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Engineering and physics services
Instrumentation
Product Development
Model Railroading
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RPS
Railroad Position System
As introduced at the NMRA National Model Railroad Convention
Detroit, 2007 July
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| JMRI display of locomotives with identification |
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| Use of photo is optional |
For more information, contact the E Mail address below,
or join the new Yahoo Group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RPS-mrr/?yguid=51400097
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Patent and trademark pending
| Prototypes, covers removed |
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| Base station, transmitter, and receiver |
- m-RPS measures position everywhere,
anytime
- Requires no added track wiring
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| m-RPS in N scale locos. |
Ultrasonic transmission
from the locomotives (or cars) to receivers at the ceiling are used to determine and display position. JMRI PanelPro
provides the user interface. Version 2.0 or later
Orders taken at the NMRA show in Anaheim, July 2008, and after that when this site will be upgraded to allow sales.
Price.
$400 for a starter set including a transmitter, base station and three receivers
Additional transmitters and receivers
$50.
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