 Joined: 18/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,081 Location: Denmark
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Hey guys!
Is the emergency stop on Märklin Digital confined to a booster area? Meaning if a locomotive is causing an emergency stop in an area monitored by a booster (#60174), will the emergency stop be confined to that area or will it stop the entire layout (across booster borders)?
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 Joined: 03/06/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,252 Location: Sydney, NSW
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From my experience the emergency stop button on the CS2 stops everything.
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Take it easy . . . . or any other way you can get it !!!!
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 Joined: 25/09/2010(UTC) Posts: 417 Location: Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
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With CS2 and booster. The Emergency stop kills power to everything on rails, including those on Booster section...at least with Marklin boosters. |
Harald
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 Joined: 15/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,757 Location: Auckland NZ
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Soren didn't mention the button, I think he meant the stop in case of a short circuit in a booster area  Anyway, I too would like to know if a short circuit in CS2 with several 60147 boosted areas, will just cut out the local booster (ahem; as it does with Ecos & Boosters ) |
Glen
Auckland NZ
" Every Marklin layout needs a V200, a Railbus and a Banana car", not to mention a few Black and red Steamers, oh and the odd Elok !
CS1 Reloaded, Touch Cab, C Track Modules, K track layout all under construction. Currently Insider |
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Joined: 18/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,081 Location: Denmark
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Originally Posted by: NZMarklinist  Soren didn't mention the button, I think he meant the stop in case of a short circuit in a booster area Yes, that was what I meant.  My idea was to operate accessory decoders in a separate booster area, thus still being able to operate them in case something happens. |
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Joined: 12/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,448 Location: Wellington, New_Zealand
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Hi Søren
The strict answer to your question is "A short within a booster section will only remove power from that section"
In practical and operational terms however this is a total red herring and the effective answer might just as well be that it affects the whole layout by making it either unusable until a resolution is made or needing to restart (stop/go) the layout to restore power. Workarounds do exist if you want to complicate operational procedures. |
Peter
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Joined: 15/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,757 Location: Auckland NZ
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I believe the correct Control solution with boosters and to have best redundancy, is what I learned from the late Wolfgang Leitenberger ! of Eisenbahn Clinic and ETE fame That is; that track power should be thru a booster/s, and switches and signals (and their decoders) only, should be connected to the Central Station. This allows redundancy in case of derailment particularly with a multibooster setup and protects your Central Station from spike inducing shorts, caused by the likes of derailments, that have already been know to "mess up" the brain of said CS, particularly CS2. When he told me, I thought it was thoroughly logical, and will be how my layout is set up and powered. I believe Woolfgang passed away before the CS2 was released,  but he meant any brand of Central Station. Woolfgang was a Marklinist but a great ESU fan and agent in San Francisco thru his "business" Eisenbahn Clinic. He took over as USA West area Marklin repair agent from Jacques, when he left for France nine years ago ! Anyhow, for me, I will have the main layout running areas as one booster area, The BTW and roundhouse etc. as another and the Hidden Station and helix as the third booster area. The function decoders for switches signals and layout features only, connected to the CS. Hmmm should my Coaling Station be on the BTW section booster power then   probably should !  |
Glen
Auckland NZ
" Every Marklin layout needs a V200, a Railbus and a Banana car", not to mention a few Black and red Steamers, oh and the odd Elok !
CS1 Reloaded, Touch Cab, C Track Modules, K track layout all under construction. Currently Insider |
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