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`Course, the next question would be, aside from the physical interconnect question, how feasible would it be for a layman to do a project such as this? I used to do a little bit of C and assembly programming back in the dark ages of the 1990’s, but I have lost that know-how and have not stayed current on languages such as Python.

I have several Dell laptops that are in various stages of disrepair but that still have functional LCDs. controlling some trains manually and other trains in fully automatic mode is possible.

#ROCRAIL RASPBERRY PI SOFTWARE#

Trains can be either manually controlled or completely controlled by the software in automatic mode. What I’m wondering is whether it would be possible to connect a Raspberry Pi to the LCD screen from an old Dell laptop and use that as my wall timer. Rocrail assumes all responsibilities for controlling a model railroad and their accessories.

One of the things that I want for my garage gym is a wall timer something along the lines of this thing ( ). Notice : I don’t even have a Raspberry Pi, but it intrigues me nonetheless, and I have an idea that I could use some feedback on.

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While the code is specific to Rocrail, programming the Rpi and the various chips/boards plugged into the Rpis I2C bus, it is very good. Rocrail supports many languages, including English, German, Dutch, French, and many more. Model Railroad Controller on Pi (Rocrail) Rob at Rocrail has completed his Raspberry Pi stationary decoder and throttle project. Written in C/C++, it is based on the class library, and is Open Source. I make the same analogy with software - it is often far too much to expect the average modeller to write all their own code.

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Especially as the new Raspberry Pi’s such as the Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi Zero have considerably more power than the old ones, so there’s some really great projects coming around now.Īlso, I have some other posts on Raspberry PI’s Rocrail is an Innovative Model Railroad Control System that runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry Pi and Windows. If you build any of your own projects not in the list below, don’t forget to come back and leave a comment, as we’ll keep the list updated with new ideas. Programming with JMRI - I have looked into this, although it runs on Jython, which is not my favourite programming language ever, and the documentation is sparse.The chances are you have a Raspberry Pi or there’s one on the way to you, now you are starting to think about what kind of cool things you could build with it, well look no further below is a list of some project ideas to get you up and running.

RPi no.3 (optional) - Announcements - Python program once again connects to control computer, trains are scheduled from this computer, to be announced, and also are placed on a mini-screen next to the operator.Ĭode Diffculty: Moderate (easier if control device runs a text-based interfase rather than a GUI).

Pin output is controlled via a python program on the Pi, listening, and a separate program on a control computer, which connects to the Pi accross the wifi.

RPi no.2 - Controls Signals and Points via relays connected to GPIO pins.

RPi no.1 - Controls JMRI WiThrottle Interface, with small screen and keyboard for changing roster etc.

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Enter the following commands to update to the latest: sudo su. Login using pi and raspberry for password. JMRI is intended as a jumping-off point for hobbyists who want to control their layouts with a computer. We want it to be usable to as many people as possible, so were building it in Java to run anywhere, and were trying to make it independent of specific hardware systems. Find the IP address of the Raspberry Pi and ssh (Putty): ssh xx.xx.xx.xx. The JMRI project is building tools for model railroad computer control. as a Raspberry Pi, which would act as both MQTT broker and MQTT subscriber. Put the CD card in the Raspberry Pi and power-up. Okay, I have 3 separate raspberry Pis, some jobs can be merged into 1 to reduce the number of Pis Needed: as JMRI or RocRail), or a distributed processing system (such as CBUS). All in all a perfect combination: Rocrail server and interface to Gleisbox/MS2. Hi, Do you have any more details that you could share. Luckily, RocRail’s Peter Gilling has seen the advantage of Raspberry Pi’s, and made a couple of wonderful kits that expand the raspi’s possibilities: they use the i2c bus, that is available on the pi’s interface connector, boost it using the Philips P82B715 chip (a i2c transceiver), so it can be used over longer distances, and then use. The used BananaPi is quite cheap and provides a CAN interface.