Hi Arden, Welcome back! Will we see a demonstration of your turnout control system at the NASG National Convention this July? I look forward to seeing your spectacular UP layout again!
Roger Nulton From: ardeng Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} replies to my post Controlling turnouts with DCC decoders is not very slick, but when you need more than one control location, it saves building multiple control panels which are a lot of work. My layout is walk around with simple local panels, but part of the upper level is not easy to access. So I got a NCE Switch 8 for that area. One drawback is no easy way to know turnout positions with that setup. I see no difference in punching Sel Accessory button or Sel Loco botton & then the number of the turnout. So there is no advantage to using motor decoders for turnouts. Sure DC is reliable, but boring. {:-) The larger & more complex the layout the more DCC is advantageous. What finally pushed me over the edge was reversing sections. I missed another year of modeling due to health but am back at it again in case you're wondering why I popped out of the woodwork. Arden G. Lodi CA --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "pickycat95" <pickycat95@...> wrote: > > I ask the same question and think about the limitations of having the switch > controls in a static location. I'm not facile enough with my throttle control > to do all the menu (or whatever) navigation to think I could make turnout > control work through the throttle. But I can see the appeal. I sometimes > wonder about having a couple of control panel locations (say a master and > remotes that are interconnected. Has anyone tried this? > Ben Trousdale > London, UK for two weeks! > > > --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "Gavin" <csowry@> 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. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
