You need some form of switch to control the signal. Connecting the signal to the track is by far the easiest way to do what you are trying to do, whatever you have in place to switch the frog polarity can switch the point position indicator too.
1. Yes, but not if you are adverse to wiring the signal to the track.
2. Put a reverse protection diode across each LED, connect the common of the two LEDs to the point frog and connect the other legs of the signal via resistors (experiment with value but start with 1K and see how it goes) one to each of the stock rails.
3.Connect the signal common and the switchpilot extension 'com' terminal to a suitable DC power supply, connect the switchpilot extension 'I' terminal to one leg of your signal with a series resistor, and connect the switchpilot 'II' terminal to the other leg of your signal via a series resistor.
All quite simple and straightforward. In practice if you are going to the expense of buying the Switchpilot Extension, use it to switch the frog polarity and wire your point position indicator to the track - it will save a lot of messing about and give you maximum reliability.
1. Yes, but not if you are adverse to wiring the signal to the track.
2. Put a reverse protection diode across each LED, connect the common of the two LEDs to the point frog and connect the other legs of the signal via resistors (experiment with value but start with 1K and see how it goes) one to each of the stock rails.
3.Connect the signal common and the switchpilot extension 'com' terminal to a suitable DC power supply, connect the switchpilot extension 'I' terminal to one leg of your signal with a series resistor, and connect the switchpilot 'II' terminal to the other leg of your signal via a series resistor.
All quite simple and straightforward. In practice if you are going to the expense of buying the Switchpilot Extension, use it to switch the frog polarity and wire your point position indicator to the track - it will save a lot of messing about and give you maximum reliability.
