My purpose in what I did was to develop a new way to run my trains. I'm not competing with anyone else, especially MTH since they don't have a product for PC control that they sell or give away. I'm not selling anything that I've done. Once I determine that it is working fairly well, I am going to send the program to whoever can use it. It will probably be distributed under one of the GNU Public Licenses.
I am looking for a few "alpha" testers for my RTC program. I think the program is fairly stable and I need to find out if it works on other computers. I developed RTC on Windows XP. I've run it quite a bit on Windows 7. I've started it on Windows 10 (technical preview version) but have not actually connected that computer to a TIU.
For "alpha" testers, I need people who are fearless and can figure things out. People who can work in a environment of no documentation (the videos on my web page are it) and very little support. The program may be buggy. Your layout should have an emergency power off button (I use a Christmas Tree keychain remote control box). I can 't be responsible for anything that happens on your layout or your electronics. I will ask to you affirm that you won't distribute RTC to anyone else during this "alpha" testing. That said, I have run the program a lot and it seems like it works.
Several of you have offered to test the program. I'm putting out this request so that if you do want to volunteer, you know what you will be up against.
The PC to TIU interface is described on my web page:
http://www.silogic.com/trains/RTC_Running.html
You will need some skills at wiring and assembly to build up the interface.
Mark
