Reference

Glossary

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Term

Meaning

Motor Driver

Same as “Motor Shield” “Motor Board” “Motorboard”
See Supported Motor Drivers

Command Station
DCC Command Station
DCC Base Station

See https://dccwiki.com/Command_Station

Consist
Multiple Unit

Multiple locos hauling a singe train. see https://dccwiki.com/Multiple_Unit_Consisting

DC

Direct Current

DCC

Digital Command Control. NMRA Specification for controlling trains.
See https://dccwiki.com/NMRA/NMRA_Standards

Engine Driver
Engine Driver Throttle

Android app for controlling DCC locos using the wiThrottle Protocol
See Engine Driver

JMRI

Java Model Railroad Interface

Cab

A Cab can refer to a throttle (or controller) as well as a loco or locomotive
In the context of DCC-EX commands, cab refers to a loco

Switching
Shunting

The process of moving individual carriages to/from specific locations on yards or sidings.

Turnouts
Points

A mechanical device to guide a train from one track to another

USB

Universal Serial Bus

WiThrottle

1. Trademark owned by Brett Hoffman
2. proprietary iOS app developed by Brett Hoffman. See WiThrottle

WiThrottle Protocol

A proprietary protocol developed by Brett Hoffman

WiThrottle Server

A piece of software that listens and acts on WiThrottle commands
EX‑CommandStation contains a WiThrottle Server, as does JMRI