Controlling turnouts with DCC decoders is not very slick, but when you need
more than one control location, it saves building multiple control panels which
are a lot of work. My layout is walk around with simple local panels, but part
of the upper level is not easy to access. So I got a NCE Switch 8 for that
area. One drawback is no easy way to know turnout positions with that setup.
I see no difference in punching Sel Accessory button or Sel Loco botton & then
the number of the turnout. So there is no advantage to using motor decoders for
turnouts.
Sure DC is reliable, but boring. {:-) The larger & more complex the layout the
more DCC is advantageous. What finally pushed me over the edge was reversing
sections.
I missed another year of modeling due to health but am back at it again in case
you're wondering why I popped out of the woodwork.
Arden G. Lodi CA
--- In [email protected], "pickycat95" <pickycat95@...> wrote:
>
> I ask the same question and think about the limitations of having the switch
> controls in a static location. I'm not facile enough with my throttle
> control to do all the menu (or whatever) navigation to think I could make
> turnout control work through the throttle. But I can see the appeal. I
> sometimes wonder about having a couple of control panel locations (say a
> master and remotes that are interconnected. Has anyone tried this?
> Ben Trousdale
> London, UK for two weeks!
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Gavin" <csowry@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm missing something here. Each of my turnouts have a Tortiose motor, two
> > panel mounted LED indicators, and one pushbutton DPDT action switch. To
> > change the turnout, push button, watch LED to confirm action complete. To
> > change back, push button again, watch LED. Please explain how DCC is
> > better, cheaper, or more effective than that. I regularly run at shows for
> > two days at a time, without derailments, without stalling, and without DCC.
> >
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