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--- public:railcom [2023/08/19 19:03] – grovenor
+++ public:railcom [2023/08/19 21:06] (current) – members page link corrected andy1878
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-====== RFID Special Interest Group (SIG) ======
+====== RailCom Special Interest Group (SIG) ======
 **A zoom meeting group only**
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-[[sig:rfid|RFID SIG Members Pages]]
+[[sig:railcom|Railcom SIG Members Pages]]
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-Train Identity Detection! Perhaps a black art to some and, quite possibly, avoided by many members as being a bit too far for their needs. Whilst DCC can encompass Railcom as a feedback mechanism for establishing the broad whereabouts of a train, that's not a lot of use if you don't use DCC...and quite a few members don't.
+This Special Interest Group is for those with an interest in using RailCom with their DCC system.
-However, nearly all of us now use RFID for everyday activities, reading of credit and debit cards being possibly the most widespread. If you have a travel card and use it to board a bus or train then it uses RFID. So the technology is no longer that arcane and if such technology can be applied to model trains then it opens up a wealth of control opportunities surpassing basic train detection using ToTIs, DTC modules or IR-based Hectors. It can add actual train identification to the 'train in section' or 'train passing this point' message.
-MERG has had RFID kits for over 10 years now but many found their performance difficult to get reliably working and the elements such as readers are expensive. In the interim, things have moved on and an operating frequency of 13.56MHz has joined 125KHz as a potentially more reliable technology.
-Many MERG members have been experimenting with RFID but their successes or failures have not been easily tracked within the Group. This SIG therefore provides a discussion and presentation point to gather and display their industry and provide the opportunity to spread better understanding of how it all works.
 Welcome!
-=== How do I contact the 3D Modelling SIG?===
+=== How do I contact the RailCom SIG?===
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-Please indicate RFID SIG in your message<WRAP button>**[[https://www.merg.org.uk/contactus.php?t=1&n=S22|Contact MERG]]**</WRAP>
+Please indicate RailCom SIG in your message<WRAP button>**[[https://www.merg.org.uk/contactus.php?t=1&n=S22|Contact MERG]]**</WRAP>
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 Not a MERG member? then <WRAP button>[[https://www.merg.org.uk/membership.php|Join MERG Here]]</WRAP> and sign up to this Special Interest Group. If you are already a MERG member <WRAP button>
-[[https://www.merg.org.uk/membership/sig.php|Join the 3dsig]]</WRAP>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/membership/sig.php|Join the RailCom sig]]</WRAP>
-Select **RFID** from the drop down list in **Other SIGs** and press the **Subscribe to SIG** button.
+Select **RailCom** from the drop down list in **Other SIGs** and press the **Subscribe to SIG** button.
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-=== And the Next Meeting? ===
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-[[sig:rfid|RFID SIG Members Pages]]
+[[sig:railcom|RFID SIG Members Pages]]
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