Suggestions for new IRV2 Sensor Module.

It's a ask and you shale receive.  I'm glad Lionel came up with these.  No need to chop up a sensor track.   I'm also interested in the CSM2 for all my DZ-2500 switches.

superwarp1 posted:

It's a ask and you shale receive.  I'm glad Lionel came up with these.  No need to chop up a sensor track.   I'm also interested in the CSM2 for all my DZ-2500 switches.

 

I hope to get with Dave before York and see if we can get some more information on these to share at the Legacy Users Group meeting.  I agree a little long over due but worth the wait.  Hopefully these can be accessed via the High Rail App or eTrain like the current sensor tracks.

Good job Lionel.

I'll be a little surprised if these new sensor modules don't appear exactly like the existing sensor tracks to the software.  If they don't, that would be a mistake IMO.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I'll be a little surprised if these new sensor modules don't appear exactly like the existing sensor tracks to the software.  If they don't, that would be a mistake IMO.

I agree but we know how folks like that explained so I will reach out and confirm it's operation...it's what I do.

No argument there Marty, sounds like the most intelligent thing to do in this case.

In general I agree with gunrunnerjohn.  However one should always design for extension and expansion of capabilities.  I think my suggestions could be added with no disruption to existing functionality, and software updates to take advantage of the new capability could be added as the developers see fit.

No argument with more features as long as the basic feature set remains the same so that you wouldn't have to change a lot of other stuff. 

Thank you for this thread. We knew there would be a good reaction to this product, so suggestions and questions are certainly welcome. I will have prototypes to show at April York.

 

I hope to get with Dave before York and see if we can get some more information on these to share at the Legacy Users Group meeting.  I agree a little long over due but worth the wait.  Hopefully these can be accessed via the High Rail App or eTrain like the current sensor tracks.

MartyE... the plan is to have High Rail support the new hardware. High Rail's SensorTrack recording feature is pretty nice. :-)

superwarp1 posted:

It's a ask and you shale receive.  I'm glad Lionel came up with these.  No need to chop up a sensor track.   I'm also interested in the CSM2 for all my DZ-2500 switches.

I've been waiting for this. It's the way Lionel needed to go with the SensorTrack concept to make it more feasible to integrate into a layout. Kudos to Jon Z. and Dave and whoever else worked on this.

My suggestion for the new sensor is to publish the "other end" -- the transmitter -- so folks can build their own transmitters and inject packets onto the LCS bus.

Severn posted:

My suggestion for the new sensor is to publish the "other end" -- the transmitter -- so folks can build their own transmitters and inject packets onto the LCS bus.

 

Like the SER2?  I can only figure the LCS partners are already able to do this.  Maybe I'm not following you correctly.

The ser2 does provide a hook true, although I was thinking optical transmitter with a memory to insert a packet of interest when a thing trips the sensor on the track as it travels over it.

It would be nice to have more storage capacity than the current 200 command limitation.

When I saw these I started thinking about how many I'd need so that my trains would do grade crossings on their own.  And the price point is low enough I might actually get them just for that.

And I just had another thought, if they work like I think I remember the sensor track working (I only played with mine once when I got the VL BB.), you could use them to enforce yard limits, or keep locomotives from running off the end of spurs.  Put one near the end of the spur and when the locomotive goes over, it stops.  At the entrance of a yard it can drop the locomotive speed to a crawl.

I may end up picking at least one of these up to use on my layout. At least for one of my four planned grade crossings. I would love to see Lionel make and Android App for their LCS, I know they opened it up so that partners could write the apps that interface with the LCS system. 

I would also like an Android App that does a least the basic functions.

I notice in the catalog description that the IRV2 comes with two cables to connect the sensors to the blue module (controller), and additional sensors also come with a cable.

I assume the cables are PDI cables, would that be right? If so, would Dave Olson mind chiming in and letting us know how long the included cables will be.

Cheers!

Keith