@cdswindell posted:@Ryaninspiron, we may make a good team I like decoding raw binary data via bitmasking
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But seriously, I have code in place that decodes 80 to 90% of the PDI commands in the confidential Lionel PDI/LCS docs. The code is all checked in on GitHub. Just search for the PyLegacy project!
— Dave
Absolutely would be great to join forces, and since you love bitmasking so much you might just love to see the work I've done on reverse engineering the sensor box cars and therefore the ability to create postage stamp size modules to add sensor track capabilities at any number of cars or engines. I've already demonstrated one of these modules in operation on one of my YouTube videos on the subject. But until now I haven't had anybody else to share the load with. I had actually ordered about 20 old school irda transceivers, and use that to capture the data into a bit array that I then saved into Arduino code, and then put matching code to retransmit that bit stream back out on the two in IR LEDs. I also did testing and figured out exactly which wavelength of ir LED you can use off the shelf from Amazon as a sensor card transmitter. I have one other person who tested and deployed my code successfully too. But they did not end up having time to help me make progress with completely cracking the code such as transmitting a-la-carte engine IDs and names. But I do have a demo on youtube from several years ago where I trigger sounds on a line Chief engine using my home made sensor car. https://youtu.be/qgGiVOycX8o?si=cXwrYXJELr2Zrtvv
So yes I agree we could make an amazing team, I'm also an LCS partner too. Honestly that made me nervous about what I was allowed to disclose and it made me hesitant to simply publish my code before.
Of course everything I learned on the sensor car box car was through traditional reverse engineering since none of that documentation was included in the partner program. I also had set up a discord server to host discussions about this sensor car reverse engineering project including links to Amazon for buying all the hardware to test it on your own. https://discord.gg/ptmd79Zd
