RE: Discussion item

["Ron Fiebelkorn" <rwf49@hotmail.com>]

Not being a technical type, I don't understand all of the conversations on 
Power Master, IC TPC, SC2, other hardware etc. but I do have an idea on how 
we could do something to avoid this problem, not cause another operating 
problem, and the solution would not cost any money.

Since the only time this problem has occurred is when there was a 12 car 
passenger train being pulled by a 4 motor ABA unit, we could limit the 
number of passenger cars to 10 and the problem would be solved.

I can hear the boos, hisses, and obscene language already.

Ron


>From: "Ira Schneider" <ira_schneider@Iname.com>
>Reply-To: ttat-members@aoot.com
>To: "ttat-members@aoot.com" <ttat-members@aoot.com>
>Subject: RE: Discussion item
>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:21:55 -0600
>
>I like Adrian's thoughts about the Halt problem.  However, I have some 
>reservations about any
>solution we come up with:
>
>1. There are probably many different ways to interrupt the power to track 2 
>(e.g. PowerMaster,
>      IC TPC, SC2, other hardware, etc.).  They can all be triggered by the 
>Halt command
>      propagated by the Lionel Command Base.  How do we restore power?  The 
>simplest method
>      involves using a CAB-1 to restore the power.  This is still annoying 
>to me.
>
>2. All solutions proposed thus far involve some additional piece of 
>hardware.  Substituting an SC2
>     or a Basic Stamp doesn't really reduce our costs (since we already 
>have an "extra" IC TPC).
>     It only makes sense to pursue another hardware unit if the replacement 
>unit costs substantially
>     less than we could get by selling the extra PowerMaster (assuming we 
>replace one of the PowerMasters
>     with the currently unused IC TPC).
>
>I agree we should do SOMETHING.  I just wish it was something simple and 
>didn't create another
>operating problem.
>
>
>Ira
>
>
>------
>TTAT members reflector.


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