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====== RPC Remote Panel Control ====== | ====== RPC Remote Panel Control ====== | ||
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- | A system for the remote control of model railway layouts, devised by long term MERG member Gordon Hopkins. | + | ==== Overview ==== |
+ | A system for the remote control of model railway layouts, devised by long term MERG member Gordon Hopkins. | ||
The system consists of a PC interface module known as the RPIC (or RPI, see below) and a number of general purpose or special purpose Input/ | The system consists of a PC interface module known as the RPIC (or RPI, see below) and a number of general purpose or special purpose Input/ | ||
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Connectors on the stack modules carry power lines 0V and +5V for the electronics on each board, attached devices may require separate supplies. There are four control lines, these are Data out, Data in, Clock and Strobe. When the interface receives a message the Strobe line is activated in order to read the current state of Inputs into the shift registers. The Clock is then activated in multiples of 8 pulses and data is sent out and received by the interface. When shifting is complete the Strobe line is activated again to output the new data to the layout devices. | Connectors on the stack modules carry power lines 0V and +5V for the electronics on each board, attached devices may require separate supplies. There are four control lines, these are Data out, Data in, Clock and Strobe. When the interface receives a message the Strobe line is activated in order to read the current state of Inputs into the shift registers. The Clock is then activated in multiples of 8 pulses and data is sent out and received by the interface. When shifting is complete the Strobe line is activated again to output the new data to the layout devices. | ||
+ | ==== PTP ==== | ||
+ | Point to Point, is the designation for a self contained %%RPC%% system consisting of two identical PTP interface modules connected by a 4 pair (cat 5) data cable. One module is fitted with a link that designates it as the Master which controls the data flow to and from the Slave module. Each of these modules has a ' | ||
+ | The PTP system operates independently, | ||
==== Links ==== | ==== Links ==== | ||
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glossary/rpcsystem.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/24 16:53 by JohnFletcher