About all I can say is double check all wiring, don't skip any steps. The wiring diagrams Circuitron supplies are about as clear as they can get and if wired exactly as showm you should get at least some response. If you are using LEDs, the direction they hook up most definitely matters. And if you are using preassembled signals, you absolutely need to know one vital piece of information - if they are common cathode or common anode. The signal manufacturer would supply that information, from there it's a matter of following the Ciruitron instructions.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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FIRST test the signals on the bench, one lead to ground (-) an the other VIA A RESISTOR to (+)12vdc. NOW you will know how the signal is wired. Some signals the LION has wired anode to cathode so that either the redxc or the green lamp will be displayed depending on if I send (+) or (-) signall down the wire. (The other side being grounded).
After this you are on your own if you are going to use this electronic stuff. LIONS do not do electronics!
RELAYS! LIONS love relays. No guessing, they CL:ICK when the mean click and the CLACK when the mean CLACK.
HERE is relay room of LION!
Each pair of relays controls one block signal. Each station platform has a block signal. The train will stop automatically at the station due to an arrangement of gaps, and a timer will release the train (If and only if the signal is not at RED)
There is another relay trackside to release the trains.
You can see the the wiring diagrams are shown in the relay room so that the LION could keep track of what him was doing.
Details of the circuits can be found in the Operations Manual for the railroad.
Well ant least the LION has no mystery circuits that him cannot figgure out.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS