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Re: IndyLUG takes 1st place at GATS
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Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:38:20 GMT
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If you run it on a DCC loop, you could power it off the tracks, or, depending on
the power requirement, off a DCC decoder's accessory output. In the former case,
you could even use an RCX as a power conditioner
(http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=20580).

Now, put Ralph Hempel's DCC encoder software
(http://news.lugnet.com/org/ca/rtltoronto/?n=9394) on that RCX, and you can have
the remote "engineer" (or remote software) control the train (and switches,
crossing gates, other trains, etc)!

Steve Hassenplug wrote:
So, I have all the stuff required.  The camera, the flat-panel display.  I just
need to figure out the best way to power the camera.



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  Re: IndyLUG takes 1st place at GATS
 
(...) Nice Job. One of these days, I'm going to build something for a show. Really. I'm not kidding. :) I went to the train show. (my first train show) I expected more from the other train (non-LEGO) set-ups. With most of them, it was pretty easy to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)

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