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Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:11:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I know this might just be a shot in the blue sky, but anyway:
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> 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.
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> That made me thinking about an idea:
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> 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)?
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> - 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.
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> 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 ;-)
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> PLMKWYT!
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> Yours, Christian
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 builders.
Jason Railton
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| (...) Depends. Infrared is very tricky for mobile systems, and a train out of sight (behind houses, in a hunnel) is dead meat in tems of infrared communication... A simple (still reliable!) Bluetooth system should be in the same price range as a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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