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<h1>Advanced Throttle Control</h1>
<h2>Keyboard Control of the Standard Throttle</h2>You can
operate your JMRI Throttle from the keyboard in addition to
using a mouse.
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">
Throttles in current Window : Alt + left/right<br>
Throttle Windows : Shift + left/right<br>
</div><br>
You can operate the Throttle using your keyboard (the Control
Panel in the Throttle Window has to be selected):<br>
<h4>Speed</h4>
<dl style="margin-left: 40px;">
<dt>Numeric Keypad +</dt>
<dd>Increase Speed</dd>
<dt>Numeric Keypad -</dt>
<dd>Decrease Speed</dd>
<dt>Left Arrow</dt>
<dd>Increase Speed</dd>
<dt>Right Arrow</dt>
<dd>Decrease Speed</dd>
<dt>Page Up</dt>
<dd>Big Increase Speed (approximately 10% for each press of
the key)</dd>
<dt>Page Down</dt>
<dd>Big Decrease Speed (approximately 10% for each press of
the key)</dd>
<dt>Numeric Pad *</dt>
<dd>Idle (set speed to 0, any speed momentum is
enabled)</dd>
<dt>Numeric Pad /</dt>
<dd>Emergency Stop! (instantly halts the locomotive)</dd>
</dl>
<h4>Direction</h4>
<dl style="margin-left: 40px;">
<dt>Up Arrow</dt>
<dd>Reverse</dd>
<dt>Down Arrow</dt>
<dd>Forward</dd>
</dl>
<h4>Functions</h4>
<dl style="margin-left: 40px;">
<dt>Numeric Keypad 0 - 9</dt>
<dd>Functions 0 to 9</dd>
<dt>Numeric Keypad .</dt>
<dd>Function 10</dd>
<dt>F11 - F24</dt>
<dd>Function 11 to Function 24</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Custom Throttle with Jynstruments</h2><a href=
"../scripting/Jynstruments.shtml">Jynstruments</a> are
powerful tools for creating custom JMRI Throttles. There's
<a href="../scripting/Jynstruments.shtml">much more
information</a> on creating and customizing them on a
<a href="../scripting/Jynstruments.shtml">separate page</a>.
Here, we focus on using the customized Throttles.
<p><a href=
"http://jmri.org/jython/Jynstruments/ThrottleWindowToolBar/">Both
Jynstruments</a> provided below are for controlling already
assigned Throttles, the Throttle pane you will control has to
be set up before. Then it's only a matter of drag'n dropping
a folder on the <a href="ThrottleToolBar.shtml">Throttle
Window <span style=
"font-weight: bold;">toolbar</span></a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Note that Throttle
Window content is Jynstrumentable too, so here we drop the
Jynstruments on the toolbar itself, not on the window
content.</span></p>
<h3>USB Joypad (USBControl.jyn)</h3>There is a Jynstrument
named USBControl.jyn to be dropped on a Throttle Window
toolbar to get control of that Window with a joypad. See the
.py files for default button settings, and possible
customizations.
<p>Particularly you might want to define a "driver" file for
your own device, start from default.py, copy it, rename it
with the name of the device as seen by JMRI without any space
or ".", then use <a href=
"../../../package/jmri/jmrix/jinput/treemodel/TreeFrame.shtml">
the JMRI Jinput USB Input Control window</a> (accessible from
Debug menu) to get your Components names and value,</p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Note that a classic
Jython file exists to take control of a Throttle Window with
a USB device, this one is more complex but easier to use
(imho).</span></p>
<h4>Default controls:</h4>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Browsing throttles:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
To browse through the currently assigned throttles for the
controlled window, the pov right and left buttons are used
(the pov, also known as switch hat, is the four or eight
directions button on the left of the pad).
</div>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Speed:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
Speed is controlled by axis "x" which usually is found on
the left stick.<br>
Note that buttons 0 to 3 (or 1 to 4) are assigned to some
speed presets, from idle (speed 0), to slow (speed 0,3), to
cruise (speed 0,8), to max (speed 1). A double tap on the
button for speed 0 will send an emergency stop.
</div>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Direction:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
Direction is controlled by axis "z" which usually is found
on right left stick
</div>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Functions buttons:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
All remaining buttons are dedicated to functions (usually
the one left on the side, under, and in the middle of the
gamepad)
</div><br>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Note that joypads buttons
layout, and even sticks events differ from one manufacturer
to another, hence you should customize a driver.py for your
own hardware.</span>
<h3>Nintendo Wiimote (WiimoteThrottle.jyn)</h3>There is a
Jynstrument named WiimoteThrottle.jyn to be dropped on a
Throttle Window toolbar to get control of that Window with a
Nintendo Wiimote device. <span style="font-weight: bold;">See
the .py file for</span> default button settings and
<span style="font-weight: bold;">set up</span> (some jars are
to be downloaded and copied in JMRI lib folder).<br style=
"font-weight: bold;">
<br>
At the moment, none of the accelerometers of the Wiimote are
used, hence it's only a kind of deluxe remote as we only use
the buttons. But it fits very well in one hand and once you
know the settings, you don't even have to look at it to use
it.
<h4>Default controls:</h4>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Browsing throttles:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
To browse through the currently assigned throttles for the
controlled window, the left and right buttons are used.
</div><a name="wii" id="wii"></a>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Speed:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
Speed is controlled by buttons A (decelerate) and B
(accelerate)<br>
Note that buttons 1 and 2 are used for some speed presets,
from idle (speed 0 - button 2 twice), to slow (speed 0,3 -
button 2 once), to cruise (speed 0,8 - button 1 once), to
max (speed 1 - button 1 twice). Pressing buttons 1 and 2
will send an emergency stop and vibrate the Wiimote.
</div>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Direction:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
Direction is controlled by buttons + and -.
</div>
<h5 style="margin-left: 40px;">Functions buttons:</h5>
<div style="margin-left: 80px;">
Light (function 0) is controlled by Home button.<br>
And as there is no more buttons available, no other
function can be controlled by default, but as this is a
Jython script, feel free to customize, and if somebody is
able to do something with the accelerometers, you're very
welcome!
</div>
<h2>RailDriver</h2>See the <a href=
"../../hardware/raildriver/index.shtml">RailDriver Hardware
Help</a>.
<h2><a name="iphone" id="iphone">iPhone and iPod
Touch</a></h2>There's a third-party application called
<a href="http://withrottle.com/">WiThrottle</a> that works
with JMRI to let you control trains with your iPhone or iPod
Touch.
<p>You can also browse the <a href=
"../../web/index.shtml">JMRI webserver</a> from Safari on
your iPhone or iPod Touch.</p>
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