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Hi, all,
I know this might just be a shot in the blue sky, but anyway:
Lego is most propably working on a new RCX system. At the Legofan site,
there is a discussion about things that should be in a new RCX, and
someone mentioned Bluetooth as a wireless communication system for a
next-gen RCX.
That made me thinking about an idea:
WHAT IF the next RCX had Bluetooth
AND the remote controlled L-cheapo gauge trains would work with
Bluetooth, too (instead of the quite problem-susceptible IR)?
- One could control train motors as auxiliary motors in an
RCX-controlled model without wasting IO-ports.
- One could control trains with an RCX or PC - making the new
train system about as professional as some of the DCC systems.
- One could set up a train setting that uses RCXs for additional
general purpose interfacing, like controlling signals, cranes,
whatever, and communicates with the trains on the set.
- One could use the trains original remote control to steer an
RCX-controlled model.
Now, that would make a real _system_ again, and it would make the new
L-cheapo gauge system very interesting even for the diehard professional
trainhead ;-)
PLMKWYT!
Yours, Christian
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| (...) Well - I am not thrilled with your references to the train as "el cheapo". Lego is a company that has to make money (the whole point of a company). They are making new trains in a direction that will make the train more affordable to a larger (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) That might be a little expensive to put in a system that's supposed to reduce the entry price! Still, an auxiliary output on the remote control train motor (for lights, horn or extra motor-driven uncoupler) would be a great gift to train (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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