I'd like to eventually build a system that also simulates train grade,
tonnage, air temperature, and lashup.  Sound is an important aspect of
this concept, as it provides essential feedback to the engineer
regarding his/her inputs relative to actual performance.  Infrared is a
little less important to me (my layout will be relatively small).  DCC
is perhaps the  most critical technology, as any sort of block control
requires complex engineering in both hardware and software, and you
still can't run your locomotives independently in close quarters.  And
DCC decoders handle dynamically programmable momentum, one less thing to
build into my system.

Glenn Butcher

I don't know how many others out there would love to have this
combination but here is my dream control system:

    1. Versitilities and features of Digitrax DCC
    2. Simplicity and hand trottle of Rail-Lynx infrared
    3. Great sound Effects of Soundtraxx

   Put these all together and you would have one heck of a control
   system.  SoundTraxx has the best sound effect, Rail-Lynx the best
   hand trottle and all around feel, and Digitrax the best features
   and versitility.  I wish someone, (maybe one of the three), would
   incorporate the best atributes of all three and put out one great
   control system.

These are my thoughts and opinions only.  Does anyone else feel the same
way?

Steve Moore

In article <5marsg$...@news.burgoyne.com>, Steve Moore

Just thinking out loud.

                                 Good Old Jim

The scenery only changes for the lead dog!

In Message <19970526203501.QAA23...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, JimVice at
jimv...@aol.com is saying something about Re: DCC + INFRARED + SFX = ?????...

-=[ Alan ]=-

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Jim's post about radio control is interesting.  I use a PBL sound control
system with Infrared remotes.  Because my layout is 50 x 20 x 6, it requires
several repeaters to transmit the infrared.  

It would seem to me that radio control would be better.  Why did Soundtraxx and
PBL use the infrared remotes.  True they are much more powerful than your
common everyday TV remote.

Jim Budde

K SF & P RR

PS The package sounds right on, and it is just a matter of time  until someone
developes this package at a reasonable price.  My opinion.

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I'm just starting to look at DCC and consider sound and wireless to be
integral parts of the whole.  I still don't know who might have "the
unified solution", and playing around with all the electronics of 3 or more
unrelated systems looks, well, daunting.
 Steve Moore wrote >...

On Wed, 28 May 1997 20:03:25 -0700, "The Davises" <da...@wolfenet.com>
wrote:

Sound will be a growing area with many improvments in years to come as
parts become smaller and better.  The real weak link is finding a
great speaker that will give good bass tones and still be under an
inch in diameter so you can fit it into an HO loco!

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