NCE Mini-Panel Instruction - page 3
Simple control panel example
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Below is an example of a control panel for a simple yard with 3 tracks off the mainline.
We only need 4 pushbuttons to select the various tracks in the yard. We designated
the yard as tracks 2, 3 and 4 with track 1 the main line.
SETUP
CAB BUS
1 2 3
4
5 6
7
8
GROUND
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
GND
PIN 1
Cab Bus
Cab Bus
Control Panel rear view showing wiring
Track 4
Track 3
Track 1
Track 2
East
West
Control panel front view
Simple control panel example
Four
Push
Buttons
1
2
3
Wiring of the mini panel for this example is quite easy. Each pushbutton has two
terminals. We connect one terminal from each button together and then tie it to one of
the "GND" terminals of the Mini Panel. Then we tie the remaining terminal from each
button to a separate input terminal of the Mini Panel. The last connection(s) to be
made is the Cab Bus connection. There are two Cab Bus connectors to make it easy
to 'daisy chain' the Cab Bus through the panel and on to other Cab Bus connection on
the layout. All that is left is to setup the Mini Panel to send the commands for correct
alignment of the yard switches when each button is pushed.
Control panel setup example
In the example there are three DCC controlled turnouts with accessory addresses of 1,
2 and 3 as noted in small text on the panel drawing above.
What we want to accomplish:
Press the button 1 to align the turnouts for track 1, press 2 to align for track 2, 3 for
track 3 and so on.
Pressing button 1 will need to send the following command
Accessory 1 (turnout 1) to the Normal (straight position)
Button 2 will need to send
Accessory 1 to Reverse (diverging) position
Accessory 2 to Reverse (diverging)
Button 3 will need to send
Accessory 1 to Reverse (diverging)
Accessory 2 to Normal (straight)
Accessory 3 to Reverse (diverging)
Button 4 will need to send
Accessory 1 to Reverse (diverging)
Accessory 2 to Normal (straight)
Accessory 3 to Normal (straight)
Last revised: 22 July 2008 Page 3