For quite some time, I've been lobbying for MTH to find a way to incorporate Z4K Tracks into the DCS App. At present, as far I know, MTH has no plan to do so.
My thought process is that there are a few ways in which this could be done. However, any such method would require either:
- Connecting a WiFi-capable equivalent of the Z4000 Remote Commander receiver to the Z4000's receiver port
- Connecting a cable from the WIU to the Z4000's receiver port
- Connecting a cable from the TIU to the Z4000's receiver port
- Modifying the WIU code to send commands from the app through to the TIU, and then somehow using the TIU's 900 MHz transceiver to talk to the current Z4000 Remote Commander receiver.
This last method be my preferred method, providing, of course, that the TIU's architecture permits it to do this. Doing this would not require any additional hardware purchase by the DCS operator, and would also allow simultaneous use of Z4K Tracks from both the DCS Remote and the DCS App.
Regardless, all of the above would require software changes to the DCS App and the WIU's firmware. Method #3 or #4 would also require changes to the TIU's DCS software, as well.
