Hey Chuck:
I tried it out last night. I put a loco into conventional mode and just utilized the throttle on the transformer. The engine functioned as a regular conventional locomotive. However, if you shut down the power from the transformer, after a short period, the loco automatically reverts to command mode the next time the transformer is powered up.
Regards,
John O
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OK, that's a good news/bad news kind of thing. Good that it doesn't get stuck, bad because it's a pain in the * to reset without powering down or going through remote control key press gyrations. I guess it would have been nice to have an actual "kill" switch on the TIU so you could just run in conventional.
Hello Chuck:
That is why I want to get a switch to bypass the TIU.
Hello Chief:
I have the a Z-1000 that I could plug directly into the TIU. If I understand you correctly, I would just move from the fixed 1 to the variable 1 and bypass the port that powers the TIU. But I am also going to use the 14V accessory port on the Z-1000 to power some accessories. Since this tranformer will always be on, I would still need to have some sort of switch between the Z-1000 and the TIU, correct? In addition, since I wanted the flexibility of using a throttle, I want to use a refurbished TW to power the inner loop, so a dpdt switch will be needed to alternate between the other output of my Z-4000 and the TW.
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