... Andy, More information tomorrow evening. My analog clocks do run off the Grapevine and are adjustable in speed via ProTrak. They are controlled by the...
Jim Duncan asked ... For a crossover, what I do is run the "secondary" switchmotor off contacts from the switchmotor controlled from a port on Grapevine. The...
... This is any analog clock with the "vibrating coil"....just about any clock you see at Staples, Office Depot or Walmart. I got a clock at Walmart years...
Grapevine drives an analog clocks by sending pulses, from the Node "Analog clock pins" to the clock's vibrating coil. One pulse clicks the clock 1 second. (If...
... I agree with that, because, especially on a large railroad, it helps keep everything across the railroad in sync. And it helps to keep each operating ...
... Very much depends on the wire size. For the #26 telephone cable I am using, my analog clock cables are 8 to 10 feet long (which was more set by where the...
The Tortoise switch machines do not draw much current, on the order of 10-15 mA. You may connect them in parallel to one motor output. Each motor output can...
As Jim says the analog clocks all seem to have the same mechanism where a small solenoid drives a casement mechanism. A short ~50 ms pulse alternating on each...
Jim: It may be a pain to do, but couldn't you code a clock reset feature that would advance the analog clock up to 12 hours in a single bound? I can see that...
Along this line of thought, if Jim D's idea (one that I like) isn't doable, a simple way to reset the clocks would be to permanently remove the plastic cover...
Jim: Next time you're doing an update would you look into a couple of things... In the diode matrix setup (as of current 253) you can't enter a port greater...
Jim, No, you have to find the connections for the solenoid inside the mechanism and make the connection there. In the clocks I've dissected it's easy to find....
You can drive these clocks reliably up to about 8x normal speed and beyond that the casement mechanism starts to go haywire because, well, the clocks weren't...
... I caught your earlier message about that, and I made the corrections (not posted yet). The "Diode Matrix" did not know about "upper bank ports" (13-.24)...
Mike/Jim.... I keep running into this problem when I add a new signal or switch... I find ports on other signals get screwed up or that switch motor ...
... This is a reference to Mike's "E-Z Panel" wiring scheme for the dispatcher's panel. This wiring scheme is a "matrix" of wires left-to-right across the OS...
I also am running into the same situation. Also when going back to the switch motor window to correctly assign the motors port, the dropdown list seems to be...
Yes, I understand that. I'm also getting some VERY strange stuff in my block/signal setup now. This is after having added the next segment south which has the...
I concur with Jimmy's report. I get the same things happening. It seems to get worse the more blocks you add. I also note that I can no longer add signals from...
I found the bug about the dropdown box for selecting the switch motor, thanks for pointing that out Jimmy. This may be the source of the problems you've been...
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Still have signal and switch ports changing mysteriously! Staging throat keeps reverting back to interlocking with only one switch... Wish there was a way to...
... Of course it does. One switch does not make a throat. Check the "Define throat/"Diode Matrix"" page. If you select less than 3 routes it is not a ...
On the "Edit Switchmotor" window (which also appears on the "EditSignalBlocks" and the "EditStagingThroat" windows) there is a dropdown from which you select...
