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MaxSouthOz Admin 
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I guess I asked the question the wrong way, Pete. Where does the power for the LEDs come from?  From where does the power for the LEDs come? 
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wogga Knows nowt about prototypes 
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The LDT board here is the link for Lenz boards from LDT several boards you can supply via a small trani or i am sure from the track bus if you have enough power. http://www.ldt-infocenter.com/english/products_lenz-digital-plus_e.htm ____________________ Regards Pete. ECOS2 with RR&Co Traincontroller and a load of other electronics so i can sit back and watch the trains go by. |
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Geoff R Member
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MaxSouthOz wrote: I guess I asked the question the wrong way, Pete. Where does the power for the LEDs come from? Just more accessory decoders, Max. But not as complicated as driving point motors!! |
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MaxSouthOz Admin
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Thanks, Pete. Would TCS FL4 do the job?
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Geoff R Member
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MaxSouthOz wrote: Thanks, Pete. Would TCS FL4 do the job? Absolutely it would, Max. I have used something similar from Digitrax with my Theatre signal trials. |
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MaxSouthOz wrote: Thanks, Pete. Would TCS FL4 do the job? You got there Max i never condsidered a function decoder, its more a case of whether TC can control a function decoder automatically at the correct moment John Russell will know if TCS have controlled Signals. ____________________ Regards Pete. ECOS2 with RR&Co Traincontroller and a load of other electronics so i can sit back and watch the trains go by. |
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Geoff R Member
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I have just been trawling through the RR&Co help file, and I don't think there is actually a way to get TC to use anything other than an accessory decoder for signals. The 4 function only decoder requires a loco address, but TC only understands an accessory address for signals. | |||||||||
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That was quick Geoff, the LDT board can do four signals so i guess there isn.t a cost benefit for going for the TCS even if TC could do it.
____________________ Regards Pete. ECOS2 with RR&Co Traincontroller and a load of other electronics so i can sit back and watch the trains go by. |
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brianpr1 Former Member
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I'm just trying to catch up after spending a couple of hours replacing one of my servo drivers with an ESU switchpilot (servo). £25 to drive four servos, and the servos cost less than £3 each. I'm using it for points, but it would be ideal for driving semaphores, I picked up the idea at the show on Sunday from an exhibitor who was doing just that. His semaphores moved at a realistic speed, but he was complaining (tongue in cheek) that he was stuck with the same speed in both directions and he couldn't make them bounce! When I look at the "instructions" for the LDT drivers I think semaphores would be easier than that. Colour light signal drivers are not rocket sience, the one I use is no more than an electronic version of a rotary switch, cheap (about 80p) and easy to build. It does need a steady output decoder. If anyone is interested I will let you have the circuit and you could build your own. With the new tutorial section for signalling I don't see any point in starting another topic, let's use that. One thing I think we should avoid at all costs is getting hung up on signalling principles. We will need a bit of common background but there are plenty of other places to help decide on where to put signals. |
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MaxSouthOz Admin
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Thanks Geoff. I guess an accessory address is the same as a loco address. It's just the functionality which is less. On the LH 100 I call up my caboose address and change from forward to reverse and the lights follow the throttle switch. I think there is a stationary decoder which does the same thing as well.
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brianpr1 Former Member
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MaxSouthOz wrote: I guess an accessory address is the same as a loco address. Hi Max, I am a dummy at DCC but my understanding is that it uses a different code for accessories to keep them separate from loco decoders. One type will not recognise the other. That is how you can have a loco address of 003 and an accessory address of 3 without them both responding. I don't know anything about stationary decoders. |
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