RMweb Premium Kris Posted October 5, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2011 Having been reading various threads about wireless controllers it got me wondering if anyone has had problems caused by your base unit picking up other layouts control inputs (or the other way round) at exhibitions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Certainly shouldn't be able to happen with wireless (eg mobile phone through router, or phone-base station-lenz XPA) as you're 'talking' to a specific location and not broadcasting to everything in the area, in the same way as when you log in to your laptop it doesn't automatically connect to all the routers it sees, just the one it's set up to connect to. (An exhibition hall with a handful of routers dealing with different layouts isn't a lot different to a row of houses in that respect) Not sure how Dynamis with it's line-of-sight infra-red deals with that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Martyn is correct in that most systems use some form of hand-shake or login protocol to prevent the "wrong" device having control. There is, though, a general wireless issue which will eventually strike. If you put too many wireless devices in the same area eventually you run into competition for the time and frequencies available and performance will suffer. In practise this is probably not too likely to happen, but one needs a contingency plan to deal with it, such as an option to work "plugged in". Over in the US, there are regular reports of XYZ make of wireless control swamping the wireless control of maker ABC at train shows. The US available frequencies and power ranges are very different to those which are legal in Europe (UK included). - Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted October 5, 2011 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for those replies, it was just a random thought that I had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Two handsets can pretend to be the same one on a basic Dynamis though that tends not to work at shows anyway as the emergency lights in halls can muck it up! The beauty of using computer wireless equipment is it ensures that all the security and hand shaking was already done and mass market before it was used for trainset control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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