Wireless Digital Bonanza!, Scorpius Wireless Digital & Slot.it oXigen Digital Options

[PGG]

Hi Doug,

This is great news, I absolutely hate Carrera's wireless thumb activated controllers. However wireless offers so much potential when practicing alone or racing without marshalls. Slot.it's SCP-1 controllers are so much superior to the RTR versions so I am anxious to convert mine.

Will the Slot.it oXigen work in an analog environment? I race at quite a few analog wood tracks and love the freedom of movement wireless presents.

Cheers...paul

Just got this in from Maurizio...

Q: what does it do?
A: It enables radio, wireless communication between the hand controller (SCP-1 only) and any
system in the world – analog or digital, as long as there is a standard SCP-1 cartridge for it. If you
have a SCP-1, no matter for which system, you can turn your controller into a wireless controller.
Q: what is it?
A: A small module, a pocket size receiver which plugs directly into any SCP-1 cartridge, regardless
of polarity and type. It comes with a small plastic case which secures itself on the cartridge (think of
it as the middle half of the SCP-1 controller). It connects by 2.4GHz radio link to the oXigen
cartridge which is plugged into the controller, and transmits in real time the power, brake and any
other commands (lane change, lights, etc.) coming from the controller to the cartridge, thus creating
a wireless, remote control SCP-1 for all the SCP-1 supported systems: analog (common ground or
common positive), and digital (Hornby, Carrera, Ninco, SCX).

[bigmarv27]

"So Both System are out right now in Europe"

[Nigel Pendrigh]

Any updates please?

[jsmadsen]

Hi Doug,
are you stil testing the two systems - if so I'm looking forward to read more about pro and cons.

Bestr regards
Jesper

[Doug]

I've had the cars out of the garage and the track set up permanently all month. I've been running both systems - sometimes together to get more cars on the track!

Review and pictures done. I'm just working on a video.

Watch this space - should be done this week - but the wife expects me to finish a DIY job too ...

[bigmarv27]

"Oh boy the Wife comes first. We will be waiting for a few"

[Wankel Ickx]

That was the beauty of the drivers station. All the fat people standing in one place

Sorry, I'm not adding anything constructive here. I'm just laughing. Quality, pure quality.

[Doug]

My reviews are done!

I may tweak them a little or add some points. Please feel free to comment or ask questions.


Wireless-Digital-Intro


Scorpius-Wireless-Digital


Slot-It-oXigen-Wireless-Digital


Scorpius-oXigen-comparison

[RikoRocket]

The green tick for Oxigen working on SSD ought to have a caveat - it needs a special bridge rectifier adding to the system. Maurizio showed me the first one at Gaydon, a small round PCB that fits over the guide.

[Doug]

...Oxigen working on SSD ought to have a caveat ...

Added.

This is a photo of the Oxigen rectifier board. Works on the pickup on most Slot.it cars depending on mechanical constraint, else has to be placed somewhere else, e.g. as a piggyback on the in-car PCB with double-adhesive insulating tape.

[aerodynamic]

Thanks for your hard work testing - very helpful and informative.

[Doug]

Here is a little video showing the Scorpius system in action on the BLST track.

[sealevel]

A point of clarification please...

You have listed "Selective lane changing".... would you please explain this.

Thanks.

Excellent work, BTW.

Cheers!

[dangermouse]

Hi Doug

I am interested in how the Scorpius controller compares to the slot.it and if you have used other high end controllers like ACD Pro, Difalco etc how it compares to them. I have a slot.it controller and was using an ACD Pro for some racing the other night - I found the responsiveness to be quite different (I was doing 0.5sec less per lap) I am in the market for a 2nd controller - I am looking at either a Difalco or ACD Pro or the Scorpius with the analog module.

cheers
DM

[Doug]

...
You have listed "Selective lane changing".... would you please explain this.
...

An interesting concept. Slot.it oXigen has two lane change buttons: lets call them the outer button and the inner button for clarification.

If you have used digital on large circuits - say a club track or a championship track - you will realise that it can get confusing knowing which lane you want to get into especially if you are some way off from your car. Knowing which lane change pieces will take you to the inside and which to the outside can be confusing or difficult to see in the heat of the race.

Basically you know if you want to go to the inside or outside of the track as the concept of left and right is confusing from a remote driving position. So if you want to go to an inner lane, you press the inner button and likewise to go to the outer lane(s) you press the outer button. You can just hold one button to move right in or right out over a successive number of lane change pieces.



I've updated the oXigen review with this info.