Signal Circuits

[Anonymous]

Looking for help from anyone in the know ...

I'm a relative new comer to signalling a model railway, though I've got a pretty good understanding of the prototype.

I'm operating a DCC system and am looking at how I can properly operate a crossing loop (passing siding in the US) with tri-coloured LED searchlight signals.

I have the signals ready to go. My points (turnouts) are all manually thrown (piano wire under the baseboard).

What do I need to set up signals relative to turnout position and direction of train? Is there a good source of info on the web?

Any help would be geatly appreciated!

Anthony

[Budliner]

hello
check out this awsome site
I made the grade xing and people are flabergasted when they see it

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/CircuitIndex.html#Signals
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[grandeman]

I've got a friend who's layout is signaled with Digitrax boards. You might give them a call or check out their website. Working signals are WAY cool.

[Budliner]

my pal mike sead that some of the electronics on these sites are old, and that he will make me some circuts with a cmos ,
just what the doctor orderd
but if you dont have a mike on your side, try this site out
http://www.discovercircuits.com/M/model-trains.htm

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[rrinker]

Rob likes to use 556 timers. WHy? Because they are cheap, plentiful, and far more robust them CMOS.

I have nothing against CMOS, my first computer was actually all CMOS (RCA chips). And it's wonderful stuff for lower power. But to claim circuits are 'outdated' because they don;t use CMOS...

Depending on your DCC system (actually not, the Digitrax SE8C can work with any system, it's totally independent of the track), there are pre-canned solutions. If your DCC system supports a computer interface, look at PanelPro that's part of the JMRI FREE software for the pc side of things.

--Randy