Posts by peteGSX
Announcing EX-CommandStation 5.4.0
- 21 April 2024
The DCC-EX team are excited to announce a new Production release of EX‑CommandStation with version 5.4.0 being made available today. As usual, this release includes a raft of new features and enhancements to bring even more capability and joy to your digital model railroading experience! We’re also announcing changes to our supported hardware platforms.
Another new EX-Installer release
- 07 March 2024
The DCC-EX team is pleased to announce another new release of EX‑Installer (version 0.0.18). As always, we encourage all users to download this new version of the installer to take advantage of the bug fixes and new features available.
Announcing EX-Turntable 0.7.0
- 26 February 2024
The DCC-EX team is pleased to share the next Beta version of EX‑Turntable with version 0.7.0 being released today. Please be aware that there are some changes in this version that may impact configuration options set, particularly for those using two wire stepper drivers such as the A4988, DRV8825, or TMC2208. Users with ULN2003 stepper drivers should not be impacted. NOTE If you are using the STEPPER_DRIVER option A4988_INV you will need to edit your configuration file, please see STEPPER_DRIVER and INVERT_ENABLE for more information.
Announcing EX-SensorCAM - a new camera-based sensor for your layout
- 15 February 2024
Are you struggling to figure out how to neatly run a myriad of cables around your layout to cater for dozens (or more) of sensors? Struggling to find ways to neatly integrate and hide sensors in and around your track? Well struggle no more, EX-SensorCAM is here!
Belated Happy New Year and a new EX-Installer!
- 14 February 2024
Firstly, we wish all our users a rather belated Happy New Year as we present our first DCC-EX News article for 2024! The news today is we have released an updated version of our EX‑Installer (version 0.0.17).
Announcing the new DCCEXProtocol Arduino Library!
- 07 December 2023
The DCC-EX team are proud to announce that we’ve released the very first version of our brand spanking new DCCEXProtocol Arduino Library! This has been written to make life easier for those wishing to write software for throttles or other clients that need to communicate with EX‑CommandStation using our native command API.
EX-Installer Updated
- 17 September 2023
Since our original announcement back on the 2nd of July 2023, EX‑Installer has continued to be improved with both enhancements and bug fixes. Originally announced at version 0.0.12, this new announcement has EX‑Installer at version 0.0.16, with quite a difference between these two releases!
Farewell to the old exInstaller, in with the new EX-Installer!
- 11 September 2023
Today, we bid a fond farewell to the old exInstaller, used successfully by many a user to load our flagship product EX‑CommandStation onto Arduino devices around the world and enable DCC control of many model railroading layouts.
Version 5 is here!
- 07 August 2023
New in version 5 Yep, that’s right, the much anticipated EX‑CommandStation version 5 release is here at last! This is a huge release, adding significant new features like TrackManager, enhancing existing capabilities, introducing new and enhanced I/O support, along with other associated products such as EX‑FastClock, EX‑Turntable, and EX‑IOExpander.
DCC-EX has a new installer!
- 02 July 2023
Yes, that’s right, the DCC-EX team is announcing we have an updated EX‑Installer!
Version 5 progress and a breaking change in the development branch
- 27 March 2023
We are full steam ahead to a v5.0 release, making sure what’s in there is well tested to the limits of our resources, and has documentation available as we go.
Extra, extra, read all about it! Introducing DCC-EX News!
- 09 March 2023
Yep, that’s right, the DCC-EX team are now publishing updates regularly with our new “DCC-EX News” feed!