Control TMWDCC with an infrared TV remote.


This is an experimental version of TMWDCC. The s/w should be considered a beta version. You can test it and play with it, but please report back to me how things work with your setup.

If you would like to control your trains with a wiresess device, this is a way to go. In this concept, Chuck Hellers infrared system and TMWDCC are combined togehter in a way that you can use the eight normal tethered TMW throttles plus one wireless IR throttle. The wireless throttle is a normal TV remote. The wireless is controlling the TMW throttle number nine, the one that normally is controlled by the PC keyboard. The keyboard functions are still there, and the wireless functions are added.

To be able to use this experimental version, I strongly suggest you start with building the Chuck Hellers system first. TMWDCC and the ChuckH system uses the same hardware, so all hardware you build for the ChuckH system can be used to run TMWDCC and visa verse.

When you have your ChuckH system up and runing, you have to run the TMWLEARN.exe to teach TMWDCC the different bit pattern sent by your TV remote. The Learn program will prompt you to press different button on the remote

Now you follow the ChuckH procedure to oprimize the keys file, and you are ready to try the remote.

Here are some info on the remote system:

You can acquire or free a locomotive with the IR throttle by pressing the loco number and Plus or Minus.

You can MU any number of locomotives by just selecting them. If you want a loco to run backwards in a consist, you press the Invertloco key before selecting the loco with the Plus key.

Selecting Loco #0 will clear the throttle.

You can controll speed, direction and the functions F0/FL and F1-F4 from the remote.

You can invoke a route by pressing the Route key, the route number and the Plus key.

Tou can throw a turnout by pressing the Turnout key, the turnout number and Plus or Minus.

You can controll an accessory by pressing the accessory key, the accessory number and Plus or Minus for ON and OFF.
The syntax for the number is dddo+|- where d=decoder address (1-255) and o=output number (0-7) and +|- is ON and OFF.
Example: Accessory key250+ means turn on accessory #0 on accessory decoder #25.
Accesory key 23- means turn OFF accessory #3 on decoder #2

This version uses the driver dccmb17i.com.

Please play with it, but donīt forget to report back.

You can mix this version with a standard TMWDCC version in the same working directory.

Tmw132ir.zip is the version to use if you want to play with a TV remote.



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