Stan: I definitely didn't "have it all figured out", but your drawing and accompanying detailed description is amazing !!... What a really cool way to present it. I started doing a drawing with 4 relays and it got confusing, and messy, really fast trying to get all the wires hooked up to the relay in front and behind..... I don't think I would have figured out the N + 1 requirement...
I did find a bunch of Dale's drawings that were on jcstudiosinc., detailing the SPDT, DPDT and the 3PDT configuration, but I was struggling trying to extrapolate what a multiple consecutive block arrangement would look like. You totally solved that problem with the above drawing and expanation !!
I have been using the capacitors on the coil contacts, basically my DC + is set at 10 Volts at the PW lionel DC transformer, then the capacitor brings it up to 12 VDC +/-.... I am not familiar with adding a "resistor" to this filter. I wouldn't mind hearing the how & why so I can add this to the mix. I have an ample supply of resistor's capacitors etc.
Thanks very much STAN, honestly now I can spend my time building the central relay board, and figuring out when I'll illuminate some of the other lights on the NJI B & O CPL signals...
With the drawing you provided I definitely don't need to build a test bench set up.. Again, I really appreciate your HELP !!
GRJ, sorry for getting way off topic on your thread - RR Track Signal Control Board..
