Jmri decoderpro locomative icons12/26/2023 The Engine Driver app will automatically recognize that it is installed on a Mobile Control II, and will enable the throttle knob and the hard buttons (with default assignments, which are speed increment up and down, and engine direction). Start up Engine Driver it will automatically find the Wi-Throttle server that you enabled in Step 3 click on that server and "Connect".ĥ. Use the Google Play store app to download the current version of Engine Driver, which is the Android equivalent to Wi-Throttle.Ĥ. Enable WiFi on the throttle and connect to your WiFi network - same process you would use for any Wi-Fi device (select network, enter password if the network is password protected via WPA or other security) and press "Connect."Ģ. The process for getting it working is really pretty simple, IF you already have JMRI working and connected to your command station. In any event, I got my Mobile Control II today, charged the battery, and then took it down to my layout room to test it out. In fact, I think JMRI is already capable of sound delivery, but I haven't really checked out that aspect of the software. I can imagine a future in which sound is delivered via WiFi by JMRI with a sound file that matches the selected locomotive, to the throttle and your ears via the headphone jack. The Mobile Control II is an Android device, which means it is essentially an open-source device that can take advantage of the imagination of developers.Ĥ. The Mobile Control II seemed in theory to be the answer to my prayers for a WiFi throttle.ģ. Though I've had great success with Wi-Throttle running on an Apple iPhone 5, I'm a "hard button" guy - I like to have a knob or at least hard buttons that you press and get appropriate tactile feedback from when operating a throttle - particularly when doing switching moves, but even when running through trains on the main. It has a nice big knob for speed control and 4 hard buttons. On the other hand, I've had great success using Wi-Throttle on an old Apple iPhone 5 via JMRI's Wi-Throttle server and my home WiFi system.Ģ. Try as I might, even my Digitrax Duplex system seemed to have drop-out problems in my basement and a friend down the street with an NCE system, a much larger basement, and a bunch of radio receivers/transmitters also has some dead spots that have no rhyme nor reason (one dead spot occurs even though there is line-of-sight between the throttle and receiver, which is mounted on the ceiling no more than 10' away). It uses WiFi rather than a proprietary radio system. I had been keeping an eye on this throttle since its introduction a couple of years ago, because it has several advantages over what else is on the market:ġ. ![]() ![]() Today I got my first ESU Mobile Control II Wi-Fi throttle.
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