Innovative Model Railroad Control System

ELTRACO (Ellard's track control system)

constitutes a wireless model rail-road track control system to be used with “ROCRAIL™”.

It consists of hardware and software.

The hardware components are:

• Power supply
• Wifi router
• Raspberry Pi
• DCC++ Command Station
• Double Turnout Decoder
• Single Turnout Decoder
• Switch Decoder
• Sensor Decoder
• Output Decoder
• Hall sensor holder
• Current detection sensor
• Servo motor
• Servo motor bracket

The software components are:

• Raspbian
• Rocrail
• Mosquitto
• DCC++ software modified
• One software package for decoders

The functions performed are:

• Wireless control of turnouts:

1. the decoder moves the turnout
2. switches polarity of driving current
3. signals movement of the turnout by means of a software alert
4. signals occupancy by means of current detection

• Wireless occupation detection:

1. the decoder signals block occupancy by means of a hall sensor
2. and/or by means of a current detection sensor
3. other sensors or switches easily accommodated

• Wireless on/off switching of outputs