New member just joining the forum. Have been a Lionel collector and operator for 50 years. Am an electrical and mechanical engineer. Have worked a lot with TMCC and all of its problems. Got a large layout with TMCC signal problems. I have a solution. I have converted over 3 dozen locomotives to TMCC using TAS, Digital Dynamics, and Electric Railroad boards. Have built custom interfaces using Arduino programmable boards to control synchronized steam puffing, custom sound control of TMCC boards, automation of trackside accessories. Am a big Apple fan and am using JMRI running Panel Pro on a dual monitor Mac Mini to control the railroad. I am the co developer for the TMCC to JMRI interface. Am using CMRI SMINI boards to control turnouts, trackside automation, and block detection and turntable automation. I use the WiThrottle server in JMRI and use iPhones with the WiThrottle app as hand held wireless throttles with JMRI connecting to the serial port on the TMCC base station. Just finished resurrecting an early 671 steam turbine with a new DC can motor, motorized smoke unit, TMCC control, and arduino control of steam blower speed and sound modification to simulate turbine sound instead of chuff. Hoping I can contribute to the forum and will start following it. Also a member of the TMCC group, the Arduini group, and the JMRI groups on Yahoo.
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