[dwb]

Alternatives to solenoids include, in no particular order and without regard to expense:-

Motor driven such as Tortoise, Fulgurex and Conrad
Stepper motors
Memory wire - a bit of a stretch even for N?

You should be able to rig up an appropriate linkage for a pair of n gauge points which motorised points have the power to drive. The difficult part may revolve around the distance of travel.

David

 

[dwb]

QUOTE a means of doing the opposite of one switch to several points. Some clever device that has one motor to several points. i.e. perhaps a multi stage movement??? multi direction movement. Perhaps the equivalent of hooking different points to a common motor but automatically.

My thought would be to create a mechanical linkage with cranks / rods or whatever to join the two points together and then drive that with a single motor. I wouldn't be surprised if "wire in tube" people do it all the time, so searching for that method of operation might yield better results.

£1 a point? Short of buying some solenoid devices as a job lot, I think you may be a bit optismistic. Of course there's always eBay and if you keep your eyes skimmed you might find someone disposing of their old Peco motors because they were "upgrading".

David