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"Oliver Giesen" <ogiesen@mdsintl.com> wrote in message
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> "Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message • news:Fr3rqn.4rp@lugnet.com...
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> This is what the RCX was developed for ! ;)
> Couple of light sensors for train detection, and a couple of cybermaster
> touch switches for manual speed control.
> Cheers
> Oliver
Is there a difference between a cybermaster touch switche & the RIS touch
sensor?
Scott A
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> > Not 100% related to this post, but I've been thinking of somehow getting • a
> > train do the following when it reaches the end of a line:
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> > 1. Slow Down
> > 2. Stop
> > 3. Reverse
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> > Has anyone been able to do this?
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> > Scott A
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Train Stoppers
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| (...) Yes, the cybermaster touch sensors have resistors in parallel to the switch, while the RIS touch sensor doesn't. The cybermaster uses the resistors to find out which touch sensor is connected to which switch. If you put them in _series_ and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Stoppers
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| (...) My main use for the buffer stop is to save my RCX Train from smashing someplace unpleasant. This is the same for DCC. If my RCX Train should miss a track command and smash into a sidding I want it protected. Here is the latest incarnation of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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