Skip to main content

Reply to "Proposed Solution to DCS Watchdog in Yard Tracks (DCS-RC WD Gerber Files Added to First Post)"

As always, I'm here to save the day with more complex solutions!  How about that relay board- arduino combo from the other thread?  I'm unsure of your exact set-up, but if it would be useful to ever have more than one of the side tracks turned on at the same time, I would go with the remote commander to produce a watchdog signal.   In either case, one relay on the board can be used to turn on and off the remote commander, or input to the TIU, and the rest to supply power to the sidings.  

A simple sketch on an arduino could be programed to cycle TIU/Remote Commander on and off every time a new siding is switched on.  It's, of course, more complex than your solution, GRJ, but it would allow switching between tracks without having to go back to zero every time.  


As a side note, perhaps those that can bend the right ears at MTH might consider suggesting a firmware update that would allow some signal to be sent in on the serial port that tells the TIU to send out a watchdog signal.   Perhaps even as an add-on box that plugs into the TIU and has an input side so that whenever the input is turned off then on again the TIU would broadcast the watchdog.  this would solve everyone's problems with switched sidings, and I'm somewhat surprised that some method for users to trigger a watchdog without reseting a channel was not added years ago.  

JGL

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

×
×
×
×
×