[fcwilt]

Hi Jerry,

Glad to hear things are going well.

Hope you and yours have a wonderful time this holiday season.

Frederick

 

[JerryH]

Yours too. I forgot how to do the occupancy indications for the turnouts and crossings. I thought I saved your step by step instructions but I can't find them anymore. It seems to me it was routes with macros maybe?

 

[fcwilt]

Yours too. I forgot how to do the occupancy indications for the turnouts and crossings. I thought I saved your step by step instructions but I can't find them anymore. It seems to me it was routes with macros maybe?

Do you mean connecting a turnout to an external occupancy detection device OR the highlighting of the track when a route (with or without turnouts) is occupied?

Frederick

 

[JerryH]

Highlighting the track turnouts and crossings.

 

[fcwilt]

I think this is what you are asking about:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/541d7ti6upceulp/TC Highlighting.html?dl=0

 

[JerryH]

All I get is the html coding.

 

[fcwilt]

OK try this one:

https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Mis...ighlighting/TC Highlighting.mp4?role=personal

 

[JerryH]

Didn't work. It wants me to sign in. If I sign in, only my files show.

 

[fcwilt]

Hi Jerry,

OK I emailed you the MP4 file.

Frederick

 

[JerryH]

That is it. Thanks
Highlighted occupied turnouts is a really neat feature for me. I can see when the train has cleared on the screen in the yard which is too far to see for me from the other side. The turnouts are stacked closely and it is hard tell which it is by eyeball. I put it on YT so others can see your method.

 

[JerryH]

Here is the view of the turnouts that I want the occupancy showing on the screen.

 

[JerryH]

Here is the view from where I sit.

 

[JerryH]

Here is a video on how this works. I can tell when I can throw the turnout by the screen indications as to which turnouts are clear.

 

[JerryH]

This is the underside of the removable yard and the associated electronics. There are 2 quick connect plugs that share electronic duties with two other sections and another that provides DCC and power to the yard.

 

[Tejas Counselor]

Since the decision has been made that this version is not big enough to suit me, I am going to redesign it again to conform to a class "P" NMRA standard. I will recover all the electronics and buildings but not the rest.

Jerry, what ended happening to your old layout?I model the exact layout. Just curious.

 

[JerryH]

I still have it.

 

[Tejas Counselor]

I still have it.

I still have the basic layout, but mine came in such disrepair, that I lost one of the bridges but built a station track inside one of the ovals. Jut now converting to DCC. I have a town on one end and farm on the other. I'm always looking for parts to keep renovating. Let me know if you ever want to part with it. Mine is just one piece and very cumbersome to move. From what I'm reading, I'm just up the interstate from you in Central Texas. Next time in your area, I need to come see your current layout.

 

[norgale]

Good looking layout. Lots going on there. Is that 4 x 8?

 

[JerryH]

I am in northwest San Antonio. Just let me know when you want to come by.

 

[Tejas Counselor]

Good looking layout. Lots going on there. Is that 4 x 8?

9X5. It was my uncles. He built basic layout in the 70s and it sat in a garage since then. I took it when he passed away and started renovating in December, It was just a board and track then.