Anyone using Digitrax with Windows XP or Linux?

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Vince Guarna - 30 Dec 2003 07:35 GMT

I'm about to purchase a DCC system for my layout. One of my requirements is
to have the ability to interface a PC to the system so that I'll be able to
automate various things (running trains, setting signals....who knows). I
checked out the Digitrax site and all I see is that MS100 (LocoNet to RS-
232 level shifter) product along with a few outdated references to Windows
3.1 (!) and other such OS's

Is anyone out there actually using a PC running Windows XP or Linux to talk
to your Digitrax system? Are you using basic Loconet driver support or are
you using a more complete package such as those from Railroad & Co.?

thanx, Vince

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Hudson Leighton - 30 Dec 2003 14:37 GMT

> I'm about to purchase a DCC system for my layout. One of my requirements is
> to have the ability to interface a PC to the system so that I'll be able to
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> thanx, Vince

I use JMRI on a XP Laptop with a MS100

http://jmri.sourceforge.net/

-Hudson

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Jon Miller - 30 Dec 2003 17:16 GMT

Also a LocoBuffer is a better interface than the MS100. It is currently
out of production but suppose to resume in early '04. See;
http://www.locobuffer.com/

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Glen - 30 Dec 2003 23:58 GMT

I'm running with JMRI and the MS100 interface on a Windows 98 SE setup
and it works well. It also ran on my Windows 2000 system, but I needed
the port for other things. I do have the JMRI server running on the 89
machine and run throttles on the 2000 machine using the JMRI
client/server interface. I can actually run trains from any of the
computers in my house. Both the client and the server will run on Linux.

If you are a programmer, the JMRI source code is open and you can write
functions/features that you want to work differently.

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Jeff Law - 31 Dec 2003 08:51 GMT

I'm using LocoBuffer (and LocoIO) on several WinXP machines.

Jeff Law
New Zealand

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Anyone using Digitrax with Windows XP or Linux?