I want to have the out position show green since the through is the out position. Is this possible on a fastrack switch? Reversing the out and through makes the switch position work right but the lights are wrong.
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Yes, you could. Anything is possible, but, may I offer an alternative solution. If you gently pull up on the light, it will come off. exposing the light bulb. If you look at the socket it came out of and the base of the part you pulled off, you will see a number of notches and 2 tabs. By rotating and aligning the tabs, you get a number of different options for positioning, including the option you are looking for, no need to rewire.
So, you switched the lever controller wires?
yes, try to rotate the lantern - I don't seem to remember being able to reverse it, but you can get it close enough.
Many have this issue with a wye and occasionally a switch.
Ironhorseman posted:Yes, you could. Anything is possible, but, may I offer an alternative solution. If you gently pull up on the light, it will come off. exposing the light bulb. If you look at the socket it came out of and the base of the part you pulled off, you will see a number of notches and 2 tabs. By rotating and aligning the tabs, you get a number of different options for positioning, including the option you are looking for, no need to rewire.
I will use this trick for the switch light for sure. Thank you. I wasn't clear in my original question. I am trying to switch the color on the manual controller of the switch. Any ideas on that?
Would reversing the wires on the motor cause everything to work in reverse? lights, position, and switch?
I have to think about that...
mechanically it would not because the movement of the rail controls the lantern via a bar - so in the through position the lantern base is mechanically in one position as it rotates around the led lamp.
Modifying the lantern index tab and using a toothpick point of aileen's tacky would solve that.
I think I have a loose switch or two to try what I suggested previously.
Will you be using the lever controllers or controlling the switch via another method?
You can't reverse the wires on the internal motor, it would be driving into one limit switch and thinking it was going the other way.
The lights on the Fastrack controller are controlled by the yellow indicator wire, it's +/- 5V to signal the position. That being the case, there's no simple "change a wire" to synchronize those indicators with the modified position of the switch lantern.
Rotating the lantern cover is no problem. Just rotate it 90 degrees and if the alignment is not perfect, then take it off and rotate it 180 degrees. It is keyed, but can be set to show red instead of green, etc. and look correct.
As far as the controller is concerned, the RSC signal out of the switch is +5 vdc for lighting the green LEDs and -5 vdc to light the red LEDs. In order to change red to green, etc, you have to invert that signal. I chose not to, but instead to swap the red and green LEDs on the controller board. There are two sets of them, one set illuminates the main color of the controller and another set illuminates the base of the controller where the wires attach. I just swapped one set, the main illumination that illuminates the switch number window. This reminds me that they are different, but show thru and out instantly.
