Does anyone have a workaround for switched sidings operating on DCS, to prevent engine start-up in conventional mode because of the lack of a watchdog signal when a siding is switched into a powered track? Thanks.
Bob
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Bob,
Does anyone have a workaround for switched sidings operating on DCS, to prevent engine start-up in conventional mode because of the lack of a watchdog signal when a siding is switched into a powered track?
Is this what you're seeking?From the DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition, page 102:
If a lashup is powered on after the watchdog signal has come and gone, perhaps if its siding was toggled on after voltage appeared at the TIU channel outputs connected to its siding, there are two ways to put the lashup into DCS mode. One way to put the engine into DCS mode is to turn off power to the inputs for the TIU channel that is connected to the track upon which the lashup resides, toggle on the siding and then re-apply power. The other way is to first highlight the engine in the remote's Active or Inactive Engine list. Then, flip the toggle switch and immediately press the thumbwheel to select the engine. It will come up in DCS stealth mode, dark and silent. This also works with individual PS2 engines.
This and a whole lot more is all in "The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition", now available for purchase as an eBook or a printed book from MTH's web store site! Click on the link below to go to MTH's web page for the book!
Thanks for the quick response Barry-actually I have read that in the Companion, and have used the method on several occasions. My problem is having several engines on a siding and having to deal with all but one starting in conventional mode.
Bob
If you have a spare channel, run the toggle before the input of that channel on the tiu, then from that channel's output to the siding.
Originally Posted by pennsy484:
If you have a spare channel, run the toggle before the input of that channel on the tiu, then from that channel's output to the siding.
Good thinking Pennsy..I do have two spares that could handle two sidings, and I think that would be enough to do what I need. Thanks very much for your input. By the way, I also am a Pennsy fan, and just purchased my third powered MTH Pennsy U25-B
last week, to go along with the two I bought last spring. I have them triple-headed with smoke and a transition era consist-unbelievable! Thanks again.
Bob
