H1000 posted:I'll weigh in on the watch dog issue.
My home layout is small, just a couple of loops so I run them both on the variable channels for a specific reason. I like to be able to shut one loop or the other off from within the app, I do however use command control 98% of the time.
So I configured the minimum starting voltage in the App & DCS remotes to 21.5 volts. Why not 22? Because when I start the VAR1 or VAR2 channels at 22 volts, the watch dog is missed 99% of the time on all engines (PS2 & PS3). This is a TIU issue as it doesn't matter if I use the remote or the app to apply the track power to have this happen.
This isn't a big deal as making the adjustment to full voltage is just one extra tap on the screen.
Interesting. Clearly there is some relationship between full var voltage on and timing of the watchdog. I'll confirm this issue here but, to be honest, if it's deep in the TIU code, we probably won't fix it. Even if you have the input voltage to the TIU var channels at say, 20VAC, if you just set your starting voltage to maybe 21VAC, you will have the full 20VAC on the rails and there really isn't any need to go in and max them out. I'm just offering an idea for a work around that alleviates you having to go in and turn the voltage up that last 0.5VAC. It probably isn't necessary.
