can I use the variable channel along with the fixed channel to run trains on the same track?Of course I would not run both at the same time.
Dave
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david1 posted:can I use the variable channel along with the fixed channel to run trains on the same track?Of course I would not run both at the same time.
Dave
The variable channels can be used conventional or can be programmed fixed like the other two channels. You should be able to do what ever you want.
Dave,
can I use the variable channel along with the fixed channel to run trains on the same track?Of course I would not run both at the same time.
You can only assign one TIU channel output at a time to a track. You cannot have both a variable channel and a fixed channel connected to the same tracks at the same time.
Having said that, yes, you can operate any conventional and also any DCS engine engine on the same track that's connected to a variable channel, even at the same time.
Refer to The DCS Companion 3rd Edition or The DCS WiFi Companion 2nd Edition to find out exactly how to do so.
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I have all my channels set to fixed, I use six. When I want to run convention, I use the transformer handles to lower the voltage to the track. That works for me, like to use the ZW handles
Because I am a looper, I have run my PW engines on the same track with my command engine train. I load up the PW train with cars such that at about 15-15 volts it runs at a normal speed. I can then have run my command trains and match the speed with the hand controller. Before I gave my Pw roster to my son, I did think it was kind of nice to see trains built 60 years apart running on the same track.
