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The ITAD sends out an invisible (infrared or IR) light beam across the track and looks for a reflection from a passing train.  As with visible light, you get a stronger reflection from a light colored object than a dark colored object.  The ITAD has a sensitivity adjustment control.  As you may have discovered if you set it to maximum sensitivity, it might trip continuously trip from ambient room lighting.  What seems to work in such situations is to put a small "window awning" over the ITAD windows so that only reflections from a passing train hit the plastic sensor window.

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