portsladepete Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Hi, wondering if anyone has experience of using these? I am specifically interested in whether it can change the polarity of the frog on electrofrog points. I have managed to find a picture of what I believe is the accessory decoder that comes with it,and can't see any connecting point for the frog wire. Thanks in advance Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibushe Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Hi, wondering if anyone has experience of using these? I am specifically interested in whether it can change the polarity of the frog on electrofrog points. I have managed to find a picture of what I believe is the accessory decoder that comes with it,and can't see any connecting point for the frog wire. Thanks in advance Pete Pete. You say you have an accessory decoder that came with the Point. Is it there DCC80 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Screw terminal connections are DC or DCC, momentary contacts (ie panel mounted push switches) and three further connections, one labelled L, one R and one ? http://www.gaugemaster.com/_upload/imgs/lrg/34489/GMC-PM20D.jpg In the description http://www.gaugemaster.com/news/SEEP-PM20D-Surface-Mounted-Digital-Point-Motor-Available-Now reference is made to "Resisted led output" so I would take it that's what the three further connections are and are not for switching frog polarity. The obvious answer from them will be to use also a DCC80. Gets quite pricy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibushe Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Screw terminal connections are DC or DCC, momentary contacts (ie panel mounted push switches) and three further connections, one labelled L, one R and one ? http://www.gaugemaster.com/_upload/imgs/lrg/34489/GMC-PM20D.jpg In the description http://www.gaugemaster.com/news/SEEP-PM20D-Surface-Mounted-Digital-Point-Motor-Available-Now reference is made to "Resisted led output" so I would take it that's what the three further connections are and are not for switching frog polarity. The obvious answer from them will be to use also a DCC80. Gets quite pricy. DCC 80s. Under £15 for a pack of three. Use them myself. Easy to wire. And they work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portsladepete Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks for your replies,bought the motor and dcc 80 as suggested,all worked fine,then motor jammed up solid,wouldn't even move manually. Nothing to do with advice obviously,but made me wonder if anyone else has found these motors to be a problem? Have sent it back to the supplier for replacement,and will see what happens with the new one. When researching these particular point motors could not find any reviews or comments about them,which I find a bit stange?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Have a basic (ie non DCC) - it jammed but only because I had got back the unused side of the operating part that fits onto the point. Had to open the case at that end (actually just bent it up as I could not get the case off entirely) and retrimmed it so as not to jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portsladepete Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Just had to return the second of these point motors,as before it jammed up completely after minimal use,not sure what the problem is,but am not confident about durability,so have asked for refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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