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Features |
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A totaly new way of electronically controlling your points motors. |
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Infra-red remote control of your Railway layouts points. |
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The basic controller can be used with up to 12 points motors. This can be increased to 24 points with the expansion unit. |
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One key press on the handset is all that is required to toggle a points position from open to closed. |
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The PCB controller board has LED indicaters showing the points postion RED/GREEN i.e. open closed. |
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Their is a also connector block for the wiring external LEDs, perhaps on to a track layout panel. |
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Programmable pulse length for powering the points. (no CDU Required). |
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Refresh pulse to ensure that the points stay in set position. This could help in the event of a knocking of the layout, |
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and so ensuring that the points all stay in the correct position (This can be turned on/off). |
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The status/position of all the points can be saved, then next time you power up they will |
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set to the last programmed position. |
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Points can be set to all open/all closed with 1 key press. |
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(This could be handy for setting a known start up situation). |
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Block point setting, program and save up to 8 different blocks with 16 point combinations of the 24 that |
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the controller can control. You can then change up to 16 point settings with 2 key presses. |
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Wiring is connected to the controller board is by screw terminal connectors. |
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Requires an DC input of 12 to 18 volts. |
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How it works (short version) |
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To Switch a point motor it needs a large current over a short time. |
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If the current were to continuously flow through the points motor there would be danger of either |
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the motor, or the power supply overheating and being damaged. |
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The points controller over comes this by sending a short pulse of power to the motor. It reads the |
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remote handset and after a key press sends this brief pulse which then moves the motor to the left or right. |
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A second press of the same key would reverse this. (toggle action) |
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This pulse can also be programmed to be of different lengths. |
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There is an option to turn on or off a refresh pulse to the points motor. |
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This refresh pulse is very short, 5ms long and sent out 5 times a second, and will ensure that any slack |
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sloppy or old points stay in the position they were set at. |
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Model Railways |
