Controlling Model Railroad via Networks
"Lanbahn" Concepts
- intelligent end devices
- all with a network, wlan or other sophisticated interface.
- can be operated without a central station
- no complex binary protocols
- communications via multicast UDP messages
- decoders can advertise their capabilities via zeroconf/avahi/bonjour protocol.
- raspberry pi as one hardware platform
- tinkerforge IO bricklets for turnout and signal control
A service-oriented, single-source, Java integration server with virtual Service Stores(TM) that expose services via web services, HTTP and more. Service Flows provide process automation. Mainframe, database, email, web, soap & ftp adapters are included.