DCC - Electrical
Automating Staging and Reverse loop
Working on my new layout and trying toi figure out how to automate a the staging. I use Digitrax.
What I want to do is coming down the helix, go thru the staging yard and follow th tracks to the reverse loop then return to staging. What I am trying to figure out is how to do an automatic route thru the staging yard, thru the reverse loop and return to the staging yard and terminate. Could anybody help
Wayne
SPSF Meadow Sub: GP7 (Front Range Products) Powering Project (Kato)
This weekend I started a powering project and thought it would interest fellow modelers on this site, so I will post the steps here as I go along.
Union Station Engine Facility Completion - Step by Step
Even though the ATSF Paradigm Division is still in the plywood prairie style of scenery, it is now, with the completion of the Union Station Engine Facility, 100% functionally complete and operational in DCC. The first video is done in a slide format and shows the general step-by-step construction & completion of the engine facility in three phases over a two month time period (June thru August 2016). Areas of emphasis have been annotated on the individual slides and/or have additional information provided before each section of the video.
Point me to a good tutorial on signaling
Now that construction has commenced on the layout and the track is down and wired on the first section (I'm building it in sections, completing them one at a time from benchwork through scenery then bolting them together) I'm in the detailed planning stage of the next section which will be mostly mainline (the section I am presently building is an industrial area). I want to incorporate signaling as I build rather then add it later.
Electrical Connectors
The other day I went searching for Cinch-Jones and Anderson Powerpole connectors. Google being the all seer of everything noticed and sent me an ad for another product I've never seen. Looks like they could do a similar job to a suitcase connector but are very inexpensive. Any thoughts?
http://www.banggood.com/100pcs-Blue-Quick-Splice-Wire-Terminal-And-Femal...
GregW66
SMA25 Tinkering with DCC++ Base Stations: JMRI To Track Connections, Accessories & Fun
Take the 2 boards pictured below, download the efforts of Gregg E. Berman, the creator of DCC++: https://sites.google.com/site/dccppsite/, add 2 wire jumpers and you have a DCC base station that can be controlled with multiple throttles directly from your PC. It will also act as a $9 JMRI to DCC hardware interface—really!
Installing DCC in my brass engine
I have been working on installing a Tsunami decoder in my West Side Lumber Co 3 truck Shay. The Shay is a brass PBL Shay in Sn3 (S scale 3 foot narrow gauge).
I was able to slip the decoder in the boiler and install a speaker in the tender. The lights are 0402 SMD LEDs in the headlight and backup light.
I shot a video with my iPhone, I still need to tune the sounds with JMRI, I would like to choose a better whistle and tune the chuffs. The Shay is running smooth and I am able to get it to crawl nice and slow.
Attached is a video in YouTube.
Digitrax UT4D Throttle/Tech Support Issue, Need Help/Advice
The bottom line:
I just want my Digitrax UT4D throttle to work.
Summary:
I sent in my UT4D for repair back in April and after two trips to Digitrax and about $80 later, it still doesn’t work in radio mode. I have lost faith in the tech support folks and want to contact someone else at Digitrax who can help. If I have to buy a new throttle, I would rather look at investing in another DCC system.
The whole story:
digitrax soundbug for older kato drive units.
does anybody use the soundbug decoders for older kato drive locos?
Bye Bye DC
So my C.H.I.P. $9 mini-computer finally arrived. It's not quite as powerful as the Raspberry Pi, but at a quarter of the price it's a straight-up bargain. It comes pre-loaded with a Debian flavour of Linux which can have a bit of a learning curve, but within an hour or so I had it set up to boot right into JMRI and then automatically launch a WiThrottle server. I'm using a Sprog as the interface with the layout. Within two minutes of turning the power on, I can whip out my phone, open Engine Driver, and be off to the races. Now I just need to make everything look presentable.
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