Peter Cazz posted:My plan tonight is to try first and take the TIU out of the equation and connect the PH 180 directly to the terminal track. Then from the accessary terminals of the CW80 I will connect the one wire from the gateman to the red and the other to the black as per the diagram. Then the gateman solenoid wire to the insulated rail of the accessory activator track. I'll turn on the PH 180 first then plug in the CW and see what that brings. Then I'll try raising throttle slowly, even though nothing is attached to throttle side, just to see what that brings. Then I'll push a box car across the activator track and see what that brings. If that all works then I will re-attach the terminal track to the fixed 1 out of the TIU and connect the PH180 to the Fixed 1 input of the TIU, and repeat as above and try box car with all wired up.
This won't work either. If you want to use the insulated track section to activate the accessory you can only use track power. If you want to use the CW 80 to power the accessory you have to use something like a 153 activator. Post war types used contacts placed under the track. New electronic ones use optics to detect the presence of something on the tracks. There are a few third party solutions like Z Stuff to sense trains. A contactor of this type isolates track power from accessory power.
Pete
