Re: agenda item: DCS purchase

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

We could put the TIU on track 1.  However, since most (if not all) of the long engines requiring O-72
curves are either conventional or TMCC, I would suggest puting the TIU on track 2 or 3.  It shouldn't
be much more difficult to 1) remove the PowerMaster from track 1,  2) reconnect the IC Control from
track 2 to track 1, 3) connect the TIU to track 2 and power from the track 2 transformer.

Again, assuming it actually works, we could buy the MTH TIU-TMCC Command Base cable and
control both the track power and the TMCC engines from the MTH remote controller.  If this lash-up
doesn't work (or needs refining by MTH to get it to work correctly), we could still use the CAB-1 to
control TMCC engines.  In fact, we could use the CAB-1 controller whether or not we connect
the TIU to the Command Base, so we do have some flexibility to experiment with the setup.


Ira