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Subject:	Re: Versions 2 and 3 of micromotorized crossing gates.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2003 02:02:00 GMT
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Awesome looking crossing. I like the small size of the motors. What do you use to control this? I was in a hobby store last week looking at DCC stuff and they had crossing sensors for this sort of thing. Also, what happens with the gate is down? Do you have to manually stop the motor so it doesn't burn out? I've been thinking about how to fit a microswitch in to a 1x2 brick with a 1x2 tile on top as the sensor for when one of these type of gate is up or down. Has anyone done any work with this?? Thanks, Peter Young.

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		Re: Versions 2 and 3 of micromotorized crossing gates.
(...) That's what a RCX with a extra light sensor is for (or homemade light sensors). Either option beats the pants off how I did my first automatic crossing system- it was a electrical kludge (and I still can't think of a better way to do it- in (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)

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		Versions 2 and 3 of micromotorized crossing gates.
I've made a couple new models of the crossing gates. With the black one, I tried to hide the red motor. With the red one, I tried to make my peace with the red motor. I'd like to use one or the other on the IndyLUG layout for the Indy GATS, but it (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)

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