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[Feature Request]: Macropad and keyboard support for EX-WebThrottle #110

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MegaBlackJoe opened this issue Jan 24, 2025 · 0 comments
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Enhancement New feature or request EX-WebThrottle Item relates to EX-WebThrottle specifically

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There are devices on the market that are called macropads - these are small keyboards with a knob that can be used as throttles to control the locomotives. The knob just emulates the button press. But in order for this to work, EX-WebThrottle needs to support keyboard shortcuts and not just mouse control. Most macropads can't do keyboard combinations and support 2 key presses at once. In order to implement this feature it will be necessary to bind the entire command to 1 key button press. For example - space = enable track power, 3 = select locomotive, keyboard arrow up = increase throttle.

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Although hardware throttles are already supported, it takes time to build them, whereas macropads are readily available and cheap.

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@MegaBlackJoe MegaBlackJoe added the Enhancement New feature or request label Jan 24, 2025
@github-actions github-actions bot added the EX-WebThrottle Item relates to EX-WebThrottle specifically label Jan 24, 2025
@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this to Backlog in DCC-EX Jan 24, 2025
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