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US 2010/0145557 A1Published application
Model train control
OwnerMatthew A. Katzerinventor
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Abstract
A wireless DCC model railroad throttle comprises a throttle program operable on a portable data processing device to display a graphical user interface and communicate a user's control inputs to a layout controlling interface managing communication with a digitally controlled model railroad layout.
Claims11
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad layout, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) encoding a request comprising an identity of a digitally controlled device included in said model railroad layout;
- (b) transmitting said request to a layout controlling interface arranged to communicate a digital instruction to said digitally controlled device;
- (c) registering said request;
- (d) delisting said request in response to a first acknowledgement of said request from said layout controlling interface unless a second acknowledgement of said request is expected;
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- (e) otherwise delisting said request in response to receipt of a second acknowledgment of said request.
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A throttle for operating a digitally controlled model railroad layout, said throttle comprising:
- (a) a request assembler to encode a request including an identity of a digitally controlled device included in said model railroad layout and to indicate if an operating instruction to said device is encoded in said request;
- (b) a communication manager to transmit said request to a layout controlling interface arranged to communicate a digital instruction to said digitally controlled device and to receive an acknowledgement of said request from said layout controlling interface;
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- (c) a request queue registering said request, delisting said request in response to a first acknowledgement of said request from said layout controlling interface if said request includes an instruction to said digitally controlled device and otherwise delisting said request in response to receipt of a second acknowledgment of said request.
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