PXR5 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 As above - I'm just restarting in the world of model railways and I was wondering how easy the eLink is to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 It has no user controls, its literally a black box.All user control is from a PC screen, once you have set it up, which can vary from PC to PC, anti-virus to firewall, etc. Have a read of the sticky posts at the top of the Railmaster forum area.Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PXR5 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Many thanks - my local Hornby outlet has a dcc set with eLink for £120 so I thought I might give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Personally if you get one, rather than following the Hornby documentation which is a bit ropey to say the least. I would follow the 'setting up guidance' on AC's Help site. Link to that is in the 'sticky post' at the top of the RM forum. Just be aware, that to see the embedded step by step screen shots, you have to click the image icons embedded between the paragraphs of text..Many people report setting up eLink first time without issue. Some have reported nightmares doing it. Personally I had an initial issue installing the Elite (eLink) driver in Windows 8. But once I binned the misleading Hornby documentation and used my own intelligence and PC driver installation experience. I then installed the driver first time at the very next attempt. It seems to be down to users PC & software literacy as to how smoothly the installation and setting up goes. It does help it seems, if you DO NOT have McAfee installed on your PC, as RM does not seem to like McAfee's aggressive over protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 PXR5, hi, what laptop are you going to use, and what version of windows.. They can be a tad difficult to start with. Many, manage fine, but if you read the threads at the start, as chris says, it will become clearer. You will need , also, a tad of patience. If you have an old laptop, by any chance, that you can dedicate to RM, that is ideal. Many of us do that. In my case, windows 7, is perfect, as is XP. My advice, do a lot of reading up.. They are fine, once set up, give no trouble, and super way to run trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PXR5 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 I'll move my old i7 pc upstairs - it still has win7 on it. I'm not sure I'd get away with getting a laptop just for the railway :) . Re McAfee I may just have to set up RM as a trusted item not to be scanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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