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Has anyone had any experience reading a Loco ID using a DR5088RC then stopping that train. I have a hidden staging yard with both through and dead-end roads. The roads have sensors which can sense the position and direction of the train. I control the system using a Arduino Mega running software I have written. The system sends the incoming train into the next available road and stops the train by cutting off the power to the road. Clearly there are issues with the trains in the dead-end roads and tracking what train is in what road. I plan to use a DR5098RC to find which train is where and I would like to be able to stop a train without turn off the power to the road.
Thanks George George Bryan Blaxland NSW Australia |
开云体育This is exactly what I do using iTrain to control the layout and display what is where. I also use DR5088RC for this purpose. Will be harder if you are using a home brewed product, but it can be done – all the automation products I have seen support reading Railcom – the stopping is fundamental to an automation program. ? Many Thanks ? W Iain Morrison 07767 456746 ? From: GMB Rail Systems
Sent: 27 February 2020 06:37 To: [email protected] Subject: [Digikeijs EN] DR5088RC JMRI ? Has anyone had any experience reading a Loco ID using a DR5088RC then stopping that train. I have a hidden staging yard with both through and dead-end roads.? The roads have sensors which can sense the position and direction of the train.? I control the system using a Arduino Mega running software I have written.? The system sends the incoming train into the next available road and stops the train by cutting off the power to the road.? Clearly there are issues with the trains in the dead-end roads and tracking what train is in what road.? I plan to use a DR5098RC to find which train is where and I would like to be able to stop a train without turn off the power to the road. ? Thanks George ? George Bryan Blaxland NSW Australia ? ? ? |
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George,
I have done what you are proposing.??I have a yard where a dedicated Arduino watches for Loconet Block Occupancy and Transponding/Railcom messages issued by the DR5088RC. I don't direct the train into a specific track, but I do check which track it's going into (a second Block occupancy and Transponding/Railcom message).? The Arduino reduces the speed to about 5 mph.? When the locomotive trips an IR sensor at the end of the track the Arduino issues an Emergency Stop (Speed step 1) to the locomotive.? Track power stays on. It's very do-able and I have had very few problems with reliability. John Burrow |