Bob, you are correct in every way. I have four control panels, three of
which were built during my DC daze. When I switched to Dynatrol all I
did was add their power supplies to my rotary switches. When I started
my DCC system, I pretty much did the same thing by just switching out
wires. It's worked fairly well although several of the DCC accessories
might have some conflicts.
All this has worked fairly well until I did recently made some changes
in the housekeeping department of my main control panel, under the
layout cabling and at the same time moving my DCC system. This has
resulted in a very frustrating time for me. What I thought would take a
couple of hours, now has taken me two weeks of spare time. My main
control panel's wiring resembled a drain clog! My whole system has been
thrown into a mostly non-functioning static layout. However, I'm on the
downward slope of that hill--so I hope to up and running again this
weekend. Actually it has to work as I have open house for National
Model Railroad Month in a couple of weeks.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 10/31/11 12:04 PM, shabbona_rr wrote:
>
> I don't need any string, but you might if you bring a DCC equipped
> locomotive to run on SHABBONA, since it's not set up for DCC.
>
> Seriously, though, when I planned the control panels about twenty-some
> years ago, and was still being swooned by the DCC siren song, I did
> assign a block selector position for the possible addition of DCC.
> It's all wired and ready to go, either with a DC or DCC throttle.
>
> I can't say for sure, but I think someone could hook up a DCC system
> and run it in conjunction with the DC throttles, with the common
> ground wiring system I use, just by assigning block power with the
> existing wiring.
>
> Maybe someone who's more familiar with DCC could add some input.
>
> Bob Nicholson ______________________________________
>
> --
>
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