Re: alternating switching

["Ira Schneider" <ira_schneider@iname.com>]

Hi Don,

I thought the wiring you were looking for was in the instruction manual for the switches,
but it isn't.

Here is what I remember:

     The switch has three terminals for connecting the controller.  The terminal closest
     to the switch motor is the common wire.  The other two terminals control switching
     to either the straight through position or the curved position.  (This is shown in
     the instruction book for the switch.)

     To automatically have a pair of switches alternating paths, I believe you just
     have to connect a wrie from the middle terminal of one switch to the third terminal
     on the other switch (and vice versa).  This gives you two wires which connect the
     center terminal on one switch to the outside terminal on the other switch.  I don't
     think you need any connection to the common terminal.  You also don't have to
     connect the controller to the switches.

     If this doesn't work, try connecting the middle terminals on the switches together
     and connect the outside terminals together.  (I think this will force both switches
     in the pair to switch to the same direction, which is why I think the previous
     paragraph is the correct wiring.)

Perhaps someone else can confirm or correct my suggestion.

Good luck.


Ira