Hi Gavin; While I guess a case could be made for being able to activate a turnout without moving to the button location (especially on layouts where you could be on the wrong side of a peninsula), many folks who advocate DCC for train control have zero interest in asking an engineer to set the turnout from his throttle.
That's the "brakeman's" job! Or the tower operator/dispatcher, if it is a remotely operated turnout. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 5/4/11, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm missing something here. Each of > my turnouts have a Tortiose motor, two panel mounted LED > indicators, and one pushbutton DPDT action switch. To change > the turnout, push button, watch LED to confirm action > complete. To change back, push button again, watch LED. > Please explain how DCC is better, cheaper, or more effective > than that. I regularly run at shows for two days at a time, > without derailments, without stalling, and without DCC. > > --- In [email protected], > "David Heine" <davesn3@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > You could use one output (sub-region) of the circuit > breaker to power just > > the decoders that run the turnouts. Then they > should always work, even when > > there is a track short. > > > > It sounds like the main reason you are looking at > using loco decoders is so > > that you don't need to change menus on the > throttle. If you do this you may > > want to program the decoder so that all speed steps > provide the same > > voltage, whether it's full or some reduced level. > > > > It's been awhile since I've touched a NEC throttle, > but many throttles still > > allow at least easy speed control of a loco while in > the accessory menu > > area. > > > > Dave Heine > > Easton, PA ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
