Re: agenda item: DCS purchase

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.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.
>

I agree.  We should probably put it on track 2.

> 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.
>

The cable is fairly inexpensive, so it certainly would be interesting to try
this out!