Ken,
As mentioned, your Power Cab must remain plugged into the PCP panel in order to supply power to your layout. You can add a 2nd throttle using the RIGHT connector port of your PCP panel...or daisy-chain a UTP panel from the rear connector port of same - using either a 4- or 6-contact RJ12 cable - to add two additional connector ports.
Either one of the RJ12 cables will work with that set up because only 4 wires are needed for the connection. The 6-contact flat cable is what is used to supply the power from your Power Cab to your track.
NCE sells a 7' RJ12 cable. For a 4' cable you'll either need to make your own, or have someone crimp one that length for you. You could also purchase additional coily-coils - like the one that came with your Power Cab - and use that to daisy-chain the PCP panel to the rear of the UTP panel.
Tom
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kenbenI want to add a power cab connection in the middle. ... And then I may want to add a second cab controller.
And then I may want to add a second cab controller.
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
The PowerCab must remain plugged in to the PowerCab Panel witht he 6 wire cord to run train. It is the complete 'brains' of the system including the source of track power. You can get a Cab-06 and use that plugged in to any of the other plug locations, the second one in the PCP, and eithe rof the two in the new panel.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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gregc This is what I want to do. But if I only have the one Power Cab, will it function if I connect it to the UTP panel and run trains from there? Or does the Power Cab have to remain connceted to the PCP panel, meaning I would need a 2nd cab controller of some kind for the UTP panel. kenben I want to add a power cab connection in the middle.
This is what I want to do. But if I only have the one Power Cab, will it function if I connect it to the UTP panel and run trains from there? Or does the Power Cab have to remain connceted to the PCP panel, meaning I would need a 2nd cab controller of some kind for the UTP panel.
kenben I want to add a power cab connection in the middle.
kenbenI want to add a power cab connection in the middle.
Sounds like he wants both, eventually
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Just so that I'm clear: Are you wanting the option of powering your layout with your Power Cab from two different panels on your layout - e.g. one on the outer fascia or another on the interior fascia? Or, are you just wanting to add a 2nd Power Cab as an extra throttle?
I have an 8' x 6' DCC HO layout I'm building. 90% of the time 1 operator, 10% 2 operators. Running 1 to 3 trains at one time. The layout has a 2'x3' opening in the middle. I want to add a power cab connection in the middle. It appears I will need a UTP Panel. But what cable do I need to connect the Power Cabs PCP Panel to the UTP panel? The length of this cable would be 4'. And then I may want to add a second cab controller. What do I need for that?
Thanks for any feedback.