Great stuff Arthur!, your teaching a Signal Tech a whole new set of skills!!,, At work though ,we need a bit more than a Dremmel tool ...LOL. Thanks mate! Cheers Gregg
I'm going through some of your older videos, for sort of a refresher.... I have a 5' x 21' HO Scale Layout (I guess you'd call it small to mid sized?). After 7 years of running my PowerCab, I've finally been able to upgrade with a SB5 and a few extra UTP's... I almost forgot how invaluable these videos are for starting more advanced operations!! Is there any reason why I couldn't use my original PCP to just run a dedicated programming track? ...... I'm even starting over here, from zero, with a new channel. Thanks, Carmine 🚂
Most clubs now have a power cab set up just for programming. Know people who grew and took the power cab and set it up for programming. Yes indeed. On the new system do not use Cab 2 for any thing else and you do not have to even change the Cab number to go back and forth.
Hi, in this video of NCE DCC CUTTING BLOCKS FOR BD20 - is this an incline up against your backdrop? How wide is the incline? it looks to be up against the backdrop. I like the flat buildings and how you sceniced the corners. Can you tell me in a few words how you put this whole incline in and sceniced it all? I have the same situation here. Thanks Bob s
On my you Tube channel arthurhouston3 there is whole playlist of videos of the Grande Pacific on it you can just about find anything I did during construction in detail. Also on the FB group www.grandepacificrailroad.com Look at this video and you may get some of the idea. This layout is a cookie cut out of 15/32 fur plywood. No grade is greater than 1.87 ruclips.net/video/FfMiWIMqpV4/видео.html
Video on JMRI connection to BD 20s I have tried twice and both get too long so I am going to have think out sets and do each one. BD20 Connects to AIU01 that connects to cab buss that goes to command station, command station is talking to JMRI through computer com port. Then you build a panel in Layout Editor. Part on that is setting up Turnout tables and Sensor tables. Then you attach sensor name and number to track segament or switch block. It is a step by step process.
No has no effect on DCC system. Resistors are 5000 ohm I have 562 cars on layout you do not know they are there. If you are going to try and build a JMRI panel on your computer and connect it to layout though NCE command system it can be done and as things go is not complicated. But it is getting the basic understanding of how A connects to B And B TO C that is going to be confusing. .I have many videos on all the part of this.
Now if you are setting up a power district and using different boosters then you gap both rails. Also should have a circuit breaker for each power district.
Appreciate your tips, thank you for the video.
Really great ideas here. The resistors for detection and the polystyrene gap fillers are so simple but brilliant Thanks for sharing...John
Like to say were my ideas, but not. All learned form fellow modelers always take time to share.
Great video, would also like to see a video on how you setup jmri for those blocks.
Great stuff Arthur!, your teaching a Signal Tech a whole new set of skills!!,, At work though ,we need a bit more than a Dremmel tool ...LOL.
Thanks mate!
Cheers Gregg
lovely Arthur. I was beginning to give up finding a video on block separation.
Nice Video i am trying to do something similar this will get me alot closer to where i want to be
Resistors only go on cars. Engines and passenger cars with light have built in resistance. BD 20 measures current flow.
I'm going through some of your older videos, for sort of a refresher....
I have a 5' x 21' HO Scale Layout (I guess you'd call it small to mid sized?). After 7 years of running my PowerCab, I've finally been able to upgrade with a SB5 and a few extra UTP's... I almost forgot how invaluable these videos are for starting more advanced operations!!
Is there any reason why I couldn't use my original PCP to just run a dedicated programming track?
...... I'm even starting over here, from zero, with a new channel.
Thanks, Carmine 🚂
Most clubs now have a power cab set up just for programming. Know people who grew and took the power cab and set it up for programming. Yes indeed. On the new system do not use Cab 2 for any thing else and you do not have to even change the Cab number to go back and forth.
That's what I figured, but wanted to make sure. Thanks!
It depends on how sensitive your detection devise is mine it takes 5000 ohm resistor, club uses different type takes 10000 ohm.
Hi, in this video of NCE DCC CUTTING BLOCKS FOR BD20 - is this an incline up against your backdrop? How wide is the incline? it looks to be up against the backdrop. I like the flat buildings and how you sceniced the corners. Can you tell me in a few words how you put this whole incline in and sceniced it all? I have the same situation here. Thanks
Bob s
On my you Tube channel arthurhouston3 there is whole playlist of videos of the Grande Pacific on it you can just about find anything I did during construction in detail. Also on the FB group www.grandepacificrailroad.com Look at this video and you may get some of the idea. This layout is a cookie cut out of 15/32 fur plywood. No grade is greater than 1.87 ruclips.net/video/FfMiWIMqpV4/видео.html
Video on JMRI connection to BD 20s I have tried twice and both get too long so I am going to have think out sets and do each one. BD20 Connects to AIU01 that connects to cab buss that goes to command station, command station is talking to JMRI through computer com port. Then you build a panel in Layout Editor. Part on that is setting up Turnout tables and Sensor tables. Then you attach sensor name and number to track segament or switch block. It is a step by step process.
do you only use resisters for loco/wagon detection? No other detection system?
You need bd20s and aiu 01s suggest trying Tonys Train Exchange.
Doesnt it mess with the dcc signals and the doesnt the resistors make a shortcircut in the layout?
No has no effect on DCC system. Resistors are 5000 ohm I have 562 cars on layout you do not know they are there. If you are going to try and build a JMRI panel on your computer and connect it to layout though NCE command system it can be done and as things go is not complicated. But it is getting the basic understanding of how A connects to B And B TO C that is going to be confusing. .I have many videos on all the part of this.
Do you only cut away one rail? It appears the other rail is continuous. Is that correct?
Only gap one rail put a piece of stryne in gap with super glue. When dry cut excess off with exacto #11 blade or Dremel tool cut off wheel.
Now if you are setting up a power district and using different boosters then you gap both rails. Also should have a circuit breaker for each power district.
do you have a good source for buying the BD20's ?
great info art..thanks for sharing
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