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iTouch throttle?

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  • From: Quad Cities Iowa
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iTouch throttle?
Posted by trainman6446 on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:28 PM

I have heard of people using PDA's as throttles. Has anybody used the iTouch as one? That touch screen would make a neet interface ( anamated cab controles anybody)

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  • From: SE Minnesota
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Posted by jrbernier on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:38 PM

  I have a Palm Pilot M105 with the Digitrax cable - works very nice.  I suspect the touch screen would be a problem with switching.  Real buttons might work better.  My son has an iPhone and while one can scroll fast across the panel, precise movements are rather poor.  I do not think they every designed it for HO throttles.  The Digitrax solution involves a cable with a small throttle knob on the plug-in to the sync port.

Jim

Modeling BNSF  and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin

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