Looking for help from anyone in the know …
I’m a relative new comer to signalling a model railway, though I’ve got a pretty good understanding of the prototype.
I’m operating a DCC system and am looking at how I can properly operate a crossing loop (passing siding in the US) with tri-coloured LED searchlight signals.
I have the signals ready to go. My points (turnouts) are all manually thrown (piano wire under the baseboard).
What do I need to set up signals relative to turnout position and direction of train? Is there a good source of info on the web?
Any help would be geatly appreciated!
Anthony
hello
check out this awsome site
I made the grade xing and people are flabergasted when they see it
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/CircuitIndex.html#Signals
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I’ve got a friend who’s layout is signaled with Digitrax boards. You might give them a call or check out their website. Working signals are WAY cool.
my pal mike sead that some of the electronics on these sites are old, and that he will make me some circuts with a cmos ,
just what the doctor orderd
but if you dont have a mike on your side, try this site out
http://www.discovercircuits.com/M/model-trains.htm
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Rob likes to use 556 timers. WHy? Because they are cheap, plentiful, and far more robust them CMOS.
I have nothing against CMOS, my first computer was actually all CMOS (RCA chips). And it’s wonderful stuff for lower power. But to claim circuits are ‘outdated’ because they don;t use CMOS…
Depending on your DCC system (actually not, the Digitrax SE8C can work with any system, it’s totally independent of the track), there are pre-canned solutions. If your DCC system supports a computer interface, look at PanelPro that’s part of the JMRI FREE software for the pc side of things.
–Randy