RDS Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Very interesting guys but could I respectfully ask you to read the title of this thread and in particular, the first post, ".. Just a date required.."I have been trying to keep track of our guesses and they are getting difficult to find, amongst the fascinating discussion of Pizza's and what LD will / will not do.What we are all interested in is, When?I will publish the latest table of dates (assuming I can locate them all) tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Quite right RDS, keep them in order, especially that naughty PJ. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Very interesting guys but could I respectfully ask you to read the title of this thread and in particular, the first post, ".. Just a date required.."I have been trying to keep track of our guesses and they are getting difficult to find, amongst the fascinating discussion of Pizza's and what LD will / will not do.What we are all interested in is, When?I will publish the latest table of dates (assuming I can locate them all) tomorrow.Thank you RDSAnd mine is a 10"" deep pan, onions, peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni ;o)PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Quite right RDS, keep them in order, especially that naughty PJ. johnNaughty John more like ;-)He says he has no interest in LD it will be to costly for himBut being a retired Bank Manager he seems to have a lot of 'Interest'Good morning John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Surely we've discussed the whole range of if/then/else commands that we can already see available by putting a sensor on the track plan and right clicking it and clicking on the command lines that then appear? however, if you stop a loco on passing a sensor and the signal is red, then clearly you can only start it again via the signal change event, not anything in the detector, else it will sit there forever. Nice one Fishy. Are you still on holiday?As stated a sensor responds to the instructions programmed as it passes over it and no more.If an instruction was signal RED it remains RED but, we should remember, in most cases, a signal turns RED. when a train 'passes' it. basically stopping any other train entering the block. A RED signal leaving a station platform or siding may be different, they wait for an instruction, a change in priority, Stop until the change is Go or Go with caution.PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yes, back in Sydney out of the snow and in Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 You didn't read the small print! PJ, I wrote the small print!It states: Hornby and it's employees are encouraged to enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Sorry for the delay in adding the new table but I have just spent the last 4 days wading through 14 pages of mostly non -related text about signals and Pizza's (you know who you are!) Date............Members id................Days to go12/11/2014...RAF96............................-3122/11/2014...Cuthbert.........................-2122/11/2014...idlemarvel......................-2110/02/2015...Fishmanoz.....................5921/03/2015...Phul007..........................9801/04/2015...PJ_model_trains..........10912/04/2015...yelrow...........................12001/05/2015...MetmanUK...................13902/08/2015...tibrahim........................23204/05/2016...mcrook62 (2)...............50807/05/2016...RDS.............................51118/09/2017...mcrook62...................1010 If you would like to enter our sweep, just a date is required. Please don't hit the 'reply' button because the table is unlikely to be formatted correctly if you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Sorry for the delay in adding the new table but I have just spent the last 4 days wading through 14 pages of mostly non -related text about signals and Pizza's (you know who you are!) Date............Members id................Days to go12/11/2014...RAF96............................-3122/11/2014...Cuthbert.........................-2122/11/2014...idlemarvel......................-2110/02/2015...Fishmanoz.....................5921/03/2015...Phul007..........................9801/04/2015...PJ_model_trains..........10912/04/2015...yelrow...........................12001/05/2015...MetmanUK...................13902/08/2015...tibrahim........................23204/05/2016...mcrook62 (2)...............50807/05/2016...RDS.............................51118/09/2017...mcrook62...................1010 If you would like to enter our sweep, just a date is required. Please don't hit the 'reply' button because the table is unlikely to be formatted correctly if you do. That is a good way to keep everything together Rob + 31 May 2015 2017 LOL where is your faith in Hornby mcrook62? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 If you didn't put it in the post don't expect to receive it.I put it in the post and didn't receive it, do you think it is a Black Friday thing ;-)This is a Sweep, we are allowed to be daft as a brush ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Unless the discussion is Loco Detection then it is serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Yes, back in Sydney out of the snow and in Summer. Which was worst FishyJet travel or temperature difference?PJDon't mind either actually but do prefer the warmth. Was still worth looking around NYC with the temp around Zero C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 We can chat and discuss LD (as we do) and together we have learnt a lot. But there is one area I think a number of us have concerns, obviously as we do not have LD yet but, it is a concern that affects how we are planning, I think. What is the concern.It is... will LD and programs work together without affecting timings, what happens if a program route starts as it should, expecting to get from A to B, in x time, and it stops at a Red signal. Delaying the train and putting all the timings out. Or does the timer stop and restart when the train restarts? HRMS you can see how far we have got, you can see our concern, can you give us some sort of reply on this. It doesn't affect the patent or anything else you need at present to keep safe prior to LD launch? We thank you and look forward to hopefully receiving a reply that will no doubt excite us even more ;-) PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I just fear that you impatient guys are probably making things even worse for Hornby with your apparently endless expectations and suggestions on this subject. The way you're going on, poor Hornby might never dare to bring out their LD system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I just fear that you impatient guys are probably making things even worse for Hornby with your apparently endless expectations and suggestions on this subject. The way you're going on, poor Hornby might never dare to bring out their LD system! Not at all Graskie. They will be glad to bring it out ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Yes, they'll get the LD system out Graskie, it's the GBD system they're worrying about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I am not worried about loco detection, it is coming, it will be good. I am more concerned when signalling will be complete and working including feathers and more third psrty signals and decoders in RM for automatic selection and configuration. If the patent and manufacturing was done now they wouldn't release LD until they were completed, released and working. I know now through testing, the signal sequence bug of Y, YY, G where G is R is over come when using programming and if we can program LD like we program a program now, every signal a separate call in the programming it will work with no glitch ;-) PJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybags Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 4th October 2015 Perhaps it will be ready for my birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Not that I'm fussed (and only really because Greybags you are the day before) I'll go for 5 Oct 2015 - my 64th birthday. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Excellent, some new dates at last!Thanks Greybags and RogerB. (293 and 294 days to go, respectively) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 We know LD will not be available until Spring at the earliest but, it is not a bad thing to discuss what we think we will be able to do with it, we have snippits in the RM guide and know the controls we will be able to set in the LD track icons, a small number we do not know exactly but most are pretty clear. Thinking ahead and planning, I feel, is very important On 2 December HRMS said... Please bear in mind that multi-aspect and relaying signalling is a major new area in RailMaster. We decided, when implementing this system, that we wanted it to be as simple as possible to set up and operate, which is why RailMaster supports a specific range of signals as well as ones you can set up from scratch. We do not know of any other software that has built in templates for known signal makes to enable the quick and simple set-up of those signals. Remember also that all signalling must interact with Loco Detection, and although you cannot see this functionality yet, we have to test it to ensure that it all works seamlessly together.We want to support all of the major (and some minor) brands of signals to allow the widest variety of signals within the program. We need to be careful to ensure that all of these signals work with all of the accessory decoders and you will appreciate this takes time. At present, we are concentrating on making every current area of RailMaster as robust as possible, including signalling without adding new features for the next few months.The next few updates will continue to include these minor bug fixes, new loco and accessory decoders and polishing of some rough edges we might find. As the software becomes more sophisticated, with more interelation between functions, there are bound to be minor issues which arise from time to time, which need to be nipped in the bud. We do monitor the forums and note things that need to be done, no matter how minor. It all helps to enhance the RailMaster experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choralc Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Warley 2015 with a demo layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Interesting it doesn't appear in the just released 2015 catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi FishyI noticed that. My guess of a date in 2016 is looking reasonable. However, I am not surprised that Hornby have not provided a date. Just think of the hassle they would get if they were about 20 minutes late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Ha ha ha - very good RDS, and not far off the mark I'd suggest. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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