and the TIU, just as the TIU acts as a middle man for the DCS remote and the DCS engine on the track.

Another one of my many side projects has been picking apart the data packets the app sends to the WIU to see if something other than the App can be used to communicate with the WIU. (Similar to what San Diego Mark did with his RTC program)  I have been able to send a few simple commands to the TIU (via the WIU) by using some packet mirroring and trick the WIU into doing what I want from a PC. While the App issue the commands based on the information plugged into it, the WIU is really the "puppet master" of the TIU. The TIU is only aware of the WIU and the WIU is aware of both the App and TIU.

There are some other things I have done with the WIU that lead me to the above conclusion that I would rather not discuss on a public forum without permission from MTH first.

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