DATA/COM SIGNALS STRENGTH

RalphOGR Forum Member

Is there some rule of thumb about using DB9 serial cable splitters to get the Data/Comm signal from the TMCC/Legacy output to the various Lionel/IC controllers?

Specifically, I thought about splitting the output from the Legacy cables, into the signal booster to get good signal strength for the controllers. I would guess that each time you split the signal using off the shelf DB9 cable splitters that are readily available on Ebay very reasonably priced you loose strength and that a booster on each leg would make up for the loss as well as add strength to the overall signal. Any thoughts?

5/18/136:57 AM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Dale Manquen sells a booster box that will allow you to fanout more signals from the Legacy controller serial port. The drivers used for the Legacy don't drive as many devices as the old TMCC command base, so you'll run into issues with too many serial devices on the Legacy.

5/18/1311:53 AM

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RalphOGR Forum Member

Thanks John

I have one of his boosters and was planning on getting another. I have db9 serial cable splitters that take a single feed and make it two outputs. I am wondering is what the practical limit is on how many of these one-into-two splitters I can use and possibly a way to test the signal that comes out of them - notwithstanding, hooking a TPC/AVC/BPC etc to the output. I'd like to test it before I begin the crawling under the table phase.

Ralph

5/18/131:36 PM

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