I appreciate the feedback.? I don't _think_ I'm overthinking this idea.? My goal is to prevent a DCC locomotive from going through a cross-over onto a track that is powered by DC.? Also the inverse, where a DC locomotive crosses onto a DCC powered track.
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 9:54 PM Michael Piazza via Groups.Io <mpiazza2007=[email protected]> wrote:
Most DCC systems can drive a DC locomotive defaulting to address 3.? All the DC locomotives running in the DCC layout will be running from address 3 so you will still have to isolate blocks as normally done with DC.
The difference is that the voltage hitting the motor is pulsed rather than a clean DC signal and the engine may not run as smoothly.
I'm just suggesting this to think about as you are really trying to overcomplicate things when you may not have to.
Just some food for thought.
Mike Piazza
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 18:32 doug.mertens <mertensdoug@...> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've tried countless Google searches, and I can't find an answer to this question so I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
I am a member of an NTrak group and we support DC and DCC via a toggle switch on each of the three lines. ?
I am planning on building a module that will allow us to cross over from any line to either of the other lines.? I am hoping to create a panel in PanelPro to control the switches, but I don't want the panel to allow the switches to be thrown if the two lines are not running the same power (DC or DCC).
Is there a way to build a circuit (Arduino, RPi, etc) that can tell JMRI if the the line is powered by DC or DCC?? By the way, my electronics knowledge is limited so any and all details are welcome (and probably needed).
