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I did not gather from your previous responses or the trainorders post, but I assume you are using an IR emitter and IR collector?  My club has used IR detectors for various layout animation activation, including signals.  Your typical signal cabnet sticks up above the height of the rail quite a bit, 3-6 scale ft depending on the type.  This presents clearance issues in tight locations.  Specifically multitrack mainlines through a curve, or at crossovers where tighter frog angles must be used due to space limitations, resulting in excessive overhang on equipment.    Having to "reset the block" is an unacceptable issue.  From time to time, 0-5-0 switcher must come from the sky to snatch a below standards piece of equipment.  On a modular layout, this happens more than you might think, especially during multiday winter and summer shows when the layout actually grows or shrinks significantly.  Usually we catch it and re-level the layout, but not before some of our members rolling stock start having issues.   It is hard enough to get people to remember to delete locomotive consists, let allone go and push the right button on the layout somewhere.  How does this system handle the blocks being randomly sequenced (rarely or possibly never is our modular layout set up the same way twice)?  How many addtional wires must be run between the blocks (do they talk to each other)?  If so how do they communicate?  Can I implement a working ABS or APB system with this?  CTC?  What are the advantages over the NMRA LCC standard?
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