QUOTE (miksterr @ 5 Jun 2008, 20:55)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>80class and neil_s_wood, just wondering how you achieve this.
I am currently building my control panel and want to achieve :
DCC control via Acc decoders as well as the "Old style" push buttons on a panel. Bi color leds on both the layout next to points as well as on the control panel are a must (and must change when either command, dcc or push-button is used).
Mike.
David (DWB) was aiming to do this and did a thread on how to wire this some time ago.
Fulgurex point motor control
QUOTE My plan is to use EcoS and I thought the idea was to split the power bus, using one supply to the track and the other for accessories, now you guys are talking about using a separate power source. If you do use a separate power source for points etc I assume that you wire the points motors into the separate source and the points decoder into the track power bus??????
A points decoder has two inputs for current, a set for the track DCC power bus and a separate input for an external power source. It may help to look at some instruction manuals for the Lenz LS150 or the
LDT S-DEc-4 to see how these are wired. Diagrams are usually better than words for these things.
QUOTE Whilst on the subject of EcoS the one thing that bothers me is the lack of English back up, do you EcoS users find this to be a problem.
Yes this is the main down side to the ECoS however there are a lot more English speaking people using the ECoS now than when I initialy started with it. When I first got mine I had to translate everything from German using the google language function. Now you have the benefit of the findings of English speaking ECoS users whereas when I started there was no-one to ask. If you ask questions on the ESU Forum in English you will get an answer in English. There is also an English language yahoo users group which you may find helpful. I have to say that I have learnt an amazing amount of technical German though.