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Improvements to the Hand Held Throttles
G8B4Life:
--- Quote from: Tom on August 14, 2021, 10:26:26 AM ---I thought that the ease of setting up a consist was supposed to be major advantage for RailPro compared to DCC!
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It was and still is, the problem is dealing with it when you want to change it. There is no way to just subtract one unit, or swap ends (the load sharing works best when the lead unit is actually in the lead) without breaking the whole consist apart and rebuilding it. Note, that DCC isn't any better in that regard as far as I know.
I also wonder at times how much time TR has (does he do something else besides RE?). Things seem to move at a glacial pace. I've covered his server before so I won't go into it again here.
RailPro is not ahead of the competition anymore as far as I'm concerned, overall on par I'd say. For the most part we still have the lead in technology, the other side has the lead in the user experience. We can fix the ux, but I think it will be an uphill battle. I am eagerly awaiting Lee to come back and post the comments from TR.
Bill, I understand the reason, what I'm saying is the risk outweighed by the convenience? Ok, so you've locked the screen so visitors can't get out of the control screen easily so now you can't exit out to estop the train, or does the lock not affect the on/off/main page button?
Also, unless I'm misunderstanding you the indicator on the top line only indicates if RF communication is present or not, it does not indicate any of the other faults.
- Tim
William Brillinger:
--- Quote ---Ok, so you've locked the screen so visitors can't get out of the control screen easily so now you can't exit out to estop the train, or does the lock not affect the on/off/main page button?
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Nothing should block access to the estop button or the power button on the HC.
Again, Status could be combined with the round info button.
Gibs:
My two cents worth.
No removal of loco image, rather two seperate modes of operations for the HC.
The way I see it working the best is in a new model of the HC. HC-3, on this version you would install a small slide switch in the all new battery access area to select either Setup Mode or Operations Mode.
Now you get a dedicated screen layout for Ops that is user customisable. There can also be either a physical big red E-Button or a Virtual one depending on the community preferred option.
End of two and five cents worth. 😊
ron045:
While more customizable buttons are a plus, I don't want a bed of completely blank buttons for every new install. I like having a standard set up to run outta the box. Then allow me to add/delete/move.
What might be handy is some kind of button setup replicator. After you get diesel #1 setup with all the sounds, lights and buttons you want. Then duplicate that setup for Diesel engine #2 so you do not have to reprogram all the buttons from scratch.
I don't understand all the comments about lanyards. Mine came with one. Did I just get lucky?
Ron
Mike3326:
I agree with the lanyard idea / option. Another suggestion would be to increase the range on the HC-2 (as someone else mentioned before). I run into problems with range on a 70’ layout (length). My batteries die pretty fast in my HC-2, so being able to switch them out would be beneficial or operate then HC-2 while plugged in. Along with improvements to the HC-2, it would be nice to be able to connect smoke units to the module and run it from the HC-2. That’s all I have. I love the system as it’s easier to operate than my original NCE pro-cab.
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