@Stackm746 posted:I finally installed the signal booster after GunnerJ upgraded my unit with a variable strength control. Unfortunately I still have issues. If I turn the booster up all the way, I have no issues with Legacy/TMCC. However my DCS units loose their horn, bell and speed control in many areas of the layout. When I turn the signal booster down to about half way, the DCS works again but my Legacy locomotives stall in a few places where they are below other tracks. I have attached a layout wide ground wire to the ground connection of the booster unit and run a copper wire atop the lower level, but this does not seem to work. The areas that have issues have 2 adjacent tracks. Might running the ground wire connection between the tracks also help?
Any other ideas on how to get both systems operational on my mainlines.
Thanks for your help.
GREG in Wisconsin.
DCS and TMCC are not truly compatible. You can read the old post that gets into the details about this.
If you get an oscilloscope you can use this handy diagram I keep posting to help you tune this out. Basically you need to get the balance between them "just so".
This is easy on a small layout but on a large layout the signal levels vary too much from one end to the other to get a good balance everywhere at the same time. At our AGHR club we built a system with multiple feeds to the layout with closed loop phase-shifters to balance out the feed phases to avoid self-interference.... this is to solve EXACTLY your problem. It's complicated but it works. You can see that feed setup in our AGHR circuit tour. (specifically this doodle is helpful)
