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    Re: automating switching rails —Scott Arthur
    (...) touch (...) counters (...) OK. You've got my attention now. I'm very interested. How does the train trip the touch sensor? (Please don't say it rams into it). Scott A (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: automating switching rails —Ed McGlynn
   (...) back (...) ;^) OK - I won't say it! Slam-o-rama, but it's not as bad as it sounds. The RCX ramps down the engine speed when it's backing down a siding, until it clicks on a car and bumps into a buffer that's got a touch sensor embedded within. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: automating switching rails —Ed McGlynn
   (...) touch (...) end (...) RCX, (...) reset (...) I've posted a listing of the RCX program I use to control a 9v train around a closed loop. It's an example of what's possible, but it's simplified. I left out the uncoupler logic and hardware for (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)  
   
        Re: automating switching rails —Zhengrong Zang
   Hi Could you show me the instruction of your motorized switch point if you don't mind? Br Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
 

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