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Re: Weeping Willow
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lugnet.org.ca.vlc
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:01:05 GMT
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Bryan Wong wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Dean Husby writes:
> > Great! Where is the hole or is it completely hidden? Can you leave a little
> > hole facing the middle of the layout so that I can IR it commands without
> > having to remove it each time? If the hole was 6x3 that should be fine. (6
> > long, 3 high) the IR cover is black.
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> Ok, now that we've got all our directions sorted out, I've found a new
> location for the RCX. :)
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> It's inside the northern-most piece of mountain. The hole for IR commands
> faces east, towards the rest of the layout. You can also run wire out from
> that hole. I'm about to make a smaller gap, just enough to run wire, on the
> western face of the mountain, so we can reach the Whooping Willow. :P
Great. Here's what will need to get to and from the RCX.
The power cord (Same as a train Power plug)
one wire going out to the Sensor east.
Another sensor inside the mountain (so we know when the train has cleared the
switch)
A motor wire going east to the switch track
Another one going to the track it's self. (Requires isolation on both ends of
the hogwarts area)
and one more for the 'tree'.
Not a bad little deal. Now i just have to build it... heh heh.
Dean
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| (...) Ok I think I've left enough room for all of the above. But why do we need a (motor?) wire running to the track? Also, I'm not quite clear as to the sensor you're talking about... Do we have to place it inside the mountain? Perhaps the dry-run (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| (...) Ok, now that we've got all our directions sorted out, I've found a new location for the RCX. :) It's inside the northern-most piece of mountain. The hole for IR commands faces east, towards the rest of the layout. You can also run wire out (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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