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Oldngrey, The use of boosters as reversing devices is rather archaic, from the very early days of DCC, precisely because it usually ends up wasting most of the output of a booster. YaMoRC doesn't seem to have an autoreverser?yet, I wonder if the Digikeijs DR5013 Digireverse?or a PSXX-AR?would work with the YaMoRC YD7403, and if?the YD7403's short circuit trip timing can be adjusted to accommodate?an auto reverser or older PSX board downstream of it? This brings up another interesting topic. The European manufacturers seem to have gone to detectors where you run track current through the detector device, often with up to 16 detection sections requiring heavy gauge wire, while, with the notable exception?of Digitrax, US manufacturers use coil-based detectors that can be located at the block location, with thin gauge telephone wire going back to the sensor board that interfaces with LocoNet, C/MRI, LCC, cab bus, etc. I suspect this again has to do with American layouts tending to be more spread?out, with long runs, versus more compact European layouts with more dense block setups for passenger stations and automation. The thing is, you have to run track current through the detector in order to do Transponding or RailCom, requiring the heavy gauge wiring to the detection device. Alex On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 6:33?PM Oldngrey <steve_donald_@...> wrote: The circuit breaker topic went?in an unexpected direction, but I thought I needed some confirmation about another essential requirement - detection. Hence the new topic. --
Alexander Wood Hartford-New Haven, CT Modeling the modern era freelanced G&W Connecticut Northern in HO Digikeijs DR5000 - JMRI - ProtoThrottle - TCS UWT-100 - TCS UWT-50p - Digitrax Simplex |
