Hello
I have a Yard with 17 turnouts? all using DCC Concepts Cobalt IP Digitial. motors? ?I have a NCE System that run my DCC system.
?I have dwarf signals on each turnout using NCE Light-its.
I am running JMRI 5.5.1 on my Windows 11 laptop.
I also have a Button board using a momentary push button that has a red and green LED.? ?(Mouser Electonics?107-PS001-N11NAWURUG)
On my JMRI Panel all the turnouts are setup as monitoring? this way when the turnout changes the icon on the turnout goes from green to red. then back to green if changed again.
On my panel the LED changes from green to red also.
From my Power Cab I select Assy 142? (thats the address of the Cobalt IP)? then select 2 to open the turnout.??
The Push button for 142 changes to Red
My JMRI Panel showing 142 changes to RED?
After engines passes thru I then change 142 to closed? the Push Button for 142 goes green and my JMRI panel goes Green.
Now when I push the button for 142 the turnout changes the LED on the Push button goes RED?
But my JMRI Panel showing 142 still shows Green.
So the DCC code for 142 changing was never sent to JMRI
The push button?107-PS001-N11NAWURUG? has 4 pins? 2 for the LED and 2 for the Push button
The two pins for the push button goes to the cobalt ip pins 9 PSB-R and 7 PSB-L
PINs 1 and 2 on the cobolt IP connect to my DCC Bus Line for that section of the layout.
Pin 3 is connect to my Frog on the turnout
Pins 4 s2-L? ? 5 s2-R? ?and 6 s2-C? are connected to the LED on the Push button and a DCC Concepts DCP-SPS12 12 VDC Power Supply
Pin 6 to the LED pin on the push button? the other pin on the LED goes to the DCP-SPS12??
Pin 4 and 5 on the Cobalt IP go to the DCP-SPS12
I have? diagram of this but not sure how to post that on here.
Since? JMRI need two way traffic from the turnout? how can I get this to work
I was working with my JMRI friend and he is not a electrical engineer? and he suggested I get a micro switch and place it on the throw bar on the turnout
He also suggested I connect the cobalt IP pins 4 5 and 6 to an NCE AIU -01?
on the cobalt IP pin 6 S2-C would go to the ground pin on the NCE AIU-01 and pins 4 and 5 on the cobalt ip would go to pins 1 and 2 on the AIU-01? that would be two sensors setup
The NCE AIU-01 would send the DCC code to JMRI and then the turnout on the panel would change.
The push button would still work because the push button is connected to the cobalt Ip pins 9 and 7
?The only thing I and not sure of is how to wire up the LED using a micro switch.
The micro switches are something I never worked with.
we found this one on mouser electronics? ? ?
D2F-01L
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Any ideas or suggestions how I can get the push button to work properly?
Thank you
Tom
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Tom Grassi
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