Blind Bruce . There may be an isue of radio comunication distance with the phone one whereas the UTP has circuitry that acomodates the antena. Hmmm
. There may be an isue of radio comunication distance with the phone one whereas the UTP has circuitry that acomodates the antena. Hmmm
I don't think so. Try the telephone splitter with a UTP attached. Plug your throttle into the new UTP and see if you can control a train. If you can control the train, then you can plug the RB02 into the same place with no ill effect.
I didn't think about using a third UTP as a spliter. That would surely work although ten times the cost of a telephone type one. There may be an isue of radio comunication distance with the phone one whereas the UTP has circuitry that acomodates the antena. Hmmm
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Bruce in the Peg
My throttle bus splits close to the command station, then runs about 60 feet in either direction. I have a separate UTP mounted under the layout to accomplish the split. The cable from the command station plugs into the appropriate "from command sation" jack. One throttle bus plugs into the remaining jack on the rear of the UTP, while the other plugs into one of the throttle jacks on the front.
Rob Spangler
Our HO scale club layout is similar to what you have -- I purchased a 6-wire telephone splitter that is available at most big box home improvement stores, and connected it to a short wire from the command station and then two more wires to the respective UTPs, and our system has been working just fine that way for over two years.
My NCE power pro command station is located in the center of a 30 foot shelf layout. It has only one output to the track. I also have the radio option.
I want to instal two UTPs, one to the right of the command station and one to the left. One input to the UTP has to be from the command station. Therefore, I need a spliter from the one output of the command station so I can have two outputs, one to each of the UTPs. Does this spliter have to have all six wires or can I use one with six positions but only four wires? Is there a better way?
Should I move the command station to one end and daisy chain?