I have TE trackside with track power and QSI sound in an Aristocraft engine. To make the engine remote control, can this be done setting track power to direct power from transformer (20-24 volts) and adding an Airwire throttle and QSI g-wire to there sound card. Would this type of configuration work wothout adding anything else.
Yes--that's kind of what I do, except i don't use the trackside TE, I use an aristo 10 amp trottle. I Set the throttle to send track power at a constant voltage --I use around 20 volts--and then use the QSI card as the controller. Works with no problems for me. I have the QSi in three engines now and a fourth on order
You could just set the trackside TE to maximum, to full throttle. Then leave it alone. It would be sending a constant voltage to the track, and offering fuse protection, but basically it'd just be set to full and then ignored.
If you already have a QSI card you could buy an AirWire throttle and a GWire card. Plug the Gwire card into the QSI board, and you're good to go--it automatically links up with the Airwire throttle . But if you are ony running one engine at a time, the only real advantage would be remote control of the sounds. On the other hand, you could add additional locos and put the QSI/Gwire in each, and run multiple trains independently
Our little layout has all the trains stored in a engine shed
I just switch the track power on and then select, on the remote, which engine/train I want to roll out
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