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<h1>Hardware Support: Methods to Connect Multiple Computers to a LocoNet® Layout</h1>
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<p>To connect multiple computers to your LocoNet®-equipped layout using a single
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LocoBuffer, use LocoNet over TCP. It uses standard TCP/IP protocols to communicate.
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See the <a href=
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"https://loconetovertcp.sourceforge.net/Interface/index.html">LocoNetOverTCP LbServer</a>,
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which is external to JMRI.</p>
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<p>The LocoNetOverTCP uses a
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separate non-Java server process, LbServer, that communicates using plain ASCII String
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messages over TCP/IP sockets, allowing non-Java nodes to also share the one LocoBuffer.</p>
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<a href="LbServer.shtml">How to set up LocoNetOverTCP LbServer</a>
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<h2>Notes:</h2>
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<li>If the computers are all close to the LocoNet, e.g. acting as local control panels, you
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don't really need any networking to do this. You can instead connect each of the computers
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to the LocoNet via their own LocoBuffer or LocoBuffer-II (or MS-100, though this is not
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recommended) and have them individually take part in the LocoNet communications. This
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doesn't cause any additional communications load. It does cost a little more for the extra
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adapters, and doesn't permit you to put a computer remote from the layout.</li>
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<p>LocoNet® is a registered trademark of <a href="https://www.digitrax.com">Digitrax,
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