pctrainman

Go yopurself and your site you Brain dead Moronic fool .

This is no Conspiracy , so I will move along nowhere , I am supposed to live in a Democracy and you should not need to be reminded of that .

No Poltics and less opinion ? oh excuse me I thought I was on a model rail forum but it seems like i've landed in a fantasy world where the facts of life count for nothing .

If size were not an issue I would have gone for OO as increasing age and a series of mini strokes would have made things easier for me to handle but size was a dominating issue and still is but I I have somehow managed to build a 5 Foot X 3 foot 6 inch layout that is fully computer controlled in N with no help other than online advice , yes some things were difficult and some things such as the MSE Semaphores were near impossible but I got there in the end , to be honest the hardest thing of all was the computer control side of things and that part still needs a lot more refining , so if you want things to be relatively easy and have the space I would so go OO but in my case where the layouts overall size size was very important I have no regrets about choosing N .

That's very kind of you sir , I will bear it in mind if I run into problems with TP , thank you again .

Thank you Frederick, it was that aspect I was looking for opinions on and you've answered it nicely , i'm trying to simplify things as much as I can as a Stroke means that multi tasking is increasingly difficult for me and I still have masses of TC configurations to do so an integrated solution should help .

Hi , Have TC V9 Gold a Lenz system and Railcom via DCC4PC and I also have a sprog2 and JMRI on a PC but was wondering if anyone who uses TC also uses Train Programmer and whether they think the investment is worth it , i'm hoping i've put this in the right place as I was not sure whether to post it under computer control ?.

Hi Edwin , have you thought about using Railcom with TC ? it's what I do on my Lenz system .

I use a Lenz system with DCC4PC railcom readers in conjunction with traincontroller gold where I have to enable the TAMS RC link for the system to work , i'm unsure if i'm correct but I think that full railcom use is going to need some form of pc control ie Traincontroller iTRAIN JMRI etc

I've been following this thread with some interest as I now face the final task in completing my layout which is the drilling of 0.35 mm holes in MSE N gauge Midland semaphore signal posts X 5 , I have made an initial search to find a way of drilling the said 5 holes and keep coming up against a wall as virtually everything i've looked at cannot hold such small drills , does anyone have any ideas as to a solution for this problem ?.

Will the 2 Cobalts attached to the first 2 ouputs handle 18 Volts .

That would be ok Suzie if the LS 100 supplied me with 18 volts which is what I need to uncouple reliably ,I have 2 spare outputs on an LS 100 and I intend to use their 12 volt output but via a relay so that I can supply the uncouplers with 18 volts from a seperate PSU .I have umpteen spare PSU's ranging from 3 to 24 volts and experimentation with different voltages led me to 18 , 12 is not enough and 24 is way too much .

Hi , the jumper is marked from bottom to top as you have your diagram orientated ie yellow yellow black+white ,VCC VCC GND with GND being the black/white pin , just alongside the adjacent mounting hole it is marked JD which is a mystery to me but may mean something to you .I do remember on a similar board that I looked at it stated that it could be triggered high or low ie 5 Volts or 12 Volts and on that board the jumper was to select which voltage you wanted , but I don't know if the same applies here .

Can I just check on the connections on the relay board ( which I now have with me) as they don't match the no nc c as shown on your diagram , the link to the 2 relay board is here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5V-or-12V-1-2-4-8-16-Channel-Relay-Module-Arduino-Raspberry-PI-ARM-AVR-DSP-PIC/262722739443?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D48421%26meid%3Dfeb92bcc7d8a46f58dc3e6c3376f9a4c%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D263325353764%26itm%3D262722739443&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

I had already done some experimentation with voltages and currents concerning the uncouplers and had arrived at the conclusion that 18 volts DC was the best choice , they draw a tad under 1 Amp and as they will never be used simultaneously 1 amp should be the maximum draw .I should be able to tell which terminal on the LA 010's is Negative as my multimeter will tell me if I have the connections reversed .I have popped the casing cover off an LS100 and there is definately a Diode in there so i'm thinking Lenz have done their usual thing in making them almost bullet proof .The relay units are quite cheap so I think i'll order one and give it a try .