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Re: multi train dogbone
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 01:48:43 GMT
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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 between the rails using the room light as a source, so
they are pointing straight up.

jt

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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org


Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
news:slrn8pgq67.cj.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu...
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
 
(...) Nice. The delay solution bothers me because: what about stopped cars? (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)

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