Escrito originalmente por litus14 en 31 de Octubre del 2008
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The first oXigen (aka O2) public testing in Rome. We took the Ninco track we use for the championship, inserted Scalextric SSD 'X' lane changers in the circuit, and run 20 cars on it with the first samples of oXigen SCP-1 cartridges and in-car module. 20 cars going around on the same circuit (cars could go from lane 8 to 1 and viceversa), i.e. if so desired all cars could go on one single lane. Massive carnage even on a 45 meters 8 laner.... Lane changers are off the shelf SSD. We have an agreement with Hornby which allows us to use some SSD technology inside oXigen, so O2's lane changers and Lap Counter Rail can be used inside SSD. However, what you are looking at are standard SSD LCs. The O2 protocol was put in 'SSD LED emulation' mode to do so, but the O2 cars will NOT be able to run on SSD; we choose not for some technical reasons, as it would make the hardware more complex, and hence more expensive.
A few pictures:
the special connector used to power the rails and the controllers:
the odd connector is used in Italy in most clubs. Simply, we short the + rail to the power supply, and provide power plugs for the controllers.
The untethered controller for the race director: just a standard SCP-1 with O2 cartridge and a 9V transistor battery. Very simple.
The SSD lane changer between the Ninco adaptors
It worked well, remarkably well for a first public testing of a Alpha 0.1 release...
When will it be available? As Linus Torvalds said once: 'when it's ready'
Seriously speaking, it will take time; a lot of work must be done, this is just the beginning; we must make sure everything works well but I'll keep the forum updated with news when they become available.
Actually, I must say that I hardly remember anyone deslotting on a SSD X lane changer during the test. We did not go higher than 11-12V, but still!!
The SSD crossover can be crossed at a higher speed than the Ninco LC. We used the Ninco LC (flipper fixed in 'change' mode) to get all cars running in lane 8, automatically diverted to lane 7.
Q1. I keep staring at the video but do not see how you could switch from lane 1 to lane 8 with the way you implemented the SSD XLC's in your layout.
At the beginning of the long straights, 4 XLC do 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, whereas at the end of the straight, 3 XLCs do 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (obviously some hacking of Ninco track converters was needed in this latter case as Ninco track pieces cannot be put across 2-3, 4-5, etc... directly). The way things were setup, to go from 8 to 1 it would take 1.1/2 laps.
Q2. To use the Ninco XLC's in this Ninco lay-out which mode would you put the O2 chip in?
we cannot use Ninco LCs natively as the Ninco detection method is patented. Same for SSD, but we have a license from Hornby, and besides, our protocol is not the same. The Ninco LC you see is locked in the 'change lane' position by a grub screw.
Q3. If running purely Ninco LC's and Ninco XLC's could you still have used the Lapcounting rail?
see above. But we will develop our own XLCs for Ninco track.
Según otras imágenes, los cambios serán en ancho y grip de cada sistema. Esta claro, que ha aprovechado el cambio de SSD ya que esta fabricado, el de ninco no.
