Hi Trainman (a first name would be more friendly)
A warm welcome to this great forum.
The Märklin power control stick 322979 is made of three parts:
- the battery operated control stick
- the connecting track ("Base Station Track")
- the power supply 18 VDC, 13 VA #66201
What you can't do is to connect electrically two sets of connecting track + power supply.
Why?
The connecting track is converting the infra-red signal it receives into a digital signal. All this electronics is powered by the power supply
Connecting two sets would create a short circuit between the two digital power sources.
What you can do (I think) is to use two battery operated control sticks and ONE set of connecting track + power supply.
There is enough power to run two trains but not more.
This is based on the fact that the control sticks sends IR signal only when a knob is operated or a push button is pressed.
Of course, each control stick must have a different address (1 , 2, 3, 4 set by the switch under the unit.
Of course changing the address on one of the control sticks MUST also have an address change in the corresponding loco
1= 78
2= 72
3= 60
4= 24
Note: I have not done it myself so better check.
How to change the address on your loco with the control stick?- leave only one loco on the track
- set the switch under the control stick to the desired position
- remove the power
- push the direction change on your control stick
- plug the power again and after a short while, you may cease pushing on the direction change button
- the base station will blink red while programming
- finished, you may install the other loco too andf switch on the other control stick
- have fun
Here is the Märklin video in German, source of my explainations
Cheers
Jean
Edited by user 26 October 2023 19:18:24(UTC)
| Reason: Addition on loco address change
