@DriverD Trains #4.b — Installing and Configuring DCC-EX
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Our conductor and brakeman Scratchy-C is busy debugging our code.
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In my last video, part 1 of this series, I showed you how to assemble a basic DCC-EX command station to control our trains using an Arduino Mega microcontroller. If you haven’t already seen that video, be sure to check it out!
**Assembling a DCC-EX Command Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatlU7A5S5s&t=1s
Videos in this series:
Part 1: #4.a - Assembling a DCC-EX Command Station — https://www.youtube.com/video/HatlU7A5S5s
Part 2: #4.b - Installing & Configuring DCC-EX [**This video!**]
Part 3: #4.c - Adding Wi-Fi to DCC-EX — https://www.youtube.com/video/B08Qo0az-nI
Part 4: #4.d - Configuring DCC-EX Wi-Fi for Station Mode — https://www.youtube.com/video/4pT273C0ozM
Part 5: #4.e - Adding and LCD Display to DCC-EX https://youtu.be/YmPgOU1dxrk
Part 6: #4.f – Correcting the Wi-Fi Firmware for DCC-EX [**Coming soon!**]
In this video, part 2 in the series, I’ll show you how to download and install the free DCC-EX Command Station software. Then we’ll use the EX-WebThrottle app to test our new command station, and try running our trains.
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Driver D trains!
02:07 Installing and Configuring DCC-EX
04:58 Step 1 – Connect Arduino to Computer USB
06:05 Step 2 – Download DCC-EX Command Station
08:27 Step 3 – Download Arduino IDE
11:01 Step 4 – Launch & Test Arduino IDE
17:08 Step 5 – Upload DCC-EX to Arduino
21:06 Step 6 – Test With EX-WebThrottle
24:55 Step 7 – Run Some Trains!
27:36 What’s Next… WiFi Shield & JMRI
29:25 Thanks for watching!
29:44 Credits
Products included in this video:
DCC-EX: https://www.dcc-ex.com
Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc
DCC-EX Download Links -
EX-CommandStation GitHub Page: https://github.com/DCC-EX/CommandStation-EX/releases
Arduino IDE Download Page: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software
EX-WebThrottle Webpage: https://dcc-ex.com/ex-webthrottle/index.html
EX-WebThrottle App (Chrome browser only): https://dcc-ex.com/WebThrottle-EX/
What’s next?
In our next videio we’ll add a WiFi shield to the command station, and install the WiThrottle app on our phone. In later videos we’ll install and configure JMRI, and set up some JMRI throttles.
All aboard!
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