John: I think I'm getting closer to fixing this thing; from what I understand from your last post I need to get a 5VDC supply to the C"M" J1 connector. The second photo shows a four pin harness that came with the kit. Should that be used instead of the Lionel original wire harness to get the direction and phase control inputs over to the C"M"? If so, my Lionel J7 connector has one side of the IR tether wiring in the slot inboard of the green wire in my previous picture-either end of the new harness takes the place of that wire, so what is the correct placement of the IR tether wire?
This first photo is just to show the blue wire feeding J1 on the C"M" board along with a 5VDC wire feeding the IR "buffer" 3rd Rail supplied.
I guess I need to know whether the needed 5VDC will come over to the C"M" J1 connector via 3rd Rail's supplied harness pictured? If that's the case, where should the line from the IR tether be installed?
Thank you all for your direction!
