Reply to "153IR - Is it operationally dependable ?"

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RickO posted:
Captain John posted:
Anybody have a diagram how to hook them up to MTH crossing gates?
If your looking to activate mth crossing gates. Check out Azatrax.com. Specifically their D2t-Ds.
You can activate gates over 2 tracks with trains running in either direction for a fraction of the cost ($40.00) and without the wiring complexity of using several of Lionels 153ir.
You simply install 2 pairs of I.R. detectors across the tracks. One pair at each end of the crossing.
If you have any questions they are very responsive to emails.
Heres mine in action. At the very end of the video, you can just make out one of the sensors at the far left of the frame:

Ricko,

i was trying to use MTH IRS. I ran into a problem that they couldn't detect dark colors across two tracks. Plus there was no way to connect two gates to two IRS, without extensive wiring,relays and power supples, in order to protect two tracks from both directions. Are you saying that this device will accomplish that?

9/19/1910:18 PM

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