Lok24

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Hi all,

today I want to show a short video of my handset for trains, switches and signals.

2 Trains and up to 6 switches or signals can be controlled at a time.
Software is the Brick Automation Project by @Cosmik42

Please note how smooth the machines are starting and stopping....

All these parameters like start-value, acceleration and max speed can be set up in the programm for each loco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBoMfGGiJtk&feature=youtu.be

Thread to the software-project:

 

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What an impressive demonstration :thumbup: Thanks to all who makes this possible.

@Lok24Can it be I know your T 41 "Schweineschnäuzchen" from the Absolut Steinchen exhibition 2018 at St Augustin? I love this MOC!

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Hi, thank you.

Yes, I was there in 2018, and the layout with the "T41" and a steam-loco was driven completetly automatically by a RaspberryPi and some reed-contacts in the rail.
As it was in June and PoweredUp now available yet it was driven by two SBrick.

 

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What I showed here is controlled by the Brick Automation program by @Cosmik42, on the RasberryPi I use normal Rasbian with some Python Scripts.

 

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Just now, Lok24 said:

What I showed here is controlled by the Brick Automation program by @Cosmik42, on the RasberryPi I use normal Rasbian with some Python Scripts.

 

Ah, OK, so the PuP hubs are reprogrammed in effect? Therefore no need for external laptop or raspberryPi once setup.

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No, not at all. They use their standard Firmware.

In both cases you have a "translater" between handset and HUBs, this is a Win10 PC or a rasberry.

They must run all time, collect the commands(Button A+ pushed)  and translate into the appropriate commnds for PUP Hub, Boost Hub, Sbrick (Motor on Hub x, Port y, Speed v) and so on.

But you dont need monitor and Keyboard, they can be "invisible"

 

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Ah, that is what I first thought, getting confused :grin:

So do you have plans to try running the Brick Automation Project on a Pi with Mono compiler or similar?

 

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