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I get to see many locomotives in my capacity as a Lionel Tech.  Today I had a Milwaukee Road FlyerChief Plus for a minor fix.  This is a Bluetooth engine.  I have the free APP on my phone and started playing with the engine.   This thing is fantastic.  It works perfect every time.  I love the fact when you change direction the app drops the speed slider to zero.  Everything about this app is very cool.

 

BTW, the Northern is a big time winner.  I am so happy for the Flyer Guys getting cool toys.

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Forgive me if this is way off base, and I really don't know where to ask this...?

Would it be possible for the Bluetooth in these trains to broadcast sounds back to some receiver?

Is that even considered in any future products?

I saw that you built a steamer with a 3rd speaker in the boiler and was intrigued by the innovation. I always hope for more developments moving forward.

Engineer-Joe posted:

Forgive me if this is way off base, and I really don't know where to ask this...?

Would it be possible for the Bluetooth in these trains to broadcast sounds back to some receiver?

Is that even considered in any future products?

I saw that you built a steamer with a 3rd speaker in the boiler and was intrigued by the innovation. I always hope for more developments moving forward.

Possibly a 3rd party modification could be incorporated to the train for audio?  \

The Bluetooth radio in these products as shipped is, BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy.  This version of Bluetooth is low bandwidth, and is unable to transfer data fast enough to support an audio stream.

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SantaFeFan posted:
Engineer-Joe posted:

Forgive me if this is way off base, and I really don't know where to ask this...?

Would it be possible for the Bluetooth in these trains to broadcast sounds back to some receiver?

Is that even considered in any future products?

I saw that you built a steamer with a 3rd speaker in the boiler and was intrigued by the innovation. I always hope for more developments moving forward.

Possibly a 3rd party modification could be incorporated to the train?  The Bluetooth radio in these products as shipped, is BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy.  This version of Bluetooth is low bandwidth, and is unable to transfer data fast enough to support an audio stream.

If you would really consider something like this product... you would have me running to the hobby shop to purchase.... hopefully you will consider in the near future?

 

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SantaFeFan posted:

Possibly a 3rd party modification could be incorporated to the train for audio?  \

The Bluetooth radio in these products as shipped is, BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy.  This version of Bluetooth is low bandwidth, and is unable to transfer data fast enough to support an audio stream.

Jon,

I have 3 of the BLueRail BLE boards installed and all have sound (coming out of my IPad).  I also have 1 connected to a Gems 2" Bluetooth speaker/circuit board installed in a Bachmann E7, another Gems unit is being used outside an engine waiting to be installed inside one of the other engines (Weaver RS3 and  Bachmann semi-scale 4-6-2).

While the sounds are fairly simple and generic and volume is low from the IPad speaker, using the Gems unit really improves the sound.  I have no problem with transferring data.

I really don't know the inner workings of any of this except I know it works.

I'm using a 9.6v 2000Mah battery pack to power these engines, no wiring to the track.

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