Rocrail - Innovative Model Railroad Control System

Hi,

It is the understanding that the Loconet port on the ESU CabControl is not yet activated, but will be activated via a firmware update after Digitrax's USA patent on Loconet expires in 2020.

Did anybody hear this rumor(?)? Any implications for Rocrail when the patent expires?

Hi Tom,

if developing new hardware, it still is not a good strategy to use LocoNet.
For Rocrail it does not matter, and LocoNet is too old fashion to consider it for new applications.

smitt48 wrote: ↑

25.01.2019, 20:13

Hi,

It is the understanding that the Loconet port on the ESU CabControl is not yet activated, but will be activated via a firmware update after Digitrax's USA patent on Loconet expires in 2020.

Did anybody hear this rumor(?)? Any implications for Rocrail when the patent expires?

Moin,
ESU still offers a Loconet Converter. I testet it with ECoS 2 and a wireless handheld controll. Loconet ist not completly working, only i think the personal edition part.

Best regards johannes

I just looked up the US Patent. According to the data there, the patent has already expired.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US6275739B1/en

Should be interesting to see what Digitrax comes out with to replace it. Maybe NMRA LCC?

Cheers,
Kenny

HI Kenny,

Thanks for the info and welcome to Rocrail.

Tom

Hi,

I still do not know how this would affect Rocrail.

Hi

rjversluis wrote: ↑

21.08.2019, 11:04

I still do not know how this would affect Rocrail.

No lizenses?
May be, the documentation for some Digikeis-(loconet)-components will be better, for example the DR5088RC.

MfG

vik

vikr wrote: ↑

21.08.2019, 11:16

May be, the documentation for some Digikeis-(loconet)-components will be better, for example the DR5088RC.

you mean: Public.

LCC? And maybe Digikeijs would produce a DR5089Can for use with LCC protocol, or Zimo Can, or....

Well I can dream!

Tony