RailRunner DCC WiFi Throttle

Name: RailRunner DCC WiFi Throttle
Price: 14.99 USD
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: John Gymer

DCC Model Railway Controller

$14.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

2 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Simulation
Developer

John Gymer
Language

EN
English
Size

36
MB

YouChoos RailRunner - the easy way to run your digital model railway. Universal DCC WiFi Throttle talks to many DCC command stations over WiThrottle, Z21, ECoS, LocoNet and XpressNet protocols. Manage your model railway layouts, track plans, locomotives and accessories, and drive them all easily, with RailRunner's intuitive interface. Provides decoder programming via programming track and POM (programming on the main), as well as RailCom on DCC systems that support it.

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

2 Ratings

This is the BEST DCC throttle app!
Mar 12

Doug in WA
I use this app with a Digitrax command station and their LNWI WiFi interface. I have the app installed on both my iPhone and iPad, and it works beautifully on both. There are so many great features that I doubt I could describe them all in a single review. For running trains, I love that you can fully customize each locomotive in your roster with custom function keys and an uploaded picture of the loco, which makes it very easy to find the loco in your roster. Setting up consists is a breeze, and you can roughly speed match them right in the app, as well as set lighting and direction for each loco in the consist. Perhaps my favorite feature is the ability to control turnouts from the app using a touch screen schematic of your layout. You will have to create the schematic outside the app and then upload an image. Then you place turnout icons over the image. The icons are mapped to stationary decoders controlling the turnouts and will show which way the switch is set. Tap on it and the switch motor throws the turnout. You can set up multiple schematics for different sections of your layout. This feature alone is worth the price of the app!The downsides are relatively minor. The biggest one is that you cannot program CVs through the app if you are using the Digitrax system (this may not be true with other system protocols). Secondly is that if you have the app on more than one device, you will have to make changes to each device separately. There is a handy feature to copy loco and device rosters from one device to another by use of a QR code (very clever!), but it won’t transfer pictures of locomotives or layout schematic images. FYI, I have been using this app for about 6 weeks. At first there were some bugs, but I sent an email describing my issues to the developer. He communicated back to me promptly, and all of the issues that I encountered were addressed in a subsequent software update. He also took some recommendations for improvements and added those as well. Thank you John! Love your app!! And can’t wait to see future improvements. It will only get better, I’m sure.
This is the BEST DCC throttle app!
Mar 12

Doug in WA

I use this app with a Digitrax command station and their LNWI WiFi interface. I have the app installed on both my iPhone and iPad, and it works beautifully on both. There are so many great features that I doubt I could describe them all in a single review. For running trains, I love that you can fully customize each locomotive in your roster with custom function keys and an uploaded picture of the loco, which makes it very easy to find the loco in your roster. Setting up consists is a breeze, and you can roughly speed match them right in the app, as well as set lighting and direction for each loco in the consist. Perhaps my favorite feature is the ability to control turnouts from the app using a touch screen schematic of your layout. You will have to create the schematic outside the app and then upload an image. Then you place turnout icons over the image. The icons are mapped to stationary decoders controlling the turnouts and will show which way the switch is set. Tap on it and the switch motor throws the turnout. You can set up multiple schematics for different sections of your layout. This feature alone is worth the price of the app!The downsides are relatively minor. The biggest one is that you cannot program CVs through the app if you are using the Digitrax system (this may not be true with other system protocols). Secondly is that if you have the app on more than one device, you will have to make changes to each device separately. There is a handy feature to copy loco and device rosters from one device to another by use of a QR code (very clever!), but it won’t transfer pictures of locomotives or layout schematic images. FYI, I have been using this app for about 6 weeks. At first there were some bugs, but I sent an email describing my issues to the developer. He communicated back to me promptly, and all of the issues that I encountered were addressed in a subsequent software update. He also took some recommendations for improvements and added those as well. Thank you John! Love your app!! And can’t wait to see future improvements. It will only get better, I’m sure.

Sometimes get duplicates when importing using QR Code (mainly iOS). Application hang when using fkey 29 and above - only on certain system types. Improved logging facilities - separated categories of functionality so you have control of which aspects are logged.

Version 1.0.21 Apr 20

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Seller: John Gymer
Size: 36 MB
Category: Simulation
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

4+

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RailRunner DCC WiFi Throttle

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This is the BEST DCC throttle app!

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