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Subject:	Re: Reed sensors are not working very well (or too well?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains
Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:00:20 GMT
Reply-To:	robinsather@hotmail.com+NoMoreSpam+
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> I've since asked that it be moved to the side where it can be triggered via > the side. I'll be doing testing today on that. Dean, I've put a magnet mounted in the middle of the first car (not the engine or tender). It's vertically just above the wheel hubs halfway between the bottom of the car and the top of the track. The face of the magnet sticks out ever so slightly beyond the side of the track itself, but not all the way to the side of the actual tie. Robin

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		Re: Reed sensors are not working very well (or too well?)
(...) Our widest trains are 8 studs wide right? So that puts it to the end of the track. I'll make a little building with the switch recessed. How high is it from the table to where the center of the switch is? I'll need this to setup the height's. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)

		Re: Reed sensors are not working very well (or too well?)
(...) Robin, I've created a building hiding the sensor. (URL) here is the side showing the sensor. (URL) it's height, is this good for you? My program will be created on this building being 1 stud away away from the track base. This gives 10 stud (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Reed sensors are not working very well (or too well?)
(...) I had the sensor in the center of the track on the bottom. Didn't work too well. I've since asked that it be moved to the side where it can be triggered via the side. I'll be doing testing today on that. Dean (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)

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