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I've gone the DCC route however on reflection I'd say it's a 60-40 advantage against analogue. I've got a growing collection of old and second-hand locos and MUs and while many are still to be converted to DCC however some of the ones I have done have been easy and some have not. Some have electrica...

I'm looking at using the Heathcote Electronics infrared detector to detect trains and I want to feed the output into a Raspberry Pi. The Heathcote device runs at 12v and the Pi at 5v (as typical for a computer system). The question is how to interface them - the Heathcote device includes an open col...

The mystery is solved - under Preferences --> WiThrottle there is an checkbox labelled 'F2 always momentary' - changed that and now F2 behaves as expected.

Why this exists only for F2 only on the WiThrottle I've no idea...

Thanks, Brian.

Judging by the relevant screen on DecoderPro this looks beyond the capability of the Hornby decoder. I think a better decoder is needed for locomotives with the full headlight compliment.

Hello, I'm using Withrottle with DecoderPro and a SPROG 3 to test lighting with a Hornby R8249 decoder. I've connected LEDs to the white, yellow, green and purple wires. The first function button works fine turning either the LED on the white or yellow wires on and off depending on the direction set...

Hello, I've recently purchased a SPROG 3 which I'm successfully using DecoderPro with for programming and single-engine testing. At the moment I use it with an old laptop running Debian Linux Long term I'm planning to use it for actual layout control (via the SPROG boosters if necessary) and possibl...

Hi Mike Welcome to the forum. Do keep us updated on any projects especially if you do get to use Raspberry Pi etc BTW have you heard of, or know about, MERG? Plenty of electronics for the model railway builder on their site. Thanks, Brian. I am already a member of MERG. Looks like an excellent reso...

Hello, I've not started building anything yet but am exploring the electronics side and the potential a Raspberry Pi has to offer the hobby. 99% going to model somewhere off the WCML in the early 1990's in OO, 1% chance I bin it all for the Milwaukee Road in the fifties. Sentimentality versus being ...