Hope I'm putting this in the right Forum.
I have a six track yard which uses a series of O-72 Command Control switches. One of the switches, a wye, is giving me agita!!! Using my Cab-2, I can throw the switch, but when I add the switch to several of my routes (I set up each track in the yard as a separate route), it doesn't fire. The other switches in the route fire as expected. Has anyone seen this issue before??? Is there anything in the switch that I should be looking at???
Thanks.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
On routes, sometimes you have to increase the delay between switches thrown...a bit.
Cjack;
Thanks for the suggestion. I just looked and my Cab-2 is set for a throw rate of .50 seconds. Is there some setting you would recommend or is this a trial and error issue???
Thanks again.
Cjack;
Thanks a million, I tried upping the rate to 1.25 seconds and the problem switch works perfectly - no more agita!!!
Yes, it has a lot to do with command signal reception where it is. In the case of the SC-2s, I had to run a ground wire off the pin 5 of the base db9 socket (which is also the third pin ground at the wall plug for the base charger) to make the routes switch faster with the SC-2s.
Probably if you run a ground wire (like you do when the engines lose signal) near any slow command switches they'll switch faster.
Thanks Chuck. Luckily I haven't finished all the wiring in the yard area, so I'll be sure to run a ground wire as close to the switch as possible.
Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership
