MTH 50-1033 DCS Remote Commander Question

Nope, it will only run on the single power district that has the DCS-RC connected.

As GRJ says. 

OTOH, if you are a Macgyver fan, you can bridge the center rails of your 3 blocks with 10 cent capacitors. This allows the hi-frequency DCS command signal to roam the 3 blocks while blocking the low-frequency AC track voltage.  Your-mileage-may-vary.

So what you guys are saying is that the commands travel over the hot rail.  Thanks!

DCS signals actually both the center rail and the outside rails like a transmission line.  That's why you hear discussions about filters and magic light bulbs.  What Stan is suggesting is coupling the signal on the center rail to the next power district using a capacitor, he's assuming the outside rails are common throughout the layout.

The success of failure of sending the signal to all the power districts is going to hinge on the exact track configuration, the size of the layout, and the wiring.

In my son's bedroom we had multiple power blocks set up on his shelf layout. I ran three wires out of the Commander block to each of the power blocks and it worked ok.

If you ran wires to all three with no isolation, you just had one power block!

Thanks again.  Since I only have one engine I may put a three position switch between the red commander connection and each of the three block's hot connection and switch them as the engine moves between blocks.

Goshawk posted:

In my son's bedroom we had multiple power blocks set up on his shelf layout. I ran three wires out of the Commander block to each of the power blocks and it worked ok.

I apologize for omitting that detail. I did indeed isolate the center rail for each power block.

In that case, you'll have to try Stan's idea of using a capacitor to carry the signal to the other power districts.  I'd start with a .1uf 50V cap for the linkage and see how it works out.