Plug then Play
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:03 pm
I've taken a picture of the set of connections as used on the NMRA-BR modules of the Western Union, this is the bottom of one of my modules under construction. You'll have to forgive me as not having placed it in line, as Flickr seems to have changed it's interface and I cannot find the usual method of adding the code to embed the image here.... As soon as that is the case, I'll update this post. (NOW Updated).
You'll notice some differences as opposed to the article in Roundhouse, by Tom Winlow. The differences are mainly due to the fact that RS Tower is the nearest group to us, and we are most likely to interface with them.
Plug then play by K2K Koos, on Flickr
You'll see the following connections:
RED Bananas, Track bus connections
Black Bananas, Auxilary bus connections (Tom Winlow's articles uses power pole connections, but it's easy to plug in a special lead with a banana one one end, and a power pole on the other, to connect the two 'systems'. ).
the Grey ST16 is a plug commonly used for halogen lighting. We use them for analog auxilary power, in this case 16V AC (for lights, or locally controlled turnout motors etc)
Finally in the middle is an 8 pole din connector. This carries the Western Union 'X BUS' , basically these are pretty much all signals of a full Lenz DCC system ( most letters that you find on the back of a Lenz Command station, are represented), throttle bus connections are easily branched of these, and as such, the fascia of each of my module boards has at least 2 Din (5 pole) connections for Lenz Throttles.
All that remains now is to plug them in, and the play can begin.
Koos
You'll notice some differences as opposed to the article in Roundhouse, by Tom Winlow. The differences are mainly due to the fact that RS Tower is the nearest group to us, and we are most likely to interface with them.
Plug then play by K2K Koos, on Flickr
You'll see the following connections:
RED Bananas, Track bus connections
Black Bananas, Auxilary bus connections (Tom Winlow's articles uses power pole connections, but it's easy to plug in a special lead with a banana one one end, and a power pole on the other, to connect the two 'systems'. ).
the Grey ST16 is a plug commonly used for halogen lighting. We use them for analog auxilary power, in this case 16V AC (for lights, or locally controlled turnout motors etc)
Finally in the middle is an 8 pole din connector. This carries the Western Union 'X BUS' , basically these are pretty much all signals of a full Lenz DCC system ( most letters that you find on the back of a Lenz Command station, are represented), throttle bus connections are easily branched of these, and as such, the fascia of each of my module boards has at least 2 Din (5 pole) connections for Lenz Throttles.
All that remains now is to plug them in, and the play can begin.
Koos