Alexander
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Nice to hear from you again.? Yes, I personally agree that having 6 LNWIs is probably not the correct solution, if I was the only one involved in making the decision.? I have a large number of other club members who want a solution that consistently lets them run trains 1 minute after turning on the power to the layout.
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The view point of other members is as soon as we involve a computer they are reliant on it always 'coming up' cleanly.? Unfortunately, given the number of members who come on operations nights, this means a PC, probably running Windows.? We have had 14 members actively running trains on an operations night, and we have 2 new members to add to this load.
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I have tested a Raspberry PI 3B+ running JMRI and it tops out at about 6 or 7 connected throttles.? I have also tried out the YD7001 native WiFi / WiThrottle support and we got to about 8 or 9 active throttles, before this configuration 'maxed out'.? I set up a router and turned off the native WiFi support in the YD7001 and we got to about 12 active throttles.? I disconnected the LNWIs for these three tests.
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We are setup this way right now:
- 6 LNWIs connected via the LocoNet T port on the YD7001. Each members throttle assigned to a specific LNWI.? There are a few members who have 2 throttles, so they take up two slots on the 6 LNWIs.? Assigning throttles to LNWIs does not make efficient use of them, but this does provide very predictable and consistent connections so you can run trains within a minute of power on.? I acknowledge that is someone does not come on an operations night we are wasting an LNWI slot.
- There is a router connected to our club LAN, which gives WiFi access to the YD7001 without going through the LNWIs.? I personally use this, as does one other member.? If we have guests from other clubs show up, we connect them via the router/LAN.? There is one minor annoyance with going through this method - F2 is latching, which means that the loco horn continues to sound until you press F2 again.?
Members come to run trains, not debug problems.? Reliability and quick power on a keys to happy club members.
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Jay Lennox
York Railway Modellers - Toronto
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PS. I run JMRI on a Windows PC connected to my train room Lan/WiFi at home to allow my 2 TCS throttles and one cell phone to be used on my layout.? My granddaughters find that this setup works great because I am always there to trouble shoot any problems, and we do have glitches.
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