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Colin,

You download the handheld software. Open Railmaster, click on Help(?) on the menu, select the Globe (Latest news), scroll down to read about the Hand-held App and at the bottom you can find download links. Download and read the PDF Handheld Guide first.

I suggest you have a number of options.

1. I don't think the Windows CE version will run natively on your Windows tablet as it is not a Windows mobile device, HRMS should be able to confirm. I believe you can run emulation Windows CE software on Windows 7 or 8, but this would have to be investigated.

2. Run Railmaster on your master PC and use a Windows Terminal Services Client on your tablet to remotely run Railmaster (a wireless network is necessary).

3. Run Railmaster on your tablet, but you won't have mobile access as the tablet needs to connect to eLink.

4. Use an Android, IOS, Palm or Windows CE device, but your Windows tablet is unused.

Hope this helps, good luck and Merry Christmas,

Clive Gordon

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so just to be clear, the setup i would have would be pc laptop with railmaster connected to the elink via usb as the main control console, the tablet pc. with another copy of railmaster(extra license to pirchase) which will work wirelessly and be mobile from the main console pc while all the setup os interconnected

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Your RailMaster PC, with the DCC controller attached would be your Master Terminal.  Your Windows tablet, running a second copy of RailMaster would be a Slave Terminal.  This way, two people can also operate your layout at the same time.  You will find more details in the RailMaster guide.

Essentially, you can have a Master Terminal and up to eight additional Slave Terminals.  These slaves can be a combination of PCs and RailMaster HandHeld devices (Apple, Android, Palm and Windows Mobile) connected wirelessly or wired.  It is a very flexible system.

Alternatively, if you will be the only operator, you could download Teamviewer onto both your Windows PC and Windows tablet, set up the PC to be a host and your Windows Tablet to be a remote and, in effect, operate your RailMaster PC itself remotely.  Not as flexible, but a free of charge option (unless Teamviewer charge in the future).

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I question why Hornby would give an option to have third party software run on both a tablet and PC when it is an unnecessary option to control a Windows tablet as a slave unit to the PC while IT acts as a host.

Why can't the PC be a master and the tablet be a slave WITHOUT having to purchase a second license or run third party software which users, like myself, would never use as it is absolutely uncalled for?

If Teamviewer becomes a paid for service or piece of software (or whatever it is) then the user will either HAVE to pay (forced) or will have to reconfigure everything again for another service or buy a second license. That's just plain crazy.

I have JUST bought a Windows tablet running Windows 8.1 (unfortunately) and would expect it to be used in CONJUNCTION with the laptop which has RM installed or by itself using the laptop as a slave or host without having to install RM on that as well. The tablet is NOT initially there to run RM or whatever anyway... but if the option is taken up by myself then I should be able to use it in the way I describe. Software companies make enough money as it is sometimes without having to be excessive and demand extra money just because one person wants to hold a tablet in their hand instead of a laptop.

This should be looked at by Hornby marketing and although I agree with the principal of running a version on two laptops or a PC and laptop in unison and having two licenses I do NOT agree that a tablet in conjunction with a PC or laptop should be charged a second time for a second license. Code could be easily used/utilised to the effect where one unit (the tablet for example) talks to a PC and sees the license and then it should be picked up and the tablet allowed to connect. Simples... :-)

Of course in a world of commercial enterprise and schemes to make as much as possible at the consumer's expense I doubt this will happen. Is it right or wrong? Well, an opinion is allowed and that is mine. Two licenses for two seperate machines is fine but NOT a networked or wireless connection between a tablet/phone and PC/laptop!

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