On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 06:01 PM, TrainZeal wrote:
Could you please elaborate why it matters to have "sections adjacent to S1 and S2 to also be supplied with a current sensor" ?
They don't have to be
detected, but have at least the
same voltage drop (1.1V) as the sensor tracks are measuring for. You also can (or better should if you have more Current-Sense detection ) power your turnouts through some anti-parallel diodes ( two in each direction ) By the way, doing so also imporves feedback reliability of other Current-Sensed section adjacent to turnouts.
In a reversing loop, sections S1 and S2 are usually next to the turnout, which is not necessarily supplied from a detector (as it is not part of "monitored track", at least in TrainController).
I am currently using Litffinski reverse loop modules in combination with ESU 50094 detectors. In this case: S1/S2 sensor tracks are short (5-20 cm) and not monitored, only the loop between them.
The YD7432 monitors all of it's sections, to be able to provide a complete, 2-way, block for control software.? S1 and S2 serve as "incoming" feedbacks, T.O. as occupation.
I am considering your YD7432 Reverser modules for my additional loops.
Do you think they will work with ESU ECoS when connected via S88 for occupancy monitoring?
Well that is a story by itsself... I designed the YD7432 to indeed have an s88 Bus... and I did that after consulting ESU whether their s88 Bus is galvanically isolated from the Track-Power. The Answer: Yes it is !
But then reality struck... As we finished the YD7432 it indeed worked very nicely on the ECoS ... until... you turn on track power... Then the feedbacks went bozo. ==> Not a 100% galvanic Isolation between track ground and s88 :'(
So unfortunately it does not work through the? ECoS' s88 bus. It works brilliant however with the ESU L.Net converter.
Greets,
Karst
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