Re: agenda item: DCS purchase

[Scott A Smiley <sc.smiley@juno.com>]

Would we also buy the connector to allow DCS to run TMCC engines?  Would
this be in full command mode or only conventional?

Scott

On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 21:46:13 -0500 "Ira Schneider"
<ira_schneider@Iname.com> writes:
> The TIU has four (4) input terminals for four transformer inputs and 
> four output terminals
> for four track power outputs.  However, there is no reason that one 
> transformer can't be
> connected to two of the input terminals, assuming the transformer is 
> strong enough to
> handle the load for two tracks.
> 
> As a matter of fact, since the TIU gets its power from the 
> transformer connected to
> "Fixed Input 1", MTH suggests that if you aren't using "Fixed Output 
> 1" (which is for
> a command controlled track only) you can connect a transformer to 
> "Variable Input 1"
> and jumper it to "Fixed Input 1".
> 
> I hadn't thought about it, but we could use the TIU for tracks 2 and 
> 3 and move the IC
> controllers to tracks 1 and 4.  This way, any engine could run on 
> any track, removing
> the current problem we have with MTH ProtoSound engines running on 
> tracks 1 and 4,
> and MTH ProtoSound 2.0 engines could be run in command mode on 
> tracks 2 and 3.
> 
> 
> Ira
> 
> 
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