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True. If you’ve never worked with microcontrollers before, it’s a steep hill to climb. But it’s worth it and many people have valued up their layouts with our train automation system. We appreciate every new user and layout, so: welcome to the club!
Hi Max,
that sounds pretty cool. I have a lot of narrow gauge tracks, switches and crossings here, but I just played around with them a little bit – nothing serious yet. I didn’t have time to get into the science of building rolling stock for narrow gauge yet, so I have no practical experience in that yet. But I have a strong desire to dive into that matter later. So, maybe I ping you one day for exchanging a bit more of your experience.Did you check out the track planning section on Mattzobricks yet? I have added narrow gauge tracks to the Trixbrix library for Bluebrick, so Track Planning should be quite easy also for narrow gauge.
Hi Max,
ad 1: well, while traffic also does play a role, it’s more the number of connected Bluetooth devices that is relevant. It’s no deterministic science as of now, but we are tracking the problem down as good as we can.Ad 2: will be hopefully resolved soon.
Thanks for your patience.
Hi Max,
I believe your problem relates to a bug in the MTC4BT that we are presently tracking down. At present, I would recommend not to use too many PU or SBrick units with one MTC4BT. Using only a limited number of hubs improves the stability of the controller significantly. Our hope is that we get the problem fixed soon, then it should no longer matter.So, the short answer is: invest in one or even two more controllers.
Cheers,
MattzeFor the Arduino based controllers (MLC and MTC4PF) it should be quite simple: just add username and password to the connect method of the PubSubClient. Check https://pubsubclient.knolleary.net/api#connect
I will ask Ray to check how this would be done for the MTC4BT.
Theoretically yes, if you use a Arduino upload plug-in. Nevertheless, the code and the directory structure for most of the controllers is presently optimized for Arduino.
Hi Andrew, you need to put the library files into the correct subfolder in the Arduino library folder. May the step-by-step guide (item 6) may help you.
I believe that this problem was reported before, and I also believe that the problem had to do with board manager version. Can you check if this forum thread helps you?
https://mattzobricks.com/de/forums/topic/mattzolayoutcontroller
Search for “abs()” and you’ll find the post(s).
Thanks!
I believe that this problem was reported before, and I also believe that the problem had to do with board manager version. Can you check if this forum thread helps you?
https://mattzobricks.com/de/forums/topic/mattzolayoutcontroller
Search for “abs()” and you’ll find the post(s).
Thanks!
The location on my machine is:
C:\Users\mattze\Documents\Arduino\libraries\tinyxml2
There should be two files inside:
tinyxml2.cpp
tinyxml2.hDoes that help?
If you are not using a port extender, a MattzoLayoutController can handle 8 switches, OR 4 signals (8 LEDs), OR 8 sensors, OR any combination of these appliances.
The order in which you do this doesn’t matter. It is usually better to set up the MattzoTrainControllers first. Then you have all the ids you need to configure the locos in Rocrail.
Die Weichenmotoren können in der Kombination von engen Kurvenradien sowie langen und breiten Fahrzeugen durchaus ein Problem darstellen. Bei den engen Weichen mit Radius R40 ist die Sache tatsächlich manchmal schwierig und führt dazu, dass einige Fahrstraßen für bestimmte Züge gesperrt werden müssen. Abhilfe kann bringen, die Weichen an den kritischen Stellen nicht zu motorisieren. Das führt natürlich dazu, dass die Fahrtrichtung bei Anfahrt über die Spitze festgelegt ist. Wenn man clever ist, kann das aber trotzdem für einen vernünftigen Automatikbetrieb reichen.
Hast Du denn das Problem nur mit den R40 Weichen, oder auch mit den R104 Weichen? Ein ganz interessanter Kompromiss können übrigens auch die neuen R72 Weichen sein. Habe ich im Winter ausprobiert und ich konnte sogar die sehr langen Regio-Wagen von Bluebrixx durch die Weichen bringen, die zugegebenermaßen allerdings 6-wide sind.
Wenn es alles nichts hilft, gibt es immer noch die Weichen von Bricktracks, die man ohne Weiteres unterflur antreiben kann, oder die Antriebsmechanik weiter vom Gleis entfernt anlegen kann.
Hi Simon,
thanks for your feedback.We have no plans to integrate 3rd party hubs like CADA / Mould King etc. at this time. The devices are interesting, but we didn’t find information on the Bluetooth protocol of those devices yet. If you have information on that, please let me know.
Cheers,
MattzeHm, ich meine, dass wir das Problem längst gelöst hatten. Schau mal, ob Du die aktuellen Version 0.5.1 der MattzoController Firmware verwendest, und dass die korrenten Versionen der Arduino-Libraries verwendet werden.
Hi Ulrich, I have just uploaded the Gerber files of the MTC4PF mini on the build-your-own page (https://mattzobricks.com/controllers/diy). If you try to order PCBs with those files, please share your experiences here, as I haven’t tried it myself yet. Thanks!
Hi Bo,
we appreciate your feedback. The Mattzobricks core development team is happy to hear about your success.We wish you best success for your all of your subsequent LEGO train projects. Feel free to share pictures and videos with us, so that we can publish your layout in the projects area.
Cheers,
MattzeHi Mike, good point. I am working with a single power supply on board, a standard LEGO 9V battery box. Make sure your ESP8266 board copes with that voltage!