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This came out of a rather lengthy thread on another one of the forums, that basically actually penetrated the concrete in my head, in terms of how a powermaster can control conventional engines. I have a further question that is probably a *duh* special, too. So if on my layout (well, the one in my head at this point) has two loops that can run independently, if I put one powermaster on loop 1 and a second powermaster on loop 2 , can the legacy remote address them independently, so if I wanted loop 1 to run at X voltage and loop 2 at Y it would work? Eventually I plan on converting as many of my engines (not that I have a lot) to TMCC via the ERR products, but  to start with I likely will have mostly conventional runners. Obviously I could do the same thing with conventional block control and use the arms on the transformer, but would like to be able to use the remote to control the engine speed, more fun. 

 

 

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Ted Bertiger posted:

And you power each one with its own transformer or power brick. You say Legacy so I guess you are using Legacy powermasters?

My bad in the original headline, I meant powermaster to control conventional engines,u sed legacy wrong (and edited it).  I don't have a layout yet, but will probably go with legacy powermasters when I do, prob put the output of each powermaster into the input of the block control switch of each block on the layout and wire the A and B handle of my transformer to the powermaster1 and powermaster2. I was planning to initially wire it as conventional block control anyway, this way I can control my conventional engines with the legacy remote, then can add command engines later and convert any conventional engines I have to TMCC later on.

 

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