UP5 and Loconet

[billy21]

I have been thinking of buying 4 UP5 LocoNet Panels and I was wondering how a person connect them together. Is it as simple as plugging in wire into one of the jacks in the rear of the panel and then plug in another in the other jack in the rear and then the cable goes to the next panel and so on or do I got this totally screwed up. If anybody has a website I could go to that would be helpful.

                                                                Thanks bill21

[simon1966]

You got it, just daisy chain one to the next using the rear connectors.  Make sure you connect to you command station as well.

[JoeinPA]

 Bill:

You've got it right.  It is a really simple plug together in a "daisy chain" with the appropriate cables. If you want the track power led to light you need to do some hard wiring to the track sections.

Joe

[mfm37]

 Yes, it's that simple. Here's alink to the UP5 documentation that is included with each UP5.

 http://www.digitrax.com/ftp/UP5.PDF

 

 Martin Myers

[billy21]

Thanks for the information. One other question is batteries for the throttle all you need for poweras I see they talk about PS14 for power would you need the PS14 for each panel?

                                                                Thanks again Billy21 

[jbinkley60]

billy21

Thanks for the information. One other question is batteries for the throttle all you need for poweras I see they talk about PS14 for power would you need the PS14 for each panel?

                                                                Thanks again Billy21 

One PS14 will power many panels.  You can connect to one and then daisychain the power to the others.  I have 4 and a UR91 and did it that way.  The only power a UP5 will draw is for the throttle, when it is plugged in.

 

[rrinker]

 Although I am not a fan of the 'official' way to daisy chain the power. The manuak shows one wire runnign from each UP5 after the one that the power supply plugs in to. This puts the ground lead in the phone cable from Loconet. While the limited current draw of a throttle won't be much of an issue through the thin phone cord, if there is an extended length of it between panels there might be. I much prefer running two wires from panel to panel. You can buy the proper type of plug and tap of the 'throttle power' bus and plug in each UP5. On a large layout you can use a power supply with more amps than the PM14 and power lots of panels - the limit really is how many throttles will eb connected at once - if you have 10 panels but only ever have 2 throttle plugged in, one power supply is plenty. If you have 10 panels and 8 throttles, you'll probably need to divide them up to maintain adequate throttle voltage. Also if you have a UR91 radio receiver, that should have its own power supply, not be daisy chained (power wise) to another

                             --Randy