Control 2 fastrack switchers with one switch?

Yes. Run jumpers from one turnout to the other and displace the extra controller.

Thanks for your help Jon.

You can also swap the red and green to one switch so that one is in the OUT position when the other is in the THRU position using one control.

Here is a diagram for using one controller for two switches, in this case, both go thru or to the Out Position.

 

 

Hope this helps!

I wouldn't connect both of the yellow wires to the controller... only one of them front one of the switches.

Why Chuck? Moonman suggested the same.

 

What issue does it cause having both the LED Switches Lights Functioning this way?

Chuck,

   Yes please explain in detail and can I use my Command Control Switches in relay like this also, to control 2 or more switches via remote control at the same time?  If this can work using my Command Control switches this will be a way cool switch operating upgrade.

PCRR/Dave

Dave, command controlled Fastrack switches operate exactly the same as standard remote switches when you wire to them.  The command function is just an extra.

 

The yellow lead is the LED drive, so it receives power from the switch.  If you were running them crossed, it would be positive for one and negative for the other, it's bi-polar.  Even if you're running them in parallel, the polarity will probably not switch at exactly the same time, so you'll have a little fight between the leads.

On the command control question, I guess you mean to use the controller and yes you can parallel the red, green, and black. But the larger question is how to command control thema with the same command. I don't have any of those...I guess you can just make a route with two of them. 

You can make a route, but you can also just assign them the same TMCC #.  That works fine, I have a couple of pairs of them between two parallel tracks that I do that way.

 

Just wondering...i have two 048 fastrack switches that i have wired together...my dilema is that i need one switch open and one straight and id like to do it with one controller...do i need to reverse wires inside the switch or reverse wires to the controller? Thanks

You would have to do it at the switch, or terminal strip as Dennis illustrated above. Besides, the insides of those controllers are a chore to deal with.

 

Nick, I believe he meant "from one of the switches".  In other words, only use one of the yellow leads for reasons I previously stated.

 

Paired switches wired as diagrammed above. There is also automatic non-derail wired and a Lionel SC-2 for TMCC control.   Click to access a video.

Gunrunnerjohn,

   That is what I needed to know, I can simply assign them the same TMCC # and both will activate at the same time in the same directions, as long as they were set in the same direction to begin with.  Now if I want to set this up to run in oppsite directions I would simply use the same TMCC number with the switches set in oppsite directions to begin with.  Is this how it would work John?

 

Mike real nice video sir!

 

Rock Stars 89,

  Thanks much for starting this thread, I appreciate the knowledge.

 

PCRR/Dave

Thanks, wasn't sure why!

If you want one to switch thru and the other to switch out with one button press, I think you'd have to wire them using something like the SC2.  I don't know how you'd get the command function to do that, there is no "reversal" feature.  The command feature just responds to the thru and out buttons on the remote.  Since TMCC is a one-way street, you can have multiple devices at the same address and they'll all react to the command.

DZ 1000's, with DZ 1002 switch buttons, and an SC-2.  There are two sets of button and the SC-2 all capable of switching (6) switches or switch pairs.  One switch is controlled by buttons only. The SC-2 will only control (6) switches.
One set of push buttons.

Second set of push buttons and the SC-2 controller.

Wiring complete.
The cable used has red, green, black and white wires.   
White is Yellow in the diagram.

Guns,

   Bummer all the wiring Mike has done is exactly what I was trying to eliminate with the use of my CC FasTrack switches, I am not going back into it, looks like the dual FT CC swithces will always run in the same direction on my layouts.  Thanks for the education!

PCRR/Dave

 

I hope to not confuse the conversation:

When you are running two crossed switches from one controller, the led in the controller will reflect the direction of the switch from which you connected the yellow.