DCC - Electrical
BQR Status Update
Been too long since I had a chance to work on the railroad. But the garden is in and doing reasonably well. And the front and side decks have new deck boards -- why would anyone put decking down with ardox screw nails???
Layout Progress Update Plus Other Stuff
Mid July 2014 Progress Update
Over the past month, I have been checking out some of my steam engines, running trains, installing decoders, worked on fixing the shorting issue with the insulfrog turnouts, and began work on the support structure for the main level. There are four videos in this update.
SPROG base station and Tortoise Point motors - any issues?
Hi all,
I'm using a SPROG3 in conjunction with JMRI to run my layout, in order to be able to use my phone as a wireless throttle. For my staging, I'm planning to use tortoise point motors to set the points, and the contacts on the point motors will be used to route power to whichever track is ultimately selected.
Bus/feeder wiring question
When connecting feeder wires to the bus wires, which is preferable: Using suitcase connectors or wiring the feeders to a barrier strip? I imagine troubleshooting is easier when feeders are wired to a barrier strip.
Speaking of barrier strips, I know how the feeders are wired to it but how is the bus wired to it?
JMRI operations - android app?
Hi all,
I've got an old Samsung Galaxy Tab which I'm planning to use with JMRI to run my model railroad. I'm also planning on using the JMRI operations module for switch lists, etc.
I was just wondering, is there a way to take the switch list information from the operations software running on the PC and pull it up on the tablet via wi-fi at all?
Cheers,
tbdanny
Kapton Tape
I just wondered if there was any substitute for Kapton tape used to install drop-in decoders? I'm sure there must be a valid reason for needing to use this type of tape. Just wondering.
Locomotive Shutting Down
I have searched the forums and other web sites and can't find a similar problem I am having.
Intermountain SD40-2W, with Tsunami. All was working fine for at least the last year. Did a reset on all of my locomotives to speed match them again and enter the files into decoder pro again, since i lost the computer I was using and could not transfer the files.
Speaking about train controlers
I know that with dcc you can control a locomotive with a computer. Is there a software package that can control a passenger train between say 5 or 6 stations then reverse direction?
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