Barry's Book: The TIU's Go Where Exactly?

I have two TIU's mounted under my table, and they work fine.  I have them mounted vertically to a piece of plywood.  9s & 10s all around.  Have not gone the WIFI route yet, plan on soon.  Table is 26 x 18 around the wall with a big island, 12x8 for the roundhouse and turntable.  I don't use AIUs.  

could always add an external antenna.

My one TIU is mounted under my table along with the WIU, and two AIU. I get problems with the remote itself losing signal, but my phone picks up the WIU without any issues, my phone sometimes picks up engines better then the remote does on my layout, that will more than likely be changing soon maybe.

Don,

      And so far he has not offered to come over and help. 

Where do you live? Maybe I could come over for a beer. 😀

Seriously, while higher is better, lower is also good as long as the TIU has an unobstructed “view” of the DCS Remote or the DCS WiFi device.

My 3 TIUs are located at the inner edge of my around-the-walls layout, under the lowest level, and they work fine.

Don Merz 070317 posted:

So where do you have your TIUs mounted and how is it working? 

Don Merz

In my 24' x 69' Run Room there are four TIUs.  They hang in the front of control carts that stay under the tables.

The main cart shown here is about the center of the two main loops.  All work fine unless I'm around a corner out of sight.

Line of sight lets you go lower than your table.  At or above track height has always been the hot set up.  Years ago before DCS was released we played with that using the first rev G.  

Interesting subject. If at or above track level is optimal, has anyone had success with putting the TIU inside a building to hide it? I'm thinking about final placement inside my Lionel 840 power station; lots of windows and skylights, and it's easily accessible in the event of a problem. Any thoughts on whether or not this would work?

John

John, I would pick a building that is wood or plastic with good air flow. Metal may mess with the radio waves. Even with plastic, which likes to build up static, I would run a ground to and allow it to discharge.

Dave Zucal posted:

John, I would pick a building that is wood or plastic with good air flow. Metal may mess with the radio waves. Even with plastic, which likes to build up static, I would run a ground to and allow it to discharge.

Thanks Dave--I'll get to work on this. For me, there's no room for wood or plastic on my tinplate layout (other than a few modern trains), but I'm up for a challenge. 

John

John, follow what Dave told you and you should do ok.