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@LionelAG posted:

So GRJ, I assume the summary above is tied to the "problem with the CSM2 and the DZ-2500" you referred to in your 16-Feb post above?  If not, are these 2 different problems in your mind?  I want to clarify this before I comment.

I refer specifically to this issue that is a software issue with the LCS application.  The DZ-2500 has no problem handling this situation, but the LCS application is stumped when you change the sense of the routing through the switch.  Obviously, not everyone  has such an "ordered" track plan that the straight path through the switch is the "thru" route and the curved path through the switch is the "out" route.  When you try to switch these to match the traffic flow, the LCS application chokes on the switch.

A quote from my previous post.  This is the still unresolved issue in using the LCS on my layout.

Now the problem. On some of the switches, the "out" path of the switch is really the thru route, and the "thru" path is the "out" route.  This is not an issue with the DZ-2500, you can swap the sense of the switch in the configuration, all is well, right?  Well, it seems there's no way to convince the LCS to properly handle the situation where you reverse the sense of the red and green LED's on the switch machine to accommodate this situation.  The result is the LCS display gets all confused about where the switch is, and when you try to change the position on the iPad, you press once and the display changes but the switch doesn't move.  Another press and the switch moves, but the indication is incorrect anyway!  I tried swapping the sense of the feedback to the CSM2, but that doesn't address the issue.  I confess, I'm stumped.

The only way I see to fix this is to actually move the LED's on the switch and not swap the "thru" and "out" sense of the switch.  I'm wondering how others using the DZ-2500/CSM2 have solved this LCS issue?

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