Hi to every model railroader reading this post. I just bought from eBay 2 TOMAR Train Order Board H-845 semaphore signals and the instructions are very summarized and written for someone who is used to wiring this type of semaphore signal which I'm not. This is the model that comes with a double operating mechanism not needing a Tortoise switch motor to operate it I suppose. I am adding some photos to help clarify my post because I'm not sure I was explicit enough and may have led to some confusion.

The Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) is an elegant but sometimes complex application growing in popularity beyond its fantastic facility to ease DCC decoder setup. It is free, widely used, and readily available. It has capabilities to monitor trains and track to enable control and signal systems for virtually any model railroad layout. Among its basic control elements are turnouts, usually referring to a track switch or set of “points” but in its most elemental form, really refers to a binary switch.

Hello all,

I have an MEC BLI SW7 that I picked up some years ago. It's a Paragon 2 DCC/Sound unit, and it is probably 5 years old now - I finally have a working layout to play with. I mostly run a Digitrax Zeyphr Xtra (DCS-51), with a PR4 USB connection unit, but I also have a Sprog II. Both the Sprog II and the PR4 work perfectly with JMRI (current version, 4.12) with all of my other DCC and SCC/Sound units. I have an Atlas HH600, Atlas GP-40 and Bachmann S-4 with sound, and a variety of no-sound DCC units.