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LongHairedDavid		#1 Posted : 13 November 2019 11:59:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Hi everyone. I am building my second C track layout. I have an ECOS running the system as a single block. On my first railway, I used and Arduino and some light dependent resistors to indicate when loks had reached the end of my storage sidings. This time, I am wondering if i can do it using standard Marklin/ESU stuff. Is the following correct, or a load of rubbish? I need a Marklin Link S88 box, which can report on 16 blocks(?). I connect this to the S88 connector on my ECOS. I then but some track isolators (little red things - grin) on a track section near the end of my storage line. I then put a contact track in that isolated section and wire it to the S88 box. Then I can pick up the event on my ECOS. Is that right? If not, how would I do this?
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JohnjeanB		#2 Posted : 13 November 2019 13:23:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,123 Location: Paris, France		Hi David You got this right BUT don't forget to cut (twice on each rail) the piece connecting both rails otherwise it will show permanent occupation Cheers Jean
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LongHairedDavid		#3 Posted : 13 November 2019 13:32:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi David You got this right BUT don't forget to cut (twice on each rail) the piece connecting both rails otherwise it will show permanent occupation Cheers Jean Oh I see. I must isolate each outer rail from the other? Is that right?
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hxmiesa		#4 Posted : 13 November 2019 13:41:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,520 Location: Spain		Originally Posted by: LongHairedDavid I need a Marklin Link S88 box, which can report on 16 blocks(?). I connect this to the S88 connector on my ECOS. I then but some track isolators (little red things - grin) on a track section near the end of my storage line. I then put a contact track in that isolated section and wire it to the S88 box. Then I can pick up the event on my ECOS. Right. I dont know if this is just semantics, but after cutting the metal-strips separating each outer rail, and installing the red plastic-shoe(s), you dont need any "contact track". With the above operation you have converted the track into the contact-track that you need, once you connect the isolated rail to the S88!
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David Dewar		#5 Posted : 13 November 2019 15:20:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,342 Location: Scotland		If I want to send a train to a siding I set up an event which changes the turnouts and stops the loco when reaching a contact in the yard. I just use a circuit track in the yard.
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LongHairedDavid		#6 Posted : 13 November 2019 15:22:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Originally Posted by: David Dewar If I want to send a train to a siding I set up an event which changes the turnouts and stops the loco when reaching a contact in the yard. I just use a circuit track in the yard. As I use an ECOS, your CS3 instructions won't mean much but can you be a bit more specific as to how you set up the track.
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DaleSchultz		#7 Posted : 13 November 2019 16:57:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		you have to isolate a length on ONE side. The other side grounds the isolated section through a train axle.
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David Dewar		#8 Posted : 13 November 2019 17:13:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,342 Location: Scotland		Originally Posted by: LongHairedDavid Originally Posted by: David Dewar If I want to send a train to a siding I set up an event which changes the turnouts and stops the loco when reaching a contact in the yard. I just use a circuit track in the yard. As I use an ECOS, your CS3 instructions won't mean much but can you be a bit more specific as to how you set up the track. oops sorry David forget it was an ECOS. and I don't know how events work with that but I would have though that you can attach a circuit track to an S88 which will stop your loco at any given point. For me it is easier than a contact track and avoids cutting the rails etc.
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