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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:35:44 -0400
From: jerry snyder <jerrys@...>
Subject: Re: timeout on command station

Thanks for the troubleshooting advice. I got cute and installed the
locobuffer in a Radio Shack plastic project box. And the set up is at the
club layout. Tomorrow I will remove the box cover so I can see the LEDs
and I'll post the results.

Cheers

Jerry-

I put mine in a box, too... however, I took a tip from the setup at the
club (Orlando N-Trak) and used the same project box as the PR1. There's a
piece of track on top, and it's wired to the LocoBuffer inside. I also
drilled holes for the LEDs, took them off the board, and wired them up so
they could be seen from outside the box. I also added a DPDT switch that
lets me go back and forth between "Program" and "Run" on the same track, so
I don't have to move the locomotive. It saves a lot of hassle, especially
when you're fine-tuning lighting effects... and when Bob gets OPS mode
programming working, it'll be even easier.

Hummmm! There are some good ideas here, but I am having trouble
conceptualizing your configuration.

I think you have a box with the locobuffer inside and a piece of track on
the outside (top.) The PC has a serial cable to the Locobuffer and the
locobuffer has the telephone cable to the loconet. The loconet eventually
goes to the Command station. The command station has two outputs, one for
the running track and one for the programming track. I guess these two
outputs go back to your box the end terminals of a DPDT switch and the
center 'blade' terminals are wired to the track on the top of the box. So
do you have a serial cable, Loconet cable and two pairs of track power
wires going to your box?

I like that.

At 07:07 AM 9/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:

Jerry-

I put mine in a box, too... however, I took a tip from the setup at the
club (Orlando N-Trak) and used the same project box as the PR1. There's a
piece of track on top, and it's wired to the LocoBuffer inside. I also
drilled holes for the LEDs, took them off the board, and wired them up so
they could be seen from outside the box. I also added a DPDT switch that
lets me go back and forth between "Program" and "Run" on the same track, so
I don't have to move the locomotive. It saves a lot of hassle, especially
when you're fine-tuning lighting effects... and when Bob gets OPS mode
programming working, it'll be even easier.

jerry snyder
Orlando, FL

--- In jmriusers@y..., jerry snyder <jerrys@c...> wrote:

Hummmm! There are some good ideas here, but I am having trouble
conceptualizing your configuration.

I think you have a box with the locobuffer inside and a piece of track on
the outside (top.) The PC has a serial cable to the Locobuffer and the
locobuffer has the telephone cable to the loconet. The loconet eventually
goes to the Command station. The command station has two outputs, one for
the running track and one for the programming track. I guess these two
outputs go back to your box the end terminals of a DPDT switch and the
center 'blade' terminals are wired to the track on the top of the box. So
do you have a serial cable, Loconet cable and two pairs of track power
wires going to your box?

I like that.

Yeah... but it won't work very well without a power input, too. <<grin>>

Since a picture is worth a thousand words... here's a photo of what it looks like:



(That's a REALLY long link - if it gets broken, just go to:



It's in the album there.