I have decided that the DCCOD units will satisfy my near and far term requirements. As I was doing a final check of available products, I can across the NCE...
Tim, You are much better off using the DCCOD it is 5 times the detector the BD20 is. I speak from experience. As to the BD20 being cheaper I don't think it ...
... The NCE device is powered by the secondary voltage generated by the pulse transformer, at least when you don't use it to drive any active loads (LEDs,...
Group: After I said I would wait to install my crossings I decided to go ahead and put one in now. A few really rainy days can do that along with really fast...
Somewhere I saw some ads for CTC components. I don't mean Mike's at CTCPARTS. The company had 2 inch by 12 inch or so panels with the two rotary switches,...
... There was a series in the Railway Signaling Technical & Historical Society's quarterly Clear Block newsletter by Norm Evans about "CTC the easy way", which...
Friends, I'm looking for an old friend and crew member of the Cornwall Railroad. Ben Hom. If anyone has info on his whereabouts, I would appreciate it. ...
I'm not sure if this is a JMRI or CMRI problem, so am posting to both groups. I have 6 SMINI's, addresses 0,1,2,3,4,5 0,1,2,3 are one 1 set of power supplies....
Hi Michael Did you know that a node that does not initialize properly will still work the outputs okay. If you have a cabling problem, then the node may...
Michael: You've swapped in a new board from Don, but have you swapped one of the working boards into 0 or 1 position. Also swap the address dips to see if 0...
Don: The physical sequence on the cable is the sames as the addresses - 0- 1-2-3-4-5. Is it possible that the cable is bad between the computer and 0 and 1,...
Jim: I will check the blink status this evening. I'm not sure whay you mean by re-define the nodes. Delete the node, save prferences, and then add the node...
Friends, Thanks so much for the help. Iwas concerned that Ben had been kidnapped by aliens. He has gotten in touch with me. Many thanks for all of the...
I want to thank all who contributed advise. I've decided to use DCCOD modules for this purpose. I'll be placing my order soon. -- Tim Timothy A Johnson,...
Don, David, Bob and Jim I changed the cable from the RS485 card to the first SMINI. The problem persists; no inputs on cards 0 and 1 with the rest OK. I ran ...
Haven't seen any CMRI messages since I switched my email handling program. Just seeing if I am still tied to the CMRI group. sorry for this message, Dave...
Got your msg Dave, no problems Regards Phil Euper in SC ... From: "Dave Thayer" <dthayer0971@...> To: <CMRI_Users@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October...
Everyone, I'm excited to report that the "Golden Spike" has been driven in on my mainline and trains now run all the way around the railroad. I model Chessie...
Friends, It is with the deepest regret that I send out this announcement. Over the past couple of years I have been making an attempt to reconstruct the...
Nick, I know what you are going through. My previous version of the Cinder Valley was torn down about five years ago. However, I saved one eight foot long...
Nick, Package arrived in great shape. Sorry to read your e-mail. I know how you feel as I now jive on the western side of the Ocala Ntl Forest & it is 20...
Nick, I too have a very big project that's been in the construction phase for almost 18 years. I'm getting up there too, and like Dale, also live way out in...
I am having problems with these machines. They are not always going the full travel and therefore the points of the turnout are not aligned properly. I am...
Jay, You get throw distance by adjusting the fulcrum point with the slider on the side of the Tortoise The best range is accomplished by making sure the throw...