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LanBahn

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
- decoders can advertise their capabilities via zeroconf/avahi/bonjour protocol.
- raspberry pi as one hardware platform
- use multicast UDP messages for commands (analog to a classic bus-system)


read more on:
  http://www.lanbahn.de 
  http://www.lanbahn.net
  http://www.oscale.net/sx3  
 
some implementations exist for
- PC test software (c/linux/command line)  "lanbahn-pc"
- raspberryPi (c/linux) "lanbahn-rasp"
- PC Central Unit SW (java/GUI) "SX3", also controls a selectrix central unit

IMPORTANT: the raspberry PI software needs "wiringPi"