Junctionmad

No 

Like wise I hope to order soon 

On 17/03/2023 at 18:57, roythebus1 said:

 

Apart from that, the common return does save a lot of wiring. I don't "do" DCC, far too complicated and anything computerised never works as it should do. I want to see trains run, not see operators fiddling with a computer keyboard all day. Switches and relays are far easier to fault-find. 

 

I'm sorry this luddism. DCC works extremely well when installed and configured by people "who know what they are doing TM", like all things some basic knowledge mst be acquired.

Are you’re sure you’re triggering correctly 

The issue is some decoders will not work without a motor connection. You may need to fit a dummy resistor to “ fool” the non motorised sound decoder , watch the wattage of the resistor. 
 

equalky as there is no BEMF feedback you may find the sound does not track the “ engine progress” as well as it should. 
 

The iPhone does not need an internet connection to remain connected to tcpip 

this is either a z21 issue or a setting on the iPhone Ip

we use the z21 we don’t have your issue. 
 

insusoect you have a iPhone setting issue 

Really you want to avoid paralleling controllers to bridge track sections it’s a kludge. The best method is section switching where you transfer the complete source to destination track route to the necessary controller that’s then used to drive the train from the source to the destination 

Yes it requires more switching but the end result is worth it. 

This is much more satisfying then trying to cross “ controller “ districts and trying to align speeds etc. 

My point about paper templates is that you can build in transistion curves whereas tracksetta a can’t handle those and therefore creates those old style fixed radius track configurations which look bad these days 

Why bother with tracksetta style solutions. Just print paper Templot  templates and glue or pin the track to paper templates . This allied allows you to deploy transition a curves etc 

ideally can’t see the point of physical templates when we have computer template generators  like Templot 

I’m a fan of modifying real life stations and track formations. This avoids the  “ you toy train  “ look that I don’t like with track that makes no sense and is often meaningless operstion. 
 

remember real track were designed for a purpose 

I think it’s clear from my experience you either provide very stable barriers or none at all. Too many shoes use feeble restraints and in my view I suspect expose the organisers to issues if the barriers are not resistant to the public leaning on them. 
 

we used full metal barriers for most shows and these tend to handle the “ crush” 

it’s certainly a big issue. I’d prefer to have no barriers then flimsy ones that could potentially mislead the public that a solid barrier exists 

Does anyone know if there are any “ open source “ dcc decoder projects within good reputations 

As a diesel man this is my kind of dcc throttle 

Sadly a drawback of 802.11 is the beaconing ssid protocol. In areas of large concentrations of “ curious “ clients even though they have no hope of passing MAC Authentication , they bombArd access points with authentication requests that have no hope of succeeding. It’s a drawback of ssid beaconing sadly 

the best is no ssid beaconing  but this can cause some clients to not connect 

I use fusion 360 acedemic license I find it the  best all round 3D design. Steep learning curve. 
 

I use both FDM and resin and have just ordered a 8K resin unit. Both have peculiar strengths and applications. 
 

well worth the learning curve, in fact I now use CNC in many parts of layout and yea k building as I also have cnc milling  and turning capability 

here’s my 3D servo assisted lever frame design. 

Thanks folks I’ll follow up the leads mentioned 

I gave up on the dcc stainless it is difficult to solder a d very hard to file or cut. It’s simply too much hassle. I now use hi-Ni and it’s better and  looks well 

On 21/01/2023 at 18:20, Gwiwer said:

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Does anyone have a track plan or a picture of fleethouse junction on the rosslare strand to Wexford line closed in 1910

thanks 

The solution is DCc for many reasons 

On 30/08/2021 at 15:21, Michael Hodgson said:

 

... except in Ireland, where many if not most stations were signalled bi-directionally.  Ireland closely followed British practice (because when semaphore signalling started, it was British of course).  There was good reason for this.  On a long single track main line it is quite common for a passenger train not to be crossing a goods or not to pass another train at all, and it is more convenient for the passengers if the passenger train uses the platform adjacent to the main building and they don't have to use the footbridge.   

Most passing loop single  lines in Ireland were not signalled bi directionally until CIE times around 1960 onwards. Originally it was more common to route the trains into their respective platforms. However as traffic got less and less frequent it made no sense to do this. 
 

Gort is such an example where around 1970 a starter was provided on the main platform and it was made bidirectional. 

On 01/09/2021 at 08:42, kevinlms said:

That 'model railway' seller on eBay, has almost certainly made the assumption that the supply is going to be a regulated 12 Volts DC and the supplied resistors are likely to be around 1000 ohms or 1k. If that is what's being used, then there will be no issues.

 

Problems arise when people dig old power supplies/controllers/unmarked equipment out of junk boxes. These voltages could be anything.

In general I find I need to tweak the brightness so I always calculate my own resistors 

12 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Well I buy them from a seller in the model railways section of ebay, so he sells the LEDs with the right resistor for the application. Sorry I wasn't pedantic enough in my statement.

See other replies to clarify that I meant the application of model railways. 
 

You  need to specify resistors. One value isn’t enough 

18 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

I just buy LEDs from Ebay sellers who supply the right resistors with them as part of the deal.

There’s no right “ resistor “ it’s a range of values to suit the application