Tortoise help.

[Anonymous]

I've confused myself and I really need some help with the tortoise switch machines. first of all my turnouts have insulated powered frogs. I am powering the Tortoise via DC power and am running my locos via DCC. I have wired the frog to the number 4 terminal on the tortiose which is shown in the diagram at the bottom of

http://www.modeltreno.it/tort.html

now my question is. How can I power the frog by way of the tortoise? can this be done usin dc while the locos are dcc?

any help would be appreciated!

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by boomerko
I have wired the frog to the number 4 terminal on the tortiose which is shown in the diagram ... now my question is. How can I power the frog by way of the tortoise?

Run the proper track power to terminal 2 and terminal 3.

Depending on how the switch is thrown either terminal 2 or terminal 3 will send power to the frog, via terminal 4.

Why would powering the turnout with DC on terminals 1 and 8 have anything to do with terminal 4? You can see by the diagram there is absolutely no connection between those terminals.