Tortoise - Control Panel and ACS2

Any switch with ON-OFF-ON positions will work fine.  As you say, you will want the switch in the OFF position to allow the ASC2 to have control.  I truth, I'd probably want to think carefully about how these were controlled.  I'd probably want the ASC2 to be able to control even if I screwed up and left the switch in one of the ON positions.

Thanks John!

I guess I should get at least one ASC2 and start playing with it.  I did try a couple of inexpensive mini toggles as well but they where to darned SMALL!!!  I don't see well and even though I'm pretty good at soldering... I do shake a bit ...so, super tiny is out for me.  Yes, the GB's were 3.99 each but I can work with them and I already have the female spades.

On my very simplistic Tortoise/Ross shelf paper and auto striping schematic, on/off toggles control the 12 volt unit. For example: on is the "through" or main line switch position and off is the "out" or siding position.( or the reverse  is true-just exchange the negative and positive leads of the 12 VDC)

On the simple-simple schematic, the position of the toggle handle "lean" toward the through or out stripe tells me at a glance the turnout route.

Not much imagination or technique required.

Service Yard above, with 4-way Ross on small dormant Attic layout[2010 photo]

@Dewey Trogdon posted:

On my very simplistic Tortoise/Ross shelf paper and auto striping schematic, on/off toggles control the 12 volt unit. For example: on is the "through" or main line switch position and off is the "out" or siding position.( or the reverse  is true-just exchange the negative and positive leads of the 12 VDC)

On the simple-simple schematic, the position of the toggle handle "lean" toward the through or out stripe tells me at a glance the turnout route.

Not much imagination or technique required.

Service Yard above, with 4-way Ross on small dormant Attic layout[2010 photo]

I think your layout is AWESOME!   I've an Attic layout as well so I may be biased... unfortunately I was not able to wrap it around any of the rooms so it's a tad unwieldy @ 21'x6'6".

I like your compact Control Panel.  I have 16 turnouts and think I can get it down to about 9"x12".    At the moment I don't have any signals at the turnouts or indicators at the switch toggles and it leaves me doing a lot of thinking (which is not good) before I throw a switch.

I hope that your Attic layout is only temporarily hibernating... go give a shake and waker-up!