Multimaus

QUOTE (nzpaul @ 11 Aug 2008, 04:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I've got the oportunity to buy a new Roco Maltimaus for around $150NZ (£55 ish..) is that a good deal ?
Whats the usual going price of a stand alone unit ?, the one I'm looking at has been split from a starter set.
Hello PaulM, you didn't snap it up immediately?!
It is definitely worth it, an excellent controller in every respect I have found. The single drawback is not being able to read CVs back but then I set up my locomotives when I program them for the first time with all the parameters tweaked so I don't need to go back and adjust them. However it's very easy to put them all in an excel spreadsheet if you like or use a computer program via a Sprog is another way. There are probably black boxes you can buy that will do it too.

Curses, I have deliberated too long and got beaten to it

I wanted to get a cheap "second" controller to use on a portable layout to run 3 or 4 trains, it would have fit the bill well I think. It's simplicity wouldn't have been an issue as I set up locos on my Elite so only need to drive trains ,but I wanted something a little more sophisticated than a EZ Command.
Never mind, I can still get a MRC Prodigy Express from the States for not much more.

Cheers
PaulM

QUOTE (zmil @ 12 Aug 2008, 19:01) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Paul
Its a shame you missed out , as the MultiMAUS is Xpressnet based like your Elite so you could have used them together
with many possibilities for control and programing
Do you have your Elite hooked up to Computer via the USB ?
Regards Zmil

Not yet, only when I've run an upgrade, I'm sticking with V1.2 at the moment since it has NMRA conformance.
I'd like to do some more with it when the speech recognition thing gets developed further into a jo blogs useable programme ( was discussed on this forum a few month ago) . I can see much fun & hilarity being derived from "talking" to my train set (layout... you'll have to excuse me, I use the terms Train set & toy trains on purpose..keeps the seriousness at bay) especially when friends come around to have a go. In the meantime I've got quite used to driving the Elite as a stand alone device and Ive not really seen the need to plug it in as I'm quite happy programing & tuning decoders the long way. I have used "train &co" or something like that on a friends system with six active throttles at a go but I wasn't overly impressed. I'm looking foreward to the Access One wireless handheld due out later this year, I think that should provide some novelty play value for a while.

Cheers
PaulM

Hi Paul

I'd like that voice command system!
I already talk to the trains , this will give me an excuse!
-apart from madness that is
Regards Zmil

QUOTE (zmil @ 12 Aug 2008, 23:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Paul

I already talk to the trains ,

Yeah, I think most of us suffer from that particular affliction from time to time, Uually followed by a fair amount of digital shunting to clear up the mess... even those without a dcc system.

Cheers
PaulM