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

RJR posted:
GRJ:  I would not that your solution does not account for the wifi, which, unless the app is left on from the last session, has to read the layout each time a loco is newly-started.

Correct, no plans for adding WiFi to this mix.

StPaul posted:

i am electronics challenged but i will try and ask this correctly... if gunrunner john or myself uses a separate tiu we have in passive mode and use the DCS remote commander when power is applied to the yard tracks after rest of layout has been powered up that the tiu in passive mode and DCSRC is used then the engines will remain silent or did I miss something?

If you have a separate TIU in passive mode, which is what I'm doing, you don't need the DCSRC, the TIU will do the job just fine.  Barry was suggesting using the mainline DCS signal and just generating the watchdog with the DCSRC, however we're using the separate TIU.

Ironhorseman posted:

Ok, I admit I'm not close to being an expert on DCS or layout wiring, but would it be possible to put a toggle in place of the capacitor before the selector switch?  It changes the behavior slightly in that you would select the track, flip the toggle on, operate the locomotive(s), then when finished, toggle off, switch to the next track, power on, and so on.   If it works this way, sign me up.

You could, of course, use a toggle switch before the selector switch to interrupt the power, obviously that would work.  Stan wants to automate it so you just pick a track and everything happens behind the curtain.

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