WiFi Configuration

The EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express comes with WiFi onboard.

Using JMRI (Alternate)

An Alternate to connecting to your EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express directly via WiFi is to do so indirectly through JMRI. To do this you use a USB cable instead. This is described on the JMRI Connection page.

The purpose of having WiFi on your EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express is allow connection up to 5 WiFi throttles (e.g. phones) DIRECTLY to it, eliminating the need for a computer and another software controller.

However, use WiFi is optional. If you wish to simply use your computer connected via a USB cable to the EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express with the JMRI application (or similar), you can skip ahead to the next page.

If you wish to run trains from your phone, tablet or other wiThrottle Protocol devices connected directly to the EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express over WiFi, without a PC involved, then you will only need to select how you are going to configure the WiFi during the software installation stage, by choosing either Access Point mode or Station mode.

• Access Point mode
  You can configure the EX-CommandStation to have its own, completely isolated, WiFi Network. This is referred to as Access Point Mode. (Most useful if your layout is away from the house / home network, or you transport your layout frequently.)
  
  

• Station mode
  The EX-CommandStation can be setup so that it connects to your existing home WiFi Network. This is referred to as Station Mode.

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Warning

Using WiFi (OR Ethernet) to talk between JMRI and EX‑CommandStation is complex, slow and functionally limited and, while it generally works, it is NOT SUPPORTED.

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Next Steps

Click the ‘Next’ button to see how to install the software on your EX‑CommandStation / Booster One Express.