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Re: GMLTC Update
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:11:33 GMT
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James-
Mr. Gerlach is quite clever. He has the loop powered in three sections with
light sensors to grab the trolley location for the RCX. It was working
alright at the Roundhouse, but it had some trouble in the direct light of
the Fargo show. The light sensors were just overwhelmed.
Thanks
-john 3
In lugnet.trains, James Trobaugh writes:
> John,
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> How is this trolly running?
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> http://www.gmltc.org/fargo/pages/Layout18.htm
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> Is it being powered by the track? If so how is it wired to not short out and
> to go in the reverse direction when it comes around the loop? Or is it RCX
> controled? Very nice look no matter how you did it.
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> jt
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> In lugnet.trains, John Kelly III writes:
> > Two pieces of news.
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> > [1] Our Fargo show went very well. Pictures and recap can be found at
> > http://www.gmltc.org/fargo.asp I was not friendly to low bandwidth
> > connections, my pardons. We are getting ready to revamp the website so I
> > didn't spend a great deal of time with formating and actually used photoshop
> > 5.5's web export process to generate the pictures (between 800k and 1.1mb.
> > be careful on modem connections) and thumbnails.
> >
> > [2] We will again be at the St. Paul Jackson Street Roundhouse, part of the
> > Minnesota Transportation Museum, Inc. (http://www.mtmuseum.org/) on August 3
> > and 4. They were so happy with us last time, they've asked us back. They
> > are also planning on a band and some carnival rides to accent our layout. I
> > think it might be time for us to build a carnival section again.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > -john 3
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| (...) I need to invest in some reed sensors to detect the magnets as they go by, the light sensors are just too unreliable under the different lighting conditions. Anyone know a good place to purchase some RCX-compatible reed sensors? "Clever"... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| John, How is this trolly running? (URL) it being powered by the track? If so how is it wired to not short out and to go in the reverse direction when it comes around the loop? Or is it RCX controled? Very nice look no matter how you did it. jt (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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