Don and all others interested in CTC: Don is sooooooooo right on track with his description of US&S CTC machine setup and that is exactly why having everything...
To you experienced CTC builders, I was trying to pick out a rotary swith to use as a turnout lever and signal lever switch, and have found Mouser 101573CA, a...
Hi guys, I can tell you from first hand experience that there is a lot of power in the CMRI system. Dealing with prototype circuitry day in and day out you...
Forgive me if adding some comments to Bruce's post is akin to preaching to the choir for this group, but here is some amplification about our installation. Not...
Group Don mentions a point that some modelers have missed and I think is very important. You can have more than one version of your code to run the layout...
Hi Steve, ... Thank you very much, I'm going to order a couple to try. I am thinking more about an NX machine rather than full mainline CTC, so your advice...
Don, et al, Computer controlled meets in N scale is one of my objectives. I plan to include CMRI in my under construction layout. But one aspect of automatic...
Matt, Once a route is set up, there may be a reason to cancel it before the move is made. On the prototype panels the knobs could be pulled out and the...
Matt, Well, I intended to send that long message just to you, but did not get the address line changed when I meant to. I guess no harm done, and if I have...
Dear Steve and others: Steve, I'm pleased that you posted the long message rather than just sent a private email to Matt. What you covered, Steve, is of...
Hey group Has anyone tries using the DCCOD with DC trains by applying an AC bias to the rails through a 2.2K 1/2 Watt resistor. With the isolation feature of...
Hi everyone, I wanted to relate my most recent steps with my own C/MRI. I had succesfully ran the output and wraparound test with the bare minimum of cards,...
Hi everyone, I am going to ask a couple of novice questions, but I would like to understand things in my head. When dealing with Inputs and the circiut is...
Thank you for the encouragement, Bruce. I had some bad typos in one paragraph: "To save the dispatcher or CTC operator's attention when a number of trains are...
Jerry -- Unfortunately, I don't know what the SDSONS have done. Here are some alternatives to consider: 1. Add resistors to wheelsets or use resistor...
... Yes. ... Yes. The pull-up resistor for the output device (signal, tortoise) can be attached to the wire anywhere from the output card all the way to the...
... What we are doing in the software for my layout is maintaining two pointers in software for the train location, one for the front of train, and one for the...
Superb idea and easy to implement .Great Rich Sub note; on my post to this message link. I was referring to Mike Burgett's hard wired relay system as not being...
... Thanks. One other thing we are working on. Since there can be more than one path through an interlocking, it is not necessarily trivial to know which...
The new SMC12 card which replaces the SMC is now available. I have just finished building my first one and assembly of this Stall motor control is straight...
And, in addition to all that, there ares also the interlocking rules that forbid operating the controls of a track switch while there is a car or train on it. ...
... pointers in software for the train location, one for the front of train, and one for the end. The front pointer will be advanced as the next block goes...
... Yep- Well kinda- The Teton Short Line used just such a thing back in 1967! Is nothing new in this hobby? GRIN. My original detectors were transformer...
... Actually, the failure mechanism is the other way. We only use the pointer mechanism to "fill in" detection in non-detected blocks between two detected...
Rich -- Unless I'm missing something, wouldn't the automatic move-up of the rear pointer leave the rear end of the train and any intervening OS block...
