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LongHairedDavid		#1 Posted : 28 February 2019 19:23:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Hi everyone. I am looking to instal 73093 or similar to protect a point on the main line. I can see how to wire it for manual changing (digitally of course). What I don’t know is if it is possible to wire the signal for when the point changes! The point will have a motor and a decoder.Currently, I am using a Mobile Station 2.
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artfull dodger		#2 Posted : 28 February 2019 20:06:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/08/2014(UTC) Posts: 478 Location: Indiana, Kokomo		Watching as I want to do the same thing. I would think if both the signal and the turnout have a decoder, they should be able to be controled at the same time. Kind of like consisting up 2 or more decoder controlled locomotives on the same train. I am still learning this whole mess of digital control myself, and its been very confusing. Mike
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mvd71		#3 Posted : 28 February 2019 23:09:13(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/08/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,729 Location: Auckland,		A simple way might be to set both the signal and point to the same address, then when you switch the point, the signal will change too.


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LongHairedDavid		#4 Posted : 28 February 2019 23:10:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Originally Posted by: mvd71 A simple way might be to set both the signal and point to the same address, then when you switch the point, the signal will change too. I have been messing about with DCC since about 2006 so why did I think that this was difficult. I imagined using all sorts of triggers etc.!
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DaleSchultz		#5 Posted : 01 March 2019 00:04:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		Originally Posted by: mvd71 A simple way might be to set both the signal and point to the same address, then when you switch the point, the signal will change too. Well if you run train in both directions on the track in question, this is not a solution at all, since the signal will be green when a train is coming in the other direction! Getting signals to work prototypically is a complex issue and almost always needs software to solve the complexities. The software being used need to handle the complexities of bi-directional running, track occupancy and routing to get it right. Sadly it seems that Märklin does not understand this themselves after 3 decades of digital train operation.
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kimballthurlow		#6 Posted : 01 March 2019 08:58:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,669 Location: Brisbane, Australia		Hi, In my case I wanted the signal to protect a crossover which itself was used only when a turnout was switched. I am not interested in the digital/decoder solution, so I planned to mechanically join the signal switch to the turnout switch (like the old days in the real railways). That arrangement seemed to be the simplest solution, but have not yet got around to setting it up. Kimball
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LongHairedDavid		#7 Posted : 01 March 2019 18:29:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/01/2019(UTC) Posts: 344 Location: England, Ipswich		Originally Posted by: DaleSchultz Originally Posted by: mvd71 A simple way might be to set both the signal and point to the same address, then when you switch the point, the signal will change too. Well if you run train in both directions on the track in question, this is not a solution at all, since the signal will be green when a train is coming in the other direction! Getting signals to work prototypically is a complex issue and almost always needs software to solve the complexities. The software being used need to handle the complexities of bi-directional running, track occupancy and routing to get it right. Sadly it seems that Märklin does not understand this themselves after 3 decades of digital train operation. I am not so worried about that. I am only interested in protecting the movement across the points from the yard. I realise that it doesn't support the other direction but I am not trying to run a railway - I have been there before and it drives me mad - so it won't be an issue.
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