Technique | Manufacturer | Pro's | Con's | Retrofittable | PoM CV-read |
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Barcode | BarJut | Yes | No | - | |
RFID | MERG RFID CAN-GC4 Arduino + GCA41 LDT | Easy and inexpensive, except for the readers, to put transponders in all of the roling stock for tracking. | Restricted² communication, ID only on enter. Only usable fore small scale like N, larger scales will run to fast for the reader to detect. | Yes | No |
Transponding | Digitrax | Standard LocoNet, 'Listening' by wire. | Mounting of transponding receivers need some special attention. Not very reliable. | No | Yes, tested |
IR (Lissy) | Uhlenbrock Per's Model Train recognition system | Standard LocoNet, easy to install. | Restricted communication, only info on 'eye contact'. | Yes | No |
RailCom | * | After OpenDCC grounded and implemented BiDiB it became stable and usable. | Need new DCC equipment. | No | Yes |
Selectrix | Müt | Selectrix and address only. | Yes | No |
PoM = Programming on the Main, also referred as OPS (Operations Mode Programming).
Both tables show the reaction of Rocrail if a BiDi decoder is detected in a block.
Mode | Unknown | Known | Accept BiDi |
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Manual | ignore | set in block | ignore |
Automatic | ghost | ghost | set in block |
Mode | Unknown | Accept BiDi |
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Manual | create guest + set in block | create guest + set in block |
Automatic | ghost | create guest + set in block |