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I wish I had hear about the DCC Bit Switches before finishing my layout!!
DCC Bit Switch
Once I had seen the web site thought I'd have to give it a go.
Ordered the DC Generator Bit Switch and the Timed Station stop one, not cheap by any means but they do work!!
So the one with the Switch is the DC Generator, flick the switch to automatic and it will do it's stuff!
The larger one is the Timed station stop which comes with the two reed switches but you have to buy the magnets separately.
The section to be controlled has to be isolated (both rails) from the loop, as I have finished my layout I used a dremel cutting disc to cut through the rails at each end of the radius.
The reed switches are fairly big but can be hidden fairly easily and you could buy smaller ones.
The first thing to do is check you decoder settings, you have to alter CV29 to run on DCC only.
The TCS and Digitrax decoders work fine, the CT Elektronic doesn't support 'brake-on-dc' so you need to check which decoders you are using.
I have placed a magnet inside the front of the first coach, when the loco comes round and makes the reed switch the loco will be brought to a halt using the settings in CV3 and 4 for acceleration and deceleration.
After a few secsonds pause(which can be adjusted from 0-120secs) the loco will accelerate away.
It takes a bit of planning and fore-thought but it's a great way to partially automate a layout and by adjusting the position of the magnet inside the coaches, wagons or tender you can run different trains all without using a PC or buying software, like a say the Bit-Switches are not cheap but they do work well, I'm well impressed with just this one!
On my permanent layout that I'm just about to start to build I will use these to control the two loops, each loop can have two locos on, running in and out of a station siding all automatically.
A quick video of it in action, so the loco is running so fast, but wanted to try and keep the video length as short as possible, it gives the idea though.

Hope it proves useful.
Cheers
DCC Bit Switch
Once I had seen the web site thought I'd have to give it a go.
Ordered the DC Generator Bit Switch and the Timed Station stop one, not cheap by any means but they do work!!

So the one with the Switch is the DC Generator, flick the switch to automatic and it will do it's stuff!
The larger one is the Timed station stop which comes with the two reed switches but you have to buy the magnets separately.
The section to be controlled has to be isolated (both rails) from the loop, as I have finished my layout I used a dremel cutting disc to cut through the rails at each end of the radius.
The reed switches are fairly big but can be hidden fairly easily and you could buy smaller ones.
The first thing to do is check you decoder settings, you have to alter CV29 to run on DCC only.
The TCS and Digitrax decoders work fine, the CT Elektronic doesn't support 'brake-on-dc' so you need to check which decoders you are using.
I have placed a magnet inside the front of the first coach, when the loco comes round and makes the reed switch the loco will be brought to a halt using the settings in CV3 and 4 for acceleration and deceleration.
After a few secsonds pause(which can be adjusted from 0-120secs) the loco will accelerate away.
It takes a bit of planning and fore-thought but it's a great way to partially automate a layout and by adjusting the position of the magnet inside the coaches, wagons or tender you can run different trains all without using a PC or buying software, like a say the Bit-Switches are not cheap but they do work well, I'm well impressed with just this one!
On my permanent layout that I'm just about to start to build I will use these to control the two loops, each loop can have two locos on, running in and out of a station siding all automatically.
A quick video of it in action, so the loco is running so fast, but wanted to try and keep the video length as short as possible, it gives the idea though.

Hope it proves useful.
Cheers