#4.b - Installing & Configuring DCC-EX @DriverDTrains

@DriverD Trains #4.b — Installing and Configuring DCC-EX

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In my last video, part 1 of this series, I showed you how to assemble a basic DCC-EX command station to control our trains using an Arduino Mega microcontroller. If you haven’t already seen that video, be sure to check it out!

**Assembling a DCC-EX Command Station:    • #4.a - Assembling a DCC EX Command St...  

Videos in this series:

Part 1: #4.a - Assembling a DCC-EX Command Station — https://www.youtube.com/video/HatlU7A...
Part 2: #4.b - Installing & Configuring DCC-EX [**This video!**]
Part 3: #4.c - Adding Wi-Fi to DCC-EX — https://www.youtube.com/video/B08Qo0a...
Part 4: #4.d - Configuring DCC-EX Wi-Fi for Station Mode — https://www.youtube.com/video/4pT273C...
Part 5: #4.e - Adding and LCD Display to DCC-EX    • #4.e - Adding an LCD Display to DCC-EX  
Part 6: #4.f – Correcting the Wi-Fi Firmware for DCC-EX [**Coming soon!**]

In this video, part 2 in the series, I’ll show you how to download and install the free DCC-EX Command Station software. Then we’ll use the EX-WebThrottle app to test our new command station, and try running our trains.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to Driver D trains!
02:07 Installing and Configuring DCC-EX
04:58 Step 1 – Connect Arduino to Computer USB
06:05 Step 2 – Download DCC-EX Command Station
08:27 Step 3 – Download Arduino IDE
11:01 Step 4 – Launch & Test Arduino IDE
17:08 Step 5 – Upload DCC-EX to Arduino
21:06 Step 6 – Test With EX-WebThrottle
24:55 Step 7 – Run Some Trains!
27:36 What’s Next… WiFi Shield & JMRI
29:25 Thanks for watching!
29:44 Credits


Products included in this video:

DCC-EX: https://www.dcc-ex.com
Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc


DCC-EX Download Links -

EX-CommandStation GitHub Page: https://github.com/DCC-EX/CommandStat...

Arduino IDE Download Page: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software

EX-WebThrottle Webpage: https://dcc-ex.com/ex-webthrottle/ind...
EX-WebThrottle App (Chrome browser only): https://dcc-ex.com/WebThrottle-EX/


What’s next?

In our next videio we’ll add a WiFi shield to the command station, and install the WiThrottle app on our phone. In later videos we’ll install and configure JMRI, and set up some JMRI throttles.


All aboard!

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