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Subject: 
Re: multi train dogbone
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:46:54 GMT
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mattdm@(saynotospam)mattdm.org
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Jeff Elliott <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote:
(8 Inputs, 8 outputs, needs a PC).  My tactic was to angle the light sensor
in both the horizontal and vertical planes.  It looks about 30 degrees back
along the direction of travel, and about 30 degrees down.  That way it can
cope with train cars using various heights, and it never 'sees' the gap
between cars; one car is always in the way.

Nice. The delay solution bothers me because: what about stopped cars?

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  Re: multi train dogbone
 
I like the angled sensor idea also. As for my delayed sensor, I actually had two sensors and both had to be cleared, I figured the odds of two gaps over the sensors would be pretty rare. Do note that my sensors were (are) Radio Shack light sensors (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: multi train dogbone
 
(...) I've done this before in a rudimentary layout controlled by a Control Lab (8 Inputs, 8 outputs, needs a PC). My tactic was to angle the light sensor in both the horizontal and vertical planes. It looks about 30 degrees back along the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)

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