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Re: automating switching rails
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:58:16 GMT
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> > Does the train trip the RCX? If so, how?
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> > Scott A
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> Scott -
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> Surely I left out a lot of detail regarding the RCX!
> The RCX is running the train around a circuit in a loop, with inputs from • touch
> and light sensors to determine train passage and location. Randomized • counters
> keep the program from repeating at a predictable point, so it's cool to just
> sit back and watch the RCX control a train around a loop, throw a switch, back
> into a siding, pick up a car, bring it out, repeat, and drop the car off on
> another siding. I've really got to get more details about this on the
> website...ah, time...
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> Ed
OK. You've got my attention now. I'm very interested. How does the train trip
the touch sensor? (Please don't say it rams into it).
Scott A
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| (...) back (...) ;^) OK - I won't say it! Slam-o-rama, but it's not as bad as it sounds. The RCX ramps down the engine speed when it's backing down a siding, until it clicks on a car and bumps into a buffer that's got a touch sensor embedded within. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: automating switching rails
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| (...) Scott - Surely I left out a lot of detail regarding the RCX! The RCX is running the train around a circuit in a loop, with inputs from touch and light sensors to determine train passage and location. Randomized counters keep the program from (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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