Posted By krs on 08/30/2008 3:49 PM
Posted By toddalin on 08/30/2008 2:59 PM
Posted By krs on 08/30/2008 11:56 AM
The second diagram is fine - it's just a bit confusing because the diode bridge that is part of the 1015K is not shown.
Gotcha. That makes sense.
What doesn't make much sense is what's in the "magic box" called "trigger" in the first diagram? It seems to me that the wires going into this box from the EPL could go right to the two insulated track sections. There would be no delay and when a train comes in, one leaves immediately. But at least it would help to troubleshoot the problem.
The diagram on page 118 of the LGB book that is referred to doesn't have that trigger unit.
I assume that is not the problem although removing it for trouble-shooting purposes is a good idea.
The basic problem I see immediately just looking at the diagrams is that there is a section to the right that cannot get any power at all the way the diagrams are drawn.
See the sketch below where I drew in the 1015K and 1015T units on the left and right.
The 1015K will allow power to flow through it in one direction only, but the 1015T isolates both rails.
I think one wire from the lower inner rail of the 1015K to the "no power here" rail will solve the problem.
The "trigger" circuit is a nice touch. I think it's more realistic if one of trains pulls in, they both sit there for a while at the station together (gives passengers a chance to change trains
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PS: Mod - thanks for the tip. Different forums use different tags it seems, I have also seen < > and <*img=....> and I didn't feel like experimenting.
I came across other technical problems on this redone forum, like when I added the smilie in this post, the software didn't place it where I wanted it, ie after 'trains' but moved it to the end of the post. I had to physically move it.
One can also not add spaces after an image it seems.
I inserted two spaces to separate the "PS text" from the image and make everything easier to read, but the forum software just ignores these.
The software also ignores all the paragraphs that I typed - same technical issue -the return key entry is ignored.
Any special place to report these issues so that they can get fixed?
Oh Boy!!!!!!!
This is funny.
The "preview" is not a preview at all. When I preview my post the return key entry is totally ignored but then when I post it, the spaces and paragraphs do show up.
Man, this is really software still in alpha or beta.
Second edit...
After I added the first edit which starts with "Oh Boy!!!!!" and posted, all of the spaces that showed up correctly after the first post disappeared again. This is really hilarious.
So now not only does the preview give you no idea what the post will look like, but any edit to the post will also change parts of the original post that you don't want to change.