stan2004 posted:Not sure about using the term splitter and reverse-splitter, but where 3-wires come together I'm simply suggesting something like a twist-on wire nut. Here's the diagram updated showing the coax power connectors (5.5mm/2.1mm) which are on the input side of the Z-controller and DCS-RC. The output side of the Z-controller and DCS-RC have red/black banana jacks to which you can insert bare-wires.
You can buy pig-tail wires with either male or female coax (5.5mm/2.1mm) connectors on them for less than $1 each on eBay. Or you can use the screw-terminal adapters I showed earlier in the thread.
OK, I have the DPDT switch,12 - 24 volt / 20amp, and 18 gauge barrel pigtails.
I wired up the Z-1000 and Remote Commander, per the diagram above, which makes perfect sense, and things just are not working correctly at all.
I did verify that the switch is wired properly, with power in and power out of each of the two controllers going to the same end of the switch,
and with both powers ins into one side, and both power outs from the other side.
The Remote Commander barely runs my SD-70, very slow to start up, and I get no sounds of it at all.
The Z1000 runs conventional at full speed even with the knob turned all the way down.
The instant that I flip the switch to that controller on, the loco takes off, so I get no chance to check for sounds.
The Z-100 runs the Lion Chief but kind of funky, and with no sounds at all.
Any ideas?
