JMRI - how many are using it?

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Isn't anyone using JMRI?

 

Alex

There was a thread started on the TMCC forum.

Search for it and you will find a few members who have tried it.

 

From what I have read, the TMCC functions in JMRI seem incomplete. Enough basic features are included that allow you to address a locomotive, run it, and activate the bell and whistle.

 

I was going to try JMRI and got all the hardware to allow by iphone to connect to computer and control trains through JMRI but I havent done it yet.

I have it installed on the laptop, I have hooked it up to my HO DCC System and ran a train with my smart phone. A few friends are using it on their layouts for operations so far and they seem to enjoy that part of the program.

 

I plan to install it and use it to control all my turnouts from my tablet it iPad.  For locomotive control I plan to stick with my cab2 or cab1.

I use JMRI to provide a touch-screen control panel and status display for my layout. But I don't use the TMCC functionality.  

 

I use the C/MRI protocol to communicate between JMRI and my Arduino-based control system, which interfaces with the Legacy base. That way, with some JMRI scripts, I can control and monitor switches, uncouplers, accessories, operating cars, and the internal state of the Arduino's automated control and signaling system.

I'm planning to use it for train and layout control. I'm also going to be using C/MRI in conjunction with it, partly because I already own the hardware. I just have a lot of work to do on the layout before I get to it.

The Legacy codes should follow soon, now that they have been made public. This is one of the main reasons I won't get DCS.

I have played with it and have most of the layout set up to run it and I have the control panels designed. I think it works quite well especially for larger layouts. Lionel's set up doesn't seem to be well designed for larger layouts so I plan to stick with the JMRI

Where can one get the legacy codes?  Are the TMCC ones available too?

JMRI

Legacy and TMCC

I have looked at and I just don't see the reason for it beings I run mostly legacy. Am I missing something? 

JMRI is just another way for controlling your trains and accessories and it does not replace you CAB 1 or 2 remote. It will run your Legacy trains just fine in TMCC mode. Maybe someone will update JMRI by adding the Legacy codes to the interface although I'm pretty sure you will need the LCS SER2 module to allow the commands to get into the base.

 

I stopped thinking about JMRI when the BlueTrain app came out. It was so much easier to setup and allow my TMCC trains to be controlled by my Android tablet.

The only drawback to BlueTrain is that you can only have one Android device connected to one base at a time.

I'm not sure if you can have multiple iPhones (with WiThrottle app) connected to one JMRI computer, connected to one base. 

Maybe you can, I dont know.

 

BTW, there is a seller on eBay who sells a Windows program ($30) that does all the TMCC commands. He also has a Android app available that goes with it.