Dear All I found a great new product. Duncan Mcree has some new or new to me products for DCC or CMRI control and Semaphore control. The three controllers have...
Speaking of semaphores, has anyone tried this instead of using servoes or slow motion switch mahines? I ordered some of this and it is on my list of things to...
Group: Installed a DCCOD detector based mini CTC (Parallax Stamp based controller). After some grumbling and lots of rewiring we got to one short section and...
Trying to run the test programs included with the Users Manual with VB6 Learning Edition. Run fails account VB6 LE does not appear to license mscomm32.ocx. ...
Friends, Quite a few years ago, a fellow C/MRI user visited my Cornwall Railroad. He brought along some very nice PC boards that slip over the SMINI or...
Does anyone have a sample relay schematic of a US&S CTC machine? I'm not going to use it, but I'm curious as to how they actually worked. Fred Lagno...
I have posted a working, but still very beta VB.NET comm routine that works with SMINI's (easy enough to modify it for other boards.) It doesn't have much...
Excerpt from the Chief Dispatcher's Log 2-Dec-09 On the 21st of November, a lightning strike disabled the Power and Control systems on the Kansas City...
Group: While string new LED lights for the upcoming season, it struck me that the ones I was using may be a good CTC panel light... Thet are made by Sylvania,...
Hello, I have posted an update to my Oregon Cascades layout website. The website has two photo albums, one with pictures taken a few days ago, and one with...
Thank you Steve for more details on the approach signaling. Understand it
more now. To switch modes should be easy for me also. Dave Thayer ... From:...
David, I don't know if your specific questions were all answered. When a signal is lighted by an approaching train, it displays exactly what it would display...
Thanks Steve. I will call it approach lighting from now on. Thanks Ken for
your information also. As Ken says, Do I want to turn off all the green signals...
Ken, Thanks for the information. Curious question for you. Does your club
layout use the Dark mode of signaling? again, just curious, Dave Thayer ... From:...
I have just a quick question and better understanding on when the dark
signaling mode is on or used and when the signal gets turned to its true
color. We are...
I'm just taking the plunge into C/MRI, and looking for a source to obtain a copy of QBasic software at least/reasonable cost. Can't find it on eBay. I haven't...
No one can answer your question but Bruce. David Metal NMRA Life Member Gramps Railroad HOTrack ____________________________________________________________ ...
Hi all, Does anyone have a programmed Rev 0.9 68701 chip, or a working USIC that they want to sell? I'm aware that the USIC has been replaced by the SUSIC....
As requested by numerous members of this wonderful group of C/MRI Users, it is time for a status update regarding the new forthcoming Version 3.0 Railroaders...
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has experienced this issue before. We have wired up our SMINI and 20 block detectors to the layout in the section we are...
I have moved some power districts and SMINI around on the layout and now have to extend some of the five wire shield cable because of longer runs. Can I just...
Ray, A few details are needed to answer your question. What railroad and type of signaling are you planning to use? ABS is a lot easier to do than full CTC...