I'm not Maurizio, and as such am apt to have something mistaken, but I'm pretty confident in the following reply, which Maurizio can correct or verify when he finds the time...
Al, with oXigen, there IS NO "controller box" any more. Each car is directly controlled, wirelessly, from it's controller. The link is literally directly from the controller to the car, using wifi. It's kind of like RC, except using wifi, and rather than a big car with a big battery, it's a little car with powered rails.
You want to power a track for use with oXigen? All you need is the power supply itself (Pyramid PS26KX type thing), and wires. Solder the wires to the track. Now you're done. When the track is powered, so are the cars. The cars don't move until the controller tells it to. The chip inside receives the command to go, and then converts some of that rail power to the motor and the car goes.
Lap counting and lane changing are also completely independent. For lap counting, you just pop a few magnets under the track in the appropriate places, and the oXigen cars will detect that and send the information to the computer. For lane changing, the lane change track gets power from the rails, and when it sees a car that wants to change lanes, it moves the flipper. No black box required.
Another way to describe it is that rather than having a single box that does it all, you now have a few littler boxes that do specific things. One in the controller, one in the car (chip), one in each lane changer, and one in the computer (dongle). All the advanced functions like lap counting, fuel and refueling, etc, are handled by whatever oXigen compatible Race Management software you want to use on the track computer. I believe Slot.it is making their own, and PCLapCounter will also be compatible.
You will not be able to use any N-Digital components. No chips, controllers, box, or anything. Cars will need oXigen chips. Controllers will need to be Slot.it SCP1 controllers with oXigen cartridges. Lane changers will need to be augmented with the oXigen lane change adapter electronics. The system is ONLY wireless.
Al, with oXigen, there IS NO "controller box" any more. Each car is directly controlled, wirelessly, from it's controller. The link is literally directly from the controller to the car, using wifi. It's kind of like RC, except using wifi, and rather than a big car with a big battery, it's a little car with powered rails.
You want to power a track for use with oXigen? All you need is the power supply itself (Pyramid PS26KX type thing), and wires. Solder the wires to the track. Now you're done. When the track is powered, so are the cars. The cars don't move until the controller tells it to. The chip inside receives the command to go, and then converts some of that rail power to the motor and the car goes.
Lap counting and lane changing are also completely independent. For lap counting, you just pop a few magnets under the track in the appropriate places, and the oXigen cars will detect that and send the information to the computer. For lane changing, the lane change track gets power from the rails, and when it sees a car that wants to change lanes, it moves the flipper. No black box required.
Another way to describe it is that rather than having a single box that does it all, you now have a few littler boxes that do specific things. One in the controller, one in the car (chip), one in each lane changer, and one in the computer (dongle). All the advanced functions like lap counting, fuel and refueling, etc, are handled by whatever oXigen compatible Race Management software you want to use on the track computer. I believe Slot.it is making their own, and PCLapCounter will also be compatible.
You will not be able to use any N-Digital components. No chips, controllers, box, or anything. Cars will need oXigen chips. Controllers will need to be Slot.it SCP1 controllers with oXigen cartridges. Lane changers will need to be augmented with the oXigen lane change adapter electronics. The system is ONLY wireless.
