Oley Valley Rail posted:Are you saying you can run 24 engines on one Universal remote? I'll send my remote to you to install this set up.
No. Just 3 engines per remote. I think the BLE module in the remote can speak to up to 6 devices at once, but I'm not that far into the code at this time.
John Graser posted:Any plans to emulate a TMCC (Tr)ain with the bridge.
With the original prototype linked in the top of this thread I had TR(Lash-up) commands operating, however I'm unsure if it it is a good idea to do so. I was planning on posing it as a question later on on the forum. The issue I see is especially with LC Plus engines, in that there are not enough speed steps to match speeds between different models of locomotives. I don't want anyone blaming me for burning out the electronics in their engine because they coupled two engines together that run at different speeds. On the other hand, it could be useful for folks with several of the same model engine with different road names, or with TMCC operating cars being pulled by an LC/+ engine. I'm really unsure at this point.
MartyE posted:I gotta believe that this would be a limitation of the LC/LC+ system. They recently added the ability to do some limited trains using the Universal remote.
There is no technical limitation that would prevent having TR commands, just a "are people smart enough to know what equipment can be run together without damaging anything" one. A single button of the universal remote, if I understand correctly can speak to up to 3 devices that it sees as the same thing, with up to 6 total device across all 3 buttons. This isn't quite the same as a TMCC "Lash-Up", but would allow up to three of the same Identical (same road name and model) engine to be run together. I read the above question as more about running engines with different models and/or road names for which the universal remote can currently control only separately.
I expect to bring back the "Lash-Up" question once I have a proper circuit board design in place. Perhaps it will be coded in, but require a user to enter some complex key sequence to activate it, where by insuring that they are at least taking responsibility if they don't understand the limitations in place.
