FasTrack Remote Turnouts and DCC

Another question--My fastrack switches are switching  (back and forth) as engines and cars go through them --sometimes causing cars to go the other route, other times just going back and forth without derailing anything--suggestions?  Is it because outside rails are tied together electrically?--O scale.

I have the NCE DCC system too. NCE does make stationary decoders for both twin coil switch machines and the tortoise type switch machines. I'm not familiar with fastrak switches in S scale so I can't say with any certainty if the NCE decoders will work for you but if the Fastrak turnout is a simple twin coil machine built into it then the decoder should in theory work. Hopefully someone will chime in who has experience with the Fastrak turnouts in S Gauge. 

I'm not sure what you mean by outside rails being tied together. That would cause a direct short in S gauge. Perhaps you mean O Gauge 3 rail. Fastrak switches have a non derailing feature in O gauge. Just a guess but there is probably something not making a good connection which is causing your derailments. 

Sorry, my mistake. I didn't realize both posts above were different people. Obviously, the second post is about O gauge Fastrak. 

Thx--updated the post.  Was going to make a separate topic, but two topics both labeled Fastrack turnouts/DCC seemed silly.

No big deal. I'm just surprised as heck to hear about a 3 rail guy running DCC. Keep us posted. 

So--more information--this does not happen when I run the system in DCS mode--my guess is something in the anti-derailment mechanism is not liking my setup when it is DCC--all 4 of my switches show the same behavior.  Just did not know if anyone has seen this behavior and had words of wisdom (besides just run in DCS).

Yes, I know, A little odd running DCC 3 rail---and I do have the DCS system.  I have an ESU 50200 controller and I like it a lot more than the DCS set---my eyes can actually see the ESU display, and I really like the graphical interface for switch control (no switches are hooked up on the O scale layout yet to this controller) and the dual throttle setup.

I signed up just to let you know there are now at least two people running DCC 3 rail.  I also have the issue of the switch tripping randomly as the train passes through it.  No derailments though.  Doesn't happen on every switch either.

I'm trying to figure out how to convert the Fastrack switches so they can be controlled by DCC.  Either remove the use of the original remote switch or keeping the switch (preferred).  I've found nothing for a Fastrack switch.

Dredging up a very old post, but was there ever a solution to this?

@Orind posted:

Another question--My fastrack switches are switching  (back and forth) as engines and cars go through them --sometimes causing cars to go the other route, other times just going back and forth without derailing anything--suggestions?  Is it because outside rails are tied together electrically?--O scale.

I'd provide separate power to the switches to start...  Then I'd use a DCC decoder to trigger relays to actually drive the Fastrack switches.